By Ray Sanchez and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after the Titan submersible imploded, killing all five voyagers on board, the story of the ill-fated expedition to the Titanic has taken the form of a modern-day Greek tragedy overflowing with mortal pride and heedlessness. Testimony during the first week of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Tens of thousands of Brazilians gathered at Rio de Janeiro’s mega-festival Rock in Rio on Friday, with many staking out spots of artificial grass all day to hear the headliner, Katy Perry. As her music keyed up, the enormous screens around the stage showed someone else in their bottom corners — a sign
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The fervor over GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s now-infamous “childless cat ladies” remark had barely died down when Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders fanned the flames again. “My kids keep me humble,” Sanders said at a September 17 campaign event for Donald Trump in Flint, Michigan. “Unfortunately, Kamala
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson was unanimously voted as the 2024 WNBA Most Valuable Player after a historic season, the league announced on Sunday. Wilson received all 67 first-place votes from the panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, making her the first unanimous winner of the award since the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, Netherlands (AP) — At first, working in the oil and gas industry was great, Jordi Zonneveld recalls. Near his home in the Netherlands, there was an oil and gas company that, back in 2005, was growing and hiring. Zonneveld knew nothing about its business, which was designing and building
Continue ReadingBy Elise Hammond and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — After graduating from high school in 2017, N’Dea Gordon entered the workforce. Deterred by the high cost of college and the prospect of thousands of dollars of student loans, her plan was to work her way up in the service industry, get promotions and gain skills
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the first official day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and a happy spring to readers residing below the equator. Today, everyone on Earth will enjoy 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night — although the equinox is not as equal as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump has long pledged to deport millions of people, but he’s bringing more specifics to his current bid for the White House: invoking wartime powers, relying on like-minded governors and using the military. Trump’s record as president shows a vast gulf between his ambitions and the legal, fiscal
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — No matter how much money you have, every adult faces countless financial decisions every year — how to stay afloat, prosper, prepare for the future, enjoy life and minimize hardship. It’s … a lot. So if you’re looking for help along the way, there are plenty of increasingly low-cost
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties. Kate and her husband, Prince William, were seen Sunday attending church with King Charles III and Queen Camilla near their royal Balmoral estate in Scotland. Kate, 42,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers The Federal Reserve gave home shoppers what they hoped for this week: a big rate cut and a signal of more cuts to come. Even so, aspiring homebuyers and homeowners eager to refinance should temper their expectations of a big drop in mortgage rates from here. While the Fed doesn’t set mortgage
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Vice President Kamala Harris is a Baptist who was influenced by religious traditions in her mother’s home country of India. Former President Donald Trump grew up a mainline Presbyterian but began identifying as a nondenominational Christian near the end of his presidency. Despite that, few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly Christian,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican activists in swing states say they have seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning out infrequent voters on behalf of Donald Trump, raising concerns about the party’s presidential nominee relying on outside groups for an important part of his campaign operations. Trump
Continue ReadingBy Em Steck and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maryland, improperly took advantage of tax breaks she did not qualify for, including one meant for low-income senior citizens, saving thousands of dollars in taxes on two properties she owned in Washington, DC, and in Maryland. A
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Weeks after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, a then-little-known Republican congressman from Louisiana introduced a short bill that proposed amending the Social Security Act to ensure child support payments be made for an “unborn child.” “The Unborn Child Support Act” has gone nowhere. But the congressman has.
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Irene Nasser and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has raided and ordered the closure of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, the network said. Al Jazeera broadcast live footage early on Sunday of Israeli soldiers entering its offices in Ramallah, capturing the reactions of bureau chief
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the most painful issues dividing labor and management in the strike at Boeing is the loss of the traditional pension plan for union members in 2014. The dispute has echoes of past labor disputes at Boeing, and at other companies, where workers have lost what
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party. It’s opening its annual conference Sunday less than three months after winning power in a landslide after 14 years in opposition. But it’s no victory lap for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. His government is facing a reckoning with a
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Continue ReadingCNN By Paradise Afshar, Lauren Mascarenhas and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed and 17 others were injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday evening in a bustling entertainment district in Birmingham, Alabama, in what police now believe was a targeted “hit.” Just after 11 p.m., multiple people drove up to the
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