Kimberly Palmer: How to get comfortable with taking smart financial risks
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Taking on some degree of risk is a healthy part of making financial decisions, but it’s not always comfortable. To…
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Who is Steve Jones, the judge who’ll decide whether to move Fulton County defendants’ cases to federal court?
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal district Judge Steve Jones of the Northern District of Georgia will hear requests from three…
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Move over Wordle, the New York Times might have found its next hit game
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The New York Times found instant success with Wordle. Now it might have a new hit on its…
Continue ReadingBiden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt’: AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch
By WILL WEISSERT, EMILY SWANSON and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is “old” and “confused,” and…
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Five ways technology is changing how you get your online shopping and takeout deliveries
By Kaito Au, CNN (CNN) — In recent years, we’ve grown accustomed to the sight of Amazon vans and courier cars bringing packages to our doors.…
Continue ReadingA Hong Kong language group shuts down after an essay alleged to have breached security law
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A group that promotes the Cantonese language has shut down after Hong Kong authorities said an…
Continue ReadingBiden and the first lady drop by a DC middle school math class and lunch to welcome back students
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden shook hands with middle…
Continue ReadingOpinion: MLK III: Why we retraced my father’s steps, 60 years later
CNN Opinion by Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King (CNN) — Editor’s note: Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, along…
Continue ReadingSweden charges man arrested last year in predawn raid with spying for Russia
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Russian-born Swedish citizen has been charged with collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service GRU…
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Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 28 de agosto: tormenta Idalia amenaza con impactar Florida con fuerza de huracán
Gonzalo Jimenez Amenaza de huracán en el Caribe. El atacante de Jacksonville. Zelensky habla sobre atacar Rusia. Comienza el último Grand Slam del…
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Prigozhin is latest in line of Putin critics who met an early death
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — The warnings were there. Speculation about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s eventual fate began soon after his march…
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All 30 managers who started the MLB season are still employed, but the ax could be coming soon
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer It’s five months into the regular season and all 30 Major League Baseball managers who started the year with…
Continue Reading Resumen de noticias de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania del 27 de agosto de 2023
Gonzalo Jimenez Este seguimiento terminó. Puedes ver las últimas noticias de la guerra en Ucrania aquí. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023…
Continue ReadingGreece reinforces firefighting forces to tackle massive blaze in the country’s northeast
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have reinforced firefighting forces in the northeastern part of the…
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From Putin’s ‘personal chef’ to rebel: Who was Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin?
By Sophie Tanno and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — The founder of the Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died when his…
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Chinese stocks get brief uplift from first share dealing tax cut since 2008
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has made a series of moves to restore investor confidence in the world’s second largest economy,…
Continue Reading China dice que su prohibición de los productos del mar de Japón tiene que ver con la seguridad tras el vertido de aguas residuales radiactivas. ¿Es realmente por esto?
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En las concurridas calles del distrito central de Hong Kong, las colas a la hora del almuerzo serpentean…
Continue ReadingChinese Australian writer fears dying in Beijing detention after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he…
Continue ReadingOutrage in India as teacher tells students to slap classmate who is Muslim
CNN By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Irene Nasser, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Police in India are investigating a teacher after a video of her…
Continue ReadingThe spiraling cost of war means growing economic pain for Russia
Analysis by Clare Sebastian and Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — “We have no funding restrictions,” Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told…
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US Open provides the scene for the latest chapter in rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz
By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The stage is set for another epic showdown between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open which starts on…
Continue ReadingAustralian writer detained in China fears he will die in jail
By Angus Watson and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese-Australian writer who has been detained in China for more than four years said he fears…
Continue ReadingJacksonville shootings refocus attention on the city’s racist past and the struggle to move on
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press By some measures, Jacksonville was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three…
Continue ReadingLibya’s foreign minister suspended, flees country after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s foreign minister has been suspended and fled the country after Israel revealed that its…
Continue ReadingChina won’t require COVID-19 tests for incoming travelers in a milestone in its reopening
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a…
Continue Reading5 dead, including 4 children, in 2 migrant boat sinkings off Greek islands near Turkish coast
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Five people, including four children, have died and dozens have been rescued in two…
Continue ReadingDrama unfolds on two fronts Monday as Trump cases enter new phase
CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Americans are about to learn significant new details on the timing and the substance of the…
Continue Reading Evergrande shares plunge 70%. The Chinese developer is still losing billions
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted real estate developer, has reported a significant narrowing in…
Continue ReadingA Russian who worked at a US consulate is accused of collecting information for US diplomats
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top domestic security agency says a detained former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok is accused of collecting…
Continue Reading China says its ban on Japanese seafood is about safety. Is it really?
