Cyberattacks are hitting water systems throughout US, Biden officials warn governors (www.cnn.com)
Japan brings era of negative interest rates to an end with first hike in 17 years (www.cnn.com)
The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in just one country (www.cnn.com)
All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide....
US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion (www.cnn.com)
Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022....
Kaylee Gain’s family says she still hasn’t regained consciousness after fight near St. Louis high school (www.cnn.com)
The family of Kaylee Gain, a Missouri girl who was critically injured during a fight 10 days ago near a St. Louis high school, said Monday she has suffered a fractured skull and hasn’t regained consciousness....
Why Americans are bummed out about the economy (www.cnn.com)
US consumers remain unimpressed with this progress, however, because they remember what they were paying for things pre-pandemic. Used car prices are 34% higher, food prices are 26% higher and rent prices are 22% higher than in January 2020, according to our calculations using PCE data....
UAW seeks breakthrough as it files union vote at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant (www.cnn.com)
Global ocean heat has been at record levels every single day for the last year (www.cnn.com)
The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature record broken every day, new data shows....
Consumers can start ordering Opill online today (www.cnn.com)
The rollout is underway for Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the United States, and online sales began Monday morning....
Searches for VPNs spike in Texas after Pornhub pulls out of the state (www.cnn.com)
Searches for virtual private networking (VPN) software briefly spiked in Texas this week after Pornhub suspended service in the state over a law forcing adult websites to verify the age or identities of their users....
‘Peak bloom! Peak bloom!’ Cherry blossoms open early in Washington DC, NPS announces (www.cnn.com)
The cherry blossoms lining the National Mall in Washington, DC, have hit “peak bloom,” bursting open in an early spring display after a warm winter, the National Park Service announced Sunday....
Russia sees polling station protests with Putin set to extend long rule (www.cnn.com)
Russia saw protests at polling stations on Sunday on the final day of voting in an election set to extend Russian President Vladmir Putin’s long hold on power....
It’s not you, it’s them: Engaged couples are cutting back on lavish weddings (www.cnn.com)
Multi-tiered cakes, elaborate floral displays and choreographed first dances: The traditional white wedding has been long considered a hallmark of American life....
Ukraine appeals to citizens under Russian occupation to ignore Putin’s ‘pseudo elections’ (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s government has told citizens living in Russian-occupied territories to turn their backs on what they call Moscow’s pseudo-elections, which culminate on Sunday and are widely assumed to see Vladimir Putin returned as president for six more years....
Russia says it killed large number of Ukrainian soldiers with ‘vacuum bomb’ in claim Kyiv calls nonsense (www.cnn.com)
Russia says it killed large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers with a destructive so-called “vacuum bomb” in a claim Ukraine swiftly called nonsense....
‘Everything he is saying isn’t true’: Congolese governments denounce Trump’s baseless stories about emptied prisons (www.cnn.com)
There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “the Congo” has emptied prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the US border as migrants – and the governments of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the neighboring Republic of Congo say Trump’s assertions are entirely false....
McDonald’s stores hit by global IT failure (www.cnn.com)
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The 6% commission on buying or selling a home is gone after Realtors association agrees to seismic settlement (www.cnn.com)
The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more....
Biden administration discussing using Guantanamo Bay to process possible influx of Haitian migrants (www.cnn.com)
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Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of manslaughter weeks after mother’s conviction (www.cnn.com)
James Crumbley, the father of the teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school in 2021, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a trial that comes a month after the shooter’s mother was convicted of the same charges....
The Gaza conflict’s forgotten shipping crew held hostage in the Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A Houthi-owned helicopter hijacked the Galaxy Leader cargo ship on November 19 in the Red Sea, as rebel gunmen laid siege to the vessel and took the ship’s crew of 17 Filipinos, two Bulgarians, three Ukrainians, two Mexicans and a Romanian hostage....
Brooklyn pastor ‘Bling Bishop’ found guilty of spending $90,000 of his parishioner’s savings on luxury goods (www.cnn.com)
A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in federal court of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and trying to extort a businessman while touting he had connections to the New York City mayor....
Passenger on Boeing flight that suddenly dropped says pilot told him he lost control after instrument failure (www.cnn.com)
The pilot of a terrifying flight from Australia to New Zealand told those on board he temporarily lost control of his Boeing 787 after one of its instruments failed, a passenger said Monday, as authorities investigate what caused a sudden drop that threw travelers around the cabin, injuring dozens....