California drought could cut state’s hydropower in half this summer
by Matt Egan, CNN The severe drought in California threatens to significantly undermine the state’s ability to generate hydroelectric power,…
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Instagram launches Amber Alerts to notify users of missing children in their area
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Instagram on Wednesday began rolling out an Amber Alert feature on its platform to notify users of missing…
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Marquette’s Justin Lewis staying in NBA draft
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Justin Lewis has decided to remain in the NBA draft rather than return to Marquette for the 2022-23 season. The 6-foot-7 forward…
Continue Reading De Bruyne bidding to win England’s player award for 3rd time
LONDON (AP) — Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is in contention to win English football’s Player of the Year award for the third…
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United Airlines donates flights to ship formula from UK to US via ‘Operation Fly Formula’ flights
By Betsy Klein, CNN United Airlines is becoming the first major airline carrier to donate flights to ship baby formula from abroad to the United…
Continue Reading Biden celebrates first female commandant of the US Coast Guard: ‘It’s about time’
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday commemorated the “historic first” time that a woman will lead a branch of the armed…
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Muslim call to prayer arrives to Minneapolis soundscape
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl…
Continue Reading Ex-Bears DT Akiem Hicks signs a 1-year deal with the Bucs
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Veteran defensive tackle Akiem Hicks has signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 32-year-old Hicks is…
Continue Reading ‘A Great Day in the Stoke’ could be one of the largest gatherings of Black surfers. Here’s why it matters
By Leah Asmelash, CNN The stereotype that Black people don’t swim is one oft repeated, but for Nathan Fluellen, it wasn’t one that was…
Continue Reading Pinkett Smith talks hair-loss ‘shame,’ outcome of Oscar slap
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jada Pinkett Smith turned her husband’s Oscar-night blowup into a teachable moment…
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Poland boosting its infrastructure to help Ukrainian exports
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says his country is improving its transport infrastructure to help increase the export of grain and…
Continue Reading Poland boosting its infrastructure to help Ukrainian exports
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says his country is improving its transport infrastructure to help increase the export of grain and…
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Elon Musk advierte a los empleados de Tesla: Vuelven a la oficina o renuncian
Alexandra Ferguson New York (CNN Business) — Elon Musk exigirá a los trabajadores de Tesla que regresen a trabajar presencialmente a las…
Continue Reading Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail
MIAMI (AP) — Gilberto RodrÃguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the…
Continue Reading GOP candidate for Michigan governor loses key ballot ruling
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Republican candidate for Michigan governor has lost his bid to get on the Aug. 2 primary ballot.…
Continue Reading Escalation of the Supreme Court’s leak probe puts clerks in a ‘no-win’ situation
By Tierney Sneed In most other pockets of the federal government, a public employee’s decision to lawyer up in the face of an internal…
Continue Reading Delta hikes Q2 revenue outlook on sharply higher airfares
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines is boosting its outlook for second-quarter revenue because it expects phenomenal demand for travel…
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‘I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,’ says man who biked from London to Lagos
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s last Howard Johnson’s restaurant has closed
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The last surviving Howard Johnson’s restaurant has closed. Open for most of the past 70 years, the restaurant…
Continue Reading The next holy grail for EVs: Batteries free of nickel and cobalt
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Twenty-one years ago, Bart Riley and co-founders bet their short-lived company, A123 Systems, on batteries free of…
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