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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Robinhood got off to a rocky start when it made its Wall Street debut one year ago, but hopes for the buzzy trading app were high as armchair investors piled into the market hoping to mint quick fortunes. The stock market was booming, and monthly active users more than doubled
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Border Patrol agents in Arizona have confiscated the turbans of dozens of Sikh men seeking asylum in the United States, violating their civil rights and government policies, the ACLU says in a letter calling for an end to the practice. Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union decried what they
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Fast-food worker Jeff is barrel-chested, heavily eyebrowed and mustached. He’s got a campaign badge for former US President Richard Nixon, keeps his antacid pills on hand, and he owns what might be the smallest ever “World’s Greatest Dad” trophy. In a video clip, he smokes a cigarette, speaking with a southern drawl.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that he “(hopes) very much that Beijing will not manufacture a crisis or seek a pretense to increase its aggressive military action” as China fired missiles towards waters near Taiwan as part of exercises near the self-governing island in the wake of House
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By TODD RICHMOND and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin’s longest-serving Assembly speaker, Republican Robin Vos has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights and push back against COVID-19 mandates. Despite that, he’s facing a primary challenger who claims he’s not conservative enough. The challenger’s argument:
Continue ReadingBy Michael Warren, CNN Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won over the crowd at CPAC Texas on Thursday, arguing that his nationalist agenda in Hungary aligns with the goals of the American conservative movement — and sounding a lot like the conference’s upcoming Saturday keynote speaker, former President Donald Trump. The right-wing European leader hit
Continue ReadingBy Ben Wedeman, CNN As he walked up the steps to greet former President Donald Trump at Trump’s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban seemed to be modeling himself on his host. He wore a similar dark suit, white shirt and plain tie, albeit orange rather than Trump’s trademark red.
Continue Reading KCAL, KCBS, FACEBOOK, MARNIE TAPIA, CNN, Facebook/Marnie Tapia By Josh Campbell, CNN An attempted convenience store robbery by a suspect wielding an assault-style rifle was foiled when the 80-year-old owner grabbed a gun and opened fire, authorities said. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called to the business on Sunday around 2:47 a.m.
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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — Prosecutors asked a Russian court Thursday to convict American basketball star Brittney Griner and sentence her to 9 1/2 years in prison at closing arguments in her drug possession trial. The trial neared its end nearly six months after Griner’s arrest at a Moscow airport in
Continue Reading By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they are investigating what they they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital. The group said in a statement Thursday that it “has no knowledge of the arrival and residence ” of
Continue Reading HAMPSHIRE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police say an eighth person has died from a fiery crash involving a wrong-way car on an interstate in northern Illinois. Police announced Wednesday that 32-year-old Thomas Dobosz of Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has died. They say he was driving a van carrying his 31-year-old wife, Lauren, and five children
Continue Reading KRNV-DT, CAPT. SCOTT FENLEY, BING, CNN By Paradise Afshar, CNN A bat infestation has caused a fire station in Nevada to close for an “undetermined amount of time,” according to a release from the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District. “Due to an infestation of bats, it has been determined that the station is a health
Continue ReadingCNN By Dan Merica, CNN It isn’t often that Democrats look to deep-red Kansas for resounding affirmation. But on Tuesday night, when Kansans overwhelmingly voted to keep protections for abortion rights in their state constitution, that is exactly what happened. The size and scope of the result were a shock to even the most optimistic
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona and Clare Foran, CNN Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski has died in a car accident that also killed two of Walorski’s staffers, House Republican leaders announced Wednesday. The news came as a major shock on Capitol Hill and immediately sparked an outpouring of grief and remembrances from lawmakers and aides who
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Central bankers in the United Kingdom have announced the biggest increase in interest rates in 27 years, as spiraling inflation continues to cripple millions of households’ finances. The Bank of England raised the cost of borrowing by 50 basis points to 1.75% — the sixth time the central bank has
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Robinhood got off to a rocky start when it made its Wall Street debut one year ago, but hopes for the buzzy trading app were high as armchair investors piled into the market hoping to mint quick fortunes. The stock market was booming, and monthly active users
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has announced its biggest interest rate increase in 27 years. The central bank forecasts that the war in Ukraine will fuel further inflation and tip the U.K. economy into a prolonged recession. Soaring natural gas prices are likely to drive consumer price inflation
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Ivanka Trump y Donald Trump Jr. se sentaron a declarar como parte de la investigación civil del fiscal general de Nueva York sobre las finanzas de la Organización Trump después de meses de lucha en los tribunales, dijeron a CNN personas familiarizadas con el asunto. La declaración a puerta cerrada
Continue Reading By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The virtual cat hero from the new video game sensation “Stray” doesn’t just wind along rusted pipes, leap over unidentified sludge and decode clues in a seemingly abandoned city. The daring orange tabby is helping real world cats as well. Thanks to online fundraising platforms, gamers
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN This fall, Americans could get boosted with a mRNA Covid-19 vaccine unlike any that’s come before. Both Pfizer and Moderna are working on bivalent boosters: vaccines made up of both the old formula and a new one that targets the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the coronavirus. If the shots
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