By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — US bank regulators advanced proposals on Thursday aimed at safeguarding the nation’s largest banks in the wake of three regional bank failures earlier this year. The new rules proposed by the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation would
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four months after a fire at an immigration detention center on the United States border, eight badly burned survivors are stuck in their rooms at a Mexico City hotel. They eat in the hotel restaurant and have regular medical check-ups and make calls home. The Mexican
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her. Today, he is Israel’s national security minister. The transformation of Ben-Gvir from
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — A woman is suing the billionaire investor Leon Black, accusing him of raping her at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse when she was 16 years old. The lawsuit describes in gruesome detail the woman’s account of a sexual assault that left her bleeding and sobbing. Her lawyers say
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to raise interest rates for the 11th time could once again send ripple effects across the economy. Perhaps no one has felt the pain more than car buyers. It’s not just that sticker prices are way up.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing construction to resume on a contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline had been blocked by the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, even after Congress included the project’s approval as part of the bipartisan bill
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Director D. Smith couldn’t be happier about her new documentary, “Kokomo City,” being compared to 1990’s “Paris Is Burning.” “I think it’s a tremendous comparison because ‘Paris Is Burning’ was so groundbreaking when it happened,” she recently told CNN. “I will never forget the first time I saw
Continue ReadingPORSTMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man celebrating his birthday on the ocean with his three daughters captured video of something so rare that even marine scientists are jealous — three humpback whales leaping from the water in near perfect unison. “It was such an uplifting thing to see. Just incredible,” Robert Addie said.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Japanese pop star Shinjiro Atae announced that he is gay on Wednesday – a bold move for such a public figure in Japan, a the country still does not recognize same-sex unions. According to a press release sent to CNN, Atae hosted a fan event where he shared his
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Losses are going up on Ford’s electric vehicle business, but profit from its traditional internal combustion engine vehicles allowed it to beat Wall Street expectations. The company earned 72 cents a share in the second quarter on an adjusted basis, up from 68 cents a share and
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — As vast swaths of three continents bake under blistering temperatures and the oceans heat to unprecedented levels, scientists from two global climate authorities are reporting before July has even ended that this month will be the planet’s hottest on record by far. The heat in July has already been
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Bronny James fue dado de alta del Centro Médico Cedars-Sinai después de ser tratado por un paro cardíaco repentino, según el hospital. “Gracias a la respuesta rápida y efectiva del personal médico de atletismo de la USC, Bronny James fue tratado con éxito por un paro cardíaco repentino. Llegó
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have withdrawn a campaign finance charge from eight counts among charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will face at an October trial. They say the government in the Bahamas notified them Wednesday that the charge was not among those cited when the 31-year-old man once viewed
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge says rapper Quando Rondo can no longer drive and must undergo drug testing if he wants to stay out of jail while awaiting trial on gang and drug charges. The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name is Tyquian Terrel Bowman, appeared in a Savannah courtroom Thursday. Prosecutors asked a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Demi Lovato no tiene muchos remordimientos pero, desafortunadamente, le quedaron algunos problemas físicos tras la sobredosis de drogas que sufrió en 2018. Durante una reciente participación en el programa “Andy Cohen Live” de SiriusXM, la cantante y actriz dijo: “No cambiaría mi camino porque no me arrepiento de nada”. “Lo más
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Coleburn Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — 25-year-old Sara Robertson survived a car accident in June of 2014, but a spinal cord injury left her paralyzed from the waist down. She has spent the past nine years adapting to life in a wheelchair, and, while she can drive
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — July has been so hot thus far that scientists calculate that this month will be the hottest globally on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through. The World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits slid last week to its lowest level in five months, further evidence that the U.S. labor market continues to defy the Federal Reserve’s attempts to cool it off. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 7,000 to 221,000 for the week
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — England’s 1-0 win over Denmark at the Women’s World Cup on Friday was overshadowed by a serious-looking injury sustained by its star midfielder Keira Walsh who had to be stretchered off in the first half. Lauren James scored the only goal of the game in the sixth minute, curling
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — China is providing technology and equipment to Russia that is increasingly important to Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to a newly released report compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The report, titled “Support Provided by the People’s Republic of China to Russia” and dated
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