By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Tesla’s “Master of Coin” and Chief Financial Officer Zachary Kirkhorn has stepped down after four years and six months in the role. Kirkhorn joined Tesla 13 years ago as a senior finance analyst, according to his LinkedIn profile, rising to CFO in 2019. Tesla announced in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A Russian court has handed a writer an eight year prison sentence, finding him guilty of deliberately spreading false information about Russia’s armed forces. Dmitry Glukhovsky was found guilty of posting texts and videos on his social media channels that accused Russian servicemen of committing crimes in Ukraine and that Russian
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Georges Benjamin was shocked when he got his vitals checked before undergoing cataract surgery. His blood pressure, it seemed, had skyrocketed. But after a second check from the blood pressure machine, and taking his own blood pressure at home, it had returned to much more acceptable levels. The
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — An alleged informant for Russia has been detained in connection to a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Monday. The detained woman has not been named publicly but is from the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv, according
Continue ReadingCNN By Kit Maher, Steve Contorno and Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said “of course” Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, his the most direct comments on the matter in the nearly three years since the former president’s defeat. “Of course he lost,” DeSantis told NBC News in an interview that
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is asking the Justice Department and Donald Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta to weigh in on the legality of special counsel Jack Smith’s ongoing grand jury activity in Washington, DC, which relates to the obstruction portion of the Mar-a-Lago documents case before her
Continue ReadingBy Brad Parks and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Tou Thao, the former Minneapolis police officer who held back a crowd of bystanders during George Floyd’s fatal arrest in May 2020, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison Monday for aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Thao gave a short comment on his
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Cold drinks are hotter than ever. At Starbucks, cold drinks made up 75% of US beverage sales last quarter. Cold espresso drinks in particular rose 13% last quarter from a year ago, and drinks with cold foam are the fast-growing customized orders at Starbucks, the company said
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The former head of counterintelligence at the FBI’s New York office is in talks to plead guilty to charges relating to work he allegedly did for a sanctioned Russian oligarch after leaving the government, according to a court order. Charles McGonigal was indicated earlier this year on charges, including
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS’ latest game show, “Superfan,” premiering Wednesday, gathers one musical act and their fans each week into a studio and gradually whittles the contestants down to two, giving online voters the final say on who will be crowned the ultimate superfan. “Superfan” has lured some
Continue ReadingRABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Moroccan navy has recovered the bodies of five Senegalese migrants and rescued 189 others after their boat capsized off the coast of Western Sahara. Official media say 11 other migrants are in critical condition and were taken to a hospital in the city of Dakhla. Their boat capsized Saturday off
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Zoom, la empresa que impulsó la revolución del trabajo remoto durante la pandemia, les está pidiendo a sus empleados que regresen a la oficina a trabajo presencial. En un comunicado, Zoom dijo que ahora está aplicando un “enfoque híbrido estructurado”, lo que significa que los empleados que viven cerca de
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ne-Yo has apologized for remarks he made about gender identity and parenting trans children. The singer posted a statement on Twitter expressing his regret over some of the things he said during a recent interview with VladTV. “After much reflection, I’d like to express my deepest apologies to
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By Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A local nonprofit that has continued to work to provide housing for children in the foster care system just completed their first housing project in Henderson County. ‘I want to make a difference’ First foster care housing project brought
Continue ReadingBy Cynthia Yip Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, HAWAII (KITV) — 808 Cornhole has been around in Hawaii for over 5 years already. Events were both played in bars and outside courts. 808 Cornhole was established in 2020 after 808 Cornhole traveled to Ventura, California for the biggest cornhole in in the
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — As drug overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States, evidence-based treatments for substance use remained significantly underutilized, a new study found. The vast majority of drug overdose deaths involve opioids, and rates have surged in recent years. In 2021, more than 80,000 people died from a drug
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The first asylum-seekers boarded a controversial barge moored in southern England Monday as public health experts warned of the possible risk of infection in living conditions that campaigners branded as inhumane. Fifteen migrants boarded the boat, named Bibby Stockholm, which is docked in Portland, on
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, Steve Contorno and Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said “of course” Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, his the most direct comments on the matter in the nearly three years since the former president’s defeat. “Of course he lost,” DeSantis told NBC News in an interview that aired
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — ¿Qué harías si ganas la lotería? El premio más grande de Mega Millions fue de US$ 1.537.000 millones y el boleto ganador se vendió en Carolina del Sur el 23 de octubre de 2018. Sin embargo, la cifra más alta la tiene hasta ahora un premio mayor de Powerball de
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgment the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers. “Of course he lost,” DeSantis said in an interview with NBC News posted Monday. “Joe Biden’s the president.” DeSantis
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