Rising sea levels threaten hundreds of millions — and it’s much worse than we thought
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are at risk of losing their homes as entire cities sink under rising seas over the next three decades,…
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Power company says it is likely responsible for starting one of the most destructive fires in California history
Southern California Edison has acknowledged that it may be responsible for starting last year’s Woolsey Fire following an investigation by a…
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Holy guacamole! Thousands of avocados spilled on Texas highway
Thousands of avocados were squashed in Texas on Tuesday, but they won’t end up on toast or be used to make guacamole. A truck accident led to…
Continue Reading Deadspin revolts and editor fired over ‘stick to sports’ mandate
The staff at Deadspin, a sports news blog that also covers culture, media and politics, revolted on Tuesday after management told the site’s…
Continue Reading Missouri health director reportedly maintained spreadsheet of Planned Parenthood patients’ periods
Missouri’s state health director, Dr. Randall Williams, told officials at a state hearing that he tracked the menstrual periods of women who…
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Ricky Martin dio la bienvenida a un cuarto hijo en su familia
(CNN) — ¡Es un niño! Ese es el anuncio especial que Ricky Martin y su esposo desde hace dos años, Jwan Yosef, compartieron en Instagram el…
Continue Reading 5 Cosas miércoles 30 de octubre: quiénes protestan y qué piden en Bolivia
Puede haber nieve en varias ciudades de Estados Unidos para la noche de Halloween. Un espía habría robado la ropa interior del líder de ISIS para…
Continue Reading Un espía robó la ropa interior de al-Baghdadi para una prueba de ADN, según los kurdos
(CNN) – Un espía de las fuerzas kurdas en Siria robó la ropa interior de Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi con el objetivo de obtener una muestra de ADN…
Continue Reading WhatsApp sues Israeli company over cyberattack that it says targeted journalists, dissidents and diplomats
WhatsApp is suing an Israeli company that it claims was behind a cyberattack that installed spyware on users’ phones and targeted human rights…
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The looming UK election is one big gamble for investors
Brits are being asked to vote in an election that could end years of paralysis caused by Brexit. For investors, there are new risks—whatever the…
Continue Reading Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica
The fight between Facebook and the UK government’s data regulator over Cambridge Analytica has come to an end. Facebook has agreed to pay the…
Continue Reading GrubHub is getting crushed in the food delivery wars. The stock is nose-diving 40%
Competition is brutal in the food delivery wars, and now it is taking a severe toll on one of the pioneers in the business. Shares of GrubHub plunged…
Continue Reading Why the Fed might change its rate-cut strategy after October
The Federal Reserve is meeting on Wednesday. And unless it wants to anger stock and bond investors and US President Donald Trump, Fed Chairman Jerome…
Continue Reading Apple is about to offer an early glimpse at iPhone 11 demand
Last month, Apple unveiled its iPhone 11 lineup, featuring what CEO Tim Cook called its “most powerful and most advanced” smartphones…
Continue Reading The Fed’s long game is anyone’s guess
Happy Wednesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
Continue Reading British female MPs sign open letter to Meghan condemning ‘outdated, colonial undertones’ of press coverage
Seventy-two female MPs have written to the Duchess of Sussex to express their solidarity with her in the face of the “outdated, colonial…
Continue Reading Here’s what some athletes think about the NCAA move to let college players get paid
The NCAA has begun the process of allowing players to be paid for others using their name, image or likeness. Any rules on the subject will have to…
Continue Reading Fiat Chrysler is in merger talks with Peugeot owner
Fiat Chrysler is once again looking to get hitched. The Italian-American automaker is in talks with French automaker PSA Group, the owner of Peugeot…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 30: Immigration, impeachment, China, Brexit, NCAA
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has announced he is stepping down after nearly two weeks of protests that ground the nation to a halt.…
Continue Reading Te mostramos 25 de los lugares más amenazados del mundo
(CNN) — Notre-Dame, en París, Francia, una de las catedrales más famosas del mundo, fue amenazada por un incendio. En el Monumento Nacional Bears…
Continue Reading PG&E will give $100 back to residential customers who were affected by an earlier power shutoff
After a request from the state’s leader, California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) on Tuesday said it will credit customers for…
Continue Reading Chinese investors told to ‘stay rational’ after Xi Jinping’s blockchain embrace causes stock rush
The Chinese government is trying to dampen demand for local tech stocks after President Xi Jinping personally endorsed blockchain technology, sending…
Continue Reading ‘Inherit the red gene’: China issues Xi-focused morality guidelines
Chinese citizens have been urged to “inherit the red gene” by following new morality rules which use President Xi Jinping’s…
Continue Reading Chinese electric carmaker BYD plunges after 89% profit drop
Shares in one of China’s top electric carmakers plummeted Wednesday after the company reported a staggering 89% drop in net profit for the most…
Continue Reading Huawei and ZTE could lose what little business they have in the United States
The US Federal Communications Commission wants to place more restrictions on Huawei and ZTE by barring companies that receive government money from…
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El Paso man found guilty in brutal dismemberment slaying is sentenced to 60 years in prison
EL PASO, Texas — The eighth person to be convicted in the brutal dismemberment death of a missing man was sentenced to 60 years in prison on…
Continue Reading A Georgia sheriff can’t put signs on 3 sex offenders’ homes this year warning trick-or-treaters, a judge ruled
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the three sex offenders who sued a Georgia sheriff after his deputies put signs in the men’s yards last…
Continue Reading What Boeing’s humbling means for America
Rarely has a global corporation as respected and powerful as Boeing been so humbled. Deep political connections that normally grease the airplane…
Continue Reading Trump claimed ISIS leader ‘whimpered’ in final moments. Top officials don’t know where he got that detail
President Donald Trump asserted in his televised address from the White House Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and…
Continue Reading Nuevo tráiler de ‘The Mandalorian’ tiene mucho del encanto de ‘Star Wars’
(CNN) — Se divulgó un nuevo trailer de The Mandalorian, la serie original de “Star Wars” que llegará a Disney +. El programa derivado de…
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