By Chloe Melas Olivia Rodrigo could have used some super glue. The “Drivers License” singer won three Grammy Awards on Sunday, but only two are solidly still in tack. Rodrigo, 19, who won Grammys for best new artist, best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album, accidentally dropped on of her trophies backstage and
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Soaring inflation. The war in Ukraine. Yet another rise in Covid cases. With so much going on this year it’s hard to focus on things like filing your taxes. Nevertheless, the IRS still expects you to file your 2021 return and pay whatever you still owe by
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Soaring inflation. The war in Ukraine. Yet another rise in Covid cases. With so much going on this year it’s been hard to focus on things like filing your taxes. Nevertheless, the IRS still expects you to file your 2021 return and pay whatever you still owe by the filing
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Nunca más, esa frase que se pronuncia con frecuencia luego de crímenes contra la humanidad, casi jamás significa, en la práctica, un nunca más. Las escenas repugnantes de fosas comunes y de civiles asesinados en Ucrania este fin de semana, que se han conocido tras la retirada de las tropas rusas de
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is in Lisbon this week for a Champions League quarterfinal match against Benfica and he has happy memories of the place. It’s where he received the phone call that changed his life. Klopp was visiting the Portuguese capital with his family in the autumn of
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN June Brown, best known for playing chain-smoking laundromat legend Dot Cotton in British TV soap “EastEnders,” has died at the age of 95. The actress’ family announced her death on Monday, saying she died peacefully at home on Sunday evening. “We are deeply saddened to announce our beloved mother, June, passed
Continue Reading CNN By Jennifer Korn Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz over the next five years, the companies announced Monday. The move follows an order Hertz placed for 100,000 electric cars made by Tesla in October 2021. Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath previously told Automotive News Europe that stretch
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz over the next five years, the companies announced Monday. The move follows an order Hertz placed for 100,000 electric cars made by Tesla in October 2021. Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath previously told Automotive News Europe that stretch goal
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Business) — Jamie Dimon, del JPMorgan, está preocupado por las poderosas ondas de choque en la economía provocadas por la combinación de la alta inflación y la guerra en Ucrania. Dimon, uno de los líderes empresariales más influyentes del mundo, advirtió este lunes en su carta anual a los accionistas que el
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By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many small businesses are finding it tough to get a bank loan, making it difficult to move beyond the pandemic and afford the higher costs of goods and labor. A recently released survey from the Federal Reserve shows that 85% of small businesses experienced financial
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British travelers going abroad for the Easter holidays faced disruptions Monday as two main carriers, British Airways and easyJet, canceled dozens of flights due to staff shortages related to soaring cases of COVID-19 in the U.K. Budget carrier easyJet grounded 62 flights scheduled for Monday after canceling
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business It’s a tale of two oil trends for ExxonMobil: The company will post a massive profit increase for the first quarter thanks to the oil price spike, but it’s bracing to lose money on its planned exit from Russia. Exxon disclosed the news Monday ahead of its official quarterly earnings
Continue Reading Denzel Washington speaks publicly about his interaction with Will Smith on Oscar night, and what happened after Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage, while appearing as a speaker at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ leadership summit.
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The Ukraine war is wreaking havoc on the world economy, but in the Middle East its impact hasn’t been so grim for everyone. Some of the world’s biggest hydrocarbon producers, the Gulf nations are seeing billions of dollars added to their coffers aided by a Ukraine war-driven rally in oil prices.
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Books that tell the stories of Black and LGBTQ people or by authors in those communities were among the 10 most challenged titles in 2021, the American Library Association said. As the efforts to ban books in schools escalated across the United States last year, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business European officials have signaled that they could sanction Russia’s energy exports after images emerged of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top diplomat, said in a statement Monday that the bloc was working as a “matter of urgency” on drawing up
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer Benfica will take on the free-flowing attack of Liverpool in the Champions League likely betting on the same defensive formula that worked well against Ajax. Benfica hosts Liverpool in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Tuesday in Lisbon with the English club bringing another attacking-minded squad similar to
Continue Reading By KRISTEN GRIFFITH of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The pandemic sent global hunger soaring, but now the war in Ukraine is making the problem far worse. Since Russia and Ukraine together supply 30% of global wheat exports, a big chunk of the world is losing access to food. Now one of the
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Jon Batiste quietly married Suleika Jaouad, his longtime girlfriend, in February. Jaouad, who is the author of the cancer memoir “Between Two Kingdoms,” said the event happened right before she was scheduled for a bone marrow transplant. She had been diagnosed with leukemia for the second time. “We got married the day
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Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN A week after the famous Oscars slap, Will Smith was definitely on the minds of some at the Grammys. During the pre-televised ceremony for the 64th Annual Grammys, LeVar Burton joked while introducing a presenter. “I want to warn you all that our next presenter is a comedian,” Burton said.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Iga Swiatek has moved up one spot to the top of the WTA rankings and is the first tennis player from Poland to be No. 1 in the sport. The 20-year-old Swiatek took over from Ash Barty at the top. Barty announced last month she would be retiring at
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Accounts of book bannings and attempted book bannings, along with threats against librarians, have soared over the past year. And the American Library Association has compiled some numbers. The association found 729 challenges — affecting nearly 1,600 books — at public schools and libraries in
Continue Reading By MATT OTT and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz returned to the company as interim CEO Monday. Among his first actions was suspending Starbucks’ $20 million share buyback program to invest more profits in employees and stores. Starbucks shares fell 4% on the news. The pivot in strategy comes just
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Just three weeks ago, Starbucks announced that it had big plans to lavish its shareholders with new rewards. The company said it was reinstating its stock buyback program, touting a $20 billion commitment over the next three years. “While our growth this year will not be linear, we are confident
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Accounts of alleged Russian atrocities are emerging as its forces retreat from areas near the Ukrainian capital. Cole Higgins reports.
Continue Reading Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Byron Blunt and Daria Markina, CNN Its fuselage is a charred and twisted gaping hole. Its gigantic wings are slumped to the ground, one of its engines burned and destroyed. The huge train of tires on which the aircraft sits is still visible, as is the tattered nose cone, proudly bearing
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Car rental company Hertz is planning to buy up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Swedish premium electric car maker Polestar over the next five years as it looks to boost its electric vehicle rental fleet. Financial terms were not disclosed. The vehicles are expected to be available in Europe
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The State Department’s new cybersecurity bureau formally launched on Monday in an effort to make digital rights issues an intrinsic part of US foreign policy at a time when Russia and China are increasingly trying to put their own authoritarian stamp on the internet. The move essentially revives a bureaucratic structure,
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