By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Jeff Bezos, a/k/a the “richest human being in the universe,” is about to leave Earth for a few spectacular minutes. It’s going to be one heck of a television and
Continue ReadingCNN’s Rachel Crane speaks with Jeff Bezos and his crew about flights to space being “joyrides for the wealthy” a day before they take flight to the edge of space.
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The coronavirus pandemic appears to have given an unexpected boost to a small — but influential — cohort of India’s working women. While the economy has been battered by Covid-19, educated women in middle-to-senior positions have seen job opportunities rise in the last year, recruiters in the country told CNN
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos can have anything. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. He could afford to buy a the whole NFL; he could buy an archipelago for his family and friends; he could buy over 65,000 Bugatti Chirons (base
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez and Jose Armijo, CNN Six weeks after voters headed to the polls in Peru, former schoolteacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has been formally declared the country’s President-elect. He will be sworn in on July 28, the bicentennial of Peruvian independence, election authorities announced Monday. Earlier Monday, the National Jury
Continue ReadingBy Brisa Colon and Sarah Moon, CNN The “catastrophic” fireworks explosion that injured 17 people last month in a South Los Angeles neighborhood was caused by “human error” after bomb technicians miscalculated the weight of the fireworks, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michel Moore said in a news conference Monday. Ahead of the July
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, Rachel Janfaza and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Another Texas state House Democrat who traveled to Washington, DC, last week has tested positive for Covid-19, an official with the group told CNN on Monday evening, bringing the number of infected legislators to six. The lawmakers are part of the group that left Texas, flying
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Zach LaVine has been placed under USA Basketball’s health & safety protocols.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN The United States and its foreign allies on Monday accused China of widespread malfeasance in cyberspace, including through a massive hack of Microsoft’s email system and other ransomware attacks, a dramatic escalation in the increasingly urgent attempt by the Biden administration to stave off further breaches. In a coordinated announcement, the
Continue ReadingThe United States and its foreign allies on Monday accused China of widespread malfeasance in cyberspace, including through a massive hack of Microsoft’s email system and other ransomware attacks, a dramatic escalation in the increasingly urgent attempt by the Biden administration to stave off further breaches. CNN’s Alex Marquardt reports.
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For one young child, even just a cardboard cutout of Simone Biles was something to get excited about.
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Oregon’s Harney County will vote this November on the “Greater Idaho” proposal of moving the Oregon-Idaho border, as a group called Move Oregon’s Border said Monday it has collected the required number of signatures.
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Find out how to watch every match of the Tokyo Olympics water polo tournament across the platforms of NBC Universal.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray and Allison Chinchar, CNN meteorologists Olympic athletes are the world’s best. They train hard in conditions that will be similar to what they will face at the games, to acclimate their bodies to the weather they will compete in. And this year, the weather is hot. The Mei-Yu Baiu front — also
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, Rebekah Riess and Theresa Waldrop, CNN More than 110,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been destroyed in Georgia since December 2020, when vaccines were first administered in the state, Georgia health officials said. Georgia Department of Health spokesperson Nancy Nydam told CNN that 110,079 doses were destroyed because they were not being
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La hija adolescente de Matt Damon se niega a ver cualquiera de sus películas que puedan mostrar su capacidad de actuación, dice él. En la promoción de su nueva película, “Stillwater”, el actor de 50 años compartió que su hija Isabella, de 15 años, se niega a ver “Good Will Hunting”
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Katie Lou Samuelson will not compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.
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Roundabouts, better bike lanes and more are coming to Bend’s Southeast Wilson Avenue, between Second and 15th streets.
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration may delay winding down a Trump-era border policy tied to the pandemic due to increasing concerns about Covid-19 variants, according to a source familiar with the matter. The administration — under fire from both conservatives and liberals on immigration — had been considering ending the public health order
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden has directed his administration to examine remittances to Cuba in the wake of protests on the island to determine ways for those residing in the US to send money to the country, a senior administration official told CNN. “At President Biden’s direction, the United States
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