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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Once left for dead, Toys “R” Us is making a major comeback. The toy store brand will be just about everywhere for the holidays. Toys “R” Us will be in every US Macy’s in the next few months, part of an expanded partnership with the toy retailer’s
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Once left for dead, Toys “R” Us is making a major comeback. The toy store brand will be just about everywhere for the holidays. Toys “R” Us will be in every US Macy’s in the next few months, part of an expanded partnership with the toy retailer’s parent company, WHP
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s current term in office, the government’s top infectious disease expert told CNN on Monday. Fauci, who serves as Biden’s chief medical adviser and has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and
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MADRID (AP) — When Francisco Seoane’s train unexpectedly stopped in Spanish countryside, he and other passengers got a fright when they looked out at wildfires encroaching on both sides of the track. The Spaniard told The Associated Press it was scary to see how quickly the fire spread. He said in the blink of an
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. and South Korea should deepen their trade ties to avoid letting other countries use their market positions to unfair advantage. During a speech in Seoul, South Korea, she said countries like China cannot be allowed
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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an audacious prediction: By the middle of this decade, her company will sell more electric vehicles in the U.S. than Tesla, the global sales leader. To fulfill that pledge
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an audacious prediction: By the middle of this decade, her company will sell more electric vehicles in the U.S. than Tesla, the global sales leader. To fulfill that pledge
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began on Monday, the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to go before a jury. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 14 students and three staff members at
Continue ReadingBy Shanila Kabir Click here for updates on this story WAIKIKI, Hawaii (KITV) — The large South Shore swells have many surfers worried. They said haven’t seen these type of waves in more than 10 years – and that these conditions are for professionals only. “Today’s waters are for experienced surfers only. I don’t even
Continue Reading BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A detective who put the Bangor Police Department on the social media map is retiring to write a book. Lt. Tim Cotton used humor on Facebook to put a human face on police work, and he created the viral “Duck of Justice” when he rescued a faux waterfowl from a trash
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story JACKSONVILLE Oregon (KPTV) — A southern Oregon man is behind bars after allegedly setting up a roadblock and shooting a thief several times on a public road. The suspected shooter is in the Jackson County Jail after shooting an alleged theft suspect Saturday night on
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party is due to be questioned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit on suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing through an association charity. Rached Ghannouchi was among a dozen top Ennahdha part officials whose bank accounts the country’s central
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Electric is revealing the names of the three companies that will operate on their own after the historic split of the one-time conglomerate. GE said Monday that the healthcare business will be named GE Healthcare; the aviation business will be called GE Aerospace; and its energy businesses will
Continue ReadingBy Greg Payne Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — When you think of Kansas City’s history, you think of barbecue and jazz, but the baseball culture is just as strong. Today a local tradition was brought back to the diamond. It’s America’s past time and here in Kansas City,
Continue ReadingBy Dan Greenwald Click here for updates on this story BRIDGETON, Missouri (KMOV) — An area hospital is adding new security measures after a patient stabbed a nurse and paramedic earlier this week. DePaul Hospital announced it has installed a metal detector in the emergency department. A spokesperson says the hospital will also add an
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Riders of rail service in Hartford will notice a pretty big change that will last until the second week of September. The Hartford Line announced that the service would be replaced with with bus service from July 18 to Sept. 11.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ali Zaslav, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Jessica Dean and Kristin Wilson, CNN Ten GOP senators are needed to join all 50 Democrats in order to overcome a legislative filibuster in support of the House-passed bill to codify same-sex marriage into federal law. CNN asked all 50 Republicans where they stand on
Continue ReadingBy Danica Sauter Click here for updates on this story GALLATIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — The body of a missing elderly woman was found by authorities on Sunday morning. Early Sunday morning, around 2 a.m., the TBI sent out an alert that officials were searching for a woman missing from Gallatin. 84-year-old Lillie Patterson had a
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mngqosini and Livia Borghese, CNN Italian police say AC Milan midfielder Tiémoué Bakayoko was stopped by officers in what they called a “misunderstanding” before being released. A video of the July 3 incident has been widely circulated on social media. It shows the 27-year-old French national being searched by an officer next to
Continue ReadingBy Will Ripley, Iqbal Athas, Kunal Sehgal and Rhea Mogul, CNN Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s previous administration was “covering up facts” about its crippling financial crisis. Former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government did not tell the truth, that Sri Lanka was “bankrupt” and “needed to go to the International Monetary
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