By BEV O’SHEA of NerdWallet Getting and maintaining good credit can feel like a long, hard journey. It’s not always easy to understand why your score changes. Start by checking your credit reports — you’re entitled to get them for free — and disputing errors if you find them. Then, avoid common mistakes like paying
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said last year that not receiving an offer to teach at Duke University upon leaving the governorship was “blacklisting” and comparable to the refusal to serve Black Americans at lunch counters in the 1960s during segregation. McCrory, who is now running for
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Southwest Airlines reported its first quarterly operating profit since the start of the pandemic. Still, when excluding the financial help it received from the government, Southwest reported another full-year loss. The airline reported it earned $85 million in the quarter, far better than the $23 million forecast by analysts surveyed
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Ghana has fired coach Milovan Rajevac after its exit from the group stage at the African Cup of Nations. The Black Stars will look to hire a replacement before their two-leg World Cup playoff against Nigeria in March. Four-time champion Ghana finished in last place in its group at the African
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Houston, we have a [coffee] problem… A new study shows climate change will make it much harder to grow Arabica coffee in the coming years. Coffee prices have already been spiking due to bad weather, so you might want to savor that cup this morning. Here’s what you need to know to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Houston, we have a [coffee] problem… A new study shows climate change will make it much harder to grow Arabica coffee in the coming years. Coffee prices have already been spiking due to bad weather, so you might want to savor that cup this morning. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Houston, we have a [coffee] problem… A new study shows climate change will make it much harder to grow Arabica coffee in the coming years. Coffee prices have already been spiking due to bad weather, so you might want to savor that cup this morning. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Houston, we have a [coffee] problem… A new study shows climate change will make it much harder to grow Arabica coffee in the coming years. Coffee prices have already been spiking due to bad weather, so you might want to savor that cup this morning. Here’s what you need to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Houston, we have a [coffee] problem… A new study shows climate change will make it much harder to grow Arabica coffee in the coming years. Coffee prices have already been spiking due to bad weather, so you might want to savor that cup this morning. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Spotify ya no transmitirá la música de Neil Young. Por si acaso, él lo pidió. Un día después de que el músico expresara en un post ahora borrado en su sitio web oficial que ya no quería su música en la plataforma por su relación con los comentarios del divisivo
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands has announced her retirement, bringing to an end a career that saw her compete at four Summer Games and win multiple world titles. The 31-year-old Kromowidjojo said in a message posted on Instagram “After 16 years of top sport my professional
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry and Secretary of State Tony Blinken hosted their first major international climate meeting of the year on Thursday, attended by the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. The Major Economies Forum focused on next steps following November’s UN climate summit in Glasgow. Blinken opened the meeting by
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tata Sons, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, has regained ownership of the country’s debt-laden national carrier Air India. Tata launched Air India in 1932 and it was taken over by the government in 1953. Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — For the thousands of athletes, journalists and others descending on Beijing for the Winter Olympics, China’s strict pandemic measures are creating a surreal and at times anxious experience. China is isolating everyone coming from abroad from any contact with the general public for the duration of the Games, which open next week.
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN Buffalo Bills fans — known as Bills Mafia — are typically the ones making donations after a game, but after the Bills lost 42-36 to the Kansas City Chiefs in an epic AFC divisional round Sunday, Chiefs fans decided to step up to the plate. Chiefs fans began
Continue ReadingWKBW, OISHEI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, CHIEFS KINGDOM MEMES, SARA JO, SARA JAWHARI, CNN By Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN Buffalo Bills fans — known as Bills Mafia — are typically the ones making donations after a game, but after the Bills lost 42-36 to the Kansas City Chiefs in an epic AFC divisional round Sunday,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Lo último que necesita un Estados Unidos internamente distanciado es una batalla de confirmación de la Corte Suprema alienante. Pero eso es lo que se avecina tras la decisión del juez Stephen Breyer de retirarse. La primera elección del presidente Joe Biden para la Corte supondrá un momento prometedor para
Continue ReadingBy Katharina Krebs, Radina Gigova and Tara John, CNN Five people were shot dead and another five injured when a Ukrainian soldier opened fire at a military plant, the country’s interior ministry said Thursday. A Ukrainian National Guard service-member was detained following the attack, which left four soldiers and a worker dead at a state-owned
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the European Union has earmarked 657 million euros ($736 million) for the construction of a a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable linking the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece. Energy Minister Natasa Pilides told reporters on Thursday the funding is Cyprus’ largest-ever investment as well as the
Continue ReadingBy HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pledging to tackle a rising U.S. epidemic of car fatalities. Buttigieg is pushing a broad-based government strategy released Thursday aimed at limiting the speed of cars, redesigning roads to better protect bicyclists and pedestrians and boosting car safety features such as automatic
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