By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of interest groups have met with White House staffers to try to influence a long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes. That cigarette flavor is the only one still on the market. It accounts for more than a third of U.S. cigarette sales. The lobbying blitz
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Storm clouds appear to be gathering over Wall Street, with many analysts saying a downturn is inevitable. But before the party winds down, some expect an explosive pre-crash rally — known as a “melt-up.” Melt-ups usually occur without any obvious economic reason for the gains. They happen when investors buy
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Bubba Wallace still has the voice message Michael Jordan left him after Wallace’s first Cup Series victory. His winning Toyota is currently housed at the NASCAR Hall of Fame but will eventually be his to display. Wallace’s rain-shortened win at Talladega Superspeedway last October
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s finance minister says the country will receive $300 million to $600 million from the World Bank over the next four months to buy medicine and other essential items to help cope with its worst economic crisis in decades. Finance Minister
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The British singer-songwriter filmed the “2step” music video in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, before the war erupted in late February.
Continue Reading By Sara Spary, CNN British pop star Ed Sheeran has revealed he filmed his latest music video in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, just days before Russia invaded the country. The singer-songwriter released the video for his track 2step, featuring rapper Lil Baby, Friday morning on his official YouTube channel. Before the song begins, a written message
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — “Camiseta de Diego Maradona de la mano de Dios con Glenn Hoddle”. Así anunció la casa de subastas Sotheby’s, de Londres, la subasta de la camiseta que Diego Maradona usó en el partido del mundial de México de 1986 ante la propia Inglaterra. La noticia causó un revuelo en el
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Janelle Monáe, the Grammy-nominated performer, actor and author, has confirmed that they identify as nonbinary in interviews tied to their new book. “I’m nonbinary,” Monáe said in an appearance this week on “Red Table Talk,” the Facebook series co-hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith. “So I don’t see myself as a woman,
Continue Reading COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Baseball’s Hall of Fame is restructuring its veterans committees for the third time in 12 years. The Hall says it is revamping the panels into the Contemporary Baseball Era from 1980 on and Classic Baseball Era for before 1980. The Contemporary Baseball Era will hold a separate ballot for players and
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Andrey Rublev and Fabio Fognini will face off in the Serbia Open semifinals after they each picked up wins in Friday’s quarterfinals. Rublev held serve throughout as he swept aside Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-3 for his 21st win of 2022. Fognini went 5-2 down in the first set against Oscar Otte
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How much would you bid for an ax used in one of the most iconic horror movies of all time? CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports that the ax from “The Shining” won’t kill you — though the price might.
Continue Reading Police in Indianapolis shared bodycam video of their officers catching two toddlers after their mom begged to get them out of a burning building.
Continue Reading A father thought he was taking his family to watch a taping of “Britain’s Got Talent.” But then, his daughters walked onto the stage. Watch his emotional tribute to them.
Continue Reading TobyKeith, a 21-year-old chihuahua, is officially the oldest living dog in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Continue Reading By Brendan Buckley, CNN A couple made headlines with their wedding’s frugal price tag, police caught a pair of toddlers thrown from a burning building, and a “Britain’s Got Talent” audience member got the surprise of his life. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Bride on a budget A California couple made headlines
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The mood was light and so was Tyson Fury who weighed-in for his WBC heavyweight title defense against Dillian Whyte 12 pounds or more than five kilograms lighter than his last fight. Fury weighed 264.8 pounds, also 120 kilograms, on Friday a day before the all-British bout at Wembley Stadium. Whyte tipped
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has boasted one of the nation’s stingiest defenses virtually every season since Jim Leonhard took over as coordinator in 2017. Leonhard faces perhaps his biggest test in maintaining that standard this year. Wisconsin must replace eight of the top 10 tacklers from a defense
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DEMING, New Mexico — The New Mexico Department of Transportation is advising drivers if they must travel to monitor local forecast conditions as roadway conditions could change quickly throughout New Mexico. NMDOT says blowing dust can escalate to blinding dust storms as they move through a remote area. For roadway advisories visit www.nmroads.com or call
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz has beaten top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open. Alcaraz won the quarterfinal 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 after breaking the fifth-ranked Greek five times on the outdoor clay court named for Rafael Nadal. The 18-year-old Alcaraz is aiming for his
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CNNEE (CNN) — Jessie Festa estaba sentada en un vuelo de Alaska Airlines en el Aeropuerto Internacional Seattle-Tacoma esperando para despegar hacia Pasco, Washington, cuando una azafata anunció que ya no era necesario usar mascarillas durante el vuelo. “La reacción a mi alrededor fue de júbilo”, escribió por correo electrónico Festa, una bloguera de viajes
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CNN By Melanie Zanona, CNN In the days following the January 6 insurrection, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Republican lawmakers on a private conference call that then-President Donald Trump had admitted bearing some responsibility for the deadly attack, according to new audio — a significant admission that sheds light on Trump’s mindset in the
Continue Reading By Simon Bouvier, Xiaofei Xu, Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN Business France has issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive auto executive who used to lead Renault-Nissan. The prosecutor’s office in Nanterre, near Paris, confirmed to CNN on Friday that it had issued an international arrest warrant for Ghosn, who now lives
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday announced five new nominees for US attorney positions in Illinois, Idaho, Pennsylvania and California, along with three more nominees to serve as US Marshals. Biden is nominating Rachelle Crowe for the Southern District of Illinois, Joshua Hurwit for the District of Idaho, Gerard
Continue Reading Anoosheh Ashoori spent nearly five years inside Evin prison in Iran on espionage charges. He was convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and sentenced to 12 years, according to Iran state news agency IRNA. One month ago, he and British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe were released from jail. Ashoori sits down with CNN’s Becky Anderson and describes the anguish of leaving other dual-national prisoners behind.
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi and Bear Hutchison, CNN Anoosheh Ashoori points on a computer screen to the location of a makeshift shelter in the yard of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. “I used to sit here during winter and even when it was snowing,” Ashoori says in an interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson. It was here that
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, CNN In the days following the January 6 insurrection, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Republican lawmakers on a private conference call that then-President Donald Trump had admitted bearing some responsibility for the deadly attack, according to new audio — a significant admission that sheds light on Trump’s mindset in the immediate
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Britain have urged Russia to declare an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an expansion of economic and defense ties that could help India reduce its dependence on Moscow. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he and Johnson discussed
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union officials are nearing agreement on a sweeping new law aimed at protecting internet users by forcing big tech companies like Google and Facebook to step up their efforts to curb the spread of hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content. EU officials negotiated late
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El presidente de la Corte Nacional de Justicia de Ecuador, Iván Saquicela, anunció este viernes que firmó una providencia para iniciar el proceso de extradición desde Bélgica del expresidente Rafael Correa. Correa fue sentenciado en 2020 a ocho años de prisión por el delito de cohecho agravado dentro del
Continue Reading By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia will ban exports of cooking oil and its raw materials to reduce domestic shortages and hold down skyrocketing prices. President Joko Widodo announced the policy on Friday, a day after hundreds of people protested in the capital against rising food costs. He says the ban
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