By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Several hundred “underperforming” 7-Eleven locations across North America are closing, the convenience store announced. Seven & I Holdings, the chain’s Japan-based parent company, revealed in an earnings report Thursday that 444 locations of 7-Eleven are shutting down because of a variety of issues, including slowing sales, declining
Continue ReadingBy Susanne Paola Antonetta, CNN Asheville, North Carolina (CNN) — On the night Helene arrived, my husband, Bruce, and I half-slept through the pounding rain and raging wind and the alerts blasting from our smartphones: trees down and catastrophic flooding across much of Asheville. By the morning of September 28, the alerts had silenced — but not
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ON BOARD THE TCG SANCAKTAR (AP) — Two evacuation ships have docked at the Turkish port of Mersin, bringing Turkish citizens and their families back from Lebanon amid an escalation of the war in the Middle East, this time between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Those who arrived in Turkey were
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th century Arctic expedition, offering insight into its lost crew’s tragic and grisly final days. By comparing DNA from the bones with a sample from a living relative, the new research revealed the skeletal
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Mike Grossman was adamant he wasn’t going to fall for anyone in Australia. After all, he’d only be in Melbourne for a couple of months before returning to his life in the US — and Mike “wasn’t a fling type of person.” But after packing up his life in
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, Gabe Cohen and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — The federal government provides a variety of assistance programs for people impacted by disasters like the two major hurricanes, Helene and Milton, that recently hit the Southeastern US. To get access to the funding, people must submit an application to the US Federal
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Stellantis, which makes Jeep and Chrysler vehicles, announced a number of significant leadership changes, including the timing of CEO Carlos Tavares’ retirement and the departure of its chief financial officer as it struggles to revive sales in North America. Chief Financial Officer Natalie Knight will be replaced by Doug Ostermann, the company’s
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The sole airport on the French Caribbean island of Martinique has reopened after violent protesters tried to break in and forced authorities to temporarily close it, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. Officials said the airport resumed operations on Friday. Videos posted on social media showed the protesters, some hooded,
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States were unchanged last month in another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America’s households in the wake of COVID-19. The producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — didn’t move from
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation for US producers slowed further in September, adding to hopes that prices aren’t getting jacked up before they get to consumers. The Producer Price Index, which measures average price changes seen by producers and manufacturers, came in at 1.8% for the year that ended in September, a slight
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Fisher-Price is recalling more than 2 million infant Snuga Swings due to a suffocation risk found after reports that five children died sleeping in the device. In an alert issued by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the $160 device “should never be used for sleep
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) –La Cámara de Diputados de México aprobó este martes una reforma al artículo 28 de la Constitución, donde establece que el transporte ferroviario de pasajeros es “un área prioritaria para el desarrollo nacional”. La reforma permite que los trenes de pasajeros utilicen las vías ya existentes, sin que ello afecte la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Climbers believe they have found the partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest, a century after their attempt on the world’s highest peak. Ahead of the release of a documentary film, National
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Once again, Austin Stowell is having the best day ever — all thanks to him winning the role of legendary TV character Leroy Jethro Gibbs in “NCIS: Origins.” “Since I got this job, it has just been day after day after day of the greatest day of my life,” says
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Few movies this year have made as many headlines as “The Apprentice.” Ali Abbasi’s film about a young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) under the tutelage of cutthroat attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) has caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival, been threatened with law suit by the Trump campaign and seen
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — The Atlantic is doing something exceedingly unusual for a magazine in 2024: increasing the number of issues it prints. The acclaimed 167-year-old magazine, once known as The Atlantic Monthly, is increasing its pace of publication from 10 issues to 12, returning to a monthly publication for the first time
Continue ReadingDEER PARK, Texas (AP) — At least two workers at a Houston-area oil refinery were killed Thursday after hydrogen sulfide leaked at the plant, setting off urgent warnings for nearby residents to stay indoors before authorities later determined that the public was not in danger. Nearly three dozen other people were either transported to hospitals
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon kicked off third-quarter earnings season Friday with a stern warning about geopolitical threats that could hurt the global economy. “Recent events show that conditions are treacherous and getting worse,” he wrote in a press release. “There is significant human suffering, and the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights occur again. South Korea issued a vague denial of the allegation. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — On October 4, 1883, the legendary Orient Express departed Gare de l’Est in Paris for the very first time, slowly winding through Europe on its way to Constantinople, as Istanbul was then known. During a seven-day round trip, the service’s 40 passengers — including several prominent writers and dignitaries
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