Dinner on the patio? First, hold the stench
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Much of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, has been transformed in the past decade by new…
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France vows to keep battling in fishing dispute with UK
PARIS (AP) — France’s minister of the sea has vowed to “continue the fight” in the country’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights.…
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Here’s why Gen Z is unionizing
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Even among the generally youthful demographic of Starbucks workers unionizing in Buffalo, New York, 17-year-old Maya…
Continue Reading Drive-thrus are all screwed up. Here’s what it’ll take to fix them
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Late this summer, drive-thru times slowed by about 26 seconds compared to last year,…
Continue Reading Drive-thrus are all screwed up. Here’s what it’ll take to fix them
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Late this summer, drive-thru times slowed by about 26 seconds compared to last year, according to a study.…
Continue Reading How hoarding saved Black Friday
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For months, there have been warnings to shoppers: Get through your holiday to-do list early. Wait until Black Friday…
Continue Reading Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands protest Belgium’s tighter COVID-19 rules
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have marched through Brussels to protest reinforced COVID-19…
Continue Reading ‘I lost everything’: Guadeloupe riots overtake COVID protest
BY ELODIE SOUPAMA AND SYLVIE CORBET LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — France is sending police special forces to its overseas Caribbean territory of…
Continue Reading UK to probe racial bias in medical devices after COVID toll
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to…
Continue Reading Austria begins national lockdown to fight surging infections
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has gone into a nationwide lockdown to combat skyrocketing coronavirus infections. The…
Continue Reading Saudi critic’s fiancee urges Justin Bieber to cancel F1 show
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The fiancee of slain Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi joined a chorus of voices…
Continue Reading Exit polls: Bulgarian president wins apparent reelection
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Exit polls in Bulgaria suggest that incumbent Rumen Radev is the apparent winner in the…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s doctors pushed to the limit by COVID-19 wave
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KAKHOVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is setting records almost every day for coronavirus…
Continue Reading Relatives of virus dead question Japan’s stay-at-home policy
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Two women whose relatives died from the coronavirus at home are questioning the Japanese…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ has Judge Jeanine go over the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and a chat with Donald Trump
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business There was a lot of news to cover from this week, and “Saturday Night Live” had its Judge Jeanine take it…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ has Judge Jeanine go over the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and a chat with Donald Trump
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business There was a lot of news to cover from this week, and “Saturday Night Live” had its Judge Jeanine take…
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak from Chihuahua onions sickens nearly 900, hospitalizes over 180
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising consumers to avoid…
Continue Reading She died from a snakebite. But the real killer was her husband
By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN Uthra’s mother found her daughter lying motionless in bed at the family home, her left arm dotted with blood.…
Continue Reading Apple affirms employees’ right to speak about working conditions, in a win for #AppleToo movement
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Apple posted a statement to its employees Friday evening reminding them of their rights to speak up about their pay and…
Continue Reading Fox’s Tucker Carlson gets exclusive access to Kyle Rittenhouse and his defense team during trial
CNN, KPTV By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up…
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Fox’s Tucker Carlson gets exclusive access to Kyle Rittenhouse and his defense team during trial
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for it free…
Continue Reading CVS had every advantage, but it lost the pandemic. Here’s what happened
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business CVS’ announcement Thursday that it will close 900 stores over the next three years — around 10% of its…
Continue Reading Subway co-founder Peter Buck, who turned $1,000 into a billion, dies
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Subway co-founder Peter Buck, who turned his initial investment of $1,000 into more than a billion dollars, died…
Continue Reading Risk of quakes caused by oil, gas in New Mexico rising
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Multiple earthquakes were felt earlier this fall in West Texas, leading regulators in that state to designate a seismic…
Continue Reading New hurdle for COVID-19 home testing — the holiday season
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen…
Continue Reading As tourism brightens, Times Square hopes to regain luster
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even as visitors again crowd below the jumbo screens in New York’s Times Square, the…
Continue Reading Protests erupt over virus rules in Austria, Italy, Croatia
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, have marched…
Continue Reading Here’s why gas is so cheap at Costco and Walmart
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Gas prices are skyrocketing, and Americans want to save at the pump. That plays right into the hands of Costco,…
Continue Reading Vietnam welcomes 1st tourists to resort island after 2 years
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has welcomed more than 200 foreign tourists to its largest island, the first to visit the Southeast Asian country…
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