As Americans bargain shop, six-figure earners flock to Walmart
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart’s business is surging. Customers making more than $100,000 a year are fueling the…
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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik seeks parole for a second time
Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, has made another application…
Continue ReadingSpain’s royals return to flood disaster zone for 1st time since being pelted by mud
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s royal couple has returned to the area devastated by last month’s catastrophic flooding for the first time since…
Continue ReadingCable car accident at ski resort injures 8 workers in French Alps
PARIS (AP) — Eight workers have been injured, two seriously, in a cable car accident at the French ski resort of Val Thorens, local authorities…
Continue ReadingUkraine fires several US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine fired several American-supplied longer-range missiles into Russia, officials said Tuesday, marking…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Nov. 19: Immigration, SpaceX, Russia, Abortion laws, Bathroom bills
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A rare sea creature known as the “doomsday fish” was spotted yet again on Southern California shores for…
Continue ReadingEuropean officials cry sabotage after two internet cables are cut in the Baltic Sea
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were…
Continue ReadingUS defense chief says alliance with Philippines will transcend administrations
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has condemned China’s dangerous actions against the…
Continue ReadingJournalists strike in Greece ahead of a nationwide walkout on Wednesday
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Journalist unions in Greece have launched a 24-hour strike, joining broader labor unrest on the eve of a nationwide general…
Continue ReadingWhat Donald Trump’s election could mean for the federal death penalty
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Opponents of the death penalty are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, fearing it will herald…
Continue ReadingTackling estate planning in 7 basic steps
Estate planning is one of those tasks that makes almost any other job look appealing, no matter how lowly. The good news is that you’ve probably…
Continue ReadingGerman police break up an environmental activists’ camp near Tesla plant outside Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — German police have broken up a protest camp housing environmental activists in a forest near the Tesla electric car factory in…
Continue ReadingThousands of UK farmers descend on Parliament to protest a tax they say will ruin family farms
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British farmers have descended on Parliament to protest a tax hike they say will deal a “hammer blow” to…
Continue ReadingGermany will stand up to Russian intimidation, says foreign minister
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has vowed that her country will not be intimidated by Russia’s new nuclear deterrent policy as…
Continue ReadingGermany’s defense minister says damage to 2 Baltic data cables appears to be sabotage
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister says officials have to assume that damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea was caused by…
Continue ReadingThe son of Norway’s crown princess is arrested on suspicion of rape, police say
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested again, this time on suspicion…
Continue ReadingItalian Premier Meloni’s coalition suffers setbacks in 2 regional elections
ROME (AP) — Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni suffered election setbacks in two regions as the opposition Democratic party won a tight race in…
Continue ReadingUS envoy says Israel-Hezbollah truce is ‘within our grasp’ as Gaza food crisis worsens after looting
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A United States envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is “within our grasp” after talks in…
Continue ReadingPutin fine-tunes Russia’s nuclear doctrine after Biden’s arms decision on Ukraine, in clear signal to West
By Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, Christian Edwards and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — President Vladimir Putin has updated Russia’s nuclear…
Continue Reading1,000 days of war in Ukraine, distilled in a single 24-hour span of violence and resilience
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The clock on her wall stopped almost as soon as the day began, its hands frozen by the Russian bomb that hit…
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