By Lisa Respers France, CNN More has been revealed about Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s former relationship. On the latest episode of “The Kardashians,” the “Good American” entrepreneur talked about the fact that the professional basketball player had secretly proposed. Her sister, Kim Kardashian, referenced the proposal, which happened more than a year ago. “The
Continue ReadingBy Danica Sauter Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A $15,000 reward has been offered for information in the search of Steve Keel, a man who went missing from an Alaskan hunting trip in late August. A group of four Tennessee men recently ended their search for Keel on Sept.
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Avatars are nothing new — and nor is the idea that we care about how we look online. As the drive towards immersive virtual worlds, or “metaverses,” gathers pace, personalized digital avatars have become more pervasive thanks to games like Fortnite and Roblox. But on the online platform Second Life, users have
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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO said Thursday it would retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of the 30-member-countries organization as it suggested that damage to two gas pipelines off Denmark and would-be member Sweden in international waters in the Baltic Sea is the result of sabotage. “Any
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Battered by surging consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government announced Thursday, unchanged from its previous second-quarter estimate. It marked the second consecutive quarter of economic contraction, one informal rule of thumb
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By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government says residents whose wealth exceeds 3 million euros ($2.9 million) will be subject to a new asset tax in 2023 and 2024. Finance Minister María Jesús Montero said Thursday that the temporary wealth tax would affect 23,000 people, or 0.1 % of taxpayers.
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government says residents whose wealth exceeds 3 million euros ($2.9 million) will be subject to a new asset tax in 2023 and 2024. Finance Minister María Jesús Montero said Thursday that the temporary wealth tax would affect 23,000 people, or 0.1 % of taxpayers.
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of royal fans have lined up outside Windsor Castle for the chance to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II as the chapel where the late monarch is buried opened to the public for the first time since her death. The queen’s death certificate says
Continue Reading By LORI HINNANT, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of children from eastern Ukraine are stranded in Russian summer camps, on the wrong side of a front line that shifted after they were bused away for what was supposed to be holiday. Parents in the occupied towns of eastern
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Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) — In a show of defiance, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday, hours after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris flew home from a visit to South Korea during which she traveled to the Demilitarized Zone separating the two
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business We have all heard of Band-Aid, Tylenol, Benadryl and Johnson’s baby powder. We have never heard of the new made-up word Kenvue. But Kenvue will be the new corporate parent of these familiar consumer health brands next year. Johnson & Johnson, the owner of these labels, is in the process
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Marnie Hunter, CNN Hurricane Ian dealt another blow to air travel as the storm moved up the East Coast. The main airport in Charleston, South Carolina, closed on Friday, while many airports in Florida were reopening. Charleston International Airport’s airfield closed because of high winds from Hurricane Ian, the
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is unveiling a Pacific strategy designed to bolster U.S. engagement with more than a dozen island nations on issues including climate change and maritime security. The Biden administration is pledging to expand the U.S. diplomatic presence in the region and provide $810 million in
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits dropped last week, a sign that few companies are cutting jobs despite high inflation and a weak economy. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 24 fell by 16,000 to 193,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian official says protests over the death of a woman who was being held by the morality police have ended in Tehran. But anti-government chanting could be heard from windows and rooftops in some areas of Iran’s capital overnight and into Thursday. Iran has
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of small U.S. companies will soon be required to submit details on their owners and others who benefit from them. Under a new regulation finalized Thursday, the Treasury Department will create a database containing personal information on the owners of at least 32 million
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Across the ideological spectrum, there were predictions of dramatic consequences when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a public high school football coach’s right to pray on the field after games. Yet three months after the decision — and well into the football season — there’s no
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business You may not be anywhere close to ready for the holidays — but retail chains certainly are. Christmas trees are already on sales floors at Costco and Lowe’s, Walmart’s year-end holiday sales start October 1 and Target is offering its “earliest access ever” to holiday deals beginning October 6. Amazon
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon said Thursday it plans to hire 150,000 new employees across the United States to meet demand ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. The openings, which include full-time, seasonal and part-time roles, range from packing and picking to sorting and shipping, the company said. The announcement comes just
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