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By Tara John, CNN N. R. Narayana Murthy, one of India’s richest people, had mixed feelings when he first heard about the man who would become his son-in-law. “I, too, was a little sad and jealous when you told us you had found your life partner,” he wrote to his daughter Akshata Murty in a
Continue ReadingBy Karl de Vries and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Ashton Carter, who served as President Barack Obama’s final defense secretary, has died, his family said. He was 68. Carter, who led the Defense Department from February 2015 to January 2017, suffered a “sudden cardiac event” on Monday night in Boston, his family said in a statement.
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT, Oregon (KPTV) — Newport police arrested a man early Saturday for assault and kidnapping. The night before, at around 11 p.m. Friday, Newport Police responded to the Yaquina Bay Bridge to take care of construction materials in the roadway. While they were trying to
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Naomi Alderman is a “what if” kind of writer, as in: What if women were able to release electricity through their fingers, the premise of her acclaimed bestseller “The Power “? For her upcoming book, simply and descriptively titled “The Future,” she imagined a
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Naomi Alderman is a “what if” kind of writer, as in: What if women were able to release electricity through their fingers, the premise of her acclaimed bestseller “The Power “? For her upcoming book, simply and descriptively titled “The Future,” she imagined a
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Lifsey Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — A man was shot after getting into an argument with another driver at a gas station in southeast Atlanta. It happened at the Texaco gas station in the 1800 block of Glenwood Avenue. The Atlanta Police Department says the victim was pumping
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors’ third-quarter net profit rose 36.6% as vehicle sales began to rebound from persistent parts supply chain troubles. The Detroit automaker said it made $3.3 billion from July through September, compared with $2.42 billion a year earlier. The increase was fueled largely by a 24%
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is rolling out a feature that allows shoppers to pay for items using their Venmo accounts. The option to pay with Venmo will be available for select Amazon.com customers beginning on Tuesday, the e-commerce giant said in a news release. By Black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving
Continue Reading The Associated Press Biogen delivered a better-than-expected third quarter and hiked its 2022 forecast as cost cutting continued to help the drugmaker balance sliding sales. The maker of the multiple sclerosis treatment Tecfidera said Tuesday that it chopped research and development costs 22% and also booked a $504 million gain from the sale of a
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business US home prices continued to gain ground in August, but the pace of growth slowed considerably as rising mortgage rates pushed more prospective buyers out of the market. Home prices rose 13% in August from the year before, a smaller jump than the 15.6% growth seen in July and 18.1%
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil
Continue Reading By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian voters are being bombarded by online misinformation, less than a week before they pick their next leader. Baseless rumors are whipping through social media in Latin America’s largest democracy, roiling Brazilian politics much as U.S. politics has been roiled. The rumors helped prompt Brazil
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive recall of millions of sleep apnea machines has stoked anger and frustration among patients, and U.S. officials are weighing unprecedented legal action to speed a replacement effort that is set to drag into next year. Sound-dampening foam in the pressurized breathing machines can break
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive recall of millions of sleep apnea machines has stoked anger and frustration among patients, and U.S. officials are weighing unprecedented legal action to speed a replacement effort that is set to drag into next year. Sound-dampening foam in the pressurized breathing machines can break
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s public broadcaster says the country’s domestic security agency has detained a man who entered the country as a Brazilian citizen but is suspected of being a Russian spy. Norwegian public broadcaster NRK said the man was arrested Monday in the Arctic city of Tromsoe. It says investigators believe he was
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business In the last few weeks, retailers, social media platforms, celebrities and fashion and entertainment companies have peeled away from business alliances with rapper Ye. Ye, also known as Kanye West, has become a controversy magnet. In early October, Ye wore a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt and dressed several Black models
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — Marine archaeologists in Sweden say they have found the sister vessel of a famed 17th century warship that sank on its maiden voyage and is now on display in a Stockholm museum. The wreck of the royal warship Vasa was raised in 1961, remarkably well preserved, after more than 300 years under
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month. A preliminary estimate released Monday by the Florida Department of Agriculture says the Category 4 storm caused between $1.1 billion and $1.8 billion in losses to the state’s crops and agriculture infrastructure when it tore through
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month. A preliminary estimate released Monday by the Florida Department of Agriculture says the Category 4 storm caused between $1.1 billion and $1.8 billion in losses to the state’s crops and agriculture infrastructure when it tore through
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) de Colombia le concedió a Rodrigo Granda, exintegrante del secretariado de la desmovilizada guerrilla de las FARC, una amnistía por el delito de rebelión, de acuerdo con una copia del fallo que obtuvo CNN este lunes. Según la resolución de la JEP, los efectos
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