By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Labor is initiating an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports “closely watched economic data,” according to a letter the department’s Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Laura Nicolosi, sent to Acting BLS Commissioner William Wiatrowski on Wednesday. This comes one day after
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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of extreme weather event research in multiple surprising ways. The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, looks at a
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Por Jordan Valinsky, CNN Elon Musk perdió brevemente su título de “persona más rica del mundo” ante el cofundador de Oracle, Larry Ellison. La fortuna de Ellison aumentó en US$ 89.000 millones, alcanzando los US$ 383.200 millones este miércoles, tras el sólido informe de resultados de Oracle la noche del martes, según Bloomberg. Oracle reportó
Continue Reading By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Federal Reserve’s powerful board may soon work alongside the same central banker the president tried to fire weeks ago, in what would be a stunning milestone in Trump’s ongoing bid to bend the historically independent Fed to his will. In a Tuesday
Continue Reading Por Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Si te encanta el olor del comercialismo por la mañana, aquí tienes algo para disfrutar. Brad Pitt, el actor, productor y cultivador de barbas favorito de todos a sus 61 años, es la estrella de un nuevo anuncio de máquina de café expreso de De’Longhi dirigido por el ganador del Oscar
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By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump doesn’t mind letting his 30-day takeover of Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department lapse on Wednesday, White House officials told CNN — mainly because he feels the city has taken steps to cooperate. Those officials argued the executive order signed by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser last week,
Continue Reading Por CNN Español Cuba sufrió este miércoles un nuevo apagón en todo el país, según informó en redes sociales la estatal Unión Eléctrica (UNE). Es el cuarto a nivel nacional en menos de un año. El corte eléctrico general ocurrió a las 9:14 a.m. hora local. “Se ha producido una desconexión total del Sistema Eléctrico,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Now that she’s named her successor as Vogue’s top editor, Anna Wintour seems a bit more relaxed. At the very least, she’s more willing to talk about the hit 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada.” Based on the 2003 bestselling novel of the same name by Lauren Weisberger,
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — More school-age children and adolescents are now obese than underweight, a new report from the United Nations’ children’s agency, UNICEF, has revealed, with 188 million young people affected. Obesity now exceeds underweight in all regions of the world except sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, researchers found, having studied data
Continue Reading Por Lex Harvey, Sugam Pokharel, Esha Mitra y Aishwarya S Iyer Indignados por la sangrienta represión, el martes manifestantes nepaleses desafiaron el toque de queda policial y tomaron las calles de la capital, Katmandú, incendiando la Corte Suprema, el Parlamento y otros edificios gubernamentales. Las protestas están lideradas por la Generación Z y ya han
Continue Reading Por Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Cuando la policía arrestó la semana pasada a un niño, de 13 años, en el estado de Washington por laqnzar amenazas de muerte, descubrió que tenía “todo listo para cometer un tiroteo masivo”, incluyendo un arsenal de más de 20 armas en su casa. El niño fue arrestado después de que
Continue Reading Por Krecyté Villarreal, Gonzalo Alvarado y Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español Luego de que la Corte Suprema respaldara el uso de las llamadas “patrullas itinerantes” por parte de agentes de inmigración en el sur de California, algunas de las calles de Los Ángeles lucen irreconocibles: negocios vacíos, restaurantes donde ya no se escucha el bullicio
Continue Reading By Ana Nicolaci da Costa, CNN London (CNN) — Novo Nordisk, the maker of weight loss drug Wegovy, will lay off about 9,000 people as it grapples with rising competition in the obesity market. The Danish company has been battling it out with US rival Eli Lilly, with each developing newer medicines to turbocharge weight
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — ABC is trying something a little bit different with the new season of “The Bachelorette.” Instead of going with one of the runner-ups from a past season of “The Bachelor,” the network is borrowing from another reality series. This time around, participants will be vying for the heart
Continue Reading Por Chris Isidore La planta de baterías de Hyundai en Georgia, donde 475 trabajadores fueron arrestados en una redada de control de inmigración la semana pasada, es solo el último ejemplo de las políticas del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, que chocan con sus objetivos para la economía más grande del mundo. Los esfuerzos de
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US inflation cooled off at the wholesale level in August, bolstering hopes that high tariffs aren’t yet causing prices to spiral out of control, fresh data showed Wednesday. However, economists caution, the better-than-expected reading could be a sign of a slowing economy and that shrinking businesses’ margins could foretell
