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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s congressional leaders say China has failed to live up to its promise to buy more Maine lobster under a deal that eased a trade war under former President Donald Trump. Maine lobster industry exports were hurt by retaliatory Chinese tariffs in 2018 and the lawmakers say the Maine lobster industry
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A medida que las temperaturas globales aumentan constantemente, nuestro planeta puede estar cambiando demasiado rápido para que algunos de los organismos más variados de la naturaleza se adapten. Según una nueva investigación, miles de especies de organismos diminutos parecidos a las plantas podrían evolucionar con demasiada lentitud para seguir el ritmo
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Only a year ago almost no one paid the full sticker price when buying a new car. Now you’re lucky if you can. In perhaps the most striking sign of the change in new car pricing, 80% of new car buyers in January paid more than manufacturer’s suggested retail price,
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic medals. Elana Meyers Taylor extended her medal record also. The German sliding domination of the Beijing Games continued. Nolte drove to gold and Jamanka won silver in the women’s bobsled competition. Meyers Taylor grabbed
Continue ReadingBy Kikue Higuchi, CNN The International Skating Union (ISU) will hold a vote at its Congress in June on a proposal to raise the minimum age for competitors to 17, the governing body told CNN on Friday. The sport has been at the center of attention after 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to
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By Kelly Murray and Melissa Alonso, CNN Treacherous winter driving conditions are being blamed for a series of pileup crashes on Friday involving 39 vehicles in central Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. Ten people were injured, according to CNN affiliate WAOW, citing Wisconsin State Patrol. “The injured have been transported to local hospitals.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Newcastle has showed further evidence of its gradual improvement under Eddie Howe by drawing 1-1 at top four-chasing West Ham to extend its unbeaten run in the Premier League to six games. Joe Willock’s deft finish in first-half stoppage time canceled out the headed opener scored by Craig Dawson in the 32nd
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an alert that various products purchased within the last year from Family Dollar Stores across six states may be contaminated and unsafe to use. Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Attorneys for the U.S. figure skaters whose Olympic silver medals are being withheld have filed an appeal to have them awarded before the end of the Beijing Games. A decision is expected as soon as Saturday night. The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed that
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin four years ago. They edged Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov by less than a point to win the pairs figure skating competition at the Beijing Games. Sui
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts. It’s one of the poorest, unhealthiest states, and its schools are chronically underfunded. Some Republican leaders say they want to boost Mississippi’s fortunes by phasing out its income tax — the source of one-third of state revenue.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Ottawa police are urging trucker convoy protesters to remove their children as they clear out protest sites. “It still shocks and surprises me that we are seeing children put in harm’s way in the middle of a
Continue ReadingBy Creeson Agecoutay and Daniel Otis, CTV News Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — After 22 days of honking horns and diesel fumes, some Ottawa residents are expressing relief after police began clearing protestors from the downtown core. “It’s been very difficult,” an annoyed Ottawan told CTV News. “It’s
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they’re helping families struggling with rising costs and the two-year-old pandemic. But the parties differ over how to do that. And each side is beginning to make clear how it’ll use those themes to compete for
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Bantock, for CNN Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different. San Francisco native Gu is now a two-time gold-medalist, the Olympics’ youngest ever freestyle skiing champion, a Chinese national hero — and a budding
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, for CNN Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different. San Francisco native Gu is now a two-time gold-medalist, the Olympics’ youngest ever freestyle skiing champion, a Chinese national hero — and a budding author.
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Heinz has been linked to the number 57 for more than a century. The company’s “57 varieties” slogan was a key part of its early strategy to attract consumers. It’s still featured on Heinz ketchup bottles today and is central to the brand’s identity. But that famous number is completely
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Heinz has been linked to the number 57 for more than a century. The company’s “57 varieties” slogan was a key part of its early strategy to attract consumers. It’s still featured on Heinz ketchup bottles today and is central to the brand’s identity. But that famous
Continue Reading By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The $73 million settlement that some of the Sandy Hook shooting victims’ families won against Remington is not the end of their efforts to hold the gun industry accountable. The agreement announced this week by the families’ lawyers allows them to release internal company documents. The
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un nuevo par de ojos de rayos X en el universo nos permite ver objetos extremos como nunca antes. Poco más de dos meses después de su lanzamiento al espacio, el nuevo explorador de la NASA, el Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, o IXPE, compartió sus primeras imágenes. Y son impresionantes. Las
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