CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Tech companies and data brokers that misuse or misrepresent how they handle Americans’ personal data, including reproductive health information, may find themselves on the hook with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency warned this week. On Monday, the FTC renewed its vow to investigate or sue companies that
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to help troubled energy giant Uniper after it asked the government for a bailout to cope with surging prices for natural gas due to the war in Ukraine. Uniper said the “stabilization measures” it is seeking were “aimed at ceasing the
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business GameStop has fired its chief financial officer and is preparing to make cuts to its staff. Shares of the company’s volatile stock fell 5% in premarket trading Friday. The stock rose 15% Thursday after the company planned a four-for-one stock split, GameStop did not give a reason for firing CFO
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EL PASO, Texas — More El Pasoans are using at-home rapid tests, but less than one percent of new positive Covid-19 cases come from them, according to a city spokesperson. The test posing somewhat of a challenge for the health department. “This is negligible and therefore does not provide a good data point.” City/County Health
Continue Reading By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over lists of their social media
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Lewis Hamilton believes he is close to winning again while Carlos Sainz Jr. is hungry for another Formula One victory heading into this weekend’s Austrian Prix. It took Sainz 150 races to finally win at a crash-marred Silverstone last Sunday when Hamilton collected a second straight podium to
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The highest rate of inflation in decades has forced businesses to raise prices on food and other products once considered sacrosanct. Among the list of inflation casualties: $1 prices at Dollar Tree, the $1 slice of pizza in New York City, Little Caesars’ $5 Hot-N-Ready pizza, McDonald’s dollar drink deals
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By Issy Ronald, CNN As she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest civilian honor in the United States — Megan Rapinoe paid tribute to detained WNBA star Brittney Griner, wearing a cream blazer with the initials ‘BG’ and a bunch of flowers embroidered onto the lapel. “The most important part of the
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business If you follow markets news, you’ve probably seen a few hundred headlines this year akin to: “Stocks slide as red-hot inflation weighs on investors.” At first glance, it’s a perfectly reasonable thesis. Inflation rates are still at 40-year highs and the Fed is serious about raising rates to fight them. Neither is particularly
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By Daniel Dale, CNN The liberal website Salon has changed a headline that had falsely said a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis forces Florida’s students and professors to register their political views with the state. The 2021 law does require public colleges and universities in Florida to administer annual surveys on the subject
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria have marked the completion of a new pipeline that will supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s vital supply of Russian gas was cut off in April amid the fallout over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Greece’s prime minister stressed the importance of the new
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CNN By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Tara John, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan. The assassination of the former world leader in broad daylight has shocked a nation not used to gun violence and prompted an
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden firmará este viernes un decreto destinado a proteger el derecho al aborto en respuesta a la histórica decisión de la Corte Suprema que anuló la sentencia del caso Roe contra Wade. Se espera que Biden firme el decreto durante una ceremonia en el Salón Roosevelt este
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The much-awaited summer lull in coronavirus cases doesn’t appear to be happening as Covid-19 infections continue to increase in much of the United States. An earlier rise in cases this year was driven by the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that two other
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN The much-awaited summer lull in coronavirus cases doesn’t appear to be happening as Covid-19 infections continue to increase in much of the United States. An earlier rise in cases this year was driven by the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that two other
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CNN By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Biden is expected to sign the executive order during a Roosevelt Room ceremony Friday morning. Vice President Kamala Harris is also scheduled
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN Whenever Ons Jabeur steps onto a tennis court, she never plays solely for herself, but for the future generations she hopes to inspire. This Saturday will be no different as Jabeur attempts to become the first Tunisian, first Arab and first African woman to win a grand slam in the Open
Continue Reading By Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. “I’m asking the Justice Department, that much like they did in the civil rights era, to do something, to do everything
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker was once a “partner” and “spokesman” for a subsidiary of an energy company, Just Energy, which was repeatedly targeted by states’ attorneys general and utility agencies over allegedly deceptive practices. Walker, the former football player turned businessman, and his technology company 34
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Londres (CNN) — Un juez de la corte suprema británica dictaminó que un artículo en The Mail On Sunday sobre el reclamo legal del duque de Sussex contra el Ministerio del Interior del Reino Unido era difamatorio, informó este viernes la agencia PA Media. Noticia en desarrollo… The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Villarreal says that veteran goalkeeper Pepe Reina is returning to the Spanish league after agreeing to a one-year contract. Reina originally played for Villarreal before making the leap to Liverpool in 2005 and establishing himself as a top player at his position. He will turn 40 in August. On joining Unai Emery’s
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN The San Diego Padres said Jurickson Profar was being evaluated in hospital after the 29-year-old collapsed after an outfield collision with his teammate on Thursday. Both Profar and C.J. Abrams had been sprinting to catch the ball, unaware of each other’s efforts in a game against the San Francisco Giants. A
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By FOSTER KLUG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power. Japan’s longest serving prime minister, he was also perhaps the most polarizing, complex politician in recent Japanese history. Abe, who was assassinated Friday, angered both liberals at home and World War II victims in Asia
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Summer travel is heating up, but understaffed airlines are struggling to avoid melting down. American Airlines this week agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after thousands of flights were left without pilots. Several other major airlines are also offering salary increases for pilots who fly on peak days,
Continue Reading Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan.
Continue Reading Dangerous heat continues for the southern US, as storms develop for parts of the Northern Rockies and Ohio Valley. CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the latest forecast.
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy added 372,000 jobs in June, an unexpected boost in hiring and a signal that the labor market remains robust despite recession fears, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, still close to the 52-year low last reached
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy added 372,000 jobs in June, an unexpected boost in hiring and a signal that the labor market remains robust despite recession fears, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, still close to the 52-year low
Continue Reading By FRANCESCA EBEL and MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian regional official is warning of deteriorating living conditions in a city captured by Russian forces two weeks ago. He said Friday that Sievierodonetsk is without water, power or a working sewage system while dead bodies decompose in hot apartment buildings.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Personal Birth date: September 21, 1954 Death date: July 8, 2022 Birth place: Nagato, Japan (some sources say Tokyo) Father: Shintaro Abe, former Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Mother: Yoko Kishi Marriage: Akie (Matsuzaki) Abe (1987-2022,
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