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The academic gap between Black and White college football players grew in 2020, report says

January 5, 2021 9:48 AM CNN

College students faced unprecedented challenges in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the country, prompting remote-learning provisions and shortening athletics seasons. For student-athletes playing football at bowl-bound schools, those changes coincided with a poor year for academic performance, the latest edition of an authoritative annual study has found. The overall academic performance of football

Pence faces pressure from Trump to thwart Electoral College vote

January 5, 2021 9:42 AM CNN

Vice President Mike Pence’s four years of faithful service to his boss, President Donald Trump, will culminate this week in a ceremonial act he’s under increasing pressure to thwart. “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Trump declared falsely on Tuesday, lending credence to an erroneous theory that Pence can overturn

At stake in the Georgia Senate races: The future of America’s economy

January 5, 2021 9:35 AM CNN

Georgia isn’t just the center of the political universe. It’s center stage on Wall Street, too. The Peach State’s Senate runoffs will decide control of the US Senate — and that in turn will play a pivotal role in shaping the economic recovery as well as the investing environment. “It is impossible to overstate how

France opens investigations into former DR Congo rebel leader after Paris arrest

January 5, 2021 9:08 AM CNN

Alleged former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala was arrested in Paris on December 29 and placed under formal investigation on January 2 for “complicity in crimes against humanity,” French anti-terror prosecutors said on Monday. An armed group he led is accused of crimes including rape, summary executions, mutilation and cannibalism during a deadly civil war in

McDonald’s adds three new sandwiches to compete in chicken wars

January 5, 2021 9:01 AM CNN

McDonald’s is launching new sandwiches next month in an effort to win fast food’s chicken war. On Monday, the company announced three versions of a new chicken sandwich, which will be available nationally on February 24: The Crispy Chicken Sandwich, topped with pickles and served on a potato roll, the Spicy Chicken Sandwich, which adds

Electric cars hit record 54% of sales in Norway as VW overtakes Tesla

January 5, 2021 8:57 AM CNN

Battery electric vehicles accounted for more than half of all cars sold in Norway last year, putting the country way out in front in efforts to kill off the internal combustion engine. And Tesla lost its sales crown to the Volkswagen Group. Norway is using huge tax incentives to help ensure that every new passenger

Microsoft to AMD: Please help us!

January 5, 2021 8:55 AM CNN

Staying home and gaming is definitely a trend during the pandemic, but it has been hard for people to get their hands on the latest consoles. Since their November launches, Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S consoles have generated greater demand than the companies can keep up with, frustrating customers

Ex-Trump adviser Gary Cohn joins IBM as vice chairman

January 5, 2021 8:46 AM CNN

Gary Cohn, who quit a top job at Goldman Sachs to join the Trump administration in 2017, is the new vice chairman at tech giant IBM. Cohn said in a tweet Tuesday that he was “honored to be joining IBM,” which he described as “one the world’s most important companies, providing technology that helps organizations

Armed Iranian troops boarded South Korean tanker, ship’s owner says

January 5, 2021 8:13 AM CNN

The owner of a South Korean-flagged tanker which was seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf on Monday has described how “armed soldiers” boarded the vessel. The crew of the Hankuk Chemi tanker received a 10 to 20 minute warning from Iranian authorities before the ship was boarded by troops, its owner, DM Shipping Co

Friends, family honor 32-year-old Missouri woman who died from COVID-19

January 5, 2021 7:50 AM CNN

Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, KS (KMOV) — Employees at the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office are mourning the loss of a friend and colleague, JoEllen Engelbart, who died from COVID-19 complications over the weekend. Engelbart gave birth to a boy, Ross Matthew, through a cesarean delivery last week before passing away. Engelbart

Welcome back to work, everything is broken

January 5, 2021 7:37 AM CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. Today in business news: Slack goes down, McDonald’s is ready for the chicken sandwich wars, and Haven folds. Let’s get into it. SLACK GOES DOWN As much of the world came

Business owner says ignoring COVID-19 guidelines will hurt small communities

January 5, 2021 7:28 AM CNN

Click here for updates on this story ESTACADA, OR (KPTV) — Over the weekend, some small businesses and restaurants in Clackamas County reopened under the High-Risk Tier COVID-19 guidelines. However, the county is still designated under the Extreme Risk tier by Governor Kate Brown. About a handful of businesses moved forward with the reopening, and

Actress Tanya Roberts is still alive, according to her publicist

January 5, 2021 6:46 AM CNN

Actress Tanya Roberts, who was reported by CNN and other media outlets to have died, citing her longtime publicist, Mike Pingel, is still alive, Pingel told CNN Monday. Pingel said he was notified Sunday evening by Roberts’ partner, Lance O’Brien, that Roberts had died. In a phone call Monday evening, O’Brien told CNN he was

When will you get your stimulus payment, and how?

January 5, 2021 6:39 AM CNN

A second round of stimulus payments are on the way and many eligible families are expected to receive the money this month. The first payments started going out on December 29 and will continue to be sent through January 15. But anyone eligible who isn’t automatically sent the money by then will have to claim

11 facts about Georgia we bet you didn’t know

January 5, 2021 6:33 AM CNN

Georgia has been on everyone’s mind this year. In November, President-elect Joe Biden became the first Democrat in 28 years to flip the state blue. And this week, Georgia again enters the political spotlight with two runoff races that will determine which party controls the US Senate. So as all eyes turn to Georgia, we

We’re entering year two of the pandemic. Here’s what happens next

January 5, 2021 6:04 AM CNN

Our global coronavirus nightmare is entering its second year, and we’re hanging on the best we can. Our lives have been turned upside down, the economy is sputtering and more than 1.8 million people have died — 351,000 of them in the US, more than any other country in the world. As a nation, we’re

Amid a devastating Covid-19 surge, Los Angeles County ambulance crews told not to transport patients with little chance of survival

January 5, 2021 5:54 AM CNN

Los Angeles County has been fighting a brutal battle against Covid-19 for weeks now. New infections have soared with about one in five residents who get tested for Covid-19 receiving positive results. In a little more than a month, the county doubled its number of infections, climbing from about 400,000 cases on November 30 to

A man who stole a sword from a historical statue as a college prank finally returns it — 40 years later

January 5, 2021 5:15 AM CNN

A sword taken from a historical monument in Westfield, Massachusetts has been returned by the man who took it as part of a college prank about 40 years ago, according to a city official. Cindy Gaylord, the head of Westfield’s historical commission, received a phone call three weeks before Christmas from a man saying he

Alibaba is shutting down its music streaming app

January 5, 2021 4:57 AM CNN

Alibaba is shutting down its music streaming app next month, signaling an end to the Chinese tech firm’s big music ambitions. The company announced Tuesday that Xiami Music will end February 5 “because of adjustments in business development.” The news comes as the company co-founded by Jack Ma faces pressure from regulators on several fronts.

Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett tried to solve health care. 3 years later, their company has shut down

January 5, 2021 4:38 AM CNN

Haven, an ambitious health care company formed just three years ago as a partnership between Amazon, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, is shutting down. “Haven will end its operations at the end of February,” said Haven spokesperson Brooke Thurston in an email to CNN Business. The news was first reported by CNBC. The

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