By Marnie Hunter and Gregory Wallace, CNN More than 1,000 flights have been canceled in the United States on Monday as winter weather moves through the middle of the country, with disruptions set to continue into Tuesday. So far, the most affected airports are Dallas Love Field, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Austin Bergstrom International and Houston
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Stocks ended Monday lower following a solid rally last week. Investors may have jitters ahead of this week’s big Federal Reserve meeting, a deluge of earnings from top tech firms and the jobs report on Friday. The Dow fell more than 260 points, or 0.8%, while the S&P 500
Continue ReadingKMAX, KOVR, DANE SHANNON, WALTER WOOD, BRIAN WALKER, KYLE SHANE, INSTAGRAM, @SIERRA-AT-TAHOE, CNN By Ben Morse and Amanda Watts, CNN US skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan aged 31, according to a post from his wife on Instagram. “Dear Husband and my whole world, officially married November 18, 2022, which not
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Amanda Watts, CNN US skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan aged 31, according to a post from his wife on Instagram. “Dear Husband and my whole world, officially married November 18, 2022, which not many people knew about,” Jenna Dramise wrote. “I’m so incredibly thankful that I
Continue ReadingCNN, KDRV By Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose and Sonya Hamasaki, CNN A sweeping multi-day manhunt continues for a suspect accused of brutally beating and kidnapping a woman in Oregon who remains in critical condition, according to police. While Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, has evaded capture since Tuesday, police say he is still active on dating
Continue ReadingFABIANO MAISONNAVE SAO PAULO (AP) — Germany announced on Monday that it would make 204 million euros ($222 million) available for environmental policies in Brazil. Of this total, $38 million is a donation to the Amazon Fund, the most important international cooperation effort to preserve the Amazon rainforest. In 2019, former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Jacqueline Howard, CNN The Biden administration wants to make it easier for women to access birth control at no cost under the Affordable Care Act, reversing Trump-era rules that weakened the law’s contraceptive mandate for employer-provided health insurance plans. The proposed rule, unveiled Monday by the departments of Health and Human
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Central Bank says the pound has dipped to a new low of just over 30 for $1 dollar as the cash-strapped North African country continues to battle surging inflation and foreign currency shortages. Monday’s slide is the latest in a series of tumbles following the country’s $3 billion International Monetary Fund
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — After 15 weeks on a hunger strike to protest particularly harsh prison conditions, an Italian man convicted in attacks claimed by anarchists is being transferred to another prison in Italy for medical care. Sky TG24 TV quoted Alfredo Cospito’s lawyer as saying he would be moved later
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist January 2023 will be remembered more for its tornadoes and severe weather than for more traditional winter weather like snow and ice for everyone east of the Rockies. January is not typically a severe weather month, but this year was a big one. The Storm Prediction Center reports we had
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist January 2023 will be remembered more for its tornadoes and severe weather than for more traditional winter weather like snow and ice for everyone east of the Rockies. January is not typically a severe weather month, but this year was a big one. The Storm Prediction Center reports we
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 has become the eighth most common cause of death among children in the United States, according to a study published Monday. Children are significantly less likely to die from Covid-19 than any other age group — less than 1% of all deaths since the start of the pandemic have been
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised this week to raise its benchmark interest rate for an eighth time since March. But the Fed will likely announce a smaller hike for a second straight time, and it could change some key wording in its post-meeting statement about future
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised this week to raise its benchmark interest rate for an eighth time since March. But the Fed will likely announce a smaller hike for a second straight time, and it could change some key wording in its post-meeting statement about future
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La temporada fiscal en Estados Unidos comenzó el 23 de enero. Desde esa fecha, el Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) está aceptando y procesando las declaraciones de impuestos de 2022. Si ya hiciste tu declaración de impuestos y te preguntas cuándo comenzará el IRS a
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia is pleading with judges of the United Nations’ highest court to order Azerbaijan to break up a road blockade isolating the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, calling the action part of an act of “ethnic cleansing.” Monday’s hearing at the International Court of Justice comes
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new paper adds to the mounting evidence that school-age children across the globe experienced significant setbacks in their learning progress during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students “lost out on about 35% of a normal school year’s worth of learning” when in-person learning stopped during the public health crisis, according to
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new paper adds to the mounting evidence that school-age children across the globe experienced significant setbacks in their learning progress during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students “lost out on about 35% of a normal school year’s worth of learning” when in-person learning stopped during the public health crisis, according to a
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, have agreed to strengthen their security, defense and economic ties and pledged to cooperate in responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other threats in Europe and Asia. They said they agreed to upgrade their nations’
Continue ReadingCNN By Toyin Owoseje and Amanda Watts, CNN Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the original “The Addams Family” sitcom, has died at the age of 64. Loring “passed away on Saturday surrounded by her family,” longtime agent Chris Carbaugh told CNN in a statement on Monday. “She
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