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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Easing inflation and a strong labor market are helping consumers feel better about the economy this month, according to a closely watched survey released Friday by the University of Michigan. The preliminary consumer sentiment index for February increased to 66.4 from 64.9 in January, the university reported Friday. That’s the best
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara John, CNN Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the divisions in his country were no worse than the political split in the United States, in an exclusive CNN interview Friday ahead of his meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. “Here there’s also a split, much more, or
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, CNN Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the divisions in his country were no worse than the political split in the United States, in an exclusive CNN interview Friday ahead of his meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. “Here there’s also a split, much more, or as
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN With more states legalizing gambling on sports, Super Bowl LVII will probably be the biggest event for the industry ever. The American Gaming Association is predicting that more than 50 million people will bet about $16 billion on the National Football League championship game between the Kansas City
Continue ReadingStory by Clare Duffy, CNN Graphics by Christopher Hickey, CNN More than half of Twitter’s top 1,000 advertisers in September were no longer spending on the platform in the first weeks of January, according to data provided to CNN by digital marketing analysis firm Pathmatics by Sensor Tower, in a striking sign of how far
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Don’t feed the bears! Wildlife biologists and forest rangers have preached the mantra for nearly a century at national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite, and for decades in areas where urban development increasingly invaded native wildlife habitat. But don’t feed the birds? That may be a
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Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink is being probed over its shipping methods after an animal rights group contacted the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine said that public records show untrained Neuralink employees transported “contaminated” devices that were removed from the brains of “infected” monkeys without safely packaging them. Neuralink is
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Florida’s statewide prosecutor will have new power to go after people for election-related crimes under a bill now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ desk. The bill, which passed the state House of Representatives on Friday on a 77-33 vote, is a top priority for the Republican governor, who last year approved
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting on Friday as stocks head toward the close of their worst week since December. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in afternoon trading and on pace for a loss of 1.2% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Jeremy Herb and Chandelis Duster, CNN A document with classified markings was removed from former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home Friday during a search by the FBI, according to Pence spokesman Devin O’Malley. Six “additional pages without such markings that were not discovered in the initial review by the
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Florida lawmakers on Friday approved an expansion of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial program to relocate migrants, giving the Republican leader authority to transport individuals from anywhere in the country. The measure, now headed to DeSantis’ desk after passing the GOP-led House on a 77-34 vote, would allow his administration to pick
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Gretener and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster in response to the country’s drawn-out energy crisis, calling it “an existential threat” to Africa’s most developed economy. Setting out the government’s key objectives for the year in a state of the nation address Thursday, Ramaphosa
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Deadwyler says racism and misogynoir played a role in this year’s Academy Awards nominations, where she and Viola Davis were overlooked in the best actress category. Going into Oscar nominations last month, Deadwyler was widely seen as a likely nominee for her lauded performance
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Burt Bacharach has one of the most impressive songbooks in the history of the music industry. And while he is incredibly well known for hits like “Walk on By” by Dionne Warwick and “I Say A Little Prayer,” which was first recorded by Warwick and then covered by Aretha Franklin
Continue ReadingBy Isil Sariyuce, Celine Alkhaldi, Eyad Kourdi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN In the days since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Syria and Turkey, the death toll, now at more than 23,000, is climbing, and stories of survival are becoming few and far between. A lucky few are still being pulled alive from the rubble: two
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, presentó este lunes una reforma a la salud calificada como muy ambiciosa y también como polémica por sectores opositores y dentro del mismo Ejecutivo, cuya finalidad será transformar el actual modelo de salud para, según el mandatario, hacer que la salud
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — With a stunning musical career already spanning decades, Dionne Warwick couldn’t be blamed for slowing down a bit at age 82. That is nowhere near happening. The Grammy-winning, multimillion-selling singer has a soon-to-be released duet with Dolly Parton and a new biographical documentary now streaming on
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerini, CNN In the introduction to her book “Butts: A Backstory,” journalist Heather Radke recalls a moment when, at 10 years old, she and a friend were cat-called by two teenage boys while out riding their bikes. “‘Nice butts!’ we heard them say,” Radke writes. “The fact that they said something unprompted about our
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN The ability to solve problems with multiple tools is a rare talent in the animal kingdom, but according to new research, cockatoos are the first birds on the block to carry and use a tool kit to suit their needs. Using 10 Goffin’s cockatoos, researchers from Austria and the UK made
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Exposure to air pollution may be tied to the risk of developing depression later in life, a large new study finds. Scientists are finding more and more evidence that people who live in polluted areas have a higher risk of depression than those who live with cleaner air. But this study
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