By Kylie Atwood, CNN The State Department and United States Agency for International Development have not provided information to a government watchdog about the fall of the Afghan government during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, according to a letter from the watchdog’s director. The information has been required by multiple congressionally mandated audits,
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the U.S. job market remains robust despite four-decade high inflation and a myriad of other economic pressures. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending June 18 fell to 229,000, a decline of 2,000 from the previous
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the British Open. July 14-17, 2022 – Cameron Smith wins the 150th Open Championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, for his first major title. July 15-18, 2021 – Collin Morikawa wins the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, Kent, England. Originally scheduled
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Tesla cars are being kept off some roads in China as authorities bar them from sensitive areas, reportedly including a seaside resort town where a top leadership gathering could take place next month. The reports suggest that the automaker continues to face deep mistrust from officials about whether its vehicles
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EL PASO, Texas — More than two years since the start of the pandemic, the Borderland’s youngest population can now get a Covid-19 vaccine. Vaccines for children under 5 years old are finally being rolled out at different sites across the city. The Food and Drug Administration authorized Moderna and Pfizer’s shots over the weekend,
Continue Reading CNN, POOL, HOUSE TV, NIXON LIBRARY, NATIONAL ARCHIVES By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Before the congressional hearings this month, Franzetta Ivy offered private prayers for the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, hopeful that all Americans would watch the historic proceedings with open minds. “I prayed
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Before the congressional hearings this month, Franzetta Ivy offered private prayers for the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, hopeful that all Americans would watch the historic proceedings with open minds. “I prayed for the best outcome — that God’s will,
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching a partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s climate change plan. Biden administration officials will meet with governors and labor leaders Thursday to announce commitments to expand important parts
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Police in Portugal have found just over 8 metric tons (8.8 short tons) of cocaine concealed inside banana shipments from Colombia. Police said Thursday the cocaine was hidden in the hold of three cargo ships that docked in Setubal in a port about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the Portuguese
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN The Queen has been spotted with a new look. In photos shared on Wednesday by the official Instagram page of the royal family, the British monarch is seen sporting a shorter hair-do as she greets the Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley, at Windsor Castle, England. It is a subtle change
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Fears of a recession and the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes have pushed investors to dump corporate debt in recent weeks. The sell-off hasn’t gotten as much attention as the bleeding in stocks or cryptocurrencies, but it’s been painful. What’s happening: A major exchange-traded fund that tracks blue chip bonds
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — La nadadora estadounidense Anita Álvarez fue rescatada del fondo de la piscina por su entrenadora en el Campeonato Mundial Acuático de la FINA en Budapest, Hungría, después de perder el conocimiento, según Reuters. La entrenadora Andrea Fuentes saltó a la piscina luego de ver a la nadadora artística de 25 años hundirse
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMB0, Sri Lanka (AP) — Senior Indian officials are in Sri Lanka for talks on how to help the island nation weather an unprecedented economic crisis. The Indian delegation’s visit Thursday followed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s declaration that Sri Lanka’s economy had “collapsed.” Sri Lankans have endured months
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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (AP) — Players on the German national volleyball team have forfeited a match for refusing to play China after after some of their opponents tested positive for COVID-19. The Chinese team was given a 3-0 victory in the men’s Volleyball Nations League. The International Volleyball Federation says the game in the Philippines
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Un incendio en un edificio residencial en la ciudad de Buenos Aires dejó hasta el momento cinco personas muertas y otras 25 resultaron heridas, según informó a medios locales este jueves Alberto Crescenti, director del Sistema de Atención Médica de Emergencias (SAME). De acuerdo a información difundida por el
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Even the littlest children can experience long Covid, according to a large study, one of the first of its kind to include infants and toddlers. The study published Wednesday in the journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health included 44,000 children in Denmark ranging in ages zero through 14 years old.
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By Rachel Fadem, CNN Elmo, everyone’s favorite red Muppet, has received the Covid-19 vaccine. In a public service announcement released on Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, Elmo’s dad Louie — also a Muppet — shared his questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5. Elmo is 3 and
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN American swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after she lost consciousness. Coach Andrea Fuentes jumped into the pool after she saw the 25-year-old artistic swimmer sink to the bottom at the end of
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Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN The story of the “West Memphis Three,” whose decades-long murder case was the source for a noted documentary trilogy, returned to court Thursday, with a judge denying one of the men access to evidence he wants tested for DNA, according to his defense team. The hearing was requested by attorneys for
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second national walkout this week, and workers at Britain’s busiest airport announced plans to walk out, adding to summertime travel misery. The 24-hour strike by 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff canceled
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By Kevin Liptak and Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden has been bracing for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade for months, preparing for it to potentially set off mass protests and heap pressure on the White House to act, according to officials, even as there remains little he can do through
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Three Russian officials have won a court ruling to overturn being barred from this weekend’s International Weightlifting Federation elections. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it upheld appeals by the men who were excluded last month by a panel vetting potential candidates. IWF board member Maxim Agapitov was among the
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — An investment group led by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow has bought Spanish soccer club Leganés. Luhnow lost his job in baseball with the Astros in 2020 in the wake of a sign-stealing scheme during the team’s World Series title run in 2017 and again in 2018. An investigation by
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An American executive who resigned from Toyota after being arrested in Japan in 2015 on suspicion of drug law violations has returned to the Japanese automaker. Toyota said Thursday that Julie Hamp has been hired by its North American operations to support its chief executive, Akio Toyoda,
Continue Reading Monsoon rains continue to provide much needed relief for the Southwest as very hot temperatures remain in the South. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the forecast.
Continue Reading Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, and her mother Ruby Freeman, testified in front of the January 6 committee about how their lives were upended after being accused of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), one of the lead negotiators of gun legislation in the Senate, tells CNN’s John Berman what is included in the bipartisan gun safety bill and how a group of senators agreed to close the “boyfriend loophole” in domestic violence laws.
Continue Reading EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Serena Williams’ competitive preparation for Wimbledon will amount to two doubles matches. A right knee injury to Williams’ doubles partner has led to them withdrawing from the grass-court event in Eastbourne. Williams and Ons Jabeur were scheduled to play Magda Linette and Aleksandra Krunic in the semifinals after winning two matches
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