By John Keefe and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the Pacific Northwest prepares for record-breaking heat, vast swaths of the West are experiencing a historic and unrelenting drought, the worst in the region in at least 20 years. The most severe drought is centered in the Southwest in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. But areas of
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN The massive breakthrough Wednesday night on infrastructure breathes new life for President Joe Biden’s hope of a bipartisan agenda that could cement his legacy as a dealmaker and open the door to more breakthroughs down the line, but it also is just the beginning of a fraught, multi-week
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Canada Goose is icing out the fur trims on its jackets. The luxury clothier said Thursday it will stop buying fur by the end of this year and cease manufacturing fur products no later than the end of 2022. Since the company’s founding in 1957, wild coyote fur was the
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High pressure building to the north will bring warming and drying through the weekend. Temperatures Wednesday reached 100°, below average with all the cloud cover and light showers. Thursday, temperatures will be closer to the average of 106° and sunny skies prevail. KESQ We tracked some showers and isolated thunderstorms Wednesday and Palm Springs recorded
Continue ReadingOpinion by Khalid Usman and Bruce Spear for CNN Business Perspectives Probably nothing speaks more to the post-pandemic economic recovery in the United States than the dramatic rise in demand for leisure air travel over the past several months. Since the number of passengers began steadily increasing in March, US airlines have found themselves besieged
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Northern Ireland. For many years, Northern Ireland has been split over the question of whether it should remain part of the United Kingdom or become part of Ireland. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. The nation is part of the United Kingdom, along with England, Scotland and
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent In the weeks after the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, the Justice Department looked at the possibility of pursuing charges under the rarely used seditious conspiracy law. Since then, and particularly since the start of the Biden administration, skepticism among top officials has made that possibility increasingly
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest direct evidence of a shark attack on a human, with the sea creature inflicting some 790 injuries on a man 3,000 years ago. Experts from the University of Oxford made the discovery while studying the remains of an adult male excavated from
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest direct evidence of a shark attack on a human, with the sea creature inflicting some 790 injuries on a man 3,000 years ago. Experts from the University of Oxford made the discovery while studying the remains of an adult male excavated from
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman, CNN A well-known Palestinian critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has died in police custody in Hebron, sparking angry condemnation from leading figures in the West Bank and beyond. The family of Nizar Banat said 20 armed Palestinian soldiers stormed the family home in Hebron at 3:30 a.m. Thursday,
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By Sarah Molano and Ashley Strickland, CNN The last supermoon of 2021 — the “strawberry” full moon — will rise Thursday. Viewers will see a large golden (sorry, not strawberry-colored) moon for two to three nights, according to EarthSky. This supermoon becomes completely full at 2:40 p.m. ET on Thursday afternoon. It won’t be fully
Continue Reading By Sarah Molano and Ashley Strickland, CNN The last supermoon of 2021 — the “strawberry” full moon — will rise Thursday. Viewers will see a large golden (sorry, not strawberry-colored) moon for two to three nights, according to EarthSky. This supermoon becomes completely full at 2:40 p.m. ET on Thursday afternoon. It won’t be fully
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff The nation’s infrastructure is sorely in need of repair. It recently earned a C- score from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which said an additional $2.6 trillion in funding is required over the next decade. President Joe Biden is pitching his plan as an investment to benefit communities of color, rural
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN With more than 84% of all eligible people in Vermont having had at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, no one would blame health officials if they wanted to take it easy, but the easy path is not a part of Dr. Michael Levine’s pandemic plans. The Vermont health commissioner says he’s
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — Estados Unidos, Belice, Guatemala, España; detenciones, evasión fiscal, candidatura presidencial, intento de deportación, espera de extradición y, este miércoles, su muerte en una prisión española. La vida de John McAfee, el controvertido fundador del software homónimo, empresa con la cual ya no estaba afiliado, ha incluido múltiples países, acusaciones judiciales
Continue Reading Portions of the Midwest are facing a flash flood and severe storm threat while the Northwest prepares for another record breaking heatwave. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the details.
Continue Reading Authorities in South Florida responded to a “partial building collapse” early Thursday morning, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. CNN’s Leyla Santiago reports.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El cantante y bajista de Blink-182, Mark Hoppus, se está sometiendo a quimioterapia para el cáncer, dijo el miércoles en sus cuentas de redes sociales. Hoppus dijo en Twitter que está recibiendo tratamiento, pero no reveló el tipo de cáncer que tiene. «Durante los últimos tres meses he estado recibiendo quimioterapia para
Continue ReadingOpinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst The two top officials in Afghanistan are meeting Friday with President Joe Biden at a moment when much of their country is in danger of being swallowed up by the Taliban. The meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, comes after a
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Brasil mantuvo su récord perfecto en la Copa América 2021 con una victoria por 2-1 sobre Colombia, pero fue un resultado empañado por la polémica. El árbitro argentino Néstor Pitana estuvo en el centro de la controversia. Y no es la primera vez en su carrera. Después de que el delantero del
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