By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence collected a $1.4 million advance for his memoir, which recounted the events of January 6, 2021, and his refusal to buckle to Donald Trump’s demands to overturn the 2020 election results, new filings show. The advance from Simon & Schuster for “So Help Me
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By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found.
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be
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By Alex McLoon Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha police confirmed that a child found unresponsive in the wave pool at Fun-Plex Sunday has died, but said they do not have any other updates on the investigation at this time. A GoFundMe is online for 6-year-old Kidus Endrias. Fun-Plex
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s landmark decision to bar colleges and universities from considering race as a specific basis for admission will make it more difficult for schools to achieve a diverse student population, civil rights leaders and education advocates say. The gutting of affirmative action upends a long-standing precedent
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The prolonged shortage of a certain red sauce is making the black market go wild. Prices of Sriracha sauce are as high as $70 on eBay as people look to snap up the spicy sauce — and they’re even steeper on Amazon, up to $124. Huy
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It’s been six months since Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the amiable DJ for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and dancer who rose to fame on “So You Think You Can Dance,” died by suicide. Now his mother has opened up about her struggle with his death. In an interview with
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CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Thursday on affirmative action pitted its two Black justices against each other, with the ideologically opposed jurists employing unusually sharp language attacking each other by name. The majority opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts said colleges and universities can no longer
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By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — China is on track to double its wind and solar energy capacity and hit its 2030 clean energy targets five years early, a new report has found. The country is expected to produce 1,200 gigwatts of solar and wind power by 2025 if all prospective plants are built and
Continue Reading By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — China is on track to double its wind and solar energy capacity and hit its 2030 clean energy targets five years early, a new report has found. The country is expected to produce 1,200 gigwatts of solar and wind power by 2025 if all prospective plants are built and
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By Anna Bahney, Alicia Wallace and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The housing market showed clear signs of slowing, according to new data released on Thursday. Mortgage rates climbed this week after three weeks of declines, according to the latest survey from Freddie Mac. Separately, a report from the National Association of Realtors
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By Matt Egan and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal prosecutors arrested three investors on Thursday on insider trading charges related to a deal to take former President Donald Trump’s media business public. According to the indictment, the three individuals together made more than $22 million in October 2021 by illegally trading on
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CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Legal Analyst (CNN) — As he began reading excerpts of his decision eviscerating college affirmative action, in a hushed courtroom Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered on a singular long-held goal. He had won a majority to roll back 45 years of Supreme Court precedent to further his view
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Russian assets frozen in European accounts could generate billions of dollars a year for rebuilding Ukraine. But can that money be used without breaching international law or damaging the euro’s international standing? European Union leaders grappled with that question at a meeting of the European Council in Brussels
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MAILI, Hawaii (KITV) — On Wednesday evening on the west side of Oahu, family and friends of Richianna DeGuzman held a gathering for peace in the community. The 17-year-old is still fighting for her life after being shot in the head a week and a
Continue ReadingBy Zach Fuentes Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH, California (KGO) — A Bay Area house is getting worldwide attention thanks to its similarities to the White House and is now listed for $38.9 million. The Hillsborough home is equipped with its own version of the Oval Office and other main rooms inspired
Continue ReadingBy JESSE ZANGER Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Chopper 2 was live over a fire that broke out at the Tiffany & Co.’s newly-renovated flagship store in Midtown. The Fire Department said an underground street electrical fire broke out around 9:30 a.m., and that there were no outages and
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Snap said Thursday that it has garnered more than 4 million paying customers for its subscription service Snapchat+. The news comes on the one-year anniversary of Snap launching the service on its flagship platform, Snapchat, and shows how it is finding some early success in getting users
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