By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dollar Tree and Dollar General have reported higher second-quarter as four-decade high inflation drove more customers to bargain chain stores for everything from lightbulbs to groceries. Dollar stores tend to sell items in small quantities, not big packages, allowing low-income customers to buy a little
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By Rishabh Pratap, CNN Indian kickboxer Yora Tade died at a government hospital in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Tuesday after collapsing in the ring during a national championship final match. Tade, 24, was taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on Sunday after suffering a “hard knock on his
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Novak Djokovic, 21 veces campeón de Grand Slam, anunció este jueves que no participará en el próximo US Open. El tenista dio a conocer la noticia en su cuenta de Twitter. Djokovic no se ha vacunado contra el covid-19, y las reglas actuales de EE.UU. establecen que cualquier persona no estadounidense debe
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With Labor Day around the corner, the pressure is ramping up for airlines to perform. CNN’s Pete Muntean sits down with the CEO of United Airlines for an exclusive look at how they are trying to attack the issue.
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Los restos humanos que se descubrieron en el lago Mead hace más de tres meses fueron identificados como Thomas Erndt, quien se cree que murió ahogado hace dos décadas, informaron este miércoles las autoridades de Nevada. Los restos de Erndt, encontrados el pasado 7 de mayo en el área del lago conocida
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich seems to bring the best out of United States defender Joe Scally. Scally made his Bundesliga debut against Bayern in the German league’s opening game last season. The then-18-year-old impressed in helping Borussia Mönchengladbach claim a 1-1 draw against the defending champion, and he
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston’s return to practice this week has generated talk about his past as a two-sport college athlete. Safety Tyrann Mathieu alluded to Winston’s pitching background at Florida State when describing the velocity of his passes. Winston also capped a scramble
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Yulia Kesaieva and Tara John, CNN Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is held by Russian forces, is still disconnected from the country’s power grid, a day after being disconnected for the first time in its history, according to the country’s nuclear operator. “The station’s own needs for power supply are currently
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US and Israeli governments have shared key details of unrelated cyberattacks on their infrastructure — one from suspected pro-Russia hackers and the other from possible Iranian hackers — as part of heightened efforts in recent months to bolster cyber defense between the two allies, a senior US Treasury official told
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup will wind down its consumer banking and commercial lending operations in Russia after months of looking for a buyer, with Russia increasingly isolated from the Western financial world. Citigroup said in spring 2021 that it planned to exit Russia, long before it invaded Ukraine
Continue Reading By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN Twenty-one time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic has announced his absence from the upcoming US Open via a Twitter post on Thursday. Djokovic has remained unvaccinated against Covid-19 throughout the pandemic, and current US rules stipulate that any non-US citizen must be fully vaccinated against the virus in
Continue Reading By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins canceled their joint practice with the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday after a stomach bug sidelined multiple players. Coach Mike McDaniel confirmed the news Thursday morning. The Dolphins still plan to play the Eagles on Saturday night at Hard Rock Stadium in
Continue Reading urielblanco Hong Kong (CNN) — La metrópolis china de Chongqing puso en marcha pruebas masivas de covid-19 en su zona central en medio de una ola de calor récord, dejando a millones de residentes de pie bajo el sol durante horas mientras luchan contra las temperaturas extremas y la escasez de energía. Las estrictas medidas
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says that in a rare move, authorities have allowed women to attend a soccer game at the Tehran Azadi stadium in the Iranian capital. Videos posted on social media show women inside the stadium as the game between Esteghlal FC and Mes-e Kerman kicked off on Thursday
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton’s rough road to recovery continues. The fitness company’s quarterly revenue came in below Wall Street estimates, signaling that its recently launched turnaround effort will take more time to revive sagging sales. Losses amounted to $1.2 billion for the three-month period ending June 30. Revenue also fell nearly 30%, to
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Former Cleveland Browns center JC Tretter announced his retirement after eight seasons in the NFL. Tretter will continue to serve as president of the NFL Players Association. He missed only one game for Cleveland over the past five seasons despite having bad knees. While he’ll no
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kurt Busch will miss the start of NASCAR’s playoffs with concussion-like symptoms that have sidelined him six weeks. The decision means two spots in the 16-driver playoff field will be open Saturday night in the regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway. Busch has been
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Urawa Reds of Japan have moved into the final of the Asian Champions League with a 3-1 penalty shootout victory over South Korea’s Jeonbuk Motors. The semifinal match finished 2-2 at Saitama Stadium before Urawa’s Ataru Esaka scored the winning penalty after Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Seung-ki and Kim Jin-su missed
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, California — Capitol Records has done away with the newly-debuted “robot rapper.” This comes after the company was criticized for the virtual character. The record label said Tuesday, that is has “severed ties with the FN Meka project, effective immediately.” It called its decision to sign the project “insensitive.” The company apologized for
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States. Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours
Continue Reading CNN, KDKA By Dan Merica and Eva McKend, CNN Mehmet Oz was quick to wish John Fetterman well and offer prayers as the Democrat recovered from a stroke earlier this year. But now that the two are officially facing each other in one of the highest profile Senate races of 2022, the Republican Senate nominee
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The White House rounded out the senior ranks of its press and communications operation on Thursday, naming a new No. 2 spokesperson and promoting other communications aides. Olivia Dalton, who until recently served as the US Mission to the United Nations’ spokesperson and communications director, will join the White House as
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Esta semana entrarán en vigor una serie de leyes estatales restrictivas sobre el aborto, incluidas las llamadas leyes desencadenantes, lo que pondrá el acceso al aborto fuera del alcance de millones de mujeres, ya que los estados liderados por republicanos se apresuran a limitar el procedimiento desde la revocación de
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City forward Chet Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft, will miss the 2022-23 season because of a right foot injury. Holmgren was hurt while playing in a pro-am game last weekend in Seattle, near where he played last season for Gonzaga.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Olivia Wilde has shared how she felt about being publicly served legal documents in a new interview. Wilde was introducing her upcoming directorial project, “Don’t Worry Darling,” to an industry audience at CinemaCon in April when she was delivered a manila envelope on stage. She opened it to discover they were legal
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ROCKAWAY, New Jersey — This holiday season, celebrations could return to pre-pandemic levels. Retailers are getting ready for the holiday rush. Party City announced plans to hire 20,000 temporary workers. That’s 3,000 more workers than the company hired for the Halloween season last year. The retailer will be hiring for many different positions including: team
Continue Reading New images show metal cages at the Mariupol Philharmonic Hall in Mariupol, Ukraine, that will purportedly be used to hold Ukrainian prisoners of war for expected trials to be held by Russian-backed authorities. The UN said they are concerned that the Russian Federation and affiliated groups could be planning trials for Ukrainian prisoners of war around the country’s independence day. CNN’s Scott McLean reports.
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates jumped higher this week as investors tried to make sense of data that gave mixed signals about the health of the US economy. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.55% in the week ending August 25, up from 5.13% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That is significantly
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates jumped higher this week as investors tried to make sense of data that gave mixed signals about the health of the US economy. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.55% in the week ending August 25, up from 5.13% the week before, according to Freddie Mac.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN When NASA’s Artemis I launches next week on a journey to the moon, no animals or people will be onboard, but it will still carry biology investigations to see how living things react to the deep space environment. The Orion spacecraft will carry items like yeast, algae, fungi and seeds rather
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