By Jodi Upchurch, CNN A flying car got the green light, a road trip’s detour was derailed, and fashion’s next big thing may be smaller than expected. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Cleared for takeoff The AirCar, a concept car from manufacturer Klein Vision, has been given the green light to take
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By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is looking at lowering the farm worker overtime threshold from 60 hours a week. A state board voted Friday to recommend that a 40-hour overtime rule for farm workers phased in over the next 10 years. If the recommendation is approved by the
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Good Morning, It was a very windy start to the morning but the strongest winds are behind us. The cold front that moved in ushered in colder air and dry conditions. Sunny skies and calm winds will prevail for the remainder of the day. Afternoon high temperatures will only reach the upper 40s. The weekend
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) estima que para 2030 el número de personas con nuevos diagnósticos de cáncer en América Latina aumentará en un 32%, y cada año más de 5 millones de personas se sumarán a quienes padecen ese mal. Y para estas personas la innovación tecnológica podría
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DETROIT (AP) — Kia is recalling more than 410,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix a problem that can stop the air bags from inflating in a crash. The recall covers certain Forte small cars from the 2017 and 2018 model years, and Sedona minivans and Soul small SUVs from 2017 through 2019. The electric
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has signed a contract to sell a luxury London building that is at the heart of a fraud and embezzlement trial under way in the Vatican’s criminal tribunal. The Vatican’s economy ministry also revealed, in releasing the the Holy See’s budget for 2022, that 10%
Continue Reading By Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration has decided to deny $130 million of military aid allocated for Egypt over the country’s failure to comply with human rights conditions laid out by the State Department, according to a senior State Department official, congressional sources and activists. The rare move against a close ally comes just
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN It looks like it’s all systems go for Harry and Meghan as the new year gets underway. Production plans for their various media ventures appear to be ramping up following a pause over the past year, if a series of job ads posted online this week are anything
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel says the Italian bank has decided not to pursue a possible takeover bid for Russian bank Otkritie due to rising tensions over Ukraine, the bank’s CEO said Friday. UniCredit had started due diligence on an offer, but Orcel said that “given the geopolitical environment, we decided to withdraw.”
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina says it has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to refinance more than $40 billion in debt. Since 2020, Argentina has been in an arduous negotiation with the IMF to refinance the debt contracted in 2018 during the government of conservative Mauricio Macri in the midst of
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By Anneken Tappe and Tami Luhby, CNN Business Americans’ paychecks continued to rise at the end of 2021. But along with that, so did prices. Compensation for American workers climbed 4% between December 2020 and December 2021, marking the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private
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CNN, WFRV By Anneken Tappe and Tami Luhby, CNN Business Americans’ paychecks continued to rise at the end of 2021. But along with that, so did prices. Compensation for American workers climbed 4% between December 2020 and December 2021, marking the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have hired Chris Tabor from the Chicago Bears to be their new special teams coordinator. Tabor replaces Chase Blackburn, who was fired after Carolina finished 5-12 this season. Tabor has 14 years of NFL experience, including spending the last four seasons as the Bears special teams coordinator. He
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Crisis-hit Borussia Mönchengladbach has been left reeling after sporting director Max Eberl quit the Bundesliga club. It ends an association of 23 years. Gladbach wanted the 48-year-old Eberl to stay but Eberl said “I don’t have the strength anymore to do this job.” Eberl took over
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi,” is voicing his support for Covid-19 vaccines after revealing he lost his grandparents to the virus. Liu took to Twitter, writing, “I lost my grandparents to COVID last year. They were still waiting for their vaccines. I’m fortunate to have been double-vaccinated and boosted when
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Retail and restaurant work is notorious for irregular scheduling and last-minute changes — factors that can harm workers’ lives and the well-being of their families. Despite essential workers being hailed as heroes during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a historically tight labor market, schedule instability has improved little over the past
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Telling stories from shifting perspectives a la “Rashomon” has become pretty commonplace in premium-TV and streaming, from Showtime’s “The Affair” to Netflix’s “Clickbait.” Enter “The Afterparty,” an Apple TV+ comedy series with one murder, plenty of suspects and minimal intrigue — the sort of show that’s modestly entertaining but doesn’t
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Austria will subsidize household energy costs with a $1.9-billion relief package to offset rising prices. Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Friday that the package consists of both direct subsidies and tax suspensions. Almost half will be spent on suspending an “eco-tax” introduced in 2012 that amounted to about roughly 33 euros per
Continue Reading By CNN Weather staff A major nor’easter is set to move up the US East Coast and bring significant impacts to cities this weekend, beginning Friday evening. Here is a look at when the storm is expected to hit certain cities and for how long: Portland, Maine: Blizzard warning in effect from 7 a.m. Saturday
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By Ben Church, CNN Former Olympic cross-country skier Noah Hoffman says he is “scared” for the safety of athletes who might be contemplating speaking out about human rights issues during Beijing 2022. Hoffman, who retired from competitive skiing after the PyeongChang Games in 2018, says he is concerned by the human rights record of the
Continue Reading Sponsors of the Olympics are trying to walk a fine line between promoting their brands, while staying away from broader criticism of the Beijing games. They’re caught in the middle of diplomatic boycotts, the economic power of Chinese consumers and fear of retaliation by the Chinese government. CNN’s Selina Wang reports.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Janet Jackson gave a documentary crew access for five years, but with Jackson and brother Randy Jackson serving as executive producers the resulting project, “Janet Jackson,” feels too conspicuously like a licensed product. Addressing some uncomfortable parts of her biography but sidestepping others, it’s pretty obvious who’s in control here.
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN The title might be the funniest thing about “The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window,” which is sort of the verbal equivalent of that “Spaceballs” visual gag where the spaceship just won’t end. Beyond that, this Netflix series provides a fun showcase for Kristen
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Bob Saget’s daughter wrote a touching tribute to honor her late father, who died earlier this month at age 65. Lara Saget, the second of Saget’s three daughters, shared her thoughts on Instagram Thursday, writing that she felt so loved by her father and that she was grateful to have had him
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El camino este fin de semana de una poderosa bomba ciclónica se está volviendo más claro a medida que 75 millones de personas desde los estados del Atlántico Medio hasta Nueva Inglaterra enfrentan potencialmente una peligrosa amenaza de fuertes nevadas y vientos huracanados, según los pronósticos. Más de 75 millones
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and other goods. The report Friday from the
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Deficiencies at the US Department of Health and Human Services put the department at “high risk” of failing to respond to future public health threats as the department’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted longstanding concerns, the US Government Accountability Office, the government watchdog agency, said Thursday. The GAO placed the
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN en Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, anunció este viernes que su gobiberno alcanzó un acuerdo con el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) para reestructura la deuda que tiene el país con el organismo de crédito internacional. “Quiero anunciarles que el gobierno de la Argentina ha llegado a un acuerdo
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A key measure of inflation rose 5.8% between December 2020 and December 2021, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. It was the biggest advance since 1982. Energy prices alone rose nearly 30% over the course of 2021, while food prices climbed 5.7%. Stripping out those two components, the core
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EL PASO, Texas — A pedestrian was struck and killed early Friday morning on shutting down a portion of Loop 375. It happened just before 5:30 a.m. on Loop 375 west and San Marcial in south-central El Paso. El Paso police confirm with ABC-7 the victim died on scene. Police have not confirmed if any
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