Por Emma Tucker, CNN El cargo más grave que se le imputa al sospechoso de dar muerte al CEO de UnitedHealthcare la semana pasada a plena luz del día en una acera de Manhattan es el de homicidio intencional sin premeditación, pero ese cargo podría elevarse si los fiscales encuentran pruebas que demuestren que tenía
Continue ReadingA nonprofit leader who supports at-risk New Orleans youth. A social worker who fosters animals. A postdoctoral researcher. They are among the roughly 1,540 people whose sentences were commuted or who were pardoned by President Joe Biden on Thursday in what was the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. But not everyone was
Continue ReadingA Danish court has sentenced a British hedge fund trader to 12 years in prison in connection with what authorities say was a 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud, Danish justice officials confirmed. Sanjay Shah was extradited from Dubai in 2023 to face trial on charges he masterminded a tax scheme in which complex
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Heads up to anyone who is a freelancer, independent contractor, business owner, property renter or just a hobbyist who occasionally sells their creations: If you accept business-related income through a payment app or online marketplace like Venmo, CashApp, Airbnb and Etsy, come January you may start receiving 1099-K tax
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Stanley is recalling approximately 2.6 million of its switchback and trigger action stainless steel travel mugs sold in the U.S. because of a potential burn hazard. The company said that the mug’s lid threads can shrink when exposed to heat and torque, causing the lid to detach during use, posing a burn
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — At least three feminist activists have been detained for vandalising a monument outside the United Nations building in Geneva to protest Russia’s war against Ukraine and what they see as the UN’s failure to stop the conflict. Two topless women with the group FEMEN, which is known for its provocative
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BASTOGNE, Belgium (AP) — The United States, its European allies and a dwindling number of veterans are marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. It was one of the most important and deadly battles in World War II. It stopped Adolf Hitler’s last-ditch offensive and opened the way for the
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis will reunite to play doubles at the 2025 Australian Open, three years after they lifted the title together. Nicknamed the ‘Special Ks,’ Kyrgios and Kokkinakis defeated fellow Australians Max Purcell and Matt Ebden in the final in 2022, the culmination of a thrilling two
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s the end of an era for Bud Light: The beleaguered brand is no longer the most popular beer on tap at bars. Another Anheuser-Busch InBev beer, Michelob Ultra, has surpassed Bud Light in its share of US draft lines, marking an end to several decades of
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Canada could retaliate against President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs by shutting down energy flows to the United States, a top Canadian official warned. “We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Washington (CNN) — It’s a rivalry unlike any other. Sure, there’s intensity in many other high-profile games. There’s pomp and circumstance every weekend in college football. There’s history and pride on the line, week-in-and-week-out across the nation. But there’s nothing like Army-Navy. From the moment each student body enters the stadium
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An administrator with the diversity, equity and inclusion office at the University of Michigan was fired Tuesday after she was accused of making antisemitic remarks – and now she plans to pursue legal action against the school, her attorney said. Rachel Dawson, who served as director
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — In an age ruled by neatly slicked buns, it’s easy to forget there was a time before extra-hold gel — when hair was encouraged to expand rather than contract. At the LA premiere for “A Complete Unknown” Tuesday night, Elle Fanning took it upon herself to remind us of
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese leaders met this week to plot economic policy for the coming year and sketched out plans to raise government spending and relax Beijing’s monetary policy. Analysts said the broad-brush plans from the annual Central Economic Work Conference were more of a recap of current policy than ambitious new
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A suspected Chinese spy with business ties to Prince Andrew has been barred from the United Kingdom because of concerns that he posed a threat to national security. A British immigration tribunal upheld the decision on Thursday in a ruling that revealed the Chinese national had developed such a close
Continue ReadingBy Yumi Asada and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A US serviceman was sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping and raping an underage girl last year, an official from Naha District Court on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa told CNN. The sentence was made on the grounds that the crime was a
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Luke Littler was virtually unknown a year ago. Now he is making millions, transcending his sport and is searched for more often on Google than King Charles and the British Prime Minister. That Littler is a 17-year-old darts player who still lives at home with his parents in northwest England makes his
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Google and Samsung are stepping into the wearable headset race. The companies are joining forces to release a mixed-reality headset that will compete with Apple’s Vision Pro and Meta’s Quest 3. The Samsung-built headset will be powered by a new Android operating system, pushing into a market that has
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to pardon US Capitol rioters on Day One, but one month before Inauguration Day it’s not clear who among the hundreds of convicted rioters, defendants awaiting trial and remaining fugitives would receive clemency. Trump advisers are still solidifying
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to pardon US Capitol rioters on Day One, but one month before Inauguration Day it’s not clear who among the hundreds of convicted rioters, defendants awaiting trial and remaining fugitives would receive clemency. Trump advisers are still
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