Opinion by Emily Parker for CNN Business Perspectives China’s digital yuan is poised to make its debut on the global stage this week, with foreign athletes and others at the Beijing Olympics able to use it for the first time. People can access digital yuan via an app on their smartphone, for example, but it’s
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II was interrupted by a canine gate-crasher as she viewed mementoes from her reign ahead of the 70th anniversary of her ascension to the throne on Sunday. While the monarch inspected the memorabilia, including cards and artwork sent in by children and other members of the public to congratulate her
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht and Carma Hassan, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorsed a recommendation from the CDC’s vaccine advisers Friday for use of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for adults. “We now have another fully approved COVID-19 vaccine,” Walensky said in a statement. “If you have been waiting for
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 has been found guilty on four counts of first-degree murder. A jury returned the verdict Friday after several hours of deliberations. Travis Reinking did not dispute the details of the shooting,
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN A Nicaragua-born designer living in Miami is the winner of the latest season of “Project Runway.” Shantall Lacayo was named the winner of the 19th season of the hit series on Thursday. The Nicaragua native had already starred on the Latin American version of “Project Runway” and made it to the
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Jamie Anderson is hunting for a gold medal three-peat in snowboard slopestyle at the 2022 Winter Olympics and will also attempt to defend her silver medal in big air.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has a new feature aimed at cutting down on harassment and assault in virtual reality: It will give avatars in its Horizon Worlds social app and Horizon Venues events app an invisible “personal boundary” of four feet to stop others from getting too close.
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer When nominations for the 94th Academy Awards are announced on Tuesday, there will be a major change from the past decade. This year there will be 10 best picture nominees, instead of a sliding range of five to 10, which has been the standard since 2011. This could mean
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Vladimir Putin lo está haciendo de nuevo. Ha logrado que Washington entre en conmoción. Todo el mundo tiene una teoría sobre el rompecabezas que ha creado el presidente de Rusia en Ucrania. Pero nadie lo sabe realmente. Tal vez ni él mismo lo sepa. Mientras los estadounidenses en todo el país
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan, CNN A $60 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the concert stabbing death of rapper Drakeo the Ruler at a Los Angeles music festival late last year. Darrell Caldwell, known by his stage name Drakeo the Ruler, 28, was stabbed to death backstage minutes before he was set to perform
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations. There appears little chance of an on-time start to spring training and opening day is increasingly threatened. Owners locked out players on Dec. 2, immediately following the expiration
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer The famed rivalry between No. 9 Duke and North Carolina is changing. The Tar Heels have a new coach in former UNC player and assistant Hubert Davis after the retirement of Roy Williams. Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski is retiring after the season. Saturday’s matchup marks Krzyzewski’s last trip
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Auburn coach Bryan Harsin tells ESPN he is “not planning on going anywhere” as he tries to navigate a tumultuous offseason. Auburn went 6-7 in its first season under Harsin, who was hired away from Boise State. The Tigers have had 18 players enter the transfer portal and five assistant coaches
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Todd Richards thinks Chloe Kim is all but guaranteed the halfpipe gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, while Shaun White could break out his closely guarded triple cork.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The Senior Bowl quarterbacks are vying to be No. 1. In an NFL draft where it seems unlikely for a passer to be the top overall NFL draft pick, that means a competition among players like Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett, North Carolina’s Sam Howell and Liberty’s
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Joe West has made it official, retiring from Major League Baseball after umpiring a record 5,460 regular-season games. Roberto Ortiz became the first Puerto Rican-born umpire to join the big league staff in a series of retirements and promotions announced Friday by MLB. Longtime umpires Gerry Davis, Kerwin Danley, Brian Gorman
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El nuevo presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Perú, Héctor Valer, negó este jueves haber agredido a su ahora difunta esposa o a su hija, aunque en una conferencia de prensa reconoció la existencia de una expediente judicial por violencia familiar que se inició con una denuncia policial, un
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español)– La Policía de Colombia informó que detuvo este jueves en Medellín a Álvaro Córdoba Ruiz, hermano de la exsenadora Piedad Córdoba, en cumplimiento de un pedido de extradición de Estados Unidos por supuestos vínculos con el narcotráfico. Desde Cartagena, el director general de la Policía Nacional, el general Jorge Luis Vargas
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Willey Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An 11-year-old had gone outside of his northeast Harris County apartment complex to get a jacket from the car when he was shot, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Officials confirmed he died shortly after at the hospital. On Thursday, deputies
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Jay Croft, CNN A week after a Pittsburgh bridge collapsed, officials announced plans on Friday to build a new one that will cost $25.3 million. Ten people were injured January 28 when the snow-covered Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed just hours before President Joe Biden was slated to speak in Pittsburgh about
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