By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 11.3% in June compared with a year earlier, the latest painful reminder that inflation is running hot through the American economy. The Labor Department reported Thursday that the U.S. producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series. Personal Birth date: July 31, 1965 Birth place: Gloucestershire, England Birth name: Joanne Rowling Father: Peter Rowling, aircraft factory manager Mother: Anne (Volant) Rowling, lab technician Marriages: Neil Murray (December 26, 2001-present); Jorge Arantes (1992-1995,
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business A leading inflation indicator surged in June, showing that prices continue to remain stubbornly high. The Producer Price Index, a measure of the change in prices paid to US producers of goods and services, hit 11.3% in June compared to the same period a year ago and jumped 1.1% from
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s president has asked Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to form a new government after she tendered resignation of her one-party minority Cabinet to end a more than month-long political stalemate in the Baltic nation. Estonia’s government crisis culminated in early June. Kallas is the leader of the
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Pet owners need to look at what they’re feeding their dogs. Stormberg foods has placed a recall on several of its dogs treats due to a potential salmonella contamination. “Beg and Barker chicken breast strips,” “Billo’s Best Friend chicken breast strips,” and the “Green Coast Pets chicken crisps” are all being pulled from shelves. According
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about World War I, also known as the First World War and the Great War, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Causes of World War I The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb, led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. The
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Central banks have made clear that after a sluggish start, they’re serious about putting a lid on inflation. Now, as prices soar even faster than expected, they’re weighing increasingly drastic options. What’s happening: Investors see a growing probability that the Federal Reserve could hike interest rates by a full percentage
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los alquileres siguen disparándose y alcanzaron nuevos máximos históricos en Manhattan el mes pasado. El alquiler mensual medio pagado por un inquilino de un condominio en Manhattan subió a US$ 4.050 en junio, casi un 25% más que hace un año y estableciendo un nuevo récord por quinto mes consecutivo,
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business It only took Matt Laming, a 19-year-old from the United Kingdom, about a month to hit a million followers on Twitter. And all it required was sharing a steady stream of the most outlandish computer-generated images that he and a bunch of internet strangers could think up. In recent weeks,
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business It only took Matt Laming, a 19-year-old from the United Kingdom, about a month to hit a million followers on Twitter. And all it required was sharing a steady stream of the most outlandish computer-generated images that he and a bunch of internet strangers could think up.
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A major automaker, large truck stop chain and an electric vehicle charging company are proposing a network that would put charging plugs at 50-mile intervals along U.S. highways. General Motors, Pilot Travel Centers and EVgo said Thursday they will build 2,000 charging stalls at “up to”
Continue Reading VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s prime minister says her country won’t try to reverse a decision by the European Union’s executive arm to allow certain sanctioned goods pass through its territory on the way to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. The European Commission said Wednesday that Russia can continue transporting certain cargo to Kalingrad by rail as
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By Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday stopped short of committing to raise the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with leaders in Saudi Arabia this week, instead saying he “always” brings up human rights and that his views on the murder have been made “absolutely” clear. “My views on Khashoggi have been
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EL PASO, Texas — While students are enjoying their summer vacation hanging out at home, playing video games, two EPISD students took their love of drone to new heights. Adrian Vicario and Gabriel Alvarado spent part of their summer representing El Paso and the entire state of Texas at the Skills USA Commercial sUAS Done
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari has died at 98. Scalfari helped revolutionize Italian journalism by founding liberal daily newspaper La Repubblica. The Rome-based paper broke ground when it burst onto already crowded newsstands in 1976, grabbing attention with punchy headlines and a sassy style. It was known for
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN It could take a decade to fully eradicate a critical vulnerability found last year in software used by governments and tech firms around the world from some computer systems, a Department of Homeland Security review board said Thursday. The review board, which the White House established last year to investigate major
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By Barry Neild, CNN Cycling vacations usually conjure up images of pedaling across the French countryside, a baguette lashed to the handlebars, or perhaps a breezy ride along the flat and friendly bike paths that weave their way through cities like Copenhagen or Amsterdam. They don’t usually involve the Arabian desert, where summer temperatures and
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Neema Avashia is all too used to the shocked reaction she gets when she tells people she’s from West Virginia. A queer woman whose parents immigrated to the US from India, Avashia doesn’t fit the image many Americans have about Appalachians: impoverished, rural and White. But those stereotypes about Appalachia don’t
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He’s lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice. That’s why he fiercely opposed a plan to build more than 1,100 homes in a fire-prone area he
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Maybe this counts as good news in a time of painful price increases for necessities such as food, fuel and housing: The cost of a US postage stamp just increased by a mere 2 cents. That raises the cost of mailing a first-class letter by 3.4%, to 60 cents —
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at JPMorgan Chase fell by 28% in the second quarter, as the bank tries to navigate an economy that’s showing strength in many areas but losing steam as interest rates continue to rise. The nation’s largest bank by assets said Thursday that profits fell to $2.76 per share from $3.78
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By Virginia Langmaid and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The number of monkeypox vaccine doses distributed across the United States has more than tripled since last week, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, but supply falls far short of demand — and short of the levels that experts say will be needed to
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and two of his children — Donald Jr. and Ivanka — are due, in the coming days, to face questioning under oath in New York’s civil investigation into their business practices. But will the Trumps answer? The ex-president’s lawyer has indicated that he will
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Good Thursday morning to you all. After a hot day yesterday, expect plenty of more heat through the next several days, including the weekend. When I say hot, I mean 100 degrees and above hot. A strong high pressure system will remain over the Four Corners region for the next few days which is the
Continue Reading By Randi Kaye, Dianne Gallagher and Ray Sanchez, CNN Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been indicted for the 2021 murders of his wife and son by a Colleton County grand jury. The once prominent, now disbarred, attorney was indicted Thursday morning on two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — Un tribunal federal condenó este miércoles a un exempleado de la CIA, acusado de llevar a cabo la mayor filtración de datos clasificados en la historia de la agencia. Joshua Schulte —que fue acusado de entregar resmas de datos clasificados a WikiLeaks en 2016— fue declarado culpable de reunir
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN Once again, Covid-19 seems to everywhere. If you feel caught off-guard, you aren’t alone. After the Omicron tidal wave of that washed over the United States in January and the smaller rise in cases in the spring caused by the BA.2 subvariant, it might have seemed like the coronavirus could be
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Students are heading to another school year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but this time, there seem to be fewer discussions and fretting about masks and other mitigation measures — despite a rise of infections sweeping the country. Most of the largest public school districts in the United States are not requiring
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Local officials with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party have met to consider calls to expel former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The ex-leader’s longstanding ties to the Russian energy sector and refusal to distance himself fully from President Vladimir Putin after Russia invaded Ukraine have left his political standing in tatters. An arbitration committee
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By Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump will return to Washington on July 26 to deliver what’s being billed as a major policy speech, CNN has learned, marking the former President’s first time back in the nation’s capital since he left office nearly a year and a half ago. Trump will deliver remarks at the America
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