[ad_1] CNN — The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a new program to allow private citizens to sponsor refugees from around the world to live in the United States. The program, called the Welcome Corps, was billed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as “the boldest innovation in refugee …
Read More »How the blare of a crypto mine woke up this Blue Ridge Mountain town
[ad_1] Murphy, North Carolina CNN — When Judy Stines first heard about cryptocurrency, “I always thought it was smoke and mirrors,” she said. “But if that’s what you want to invest in, you do you.” But then she heard the sound of crypto, a noise that neighbor Mike Lugiewicz describes …
Read More »Opinion: The debt ceiling debate reveals how House Republicans are weaponizing the government
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of 25 books, including the New York Times best-seller, “Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Lies and Legends About Our Past” (Basic Books). …
Read More »Analysis: Every American could feel the pain of Washington’s debt ceiling showdown
[ad_1] CNN — Every American could get hurt if the new hardline Republican House’s dangerous game of roulette with a still vulnerable economy backfires. The nation reaches a first, critical threshold Thursday in the brewing Washington showdown over the national debt that could define the tenure of the new GOP …
Read More »Debt ceiling: 6 things you should know as the deadline looms
[ad_1] CNN — The clock is now ticking on the nation’s debt ceiling drama. The US is expected to hit its borrowing cap as soon as Thursday, though it will not immediately start to default on its debt and set off a financial crisis. But it does mean that Congress …
Read More »Party City files for bankruptcy
[ad_1] New York CNN — Party City filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday after years of losses and weak sales. The largest party goods and Halloween specialty retail chain in the United States said in a regulatory filing that it reached an agreement with debtholders to cut its $1.7 billion debt …
Read More »Getty Images suing the makers of popular AI art tool for allegedly stealing photos
[ad_1] New York CNN — Getty Images announced a lawsuit against Stability AI, the company behind popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, alleging the tech company committed copyright infringement. The stock image giant accused Stability AI of copying and processing millions of its images without obtaining the proper licensing, according …
Read More »Brovary, Ukraine: Helicopter crash kills 18, including Ukrainian interior minister
[ad_1] CNN — A helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region has killed at least 18 people, including Ukraine’s entire interior ministry leadership team, according to officials. At least 29 others were injured in the incident on Wednesday in the city of Brovary, on the outskirts of Ukraine’s …
Read More »Mall of America shooting: 17-year-old charged with murder in mall shooting was arrested in Georgia, police say
[ad_1] CNN — A 17-year-old charged with murder in a fatal shooting at the Mall of America last month has been found and arrested in Georgia, police said Tuesday. Police had been searching for Levon Semaj Longstreet for more than two weeks after the teenager was charged with second-degree murder …
Read More »Fukushima nuclear meltdown: Tokyo High court acquits three former TEPCO executives, NHK reports
[ad_1] Tokyo CNN — The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday acquitted three former Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) executives, finding them not guilty of manslaughter over the 2011 triple reactor meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported Wednesday. The High Court’s ruling was a decision …
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