NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Adrienne Kennedy, actor-playwright-educator Anna Deavere Smith and author-essayist Phillip Lopate are among this year’s recipients of career achievement prizes from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Lopate, 78, is the winner of the one honor that includes a cash prize, the $100,000 Christopher Lightfoot Walker Award for contributions to
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is amping up its warning that aspects of the federal Covid-19 response will be curtailed after lawmakers failed to pass additional funding, with administration officials speaking in dire terms in a call with reporters and sending a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday. The latest warnings mark an escalation
Continue ReadingBy KIM CURTIS Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — On a nondescript stretch of South Michigan Avenue in Chicago is a little-known site that can transport music lovers back in time. Chess Records is still in its original building. And public tours are available. Some of the biggest names in blues recorded hits in Chess’ recording
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Nazmin Begum has a problem: she’s having to pay much more to keep her two children warm and fed as the United Kingdom endures its worst cost of living crisis in three decades. “Everything’s increasing,” she told CNN Business during a visit to The Boiler House, which provides discounted food,
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Slovak authorities say they have broken a Russian spying network that was operating on Slovak territory. The country’s chief police officer said Tuesday four Slovak nationals have been detained in the case with two of them facing spying and bribery charges. The prosecutor says they face up
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Prices kept rising in February as another key inflation gauge soared and hit double digits. The US producer price index, which tracks what America’s producers get paid for their goods and services on average over time, rose 10% for the 12-month period ended in February, not adjusted for seasonal swings,
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky virtually addressed members of Congress on Wednesday to press the United States for more assistance as his country attempts to counter Russia’s invasion. Afterward, President Joe Biden detailed the latest aid package, which includes both defensive equipment and lethal weapons. The last time Russia invaded Ukraine,
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Labrador retrievers are still tugging hardest on U.S. dog lovers’ heartstrings, but poodles just strutted back into the American Kennel Club’s top five most popular dog breeds for the first time since 1997. The club’s annual popularity rankings came out Tuesday. They’re drawn from more than
Continue ReadingBy Shama Nasinde and Stephanie Busari, CNN African students trapped in southern Ukraine’s Kherson are crying out for help, as Russian forces try to consolidate their occupation of the port city. The students told CNN they are spending most of their time in underground bunkers in freezing temperatures as Russian soldiers prevent anyone from entering
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After Russia invaded Ukraine, global oil prices experienced a dramatic spike. Just over a week ago, Brent crude leaped above $139 per barrel. Analysts warned prices could touch $185, then $200 as traders shunned Russian oil, pushing inflation even higher and adding huge strain to the global economy. But there’s
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Jon Huntsman, former Utah Governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: March 26, 1960 Birth place: Palo Alto, California Birth name: Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. Father: Jon Meade Huntsman Sr., billionaire chemical magnate Mother: Karen (Haight) Huntsman Marriage: Mary Kaye Cooper (1983-present) Children:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Hank Paulson, former US Treasury secretary and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Personal Birth date: March 28, 1946 Birth place: Palm Beach, Florida Birth name: Henry Merritt Paulson Jr. Father: Henry Merritt Paulson, wholesale jeweler Mother: Marianna (Gallauer) Paulson Marriage: Wendy Judge (September 1969-present) Children:
Continue ReadingBy Glen McGregor Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Transport Canada is looking into a chartered flight that brought supporters of the so-called Freedom Convoy from Western Canada to Ottawa last month, to ensure passengers were properly screened for COVID-19 vaccination. According to one of the passengers on the flight,
Continue ReadingBy Genevieve Beauchemin Click here for updates on this story Finland (CTV Network) — Twice a day, a packed train from St. Petersburg pulls in to Finland — one of the last remaining corridors out of Russia. Thousands of Russians who have a way out of the country have fled for Finland since its invasion
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer Wholesale inflation in the United States shot up 10% last month from a year earlier — another sign that inflationary pressures remain intense at all levels of the economy. The Labor Department said Tuesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The Football Association says Chelsea has withdrawn its request to play its FA Cup game against Middlesbrough without a crowd, a proposal that had sparked fierce opposition from the second-tier club hosting the match. The Premier League team had proposed no fans because the government won’t allow Chelsea to sell any tickets
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Lauren Groff and Kristen Arnett, erotica by Samuel R. Delany and nonfiction by Daisy Hernández are among this year’s nominees for Lambda awards, given for the year’s best LGBTQ books. “The Lammys,” as they are commonly known, were established in 1989 and are
Continue ReadingBy DANICA COTO and FREIDA FRISARO FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Haitian migrants are reaching Florida’s shores in repeated suspected human smuggling operations, outpacing last year’s migration waves. Monroe County Sheriff’s officials say 140 Haitian migrants came ashore Monday near Key West. Earlier this month, a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants grounded in shallow
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans have watched prices for everything from diapers to gas go up over the past year. So far, they have kept reaching for their wallets. But what happens when they reach their breaking point? The pandemic and the supply chain crisis have pushed the cost of virtually everything higher. Food
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The airline industry is raising the stakes in a fight over mandatory rest breaks under California law. A study commissioned by an airline trade group and released Tuesday warns that unless the U.S. Supreme Court acts, travelers will face fewer flight options and higher fares. The
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