Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En medio de lluvias sin precedentes, Margaret Shellert, residente de St. Louis, Missouri, enfrenta la peor parte de las devastadoras inundaciones consecutivas esta semana. Después de que la región fuera azotada por lluvias torrenciales este lunes y martes, una segunda ronda de tormentas exacerbó este jueves aún más las condiciones
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN Español) — La vicepresidenta electa de Colombia, Francia Márquez, afirmó este jueves que el presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric, ofreció al país austral como sede para un posible diálogo de paz entre el gobierno colombiano y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). “Saludamos con mucha alegría que hoy el presidente Boric haya manifestado
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Beyoncé has officially released her seventh album, “Renaissance,” as part one of a three part series. The album had previously leaked two days before its scheduled release.
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Otra medida clave de la inflación se disparó a un nuevo máximo en 40 años en Estados Unidos durante junio, un mes que estuvo marcado por los precios récord de la gasolina. El Índice de Precios del Gasto de Consumo Personal, que mide la variación de los costos de bienes y
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation surged in June and workers’ average wages accelerated in the spring — signs that Americans won’t likely feel any relief from rising prices anytime soon and that the Federal Reserve will feel compelled to further raise borrowing costs. An inflation gauge closely tracked by the
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Another key measure of inflation set a fresh 40-year high in June, a month marked by record-high gas prices. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, which measures the change in the prices of goods and services purchased by consumers, rose by 6.8% in June as compared to the same period
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of one of the most successful investment financiers in the world, George Soros. An active philanthropist, Soros has donated more than $30 billion to various causes over the years. Personal: Birth date: August 12, 1930 Birth place: Budapest, Hungary Birth name: György Soros Father: Tivadar Soros,
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When you think about a shrinking economy, what comes to mind? Factories shutting down. A wave of job losses and few open positions. Huge financial losses that batter most industries. That’s not what America is seeing right now, even though the country’s gross domestic product has declined for two consecutive
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business ExxonMobil and Chevron both reported record massive profits thanks to record gasoline prices during the quarter. Exxon’s profit, excluding special items, came to $17.6 billion in the second quarter, nearly double what it made in its very profitable first quarter as oil and gas prices started to soar in the
Continue Reading Opinion by Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji for CNN Business Perspectives A couple of months ago, when the consensus outlook for the economy was fairly sanguine, we warned that the economy was “close to entering a recession,” but that there was still time to make hay in the jobs market. But now that a recession
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By Colin McCullough, Sonnet Swire and Dan Berman, CNN Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking for aid from the DC National Guard to help with migrants being sent by bus from Texas, according to a letter obtained by CNN affiliate WUSA. The mayor’s office says the city is now at a “tipping point.” Texas
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Después de días de inundaciones mortales que arrastraron partes del este de Kentucky, el gobernador de Kentucky, Andy Beshear, dijo el sábado por la mañana que hay al menos 25 muertes confirmadas. “Tenemos algunas noticias difíciles para compartir desde el este de Kentucky hoy, donde todavía estamos en la fase de
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Hong Kong (CNN) — Un bailarín que se presentaba en un concierto en Hong Kong de la banda Mirror, agrupación de música popular cantonesa o cantopop, está en cuidados intensivos luego de que un panel gigante de video que cayó del techo lo golpeara. Cinco personas resultaron heridas cuando la pantalla, que
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, reestructuró este jueves su gabinete de ministros en respuesta a demandas de los integrantes de su coalición que le pedían “acción”. Sergio Massa, hasta ahora presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, asumirá al frente de un nuevo “superministerio” que es resultado de la combinación
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral subvariants. Pfizer and Moderna expect to have updated
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to depart Friday for a tour of Asia, though whether she stops in Taiwan remains uncertain, a person familiar with the plans said. This story is breaking and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading CNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell had such a reputation for stopping Democratic legislation and keeping his conference together that he earned the nickname “the grim reaper.” But now he’s helped push through a string of major bipartisan victories that Democrats in particular are touting, splintering his own
Continue Reading The entire police force in the small town of Kenly, North Carolina, has resigned, citing a hostile work environment after a Black town manager took office. CNN’s Dianne Gallagher reports.
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN You should know by now that a Beyoncé album release is a whole event. “Renaissance” is that, of course, and the Grammy winner’s eagerly awaited seventh album doesn’t disappoint, if social media is to be believed. The album officially dropped Friday morning. So much to digest, so much to dissect
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a lengthy and candid discussion about Taiwan on Thursday as tensions mount between Washington and Beijing, despite Biden’s onetime hope of stabilizing the world’s most important country-to-country relationship. The two leaders did agree to begin arrangements for a face-to-face summit,
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Josh Pennington, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday the attack on a prison in separatist-held eastern Ukraine, which resulted in the deaths of at least 40 prisoners, was “a deliberate war crime by the Russians.” Russia, meanwhile, blamed Ukraine for the attack. The Olenivka prison near Donetsk has
Continue Reading CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Samuel Alito, appearing for the first time in public since penning the opinion that reversed Roe v. Wade, mocked foreign criticism of the decision during a speech he delivered in Rome. Alito — sporting a new beard — gave the talk that was largely dedicated
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a legal showdown between soccer spouses that mixed celebrity, social media and amateur sleuthing, a judge has ruled whodunnit. Judge Karen Steyn on Friday cleared Coleen Rooney of libeling Rebekah Vardy by claiming that Vardy had leaked her private social media posts to the tabloid press.
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EL PASO, Texas — Many Borderland kids will be waking up to that early morning alarm starting Monday, but it’s definitely something they’re not going to be used to. Building a consistent sleep schedule for your kids is key. That early wake up call might be a struggle at first, but Dr. Hanna Garza with
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El gobierno español lanzó una campaña de verano animando a las mujeres de todas las formas y tamaños a ir a la playa. “El verano también es nuestro. Disfrútalo como, donde y con quien tú quieras”, tuiteó este miércoles el Ministerio de Igualdad. “Hoy brindamos por un verano para todas, sin estereotipos
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil companies swam in record profits over the last few months at a time when Americans struggled to pay for gasoline, food and other basic necessities. On Friday, Exxon Mobil booked an unprecedented $17.85 billion profit for the second quarter and Chevron made a record
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Sergio Massa es el nuevo “superministro” de asuntos económicos de Argentina, un anuncio que llegó esta semana tras una fuerte reestructuración ministerial del presidente Alberto Fernández. Con estos cambios, Fernández hizo una reestructuración de una mesa triangular de poder de la coalición de gobierno, el Frente Amplio, donde están
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across the vast Pacific Ocean, extending the reach of firepower, and keeping sailors out of harm’s way. The Navy is speeding development of those robotic ships as an affordable way to keep
Continue Reading By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited a Black Sea port to watch crews prepare to export grain trapped by Russia’s five-month-old war. Zelenskyy said Friday that the first ship has been loaded since the war but others that have been stuck with their cargoes of grain
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