North Dakota AG clears farmland purchase tied to Bill Gates
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota attorney general has found the sale of a couple thousand acres of prime farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates…
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Tom Hiddleston and fiancée Zawe Ashton are expecting a baby together
By Marianne Garvey Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are expecting their first child together. The “Mr. Malcolm’s List” actress was in…
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Spirit’s delay allows airline bidding war time to play out
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Spirit Airlines rose Thursday after it postponed a vote for the second time on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines,…
Continue Reading Spirit’s delay allows airline bidding war time to play out
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Spirit Airlines rose Thursday after it postponed a vote for the second time on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines,…
Continue ReadingPandas evolved their most perplexing feature at least 6 million years ago
By Katie Hunt, CNN Giant pandas are notoriously fussy eaters. They only munch on bamboo and each day spend 15 hours eating up to 99 pounds (45…
Continue Reading EU official says Poland’s judiciary changes insufficient
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A patched-up dispute between the European Union and Poland over judicial independence has revived. A top EU official said…
Continue ReadingPair of orcas targeting great white sharks off South Africa’s coast
By Jack Guy, CNN A pair of orcas drove great white sharks away from a stretch of South African coast after killing five sharks over just a few months…
Continue ReadingJune 30, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Simone McCarthy, Helen Regan, Jeevan Ravindran, Hafsa Khalil, Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt and Melissa Macaya, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & ©…
Continue ReadingNATO officials say plan to boost high response force to 300,000 ‘still a work in progress’
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN NATO military officials said Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s announcement earlier this week that 300,000 troops…
Continue Reading Crewless robotic Mayflower ship reaches Plymouth Rock
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A crewless robotic boat retracing the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has landed near Plymouth Rock. The sleek Mayflower…
Continue Reading Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the…
Continue Reading EU, New Zealand strike free trade deal after 4 years’ talks
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and New Zealand say they have concluded a free trade deal after four years of negotiations. According to the EU,…
Continue Reading Berlin preps ‘huge thermos’ to help heat homes this winter
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The rust-colored tower rising from an industrial site near the banks of Berlin’s Spree river…
Continue ReadingFormer F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says he’d ‘take a bullet’ for Vladimir Putin, calling him a ‘first-class person’
By Ben Morse, CNN Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said he would “take a bullet” for Vladimir Putin and called the…
Continue Reading Commission report blasts decision to cull all Denmark’s mink
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish Parliament-appointed commission has harshly criticized the country’s government for its decision to cull…
Continue Reading Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates ease to 5.7%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates eased back this week after shooting up nearly three-quarters…
Continue ReadingRussian forces have withdrawn from Snake Island. But both sides give different accounts
By Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN Russian troops have left Snake Island in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said…
Continue ReadingPioneering NASA official on aerospace industry: ‘Bro-culture’ is bad for business
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Lori Garver spearheaded the NASA program that paved the way for SpaceX to return human spaceflight to the United…
Continue Reading UK royals’ spending up 17%, mostly for palace overhaul costs
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal accounts show the British monarchy’s publicly-funded spending rose by 17% to 102.4 million…
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Key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed remains a high 6.3%
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.3% in May from…
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