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Americans have long had a love affair with big SUVs that can carry more people and stuff than they usually need to transport and go much further than most of us drive in a day. But now there’s a number of start ups that are betting they can sell car shoppers on vehicles that offer
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Green fingered enthusiasts will be able to freely roam the gardens of London’s historic Buckingham Palace this summer, as Queen Elizabeth II allows self-guided tours of the grounds for the first time in the palace’s history. The 39-acre gardens of the palace — which is the Queen’s official London residence — will allow paying visitors
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Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Heinz Ketchup and French’s Ketchup are not experiencing product shortages in Canada as spikes in takeout orders are making ketchup tough to come by across the border. In the U.S., Heinz has faced “surge in demand for ketchup packets driven by the accelerated
Continue Reading Millions of counterfeit masks have been seized by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials since the start of the pandemic. But the last few months have seen an “exponential increase” in counterfeit mask seizures, a CBP official told CNN. Since the start of the pandemic, CBP has seized more than 34 million counterfeit masks,
Continue ReadingKentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a bipartisan-supported bill into law on Wednesday that expanded voting access by codifying election recount procedures, online absentee ballot portals and early voting procedures — an exception to the GOP efforts nationwide to overhaul state election rules in the wake of the 2020 election. “Today is also a good
Continue ReadingDemocratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday that will automatically restore the voting rights of people convicted of a felony once they are released from prison, even if they are still under community supervision. The law, which takes effect next year, will restore voting rights to more than 20,000 people in the state,
Continue ReadingAn unprecedented amount of money is flowing to K-12 schools from the federal government and districts are planning to spend it on summer schools, tutoring programs and, in some places, teacher bonuses. About $128 billion was approved by Congress in March as part of the most recent stimulus, nearly double the amount sent to K-12
Continue Reading Green fingered enthusiasts will be able to freely roam the gardens of London’s historic Buckingham Palace this summer, as Queen Elizabeth II allows self-guided tours of the grounds for the first time in the palace’s history. The 39-acre gardens of the palace — which is the Queen’s official London residence — will allow paying visitors
Continue ReadingAmerica’s economy could be heading for a golden era of growth. But higher prices and the coronavirus pandemic still present risks. What’s happening: “It is possible that we will have a Goldilocks moment — fast and sustained growth, inflation that moves up gently (but not too much) and interest rates that rise (but not too
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Children may be spreading Covid-19 through extracurricular activities like sports, health officials say. After-school activities are creating clusters where coronavirus can spread among children, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We know that these increases are due, in part, to more highly transmissible variants, which we are
Continue ReadingTencent’s biggest shareholder has sold $14.7 billion worth of shares in the Chinese social media and gaming giant, and will use the money to invest in other growth ventures. Prosus, a spin-off by South African media and internet investment firm Naspers, sold a 2% stake in Tencent for 114.2 billion Hong Kong dollars ($14.7 billion),
Continue ReadingVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam endorsed former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial bid on Thursday, backing the man he succeeded as governor to be the commonwealth’s next chief executive. Northam’s endorsement, two years removed from a blackface scandal that threatened to end his tenure, is one of the most coveted in Virginia Democratic circles, especially in the
Continue ReadingEuropean drug regulators have confirmed a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot and rare blood clots, as UK authorities recommended that people under 30 should take alternative vaccines. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Wednesday that a particular combination of unusual blood clots with low blood platelet counts should be listed as a side effect
Continue Reading A slab of stone, engraved with intricate lines and motifs dating to the Bronze Age, has been revealed to be Europe’s oldest map, researchers say. Using high-resolution 3D surveys and photogrammetry, researchers re-examined the Saint-Bélec Slab — an engraved and partly broken piece of stone that was discovered in 1900 but forgotten about for almost
Continue Reading A visibly pregnant Nigerian athlete has clinched a gold medal at the ongoing National Sports Festival, securing gold in the multi-sport event, which happens every two years in the country. Aminat Idrees, 26, who is eight months pregnant, won in the Mixed Poomsae category in Taekwondo, organizers said Monday, describing her achievements as “inspiring.” Idrees,
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(CNN) — El número de nuevos casos de covid-19 se ha estancado a un «nivel inquietantemente alto» y Estados Unidos está en riesgo de una nueva oleada, advirtió el miércoles el Dr. Anthony Fauci. Aunque lejos de los máximos de principios de este año, todavía se informaron más de 61.000 casos nuevos el miércoles, según
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un hombre en Filipinas murió después de ser obligado a hacer 300 sentadillas por violar los toques de queda por el covid-19, lo que lo convierte en la última víctima del enfoque muchas veces brutal del país para hacer cumplir las restricciones. El 1 de abril, Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, de 28 años, salió
Continue ReadingIn one of the most significant attacks against US forces in Afghanistan recently, CNN has learned that the Taliban twice targeted one of the most heavily guarded bases in the country late last month and that US military personnel working for the CIA were at the installation when it came under fire. Rockets landed near
Continue ReadingThis year’s French Open tennis tournament has been postponed by a week due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced on Thursday. The second grand slam of the year was originally scheduled to take place from Monday 17 May to Sunday 6 June. However, France has recently entered a new lockdown with
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunciará este jueves sus primeras acciones limitadas sobre el control de armas, según un alto funcionario de la administración. Biden ordenará a su administración que endurezca las restricciones sobre las llamadas armas fantasma y los soportes estabilizadores que permiten que las armas se usen con mayor
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