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Opinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives With Covid-19 vaccines now widely available in the United States, Americans across the country are eager to get back to work and to visit loved ones that they haven’t seen in more than a year. But the skyrocketing price of gasoline will make these endeavors more expensive

By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business It’s been more than a year since the pandemic started, and the US economy is showing signs of recovery. Covid-19 vaccinations are rising, states have lifted some pandemic restrictions and many travelers are back on the road. While Americans are eager to kick-start post-pandemic life, that could also mean spending

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Almost £180 million ($249 million) in cryptocurrency has been seized by London’s Metropolitan Police — the biggest confiscation in the UK, the force said. The confiscation is thought to be one of the largest globally, the Met Police said, and comes just weeks after police confiscated £114 million ($158 million) of

By Alexandra Meeks, Hollie Silverman and Joe Sutton, CNN A severe drought coupled with the human-induced climate crisis has sparked a fire season that has already seen more than three times as much land burned in California this year than during the same time span last year, officials said. The state recorded its worst fire

By Caitlin Hu, Natalie Gallón and Matt Rivers. Video and photos by David von Blohn. The plot to kill Haiti’s President allegedly spanned multiple countries and involved highly experienced former military officers and months of planning, according to local officials. Yet the primary suspects in the case appear to have been unprepared for their fierce

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The Pacific Northwest heat wave in late June was a mass casualty event, officials said. Hundreds of people likely died in the multi-day, record-breaking heat, and the death toll continues to rise. Officials are still investigating the cause of dozens of deaths that occurred during that time, but at least 83

By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Several of the men involved in the assassination of Haiti’s President previously worked as US law enforcement informants, according to people briefed on the matter, as US investigators grapple with an increasing number of Florida links to the alleged hit squad. Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed last Wednesday

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist One week ago hurricane hunter Nick Underwood was sitting in the back of a Gulfstream 4 aircraft named Gonzo flying around Tropical Storm Elsa as it churned through the Caribbean. “Three, two, one, release sonde,” he heard the flight director say. “Sonde away,” responded Underwood, as he released a dropsonde

By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN The Northeast is bracing for more heavy rain Monday after severe storms last week inundated New York City subways and submerged streets. The region then took a hit from Tropical Storm Elsa, enduring even more rainfall. A weak storm system will slowly bend southward Monday and Tuesday, carrying

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Buying a home of her own became a priority for Kelly Robinson during the pandemic, as she began to feel cramped in her Indianapolis apartment. “Last fall having to stay home so much, that really made me decide that it is time to buy a house,” she said. Among the

By Rhea Mogul, CNN A dramatic government health advertisement showing a young woman gasping for air while on a ventilator has sparked a backlash in Australia, with social media users criticizing its targeting of young people for coronavirus vaccination — the majority of whom are not yet eligible to receive the recommended shot. “Covid can

By Madeline Holcombe and Joe Sutton, CNN Western states face another sweltering day in a record-breaking heat wave that has more than 18 million people under heat alerts. The heat will extend over southeast Oregon, northern California, the Mojave Desert, eastern California, and parts of Nevada and Utah, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy. The

By Reuters A Tokyo hotel has apologized and removed signs reading “Japanese only” and “foreigners only” from elevators after the anti-Covid-19 precaution sparked outrage on social media ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo entered a state of emergency on July 12 amid concerns that an influx of tens of thousands of athletes and officials

By Caitlin Hu, Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN Haitian authorities have arrested a man they say helped orchestrate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, the country’s police chief announced on Sunday. Moise was killed Wednesday in his Port-au-Prince home, in an attack that has shaken a country already rattled by rampant violence and political