By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The European Union has agreed to ration its natural gas this winter to prevent a severe supply shock. But the bloc has watered down its ambitions by offering countries some significant leeway. On Tuesday, EU energy ministers agreed to a voluntary target to reduce gas usage by 15% between August
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon is a dad again. The actor and talk-show host welcomed a son with model Bre Tiesi. Tiesi shared a series of photos from the birth on her verified Instagram account, writing “I did it. An all natural unmedicated home birth.” “This was the most humbling / limit pushing
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN GOP Rep. Glenn Thompson attended his gay son’s wedding last week, three days after opposing a bill in the US House that would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law, CNN has confirmed. Thompson’s office said in a statement that the Pennsylvania congressman and his wife were “thrilled” to attend
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business McDonald’s has been raising menu prices and customers are eating it up. Sales at McDonald’s US restaurants open at least 13 months jumped 3.7% in the second quarter, the company said Tuesday. That growth was driven by higher menu prices and “value offerings” on its regular menu as well as
Continue ReadingBy David Amelotti Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Local doctors are raising concern as two Cardinals stars raise questions about the coronavirus vaccine. They worry that doubting proven science could put others at risk. These two players have competed for months without the shot. It seems everyone has
Continue ReadingBy Susan El Khoury Click here for updates on this story PIKE COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A Missouri family trying to adopt a little boy in what’s become an international adoption nightmare is suing the federal government and seeing their case get traction in court. Adam and Jill Trower’s struggle to adopt now 4-year-old Luke
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Interviews & photographs by David Navarro, Martynna Sobecka, Mikhail Kalarashan, Alexander Veryovkin & Giorgi Zatiashvili Across the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, huge concrete complexes stand as testament to Europe’s post-war housing drive. Constructed en masse in the second half of the 20th century, their utilitarian designs were usually geared toward
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Business The global economy is already in trouble, yet risks keep piling up. In a report released Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund once again lowered its world economic forecast as it predicted major slowdowns in the three biggest economies: the United States, China and Europe. Those downturns, combined with the ongoing
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden se siente lo suficientemente bien como para reanudar el ejercicio físico en su quinto día con covid-19, dijo su médico este martes a través de un comunicado. El doctor Kevin O’Connor escribió que los síntomas de Biden se han “resuelto casi por completo” y que sus
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN MTV has revealed its nominations for the 2022 Video Music Awards. Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X lead the way with seven nominations each, followed by Doja Cat and Harry Styles with six each. Other artists who are nominated this year are Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran,
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By NICOLE WINFIELD, PETER SMITH and ROB GILLIES Associated Press LAC SAINTE ANNE, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis prayed for healing Tuesday from the “terrible effects of colonization” as he led a pilgrimage to a Canadian lake that has been known to Native peoples for centuries as a sacred place of healing. The prayer service
Continue ReadingBy Jefferson Tyler Click here for updates on this story HAWAII (KITV) — After a more than 5-year investigation, the US Department of Justice brought down the hammer today on four men in what’s it’s calling a conspiracy to defraud the County of Hawaii. One of them is a county official who was supposed to
Continue ReadingBy Cynthia Yip Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — The Hawaii State Teachers Association held an Un-retirement Party today for educators. Despite a wave of retirements during COVID and the Great Resignation, these teachers are planning to return to their classrooms this school year. That’s because state lawmakers and the Governor
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When wheat prices shot up to record highs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, alarm bells immediately started ringing. Wheat is a staple of diets for more than 2.5 billion people around the world. At a moment when inflation was wreaking havoc, food prices were going to go up. And they
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By Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN What started as a grass fire in suburban Dallas turned into a devastating blaze, torching 10 to 20 acres and damaging more than two dozen homes, officials said. The fire ripped through a neighborhood of Balch Springs Monday, after someone mowed an area of tall grass or brush,
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein visited Asheville on Monday, July 25, to take a tour of the Buncombe County Detention Facility. During his tour, Stein was briefed on the jail’s ‘MAT’ program. The “Medication-Assisted Treatment” program is an
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Tributes have been pouring in to honor the late Paul Sorvino. The “Goodfellas” and “Law & Order” star died Monday of natural causes at the age of 83. “My father the great Paul Sorvino has passed,” his daughter, actress Mira Sorvino, said on Twitter. “My heart is rent asunder —
Continue ReadingKatie Lockhart, CNN Spellbinding vistas punctuated by plumes of steam are commonplace while driving Iceland’s winding fjords and gravel roads. Marking the country’s geothermal activity, this form of energy also ushers in the tradition of soaking in Iceland’s geothermal hot pools — an activity revered by locals and tourists alike. From natural, stone-lined craters to
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A former teacher in Buncombe County has been sentenced after authorities found thousands of files of child pornography in his possession. The Asheville Police Department (APD) announced Christopher Todd, a former Cane Creek Middle School teacher, pled guilty in federal
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — La mayoría de los conductores se centran hoy en el alto coste de llenar sus depósitos con combustible normal. Pero hay otro combustible importante en el tablero de precios de las gasolineras, y su precio medio a nivel nacional eclipsa actualmente al de la gasolina por más
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