By Kathleen Magramo and Michelle Toh, CNN (CNN) — In the busy streets of Hong Kong’s Central district the lunchtime queues snake around the…
Continue Reading DeSantis abandona la campaña electoral y regresa a Florida en medio de varias crisis
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Con una tormenta tropical intensificándose en el golfo de México y la ciudad más grande de Florida tambaleándose…
Continue ReadingTyphoon Saola lashes northern Philippines and heads toward Taiwan, southern China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A typhoon has dumped heavy rain in the northern Philippines but didn’t make landfall as it moves toward southern Taiwan and…
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Del Rey Oaks Police searching for suspects stealing from elderly people
The Del Rey Oaks Police Department is asking for the community’s help to identify suspects accused of targeting elderly members in the community.…
Continue ReadingAfghan women once worked in this popular national park. Now they’re not even allowed to visit
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Afghanistan’s Band-e-Amir National Park was known for having employed the country’s first-ever female park…
Continue ReadingAn evacuation order finds few followers in northeastern Ukraine despite Russia’s push in the region
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KUPIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The thunder of mortar fire echoes in the distance as 5-year old David approaches his…
Continue ReadingWarm And Then Warmer And Then Not Warmer
Warm but occasionally windy conditions will greet us for the first few days of the week. A flat ridge of high pressure presides over Southern…
Continue ReadingReported Israeli strike damages Aleppo airport and puts it out of service
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has hit the international airport in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria,…
Continue Reading8 US Marines remain in a hospital after a fiery aircraft crash killed 3 during drills in Australia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eight U.S. Marines remained in a hospital in the Australian north coast city of Darwin…
Continue ReadingIllegal logging thrives in Mexico City’s forest-covered boroughs, as locals strive to plant trees
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the forest-covered mountains of Mexico City a brigade of farmers and forest rangers plant…
Continue ReadingThe Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The movie centers around a violinist from Belgium arriving to Kyiv to perform. It is…
Continue ReadingThe Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The movie centers around a renowned violinist from Belgium arriving in Kyiv to perform.…
Continue ReadingTrial starting for suspect in Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A trial is beginning this week for the first of two teens charged with murder in a…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly rise as attention turns to earnings, economies
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday as markets shift their attention from the U.S. Federal Reserve to…
Continue Reading Bronny James, hijo de LeBron, tiene un defecto cardíaco congénito, dice la familia
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Bronny James, el hijo mayor de la superestrella de la NBA LeBron James, fue diagnosticado con un defecto cardíaco…
Continue Reading Emiten alerta de huracán para la provincia cubana de Pinar del Río
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Idalia se está fortaleciendo rápidamente, según la actualización de las 11 p.m. hora del este…
Continue ReadingTexas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The library at Houston’s Lockhart Elementary had been a refuge for 8-year-old Sydney, who has…
Continue ReadingClimate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Climate activists have spraypainted a superyacht, blocked private jets from taking off and…
Continue ReadingBiden says action needed against ‘hate-fueled violence’ after racist shooting in Florida
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence”…
Continue ReadingSon stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years
By NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Hola, mamá.” What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in…
Continue ReadingMany big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams — not police
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Christian Glass was a geology geek, a painter and a young man…
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