By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An airline industry group is criticizing the European Union’s Parliament for seeking to expand its emissions trading system to long-haul flights. EU lawmakers voted Wednesday that existing requirements for airlines to buy credits for their greenhouse gas emissions should include all flights that leave the 27-nation bloc,
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Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Consumer inflation figures for May will be out Friday, and the report is sure to be disquieting. Gasoline prices are seemingly breaking new record highs on almost a daily basis, food costs are soaring, and housing is becoming increasingly unaffordable. The persistence of high inflation in the
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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jaire Alexander took pride in the way his fellow Green Bay Packers cornerbacks thrived without him last season. Alexander now is back from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for most of the 2021 regular season and eager to join Eric Stokes and Rasul
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By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Five US Marines are dead after a military aircraft crashed during a training mission Wednesday near Glamis, California, the US Marine Corps said in a statement Thursday. Equipment recovery efforts “have begun” and an investigation into the incident involving a MV-22B Osprey is “underway.” “We mourn the loss
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EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7 was contacted by a viewer about the lack of transportation to William Beaumont Army Center. This viewer said he had to pay $50 for an Uber to get him from his home to the hospital. At the Sun Metro bus stop at Beaumont, a sign is posted with the words:
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Catcher Gary Sánchez and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $9 million, one-year contract. The deal avoids an arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for next week. The agreement was at the midpoint of the $9.5 million Sánchez had asked for and the $8.5 million offered by the Twins. Sánchez hit
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ryan Kelley, candidato republicano a la gobernación de Michigan, fue arrestado este jueves por cargos de delitos menores relacionados con su participación en el disturbio del Capitolio el 6 de enero de 2021, según el Departamento de Justicia. Luego de hacer su aparición inicial en la corte federal en Michigan el
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, will begin publicly presenting evidence about the violent riot and its precipitating events at 7 p.m. Central time Thursday. The select committee “will present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, preview additional hearings, and provide the
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Ricardo Castellano, a Socorro Independent School District trustee, is under investigation by the Texas Rangers for allegations of official oppression, according to an investigation report. Castellano’s wife, Gabriela, is also under investigation for allegations of stalking, according to the report, which the Texas Department of Public Safety released to El Paso Matters via an open
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By Jason Hanna and Nick Valencia, CNN The US Department of Justice said Thursday it’s opening an investigation into whether the Louisiana State Police engage in racially discriminatory policing and use excessive force. It is a development following high-profile cases, including the 2019 death in police custody of Black motorist Ronald Greene. Justice Department teams
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The Pentagon will no longer automatically ban people who are HIV-positive from joining the US military as officers or deploying abroad. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo this week updating HIV policies for the military “in view of significant advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention” of
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The ATP men’s professional tennis tour has announced reforms that include expansion of five Masters 1000 events and 50-50 profit sharing between players and tournaments starting next year. Changes approved by the ATP Board also include increased prize money, all the result of more than two years of negotiations. The “OneVision” phase
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General del estado de Veracruz informó este miércoles que acusó de homicidio doloso calificado a un nuevo detenido por el asesinato de dos periodistas, ocurrido en mayo. En un comunicado, la entidad mexicana identificó al detenido como Víctor Manuel “N”, “El Calaco”, y agregó que un juez lo
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Americans’ wealth took a nosedive early this year as the stock market plummeted. The net worth of households and nonprofit organizations dropped $0.5 trillion to $149.3 trillion in the first quarter, according to Federal Reserve Bank data released Thursday. That’s a notable turnaround from the robust gains in wealth that began
Continue Reading In today’s episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains why Congress is starting to investigate UFOs — also known as UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomena) — as a potential national security threat.
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA is putting a team together to study unidentified aerial phenomena, popularly known as UFOs, the US space agency said Thursday. The team will gather data on “events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena — from a scientific perspective,” the agency
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission is keeping a close eye on Big Tech as the industry expands into newer technologies such as artificial intelligence and the metaverse. In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, FTC Chair Lina Khan said regulators risk “fighting yesterday’s war” if they fail to comprehend how tech
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Most chief executive officers, when asked if their firm is for sale, would give a boring, lawyer-approved response about how their company does not comment on rumors or speculation. Not Credit Suisse’s Thomas Gottstein. When asked at a Goldman Sachs conference Thursday about chatter circulating on Wall Street
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves, Rebekah Riess and Eric Levenson, CNN A Texas House Investigative Committee began its search for answers in the Robb Elementary School shooting on Thursday and could produce a preliminary report on its fact-finding mission by the end of the month. “The people of Uvalde and the entire State of Texas
Continue Reading Miah Cerrillo, a survivor of the Uvalde shooting, and her father Miguel Cerrillo testify at the House Oversight Committee’s hearing on gun violence.
Continue Reading By Chiara Grimes, CNN Business Time to find an alternative hot sauce, Sriracha lovers. Huy Fong Inc., one of the world’s largest producers in the Asian hot sauce market, says it anticipates a major shortage of its beloved Sriracha. “Unfortunately, we can confirm that there is an unprecedented shortage of our products,” the company said
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Republicans are pushing an anti-Big Tech message in the midterm campaigns as they look to tap into the resentment toward large technology companies that increasingly courses through their party. For voters confronting everything from inflation to gun violence, it’s unclear whether concerns about the role of
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CNN, NOVAVAX By Donald Judd and Betsy Klein, CNN The White House has announced a highly anticipated Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan for children under 5. The administration “has made 10 million vaccine doses available for states, Tribes, territories, community health centers, federal pharmacy partners, and others to pre-order,” according to a White House fact sheet
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, Kylie Atwood, Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Thursday that it will “further complicate” efforts to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if Iran removes cameras that monitor its nuclear program and could lead to “a deepening nuclear crisis and further economic and political isolation
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson The House voted Thursday to pass a “red flag” bill intended to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others. Rep. Lucy McBath, a Georgia Democrat whose son was shot and killed at a gas station by a man who thought he was playing
Continue Reading CNN By Kristin Wilson The House voted Thursday to pass a “red flag” bill intended to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others. Rep. Lucy McBath, a Georgia Democrat whose son was shot and killed at a gas station by a man who thought he was
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Oleksandra Ochman, Jonny Hallam, Uliana Pavlova and Anna Chernova, CNN A court in the pro-Russian, self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) sentenced three foreigners to death on Thursday, after accusing them of being “mercenaries” for Ukraine, according to Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti. DPR authorities said the three — British citizens Aiden
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los bebés de madres que tuvieron covid-19 durante el embarazo pueden tener más probabilidades de sufrir trastornos del desarrollo neuronal en su primer año de vida, según sugiere un nuevo estudio. Los autores del estudio y expertos externos afirman que es necesario realizar más estudios. Entre más de 7.000 bebés, el
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By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. “Ryan Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested this morning on misdemeanor charges stemming from the
Continue Reading CNN, BRENDAN GUTENSCHWAGER, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, TWITTER , JANUARY 6, 2021, Twitter / January 6, 2021 By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department.
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