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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is rolling out new tools that parents can use to help monitor and limit their kids’ usage of the photo-sharing app, months after disclosures from a Facebook whistleblower raised concerns about the platform’s impact on younger users. The tools, released Wednesday, offer parents the ability to see how much
Continue ReadingCNN, INSTAGRAM By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is rolling out new tools that parents can use to help monitor and limit their kids’ usage of the photo-sharing app, months after disclosures from a Facebook whistleblower raised concerns about the platform’s impact on younger users. The tools, released Wednesday, offer parents the ability to see
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security will allow Afghans who are in the United States to remain in the country under a form of humanitarian relief, the department announced Wednesday. The relief, known as Temporary Protected Status, applies to people who would face extreme hardship if forced to return to homelands devastated
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — More than 40 animals were seized from an equine rescue in Rutherford County, but several dozen animals remain unaccounted for. Paws Ranch Equine Rescue off Walls Church Road was shut down in February amid an animal cruelty investigation. In
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets are poised to follow global shares higher Wednesday after Chinese leaders promised more support for the slowing Chinese economy, while investors awaited the outcome of a meeting of the Federal Reserve. Futures for the Dow industrials were up 1.2% and S&P 500 futures gained 1.3% after Hong Kong’s benchmark
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By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo say there is public support for holding the 2030 Winter Olympics. Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto says the city has no plans to hold a binding public referendum for the final word. The mayor says about 60% of
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By Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN The cost of natural gas was already rising fast as the world emerged from repeated Covid lockdowns and demand for energy soared. Now the war in Ukraine is pushing prices even higher. In Europe, countries are planning to dramatically slash their reliance on Russian gas, and while the US doesn’t import
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Two years after promising to reexamine how it “portrays the American dream” amid the Black Lives Matter movement, Ralph Lauren is launching a collection inspired by the country’s historically Black colleges. Created in collaboration with Morehouse and Spelman Colleges in Atlanta, Georgia, the range of outerwear, knitwear, suits and dresses was based on
Continue ReadingCNN Oscar Holland, CNN Two years after promising to reexamine how it “portrays the American dream” amid the Black Lives Matter movement, Ralph Lauren is launching a collection inspired by the country’s historically Black colleges. Created in collaboration with Morehouse and Spelman Colleges in Atlanta, Georgia, the range of outerwear, knitwear, suits and dresses was based
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business President Joe Biden is using his bully pulpit to call out the tendency for gasoline prices to go up like a rocket when oil spikes, but only drop like a feather when crude crashes. Biden fired off a tweet Wednesday morning highlighting the painfully slow decline in gasoline prices in
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN With his nation under attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a significant address on Wednesday to members of the House and Senate, a virtual speech that comes as the United States is under pressure from Ukraine to supply more military assistance to the embattled country. Zelensky
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Novak Djokovic will be allowed to play at the French Open even if he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 as long as the coronavirus situation in France remains stable. And Russian players will be admitted to play but as neutral athletes because of the the war started by their
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After beginning the year in a buying mood, Americans slowed their spending in February as prices for food, gasoline, toothpaste and just about everything else continue to rise. Retail sales increased 0.3% after registering a revised 4.9% jump from December to January, fueled by wage
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is returning to lead the company on an interim basis after the coffee giant’s current CEO announced his retirement. Starbucks made the announcement Wednesday ahead of its annual meeting. President and CEO Kevin Johnson said he will retire next month after five years as
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN The early warning system to detect asteroids that pose a threat to Earth, operated by NASA and its collaborators around the world, got to flex its muscles. It successfully detected a small asteroid 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) wide just hours before it smashed into the atmosphere over the Norwegian Sea
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun and Melanie Nagy Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — They lurk under puddles and hide where asphalt once was. No matter their size, potholes are not only a pain, but can be a serious safety hazard. Sir Roderick David Stewart, better known to his fans as Rod
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was severely injured while reporting outside Kyiv on Monday, has been evacuated from the country, Fox said. “Ben is alert and in good spirits,” Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said Wednesday in a memo to staffers. “He
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The end of the twice-annual changing of the clocks could be on the horizon as the U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would make daylight time permanent. If the bill becomes law, that could set off a chain reaction
Continue Reading CNN, WSB, WGCL, WXIA, WCBS, KPIX By Nicole Chavez and Natasha Chen, CNN Robert Peterson struggled for months to stop thinking about the day his mother and seven other people, mostly Asian women, were shot and killed last year at Atlanta-area spas. He’s found some comfort living at the Norcross, Georgia, home his mother Yong
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve will likely hike interest rates on Wednesday, marking the end of the ultra-low rate environment the pandemic ushered in two years ago. The market expects a quarter-percentage point to be added to the benchmark rate, lifting it above zero. It would be the first rate hike since
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