By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett gave Berkshire Hathaway investors a few details of how he spent more than $50 billion earlier this year and again reassured them that the company he built will endure long after the 91-year-old billionaire is gone. Tens of thousands of investors packed an
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer has announced her retirement after 50 years in college basketball. She finished with 1,055 wins, fourth all-time among Division I women’s basketball coaches. Stringer had four Final Four appearances and 28 NCAA Tournament appearances while leading Cheyney State, Iowa and Rutgers. Stringer
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Connecticut lawmakers on Friday passed a bill designed to protect people who provide an abortion or receive support to obtain the procedure in Connecticut and are then sued in another state. House Bill 5414, sponsored by state Democratic lawmakers, would enable a person or corporation who “has had a judgment entered”
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American soldiers took a 13-year-old’s birthday cake off of a window sill while celebrating a victory in Vicenza, Italy during World War II. 77 years have passed and the US Army is making amends.
Continue Reading Verónica Ojeda (CNN) — Las autoridades del condado de Lauderdale, Alabama, están buscando a una empleada de la oficina del sheriff y a un recluso que desaparecieron cuando se dirigían al juzgado alrededor de las 9:30 este viernes por la mañana. La subdirectora de correccionales desaparecida, Vicki White, rompió el protocolo cuando escoltó al recluso
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles. Experts, though, say the move by itself is unlikely to ensure the robust mining Biden seeks as he promotes cleaner energy sources. Biden’s action
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The way we buy cars in America is just weird. Just think about it for a moment. When you want to buy a refrigerator, you don’t go to a Whirlpool store, then a Maytag store and a Bosch store. You go to an appliance store. And even if there is
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La guerra de Rusia en Ucrania no da tregua. El Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia finalmente confirmó que está utilizando submarinos en el Mar Negro para llevar a cabo ataques con misiles de crucero contra objetivos ucranianos. Mientras tanto, Ucrania dice que sus tropas siguen resistiendo los ataques rusos en
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants of all sizes have had a difficult few years — but chains are coming out on top. Several new challenges have made running restaurants and (working in them) even harder than usual, including pandemic restrictions, staffing challenges, supply chain disruptions and increasing costs. About 90,000 US restaurants have temporarily
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis has found that Mississippi has long operated in violation of national standards for death investigations, accruing a severe backlog of autopsies and reports. Autopsies that should take days take weeks. Autopsy reports that should take months take a year or
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers intercepted four separate shipments of cocaine with a total street value of $70,000 hidden inside insulated thermal cups, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement. The shipments from Jamaica were discovered at processing centers in Cincinnati, New York and Philadelphia, the CBP said. Each shipment contained
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: James Nixey es el director del Programa Rusia-Eurasia de Chatham House, especializado en las relaciones entre Rusia y los demás Estados postsoviéticos. Anteriormente trabajó como reportero de investigación en el Moscow Tribune. (CNN) — El 9 de mayo, conocido como el Día de la Victoria en Rusia, el presidente Vladimir
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press QAnon loyalists, neo-Nazis and a former American president: The list of people banned from Twitter is long, but their exile could soon end if Elon Musk buys the platform. Musk, who’s the world’s richest man, says he is a free speech absolutist. That’s led to speculation that he will scrap
Continue Reading Verónica Ojeda (CNN) — El icónico dibujante de cómics Neal Adams ha fallecido este jueves en Nueva York a la edad de 80 años, según han informado su hija Zeea Adams Moss y su nuera Saori Adams. Adams trabajó con los cómics de DC y Marvel en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, dibujando personajes
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ANNIE MA Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch from enrollment losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Funding for schools is driven partly by student headcounts, and emergency provisions in many states allowed them to maintain funding at pre-pandemic levels. But like the
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ANNIE MA Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch from enrollment losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Funding for schools is driven partly by student headcounts, and emergency provisions in many states allowed them to maintain funding at pre-pandemic levels. But like the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — West Ham has given police the names of two fans who allegedly struck two German radio journalists at London Stadium while broadcasting a Europa League semifinal match. The Premier League club investigated after the commentators reported on air that they were punched by fans seated behind them during West Ham’s 2-1 loss
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By Megan Marples, CNN Women of all ages and younger men with certain mood disorders are more likely to develop certain chronic illnesses, according to new research. Researchers of a retrospective study published in the journal JAMA Network Open analyzed health data of 40,360 adults from Olmsted County in Minnesota, from the Rochester Epidemiology Project
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN Much has been said about the healing power of nature. Now, some medical professionals in Canada are increasingly prescribing it. Doctors are instructing their patients to wander park trails, feel the crunch of leaves beneath their feet and breathe in fresh air. It’s part of BC Parks Foundation’s growing PaRX program,
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By CNN Sports staff Boxers Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are set to go head-to-head at Madison Square Garden on Saturday — the first time two women will headline the iconic venue in its 140-year history. Ireland’s Taylor is the undisputed lightweight champion and is undefeated in 20 professional fights, while Puerto Rico’s Serrano has
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Dos sistemas meteorológicos separados traerán tormentas severas a más de una decena de estados este fin de semana, algunos de los mismos que fueron golpeados el viernes por la noche. El sistema que trajo más de 150 informes de tormentas severas a las llanuras centrales el viernes ahora avanzará hacia el
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un poderoso tornado azotó el área de Wichita el viernes por la noche, arrasando decenas de estructuras en la ciudad de Andover, según las autoridades. El tornado aterrizó en el condado de Sedgewick, Kansas, antes de viajar a Andover en el condado de Butler, dijo el jefe de bomberos de la
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in April as lockdowns continued in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in an attempt to stem COVID-19 outbreaks. The monthly purchasing managers’ index, released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, fell to 47.4 in April, down from 49.5 in March on a 100-point scale.
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Michelle Watson and Andi Babineau, CNN Ottawa police said they arrested at least one person in the downtown area Saturday on the second day of a biker rally in the Canadian capital — bringing the number of arrests associated with the event to at least eight since Friday. Canadian news media, including
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Ikea is known for sprawling showrooms, cheap flat-pack furniture and, of course, Swedish meatballs. The retail giant sells more than a billion of its trademark Swedish meatballs at cafeterias in stores every year. The meatballs have become a symbol of Ikea’s friendly Scandinavian brand image and central to the retailer’s
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Two separate weather systems will bring severe storms to more than a dozen states this weekend, some of the same ones that were hit Friday night. The system that brought over 150 severe storm reports to the central Plains on Friday will now push east on Saturday. All severe weather
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Michelle Watson, CNN A powerful tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area Friday night, leveling dozens of structures in the city of Andover, according to officials. The twister touched down in Sedgewick County before traveling to Andover in Butler County, the city’s fire chief Chad Russell said during a news conference.
Continue ReadingA powerful tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area, leveling dozens of structures in the city of Andover, according to officials.
Continue ReadingA surveillance camera captured a tornado ripping trees out of the ground as it passed through Andover, Kansas.
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Been stuck at home so long your passport has cobwebs? It’s time to start planning your comeback tour. Your journey just might land you at the world’s busiest airport, which has taken a surprising path to world dominance. CNN Travel is here with our weekly feast of fun, adventure and inspiration.
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