By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s transport minister has announced strong opposition to an European Union plan that bans the sale of new cars with combustion engines across the bloc in 2035. The plan backed by EU lawmakers Wednesday still needs to be approved by EU nations. Transport Minister Volker Wissing told
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is launching a push to reduce the costs of shipping goods across oceans. It’s a major challenge for retailers that the White House said has pushed up prices as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. The White House is releasing a video that
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The latest “crypto winter,” which sent the values of Bitcoin and other digital currencies plummeting, served as a healthy reminder that cryptocurrencies are highly risky investments. But that risk is by no means limited to price volatility. Should the company holding your crypto assets declare bankruptcy or otherwise be unable
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Scientists have identified several dinosaur bones belonging to one of Europe‘s biggest land-based hunters. The remains of a spinosaurid, a predatory dinosaur with two legs and a crocodile-like face, were discovered on the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. The spinosaurid, which lived about 125
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Rents keep climbing in Manhattan, hitting a record high in May for the fourth consecutive month. Median rent for an apartment in Manhattan climbed to $4,000 a month in May, surging 25% from a year ago, according to a monthly report from brokerage firm Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel Real
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Ask any Christian, and they’re likely to tell you their earliest experiences of religion are ones of music. The memories of voices swelling with song or a grandmother softly humming a favorite tune can hold a sacred place in one’s heart, deeper than even speech or scripture can reach. Jeannette Lindholm
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped back up ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting where it’s expected to announce another big increase to its main borrowing rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate jumped to 5.23% this week from 5.09% last
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shirley Jackson had a gift for evoking years of anxiety in the space it might take to summarize a baseball game. Two very brief and previously unreleased stories of hers have been published in the summer issue of The Strand Magazine. They’re titled “Charlie Roberts”
Continue ReadingSTUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has defeated seventh-seeded Alexander Bublik 6-3, 7-6 to reach the quarterfinals of the Stuttgart Open. The 35-year-old Murray dropped his intensity in the second set but saved three set points as he rallied from 5-2 down. He next faces the top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas. Nick Kyrgios has
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business After taking a breather for several weeks, mortgage rates climbed again. The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.23% in the week ending June 9, up from 5.09% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. The rate remains well above the 2.96% average from this time last year. “After little movement the
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was weighing executive actions he could take if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade’s holding of a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The President, during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Los Angeles, again pressed Congress to codify into
Continue ReadingBy Christine Romans, CNN Business More than 200 business leaders, representing employees in all 50 states, sent a joint letter to the Senate on Thursday, demanding “bold urgent action” to address gun violence in the wake of the killing of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas last month. “Like
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Buenos Aires es ahora mismo la ciudad más cara de Latinoamérica, según la lista anual de la compañía de movilidad global ECA International, con un ranking que toma en cuenta tanto el precio del alquiler como el de los alimentos básicos y el transporte para medir en qué urbes del
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El exgobernador de Chihuahua César Duarte enfrentará un juicio por cargos de peculado y asociación delictuosa con penalidad agravada, según decidió el juez de control del distrito de Morelos este miércoles. También determinó que Duarte continúe en prisión preventiva, informó la Fiscalía General del estado de Chihuahua en un comunicado. EE.UU.
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped back up ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting where it’s expected to announce another big increase to its main borrowing rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate jumped to 5.23% this week from 5.09% last
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN and MATTHEW LEE JERUSALEM (AP) — Washington is reversing a Trump administration policy on U.S.-Palestinian relations, a move that comes before a possible visit by President Joe Biden to Israel. The step means Palestinians will deal directly with the State Department in Washington, rather than first go through the American ambassador in
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Senate negotiators are racing to finalize a deal on bipartisan gun legislation, but it’s not clear when they’ll be able to nail down an agreement, the latest sign of the challenge facing lawmakers as they attempt to find consensus on the highly polarizing issue. Texas Sen.
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was weighing executive actions he could take if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade’s holding of a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The President, during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Los Angeles, again pressed Congress to codify into law
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More workers are following experts’ advice in saving for retirement, even when finances feel precarious. It’s happening because 401(k) plans are using a simple human trait to guide us: our inclination to do nothing. More workers are putting more money into their 401(k) accounts, and
Continue ReadingCNN Oscar Holland, CNN The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but the 20th century. Dark smoke billowing behind them, the young subjects’ faces are painted with a mixture of terror, pain and confusion. Soldiers from the South Vietnamese army’s 25th
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