Kim Kardashian West has said her family is “in shock” after eight people died at a Travis Scott concert in Texas. Hundreds of fans were injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston on Friday when the crowd rushed the stage, squeezing people so tightly they could not breathe, police said. The eight people who were
“Jeopardy!” Executive Producer Mike Richards reflects on Alex Trebek’s life after the longtime game show host passed away at age 80. #CNN #News
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Investors may see a satisfying ending to 2021. According to Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer, extreme optimism and strong historical trends should offset overbought conditions in the market. The result: A record finish. “The internals of the market are still pretty sound,” the firm’s chief market strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Monday. The Dow, S&P
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth after a busy six months on the International Space Station landed Monday off the coast of Florida, a NASA live broadcast showed. Slowed by the Earth’s atmosphere, as well as four huge parachutes, the Dragon capsule was able to withstand the dizzying descent thanks to its
Two California couples gave birth to each others’ babies and spent months raising children that weren’t theirs after a mix-up at the fertility clinic, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. Daphna Cardinale said she and her husband, Alexander, were immediately suspicious after the girl she gave birth to in late 2019 had a darker
Bitcoin and ether hit new all-time highs on Monday evening. Bitcoin’s price at one point rose above $67,700 – eclipsing a previous record set in late October – while ether, the native token of ethereum’s blockchain, surpassed $4,800 for the first time ever. These record-breaking moves come amid a wider rally in the crypto market.
Victims of crime could be left waiting for years for justice after Dominic Raab admitted he did not know how long it will take to get through the backlog of the most serious court cases. In an interview with Sky News, the justice secretary said he “couldn’t say with precision” when the backlog of more
Small nuclear reactors will get a £210 million government investment boost in the hope of moving to clean household energy “more quickly”. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the money for developer Rolls-Royce, matched by at least £250m of private sector funding, is a “once in a lifetime opportunity” for the UK. The announcement, which comes
A 10-year-old-boy has been killed in a dog attack near Caerphilly in South Wales. Armed police were sent to an address in Pentwyn, Penyrheol, at 3.55pm on Monday, accompanied by paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service. They confirmed a child had died at the scene. The dog was destroyed by firearms officers and no other
Tesla’s numbers in China are out today, and the automaker has managed to maintain its impressive output with over 54,000 electric vehicles last month. China is the world’s largest car market and also the world’s largest electric vehicle market by volume. As the world’s EV leader, it is also an important market for Tesla. That’s
Donald Trump’s former energy secretary on Sunday attacked the Biden administration’s energy policies, linking them to inflation and claiming that restrictions on the U.S. oil industry and rising costs at home could lead to “disaster.” Energy prices have leaped globally in the last three months. Natural gas has soared almost 600% this year, and international
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Businessman and Democratic 2020 hopeful Andrew Yang said he supports “Medicare for All” but would keep the option of private insurance. CNN’s Dana Bash speaks with Yang on the specifics of his plan during the first joint interview with his wife Evelyn. #CNN #News
In this article TSLA Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands in the foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory during a press event. Patrick Pleul | picture alliance | Getty Images Tesla shares fell by more than 5% in pre-market trading Monday after CEO Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers if he should sell 10% of his stock
The health secretary has announced an independent inquiry into the David Fuller case and has apologised to victims’ families. Fuller, a 67-year-old hospital electrician, admitted murdering, then sexually assaulting two women over 30 years ago, and also admitted to carrying out sex attacks on dozens of dead bodies in the morgue of the hospital where
The absence of President Jair Bolsonaro at the critical UN summit in Glasgow is not a problem, Brazil’s top climate diplomat has told Sky News. Asked if it was embarrassing that the President had not attended COP26, Paulino de Carvalho Neto said: “Not really. He had other things to do. We have a huge delegation
9:00 AM ET Forget the race for the Premier League title: the stakes are at their highest in the battle to finish fourth. Three huge clubs — Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur — appear locked in a race for the final spot in next season’s Champions League after all being plunged into crisis this
Sir Keir Starmer has said Boris Johnson has “corroded trust” in MPs after a U-turn on reforming the disciplinary system for MPs and veteran Tory Owen Paterson’s breach of lobbying rules. The Labour leader told an emergency debate in the Commons that the prime minister gave the “green light to corruption” last week when Conservatives
Barack Obama has told the COP26 summit that the world is “collectively and individually… still falling short” on fighting climate change. The former US president is making a speech at the start of the second week of the Glasgow event. “We have not done nearly enough to address this crisis. We are going to have
Satellite images have revealed that China has built mock-ups of US warships in its northwestern desert. The images captured by Colorado-based satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies dated on Sunday show the outlines of a US aircraft carrier and at least one destroyer that sits on a railway track. It comes as China has made a
The head of Houston Police said he “expressed concerns” to rapper Travis Scott ahead of a concert that left people dead following a fatal crowd surge. Eight people aged between 14 and 27 were killed in the crush at the Astroworld Festival, Houston, while hundreds more were injured. A lawyer, representing the family of Axel
At least one lawsuit has been filed over the fatal crowd surge at a concert by rapper Travis Scott, with more expected in the coming days. Manuel Souza suffered “serious bodily injuries” in the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, according to a petition seen by the Reuters and Associated Press news agencies.
NASA’s four-member SpaceX Crew-2 mission is targeting a return to Earth on Monday, November 8. The splashdown is expected to be off the coast of Florida, USA. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, was earlier scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on November 7. However, mission teams delayed the return due to
JD Sports has said it is not “suspicious or illegitimate” for its executive chairman Peter Cowgill to meet his opposite number at rival Footasylum – as it responds to the publication of footage in a newspaper. The Sunday Times said the footage showed Mr Cowgill meeting Barry Bown in a car park near Bury in
7:11 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Larson won. That was the expected result of NASCAR’s season-ending championship race, right? Larson closed his comeback season in NASCAR with his first championship Sunday, where he capped his return from a nearly yearlong suspension with a title-winning victory at Phoenix Raceway. “I can’t believe it,”
Tesla has been spotted producing a bunch of cars in wild new colors out of Gigafactory Shanghai. Could these be the new factory wraps that the company teased? For a premium automaker, Tesla has very limited color options. It used to offer much more paint color options, but in an attempt at streamlining production, Tesla
Workers sort coal near a coal mine in Datong, China’s northern Shanxi province on November 3, 2021. Noel Celis | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — China imported nearly twice as much coal in October as it did a year ago, despite signs the country’s power shortage is easing, according to customs data released Sunday.
The Iranian-American comedian calls for more diversity in Hollywood — something he’s also written about in “I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One On TV.”
11:58 PM ET It is notoriously difficult to see a truly great race car driver ever show us a lot of real, raw emotion. Not anger. We’ve all seen that plenty. Not celebratory joy. That’s what we see most, when the driver who has just pulled into Victory Lane finally shows us their face after
The NHS has renewed its push to drive up booster uptake, with people now allowed to book their appointments a month before becoming eligible. They will only be able to receive it once they do become eligible, but the new measure could help them ensure they get inoculated as soon as their group is called.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson must apologise to the country for his handling of the Owen Paterson sleaze row, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader said Mr Johnson must also confirm that Mr Paterson, a former cabinet minister, will not be nominated for a peerage. Ahead of an emergency Commons debate on standards at
6:39 PM BST As starts to the autumn programme goes, this was pretty much ideal for England and Eddie Jones. An 11-try victory over Tonga, with young faces in the squad combining seamlessly with the more experienced players in front of a packed Twickenham, is all they could have asked for. England had to navigate