By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield was once the No. 1 overall pick. He’s not anyone’s choice at the moment. Mayfield is a quarterback without a team. Cleveland’s starter the past four seasons, Mayfield lost his job last week when the Browns pulled off a trade that shook the NFL
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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business As Russia’s war in Ukraine and its diplomatic conflict with the United States both continue to escalate, the warnings that Russian hackers could go after US businesses have gained new urgency. US President Joe Biden on Monday urged business leaders to strengthen their online defenses, warning that his
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business As Russia’s war in Ukraine and its diplomatic conflict with the United States both continue to escalate, the warnings that Russian hackers could go after US businesses have gained new urgency. US President Joe Biden on Monday urged business leaders to strengthen their online defenses, warning that his Russian counterpart
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La fuerte lluvia que cayó este martes sobre Asunción causó inundaciones en gran parte de la capital de Paraguay. Los fuertes raudales convirtieron algunas calles en ríos, arrastrando vehículos e inundando casas y comercios. Medios locales mostraron imágenes de un niño que quedó en medio de la fuerte
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Hace casi un mes, las tropas de Rusia cruzaron la frontera para invadir Ucrania y, desde entonces, continúan su ataque desde el norte, este y sur. Pero la velocidad de la ofensiva se ha reducido, y las principales ciudades —entre estas Kyiv, la capital— siguen en manos ucranianas. Las fuerzas
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EL PASO, Texas – Students at AOY Elementary helped unveil the new name for the El Paso Children’s Museum and Science center. The center will take on a Spanish name “La Nube” (The Cloud). The museum’s design reveal and groundbreaking was held in Oct. of 2020. The four-story, 70,000-square-foot museum is being built at 201
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian and Belarusian swimmers have been banned from competing at the world championships because of the war in Ukraine. The sport’s governing body had broken with most other organizations by continuing to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as “neutral athletes” without national symbols. FINA says it changed its approach after
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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed that she has donated nearly $4 billion to 465 nonprofits in a new blog post Wednesday, confirming the gifts that the groups have been announcing on their own for months. The announcement brings Scott’s publicly disclosed donations to more than $12 billion since 2019,
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Miley Cyrus was on her way to Paraguay when her flight had to make an emergency landing. The singer posted a message to her fans on her Instagram Wednesday telling them that the plane had been struck by lightning. The post included a video of a flash of lightning seen from
Continue Reading CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Gareth Bale has declared himself in “very good shape” and ready to play “whatever is necessary” for Wales in its World Cup playoff against Austria. Bale pulled out of Real Madrid’s humiliating 4-0 loss to Barcelona in the Spanish league three days ago for undisclosed reasons. Bale is unwilling to expand
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By Marianne Garvey The long anticipated trailer for the movie version of “Where the Crawdads Sing” has arrived. “Normal People” star Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in the adaptation of Delia Owens’ hit 2018 novel. Taylor Swift’s new song “Carolina” is featured in the trailer. Edgar-Jones plays Kya, a girl left by her family to fend for
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By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Several European nations are facing a new spike in Covid-19 cases because they scrapped pandemic restrictions too soon, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned. The coronavirus is back on the rise in 18 European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany, Hans
Continue Reading China says it recorded more than 4,300 new Covid-19 cases on March 20, according to the National Health Commission. The country has been battling an upswing in cases recently, and it’s putting China’s “zero Covid” policy to the test. CNN’s David Culver reports.
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Following a landmark Supreme Court decision last year that opened the door for college athletes to make money, sponsors have scrambled to nab the highest-profile NCAA players. But Adidas is playing the game differently. Rather than exclusively going after individual sponsorship deals, Adidas announced Wednesday that it will create a
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The meme stocks are back. Shares of GameStop and AMC, two companies beloved by traders on Reddit and other social media platforms, are surging again. Shares of GameStop rose more than 30% Tuesday and were up another 16% Wednesday. AMC soared 15% Tuesday and gained 20% Wednesday. GameStop
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN A tiger attacked an employee of a Florida Everglades tourist attraction Tuesday, leaving him hospitalized with severe injuries, officials said. The tiger was being fed by its caretaker in an enclosed area around 4:30 p.m. when another employee who was not authorized to go inside entered the enclosure, the Collier County
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are warning people that wearing expensive jewelry in public could make them a target for thieves — a note of caution as robberies are up citywide. The police department’s suggestion Tuesday came as robbers smashed the front window of a
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN An official from the US embassy in Moscow found US basketball player Brittney Griner to be “in good condition,” after they were recently granted consular access to the American athlete who is being detained in Russia, US State Department spokesman Ned Price told CNN on Wednesday. The embassy official was granted
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that state and local governments have spent nearly $1 billion worth of federal coronavirus aid on projects that have little to do with combating the pandemic. The spending runs the gamut. In Broward County, Florida, $140 million will help to build an
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The UK government is cutting payroll taxes and duties on fuel in an attempt to take some of the sting out of the worst cost of living crisis in decades. But it resisted calls to impose a new windfall tax on oil company profits to raise money to fund more
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — A joint venture between Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution plans to build a large electric vehicle battery factory in Windsor, Ontario, employing about 2,500 people. The venture plans to spend $4.1 billion ($5 billion Canadian) to build the new plant on a field in the Canadian city just across a
Continue Reading The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will demand “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on. Putin told a meeting with government officials Wednesday that “a number of Western countries made illegitimate decisions on the so-called freezing of the Russian assets, effectively drawing
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former Trump national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Russian President Vladimir Putin has been caught off guard by the West’s united front deploying tough sanctions in response to the invasion of Ukraine — and that the Biden administration deserves credit for helping foster that unity. “Putin perceived weakness and disunity,”
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Instagram is bringing back a version of its news feed that sorts posts in reverse chronological order rather than ranked according to the platform’s algorithms. However, the company said it will leave its algorithm ranking method on by default. The new option, which rolls out to users globally on
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The war in Ukraine is only a month old, but its shockwaves are already being felt as far away as the Middle East, putting governments on edge as tensions simmer at home. “This crisis may be significantly more severe than the coronavirus crisis,” said Egyptian prime minister Mostafa Madbouly during a
Continue Reading ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A man suspected in the weekend killing of former Argentina rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu was arrested early Wednesday in Hungary, European Union judicial cooperation agency Eurojust said. A second man was arrested in France, a French judicial official said. Both men were linked to France’s
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Microsoft has confirmed it was breached by the hacker group Lapsus$, adding to the cyber gang’s growing list of victims. In a blog post late Tuesday, Microsoft said Lapsus$ had compromised one of its accounts, resulting in “limited access” to company systems but not the data of any Microsoft customers. “Our
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La jueza guatemalteca Erika Aifán renunció este lunes a su cargo y afirmó que huyó del país tras recibir amenazas de muerte. La ahora exmagistrada envió su carta de dimisión a la Corte Suprema de Justicia, en la que aseguró que ha sido objeto de agresiones y persecución penal
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN Prince William has condemned slavery as “abhorrent” and said “it should never have happened” in a speech in Jamaica on Wednesday night. Speaking at a dinner hosted by the country’s Governor General, the Duke of Cambridge echoed remarks made by his father Prince Charles in November denouncing slavery
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, CNN Indiana GOP Sen. Mike Braun told local reporters on Tuesday that states should decide the legality of interracial marriage, before maintaining that he misunderstood the questions and condemned “racism in any form.” Asked if he would “be OK” with the US Supreme Court leaving the question of interracial marriage to the
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