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — UFC fighter Brian Ortega says that he went unconscious for 30 minutes while trying to make weight for his fight in Shanghai last month. Ortega was scheduled to face Aljamain Sterling in a 145-pound featherweight bout at UFC Shanghai, but it was moved to a catchweight of 153 pounds
Continue Reading CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN A vaccine used to treat chlamydia in Australia’s koala population has been approved for rollout, in a world-first project. Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast spent more than 10 years developing a single-dose vaccine to protect the famed Australian marsupial from the effects of chlamydia, which include urinary
Continue Reading Por Lisa Respers France, CNN Un hombre que construyó su carrera gracias a su fuerza física luce más delgado estos días. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson ha llamado la atención con su apariencia notablemente más esbelta. El luchador profesional convertido en estrella de cine explicó el cambio durante la serie “In Conversation With…” del Festival Internacional
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wednesday’s weather will continue to lean hot and dry before the return of rain chances later this week. Today will be mostly comfortable aside from the hot temperatures. Throughout the region we will trend above average. El Paso is expected to reach a high of 97, Las Cruces is expected
Continue Reading Por Michael Ríos, CNN Esther Morales vivió en Estados Unidos durante aproximadamente 20 años. A pesar de haber sido deportada varias veces, regresó ilegalmente en repetidas ocasiones buscando la oportunidad de alcanzar el sueño americano. Su novena deportación, en 2009, sería la última. Incapaz de regresar a Estados Unidos debido a la aplicación de medidas
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne, Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — Nationwide unrest broke out across France on Wednesday as protesters blocked roads, set fires and clashed with police, who responded with tear gas, as anger grows against the country’s political class. The interior ministry said 473 people had been detained, with 80,000 police deployed nationwide, including
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The Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority and the Doña Ana County Office of Emergency Management are urging all residents to sign up for CodeRED alerts, to keep them informed and prevent tragedies and loss. Local public safety officials would quickly send time-sensitive alerts directly to residents through phone calls and texts, email, and social media.
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk briefly lost his title of “world’s richest person” title to Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison. Ellison’s wealth jumped by $89 billion to $383.2 billion on Wednesday after Oracle’s stunningly strong earnings report Tuesday evening, according to Bloomberg. Oracle (ORCL) reported surging demand for its
Continue Reading Por Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español El éxito en la taquilla de la película “The Conjuring: Last Rites” –recaudó en su primer fin de semana de estreno US$ 210 millones a nivel mundial, según Box Office Mojo– hará que la franquicia dé el salto al streaming: HBO Max producirá una serie basada en “The Conjuring”,
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN A vaccine used to treat chlamydia in Australia’s koala population has been approved for rollout, in a world-first project. Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast spent more than 10 years developing a single-dose vaccine to protect the famed Australian marsupial from the effects of chlamydia, which include urinary tract
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Funding for public train and bus services is so dire that one of the largest cities in America must rely on a sports gambling company to help. FanDuel, a sports betting app, subsidized train service to and from the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles home opener last week. The
Continue Reading By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — As public outrage grew over last month’s killing on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles focused her initial statement on addressing mental health issues, warning that “we will never arrest our way” out of some of the underlying causes of crime. A day later,
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By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Mugello, Italy (CNN) — It is a sultry Friday night in high summer on a rolling, cypress tree-lined hillside near the little town of Scarperia e San Piero, in the heart of Italy’s Tuscany region. A bearded man in red fishnet tights and a matching vinyl minidress sways with a beer
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, Jennifer Hansler, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — A flight carrying hundreds of South Korean workers who were detained by US immigration authorities in Georgia last week departed late Thursday morning, according to CNN Correspondent Gustavo Valdes, who witnessed the plane take off at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport in Atlanta.
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