By Katie Hunt, CNN When it comes to our closest adult relationships, the ones we have with our siblings often take a back seat. Parent-child relationships, romantic relationships and peer relationships hog our collective attention, but we’re tethered to our brothers and sister far longer; for many of us, our sibling relationships are the longest-lasting
Continue ReadingSevere storms usher in cooler/drier air for the Northeast. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast and what to expect with the extreme heat out West.
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN The extreme heat wave in the Northwest is beginning to subside in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, but much of the West will continue to deal with baking temperatures as millions remain under heat alerts. Canada and US cities in the Northwest have reported their hottest temperatures on record. More than 52
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN It’s not been the best week so far for Olivia Rodrigo. First the teenage star came in for criticism from Courtney Love, the Grand Dame of grunge, who called her “rude” for imitating Hole’s album cover. Now social media users have accused her of plagiarizing a song by the veteran British
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Delta coronavirus variant, first detected in India, is now causing cases to surge in the United Kingdom. Health experts are increasingly concerned about its spread in Europe and the United States. But investors have largely brushed off the risks, confident that vaccination campaigns will prevent the need for new
Continue ReadingCNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Canada, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Canada‘s Covid-19 situation continues to improve and it’s now reporting about 600 cases a day on average. The Canadian government announced it’s easing its mandatory two-week quarantine
Continue ReadingCNN’s John Avlon rips the New York City Board of Elections after they threw New York City’s mayoral primary into chaos by counting test ballots.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Ethan Cohen and Adam Levy, CNN The campaign to become New York City’s next mayor has come in for another twist. On Tuesday, the City Board of Elections released new numbers that suggested Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ lead in the Democratic primary had narrowed in the first set of tabulated ranked-choice
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden announced eight new federal judicial nominations on Wednesday as the White House seeks to maintain its rapid pace of nominations — and confirmations — to the federal bench. The announcement, which marked Biden’s fifth wave of judicial nominees, includes his intent to nominate two circuit court selections and
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN For the first time, travelers in Tibet can enjoy the area’s mountainous views at high-speed. A 435-kilometer (250-mile) rail line connecting Tibetan capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi entered into service on June 25, giving all 31 provincial-level regions of mainland China access to high-speed train travel. 47 tunnels,
Continue ReadingThe 270-mile railway between Lhasa and Nyingchi entered into service on June 25, giving all regions in mainland China access to high-speed train travel.
Continue ReadingThe 270-mile railway between Lhasa and Nyingchi entered into service on June 25, giving all regions in mainland China access to high-speed train travel.
Continue ReadingCNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to one of the Disney Parks & Resorts around the world, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics After being closed for over a year, Disneyland Resort in California reopened on April 30 with limited capacity
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Cientos de estadounidenses han visitado departamentos de emergencia o clínicas de atención de urgencias en el noroeste del Pacífico desde el viernes, y se han reportado hasta 60 muertes, mientras una ola de calor insoportable rompió todos los récords de temperatura en Oregon, Washington y Canadá. Portland estableció temperaturas récord tres
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Covid pandemic deprived the Supreme Court of its courtroom for oral arguments, its intimate conference room for deliberations and, as is evident these days, the bench where dissenting justices can vent. At the end of each Supreme Court session, individual justices on the losing
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden announced eight new federal judicial nominations on Wednesday as the White House seeks to maintain its rapid pace of nominations — and confirmations — to the federal bench. The announcement, which marked Biden’s fifth wave of judicial nominees, includes his intent to nominate two circuit court selections and
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN A pair of US senators are asking the Biden administration to intervene and remove expiration dates on flight credits issued to airline passengers during the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on Wednesday asked the US Department of Transportation to determine that it is
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Erica Orden and Sonia Moghe, CNN New York prosecutors investigating the Trump Organization are scrutinizing cash bonuses as part of their focus on whether the company failed to pay taxes on benefits provided to some of its employees, people familiar with the matter say. The interest in cash payments, which has not
Continue ReadingChildren in Brazil have been dying from Covid-19 at higher rates than nearly anywhere else in the world. Doctors and researchers say the country’s higher child death rate stems from several issues but the main culprit is social inequality. CNN’s Isa Soares reports.
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By Amy Sood, CNN Humanity has been ravaged by the plague — one of the deadliest bacterial infections in history — for thousands of years. Now, scientists have found an ancient strain of the bacteria in the world’s oldest known plague victim. The disease may have killed almost half of Europe’s population during the Middle
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