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By Homero De la Fuente, Amir Vera and Richard Greene, CNN US basketball star Brittney Griner‘s legal team has seen her several times a week throughout her detention in Russia and they reported that she is well, a source close to the situation told CNN on Thursday. News of Griner’s condition comes after a Moscow
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By JAMIE STENGLE, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Family and friends say they are heartbroken and devastated after six students and a coach from a small New Mexico university were killed in a fiery crash while returning home from a golf tournament in Texas. The victims included Tyler
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Prices are rising at the fastest rate in generations, and have already proven many economists wrong by continuing to rise far longer than they expected last year. If households across the country start to see high, persistent inflation as the new normal, they could ramp
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un tribunal de Moscú anunció que prorrogó la detención de la estrella del baloncesto estadounidense Brittney Griner hasta el 19 de mayo, según informa la agencia estatal de noticias rusa TASS. “El tribunal accedió a la petición de la investigación y amplió el período de detención de la ciudadana estadounidense
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised its key interest rate for the third time since December as it pushes ahead faster than other central banks in combating a global wave of inflation that is set to accelerate following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The bank boosted its key
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By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper and Beck will be among those performing in tribute to Joni Mitchell when she’s honored as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy. The academy announced the latest additions to the lineup Thursday for the tribute concert and gala
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Before he became president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky was a successful actor and comedian. Now Netflix is again streaming the TV series that helped make him a star — and served as a springboard for his presidential campaign. “Servant of the People” is a political satire featuring Zelensky as a
Continue Reading By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has kept interest rates unchanged for a third month as consumer prices surge at an eye-popping pace. The decision Thursday comes after a series of rate cuts last year triggered a currency crisis that has made it difficult for people to buy basic goods.
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains tight, even as the Federal Reserve has tried to cool the economy and inflation by raising interest rates. Applications for jobless aid in the U.S. for the week ending Jan. 21 fell by
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After a week-long pause, investors can trade nickel again on the London Metal Exchange. But the market remains extremely glitchy and volatile, in a sign of how Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to rattle the global financial system in unexpected ways. What’s happening: The LME hoped to ease back into
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Four people accused in the killings of a Coachella Valley couple who vanished nearly five years ago reentered not guilty pleas during an information arraignment on Thursday. Click here for complete coverage on this case The suspects are due back in court for a status conference hearing on May 13 Manuel Rios, 29, of Coachella;
Continue ReadingOpinion by Desmond Lachman for CNN Business Perspectives Even with consumer price inflation running at almost 8%, the Fed announced Wednesday it would raise its policy rate to 0.25%-0.5%. That leaves its interest rate at a meaningfully negative level in inflation-adjusted terms. Especially after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the renewed Covid outbreak in China,
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — An Italian appeals court has begun deliberating the fates of two young American men who are hoping for some leniency after being convicted last year of murdering a Carabinieri police officer. The defendants are serving life sentences, Italy’s harshest punishment. Carabinieri Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, 35,
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Railway authorities in Poland and Italy say major malfunctions in the electronic control systems have caused significant delays and cancellations on train routes in both countries. In Poland, government official in charge of cybersecurity, Janusz Cieszynski, said a team for Critical Incidents will meet Thursday to
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — For a century it was thought that an artificial lake in Motya, an ancient city on an island off the coast of Sicily, was a military harbour similar to one in the nearby Phoenician city of Carthage. But new analysis has
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By Angie Orellana Hernandez and Ashley Strickland, CNN One of the brightest heralds of spring makes its appearance this week. The March full moon, known as the worm moon, will be at its peak at 3:18 a.m. ET on Friday, March 18, according to NASA. It will appear full through Saturday morning. This moon will
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Parkhill Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Cruise ships are set to return to Canada’s ports next month for the first time since 2020, with some rules still in place to guard against the spread of COVID-19. In the early days of the pandemic, cruise ships became epicentres
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business As expected, the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday hiked its key short-term interest rate for the first time since 2018. The central bank is expected to raise rates several more times this year, but in small increments. Since those hikes are coming off a 0% rate today, by early 2023
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was pointing toward losses at the opening bell Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate hike since 2008 in an effort to combat surging prices. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were both off 0.3%, following more big gains
Continue ReadingBy Blane Bachelor, CNN With many travel restrictions finally relaxing in early 2022, Gabriele Antoni booked a trip she’s been wanting to take for a while: several weeks in her home country of Germany, followed by a 12-day cruise in Norway with friends. The 64-year-old Florida resident and US green card holder hasn’t been back
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