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By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Retiring a millionaire isn’t as farfetched as it may seem. With a bit of saving, investing, and a proper plan, you can be well on your way to hitting $1 million — or more — by the time you reach retirement age. In fact, the number of retirement millionaires have

At least 20 people were injured when a tornado carved a 22-mile path through southern Alabama, officials said. The tornado struck as Tropical Storm Claudette was passing over the area, the National Weather Service said in a storm damage survey.

By Alta Spells, CNN A massive storm and at least one tornado ripped through the Chicago suburbs late Sunday night, injuring at least five people and damaging more than 100 homes. The line of severe storms will continue to track east Monday, with the strongest storms expected in late afternoon and evening from southern Ohio

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Elon Musk said the new 1,020-horsepower Tesla Model S Plaid electric sedan would be able to go from zero to 60 miles an hour in less than 2 seconds. And it can, according to a recent test by MotorTrend, but that’s assuming you’ve followed a strict set of steps which

By Jessie Yeung, CNN New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, after she was selected for the national team on Monday. She will compete in the women’s 87-kilogram category, according to a statement released by the New Zealand Olympic Committee that also announced

Claudette continues to dump heavy rain across much of the Southeast. Although a tropical depression now, there is a chance of restrengthening to a tropical storm. CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the latest.

A trial cruise scheduled to sail from Miami puts the cruise industry one step closer to resuming operations out of US ports, more than a year after the pandemic brought cruises to a halt in the United States. CNN’s Leyla Santiago reports.

By Marnie Hunter, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN A trial cruise set sail from Miami on Sunday evening, putting the cruise industry one step closer to resuming operations out of US ports, 15 months after the Covid-19 pandemic brought cruises to a halt in the United States. Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas departed

By Aya Elamroussi and Jason Hanna, CNN A tropical storm warning has been issued for large swaths of the North Carolina coast as Tropical Depression Claudette continues to dump heavy rain across much of the southeastern US Sunday morning. Claudette was was located about 85 miles west-southwest of Atlanta as of 5 a.m. Sunday, according

By Jackson Dill, CNN Dangerous heat will continue on Sunday in the West but relief is finally in sight. Unfortunately, that reprieve will be brief as temperatures will rise again by next weekend. “The prolonged heat wave across the southwestern US will continue for another couple days, but a cooling trend is near,” says the

By Jack Guy, CNN A man from Windsor, southern England is set to have major surgery next month after his kidneys grew up to an estimated 40kg (88lb) due to polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Warren Higgs has suffered multiple strokes and aneurysms due to his condition, he told CNN. According to a GoFundMe page, he

By Rodrigo Pedroso and Juliana Koch, CNN There is barely a person in Brazil today who hasn’t lost a loved one to Covid-19, say local scientists, as the country reached the grim milestone of half a million deaths. The South American nation, which holds half the continent’s population, is being decimated by the virus. On

Claudette continues to threaten portions of the Southeast with tornadoes, damaging winds, and heavy rain. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar has the latest.

By Jason Hanna, CNN What was Tropical Storm Claudette has now become a tropical depression but was still dumping heavy rain as it pushed into the Southeast Saturday evening, threatening to add to the flooding it already has left in parts of four states. It also appears to have spawned a tornado that littered a

By Sugam Pokharel and Nectar Gan, CNN Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh has died at the age of 91 after a month-long battle with Covid-19, according to a family statement obtained by CNN affiliate News 18. Known as the “Flying Sikh,” Singh was one of India’s most successful track and field athletes. He won four

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Tharnicaa was eight months old when Australian Border Force officers burst into her home in rural Australia, and tore her Sri Lankan refugee parents and their children from their new life. The shocking dawn raid infuriated locals who began a nationwide campaign against their removal to Sri Lanka, where as minority

By Vasco Cotovio and Isa Soares, CNN He claims he was tortured by the authorities in Cape Verde and that even worse punishments await him if he is extradited to the United States. Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman who’s also said to be a ‘financier’ and ‘front man’ of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, told

By Allison Chinchar, Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The West is in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave this week, as all-time records were shattered and daily records broken in over a dozen states. Even by desert standards, the heat wave in the Southwest is atypical. On Thursday, the National Weather Service in

By Amanda Watts, CNN Canada has extended its Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential international and US travel until July 21. Bill Blair, Canada’s minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced the decision Friday on Twitter. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged that the extension of the travel restrictions may be “frustrating” for many people when

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN; Photo Editing by Will Lanzoni, CNN As extreme drought continues to choke the southwest, new satellite images are showing the significant effect it’s having on California’s reservoirs — many have critically low water levels. According to the US Drought Monitor, all of California is in some form of drought, with