By Marshall Cohen, CNN Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann was acquitted Tuesday of lying to the FBI, in the first trial of special counsel John Durham’s investigation. The verdict is a major defeat for Durham and his Justice Department prosecutors, who have spent three years looking for wrongdoing in the Trump-Russia probe. He claimed
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors have learned a bunch of hard lessons so far in 2022. The stock market doesn’t always go up. And factors such as the economy, earnings and valuations, which might sound like quaint relics of a bygone era, still matter even in a world seemingly dominated by memes
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope has looked straight into the heart of a stunning galaxy. The observatory captured this head-on view of a grand design spiral galaxy, called NGC 3631, located about 53 million light-years away from Earth. The celestial system can be found in the direction of the Ursa Major constellation.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man accused of shooting the mother of his child to death with the toddler in the room has been captured in Arizona. Lovington Police Chief David Miranda told KOB-TV in Albuquerque as he was driving back from Holbrook, Arizona, Monday that 26-year-old Zion Gibson killed the victim as
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid had surgeries for a sprained right thumb and an injury to his left index finger. The 76ers, who were knocked out of the playoffs by the Miami Heat, announced the surgeries on Tuesday. Neither procedure, which were done on Monday, is expected to impact Embiid’s availability
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By Megan Marples, CNN Cigarette smoking is very addictive and can have long-term, adverse health effects. But there is hope for those who want to quit thanks to innovative apps, help lines and proven coping strategies. In 2019, more than 30.8 million Americans smoked, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Roman Abramovich has filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general court against the European Union Council, which imposed sanctions on the former Chelsea owner as part of measures targeting Russia and President Vladimir Putin’s close allies. The EU included the Russian oligarch in March in its
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Croatia international Ivan Perisic is joining Tottenham on a free transfer. The Premier League club says the 33-year-old Perisic will join on a two-year deal after his contract at Inter Milan expires at the end of June. Perisic previously with Tottenham manager Antonio Conte at Inter. They won the 2020-21 Serie A
Continue Reading NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have hired Dr. Angus Mugford as their senior vice president of player development and performance and promoted former Olympian Meghan Duggan to director of player development. Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the moves Tuesday. Mugford spent the previous seven years with the Toronto Blue Jays. Duggan
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The unofficial start of summer over the Memorial Day weekend offers a troubling glimpse of what lies ahead for travelers during the peak vacation season. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights from Thursday through Monday, or about 2% of their schedules, according to tracking service FlightAware. Delta Air
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Roughly 100 Sears Hometown locations are permanently closing in the coming weeks, representing roughly half of its remaining retail footprint. The closures were announced on each individual store’s Facebook page rather than a single press release. The locations are spread over about 30 US states, according to multiple reports. “Unfortunately
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By Eoin McSweeney, CNN The chief executive of Qatar Airways has defended a plan to operate more than 160 extra flights to shuttle spectators from the region to Doha and back each day, for what has been advertised as the first “carbon neutral” FIFA World Cup. Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it had partnered with
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN A week ago, Coco Gauff celebrated her high school graduation under the Eiffel Tower. Now, the 18-year-old will compete in her first-ever grand slam singles semifinal following a 7-5 6-2 victory against compatriot Sloane Stephens in an all-American quarterfinal at the French Open. Gauff’s extraordinary talent has been evident since she
Continue Reading A new report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation warns the US power grid could buckle due to extreme weather, causing energy emergencies this summer. CNN’s René Marsh reports.
Continue Reading By René Marsh, CNN As heat ramps up ahead of what forecasters say will be a hotter than normal summer, electricity experts and officials are warning that states may not have enough power to meet demand in the coming months. And many of the nation’s grid operators are also not taking climate change into account
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A shakeup may be in the works at Unilever, the consumer goods giant behind brands like Dove soap, Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Vaseline. Unilever announced Monday that Nelson Peltz, one of the most influential corporate raiders on Wall Street, will join the company’s board of directors and disclosed that Peltz’s fund
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Inflation may be showing signs that it’s easing, but the high-cost environment still has American consumers wary about the direction of the economy. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index dipped slightly to 106.4 in May, down from a revised 108.6 in April, according to data released Tuesday. The decline was
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN A slower walk as you age has always been a warning sign of increasing frailty that could lead to falls and other disabilities, experts say. Emerging research in small groups of elderly subjects has also found that a slower gait from year to year may be an early sign of cognitive
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — La famosa banda de K-pop BTS se reunirá este martes con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y estará junto a la secretaria Karine Jean-Pierre en una rueda de prensa, informó la Casa Blanca. Todo como parte de una visita destinada a discutir la inclusión y representación asiáticas, además de abordar
Continue Reading GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Ukrainian soccer star Oleksandr Zinchenko couldn’t hold back the tears as he tried to explain what it means to represent his country’s national team at this moment, with a spot at the World Cup within reach. Ukraine is two games away from qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar, starting with
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency request from three Texas state legislators seeking to quash subpoenas from the US Justice Department and voting rights groups related to a challenge to state legislative maps. There were no noted dissents to the Supreme Court order. The state’s
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Some lucky night sky watchers caught a glimpse of a brand new meteor shower on Monday night, as Earth passed through the debris trail of a crumbling comet. The meteor shower peaked around 1 a.m. ET, with 10 to 25 meteors an hour spotted falling through the night sky, according to
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Korean pop supergroup BTS appeared at the White House press briefing on Tuesday and will meet with President Joe Biden as part of a visit aimed at discussing Asian inclusion and representation and addressing anti-Asian hate crimes and disinformation. “While many of you may know BTS
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CNN By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote as soon as Thursday on wide-ranging gun control legislation after a number of mass shootings in America, including at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed. The bill would raise the
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote as soon as Thursday on wide-ranging gun control legislation after a number of mass shootings in America, including at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed. The bill would raise the lawful
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bobby Brown is happily married, but he still sounds a bit smitten with Janet Jackson. “Janet was the crush of my life,” Brown said during his A&E two-night documentary, “Biography: Bobby Brown.” “What was it about Janet?,” he said. “Everything. Her little smile, body, her dance moves, her little laugh.”
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers The French government is blaming Liverpool fans. The English club is enraged by the “irresponsible, unprofessional” rush to conclusions. European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, will now try to uncover what went wrong in the disorder and chaos in Paris at the Champions League final before Liverpool
Continue Reading Victoria Fernandez (CNN) — Todos los días, Hillary Demmon ha estado leyendo con horror las noticias sobre la escasez de fórmula láctea para bebés en todo el país. “Es un escenario de pesadilla en el que pensar”, dijo Demmon, quien tiene un hijo de 1 año y trabaja en la Universidad de Pittsburgh. En la semana
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence edged lower in May as Americans’ view of their present and future prospects dimmed in the midst of persistent inflation. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dipped to 106.4 in May — still a strong reading —
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Just before welcoming a child with Rihanna was earlier this month, A$AP Rocky shared some thoughts about how he planned on approaching fatherhood. In a recently published interview with Dazed just before Rihanna gave birth, the rapper said he “will always remind my children to never lose their imagination, even
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