By NICOLE WINFIELD, DAVID MCHUGH and KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have agreed to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries. They’ve also made a vague commitment to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century.” The commitments came as the Group of 20 biggest economies wrapped
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By NICOLE WINFIELD, DAVID MCHUGH and KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have agreed to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries. They’ve also made a vague commitment to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century.” The commitments came as the Group of 20 biggest economies wrapped
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Fire alarms, teasing Tom Brady and flipping the double bird on live television. These are just some of the viral moments from “Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli.” Also known as the “Manning Cast” — as in the brothers and former NFL quarterbacks — it feels more like a
Continue Reading LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A 7-year-old Missouri boy has died after he fell off a hayride and was struck by the trailer he had been riding in. The Jackson County Sheriff’s office says the accident happened Saturday near Lee’s Summit. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a tractor was pulling the trailer and that
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VIENNA (AP) — Alexander Zverev won his fifth ATP title of the season and 18th overall by defeating American qualifier Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 6-4 at the Erste Bank Open. The fourth-ranked German improved to 5-0 in finals this season. He is the second player after Norwegian Casper Ruud with a tour-leading five tournament wins in
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man has been killed in Indianapolis, matching last year’s record for criminal homicides in the city. The Indianapolis Star says the death early Sunday was the city’s 215th this year with two months still to go. Ron Gee, a member of Cease Fire Indy, says the group had hoped for 72
Continue ReadingCNN By Jasmine Wright, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday the administration will “continue pushing for” paid family and medical leave after the policy was gutted from President Joe Biden’s sweeping economic package due to opposition from a key swing vote in the Senate. “Look, it’s something that we believe in, I believe in
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday the administration will “continue pushing for” paid family and medical leave after the policy was gutted from President Joe Biden’s sweeping economic package due to opposition from a key swing vote in the Senate. “Look, it’s something that we believe in, I believe in it.
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business This Halloween caps off a strong October for the North American box office. The holiday season could be even merrier. The domestic box office is set to bring in more than $600 million this month, according to Comscore, and each week in October had a big film opening, thanks to
Continue ReadingCNN By Jasmine Wright Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the US will keep seeing supply chain issues as the holiday season approaches, adding that it takes more than just federal efforts to tackle shortages and bottleneck issues. “We are going to continue to see challenges. The steps that we’re taking are making a difference but
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the US will keep seeing supply chain issues as the holiday season approaches, adding that it takes more than just federal efforts to tackle shortages and bottleneck issues. “We are going to continue to see challenges. The steps that we’re taking are making a difference but think
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Whenever traffic slowed, which happens a lot when you’re heading out of New York City on a Friday afternoon, people wanted to look at the bright blue pickup I was driving. Some wanted to ask questions. Fortunately, an engineer who helped design the truck was riding with me, and rolled
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating a homicide in central Las Vegas. Metro police say one person was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon. Officers were called at an apartment complex after getting a report of a shooting. Police say homicide detectives were later called to the scene to investigate. The name,
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — One of the two candidates In Boston’s historic mayor’s race has found herself questioned about her decision to identify as a person of color. Annissa Essaibi George describes herself as Polish-Arab American. But she acknowledges she hasn’t always identified herself as a person of color. That’s in
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police and witnesses say a man dressed in a Joker costume and brandishing a knife stabbed at least one passenger on a Tokyo commuter train and started a fire. Some people scrambling to escape the attack jumped from the train’s windows. The Tokyo Fire Department says 17
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn and Anneken Tappe, CNN Business You’ve probably noticed that prices have gone up on groceries, essentials, home appliances, fast food and all sorts of consumer goods. Inflation is at more than a decade-long high. That means 2021 will be among the most expensive holiday shopping seasons ever. But shoppers aren’t holding back
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has a long history of police violence and now authorities are looking at body cameras as a way to avoid deadly incidents involving officers. The biggest program of that kind started in June in Sao Paulo state, involving 3,000 police officers. There
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN All 50 Democrats in the Senate need to agree upon the framework on the massive economic bill before the House votes on the bill this week, Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders said Sunday. “I think there has got to be a framework agreed upon in the Senate that
Continue Reading MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Mesa say a man has been arrested after leading officers on a high-speed chase with two children in his car. They say the incident started as a reported domestic violence situation between 30-year-old Luis Enrique Fernandez and his girlfriend around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The woman told police she was
Continue Reading WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has reported 77 more COVID-19 cases and one additional death. The latest numbers release Saturday pushed the tribe’s totals to 36,745 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death toll now is at 1,485. On Friday, the
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