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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Decades ago, newly married women overwhelmingly would adopt their husband’s last name, satisfying a social custom and securing certain legal, economic and familial protections. In some states, those safeguards included being able to retain their driver’s license or voter registration, pick up their children from school, or have a credit card,
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Associated Press Elon Musk has lost a fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on Tuesday set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty” over the social media company after the billionaire backed out of a deal to buy it. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows
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By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area water utility says it will deny flooding claims stemming from a damaging storm last summer based on an independent review that found the flooding was caused by the amount of rainfall and not a defect in its wastewater collection and pumping system. The Great Lakes
Continue Reading WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — Elon Musk loses fight to delay Twitter trial as judge sets October trial citing “cloud of uncertainty” over company.
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Netflix puso en marcha en Argentina un cambio largamente anticipado: si quieres compartir tu cuenta con otra casa, deberás pagar un extra de 219 pesos. Te explicamos aquí cómo funciona su nueva política. La modificación de Netflix funciona de la siguiente manera: podrás usar tu cuenta únicamente en una casa y,
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Harry Styles inspires more questions than he does easy answers. Questions like: How does one make the leap from boy band stud to formidable solo artist, or successfully style sweater vests and high-waisted trousers? And what, exactly, is the true meaning of “watermelon sugar”? We may never get the answers from
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to propose energy cuts and savings as the 27-nation bloc expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to cut off vast natural gas supplies. The plan to be released Wednesday might make for a much colder winter, but one without massive disruptions. Since Russia
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Drew Barrymore is in a real life rom-com with the rain. The talk show host took to Instagram with a video of herself running outside into a rain shower and enjoying every second of it. “Whenever you can, go out into the rain!” she shouted, while getting drenched outside. “Do not miss
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CNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Manhattan judge dismissed a murder charge Tuesday against a bodega worker who fatally stabbed a man earlier this month in what the worker’s legal team argued was a case of self-defense. Jose Alba, 61, had been charged with second-degree murder in the killing Austin Simon, 35, on the night
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been sued for trademark infringement by MetaX LLC, a company that says it does business publicly as Meta and had been operating in the virtual and augmented reality technology space for years before Mark Zuckerberg announced his company’s rebranding. Facebook changed
Continue Reading Associated Press An epic legal fight between Elon Musk and Twitter began in earnest in a Delaware court Tuesday as lawyers for both sides fought over how soon the trial should begin. Twitter is trying to force the billionaire to make good on his April promise to buy the social media giant for $44 billion
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Manhattan judge dismissed a murder charge Tuesday against a bodega worker who fatally stabbed a man earlier this month in what the worker’s legal team argued was a case of self-defense. Jose Alba, 61, had been charged with second-degree murder in the killing Austin Simon, 35, on the night of
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By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago. The video, compiled from 13 security cameras
Continue Reading By TERRY WALLACE and KEN MILLER Associated Press A wildfire has burned at least five homes and resulted in about 300 homes being evacuated around a lake in north Texas amid sweltering temperatures and dry conditions, authorities said. Many of the residents returned home Tuesday, but the area remained under a voluntary evacuation notice, the
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A political organization created by Black business executives is planning to invest in down-ballot contests in the midterms, in an effort to influence races the group views as crucial
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Neither Republican nor Democratic candidates for Congress are seen by most voters as having the right priorities, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The survey finds voters closely divided in their preference for this year’s midterm elections and on the potential consequences of a Republican victory. Two-thirds of
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former lottery computer technician convicted in a scheme to rig computers to win jackpots for himself, friends and family has been paroled after serving more than five years in an Iowa prison. Eddie Tipton, 59, was released from prison Friday, according to online prisoner records. Axios Des Moines first
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova, Uliana Pavlova and Chris Liakos, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Tuesday for his first international trip beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union since launching his invasion of Ukraine, which effectively ruptured ties with the West. Putin met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran,
Continue ReadingBy Payton Major, Judson Jones and Amir Vera, CNN Heat alerts cover more than 20 states today and Wednesday across the Southern Plains and parts of the Northeast, and temperatures will soar above the century mark for 60 million people over the next week. All while a similar heat wave is bringing all-time record temperatures
Continue ReadingCNN By Payton Major, Judson Jones and Amir Vera, CNN Heat alerts cover more than 20 states today and Wednesday across the Southern Plains and parts of the Northeast, and temperatures will soar above the century mark for 60 million people over the next week. All while a similar heat wave is bringing all-time record
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