A mother from Florida is suing an indoor entertainment park after her 10-year-old son was injured after falling 20 to 25 feet from a zip line and onto the concrete surface below, according to a lawsuit filed by the mother. The incident took place September 1 at Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park in Lakeland,
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A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In a stunning reversal that further confirms the notion of a quid pro quo, US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland says that after he first testified, he began to remember
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Egg-like ice balls are piled up on a beach in Hailuoto, Finland, delighting people who braved the cold to visit the island. “This was [an] amazing phenomenon, [I’ve]never seen before,” Tarja Terentjeff told CNN.”The whole beach was full of these ice balls.” Hailuoto is in the Gulf of Bothnia, which separates Finland and Sweden in
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En Venezuela pagan gasolina con condones o goma de mascar por falta de billetes. Todo sobre el documental del Chapo, presentado y narrado por el periodista Fernando del Rincón. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. El Chapo: dos rostros de un capo El próximo jueves 7 de
Continue Reading Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron have signed a pact recommitting to the 2015 Paris Agreement, just days after the US formally withdrew from the landmark global treaty to fight climate change. Speaking at a joint signing ceremony in the Chinese capital Beijing Wednesday, Xi reiterated both sides shared determination to “push
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth II has ditched real fur in her outfits and instead opts for fake, according to a book written by her senior dresser. Angela Kelly, who has worked for the Royal Household for the past 25 years, discloses in “The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe” that, as
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Liverpool has confirmed it will field two different teams in as many days as it attempts to play in the English League Cup quarterfinal and FIFA Club World Cup in 24 hours. Jurgen Klopp’s side is scheduled to face Aston Villa at Villa Park, England on December 17 before playing thousands of miles away in
Continue Reading Democrats will control the Virginia House and Senate for the first time in more than two decades. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Election results
Continue Reading Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Nicola Adams has retired from the sport to prevent any long-term damage to her eye sight. The 37-year-old became the first woman to win Olympic gold in boxing when she triumphed at London 2012 and she successfully defended her title in Rio four years later. She turned professional in 2017
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Long before the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, British Euroskeptics were fond of claiming that Brexit would turn the country into an independent, free-trading nation. The crown jewel of trade deals, they argued, would be with the United States. It’s easy to see why this idea is popular among Brexit supporters. The
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Senior executives of a Chinese airline have been disciplined after one of its pilots was found to have allowed a young woman to enter an airplane cockpit mid-flight, sparking concerns over flight safety. Air Guilin’s chairman, general manager, and safety director were among executives who received salary cuts and warning letters amid the controversy, according
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Two of Ireland’s youngest convicted killers have been sentenced for the murder of schoolgirl Ana Kriegel, with one of the teens receiving life in prison. The 15-year-old boys were found guilty in June of murdering Kriegel, 14, whose naked body was discovered in an abandoned farmhouse in Lucan, County Dublin last year, Britain’s PA Media
Continue Reading Didi Chuxing, China’s biggest ride-hailing provider, is restarting a carpool service it temporarily shut down last year after two female passengers were killed. But it still won’t allow women to ride late at night. The company said Wednesday that it would relaunch Hitch, a popular ride-sharing service, on a trial basis at the end of
Continue Reading Deep in the Arizonan desert are rows and rows of disused 1960s aircraft. Left there because the dry climate and alkaline soil keeps them intact, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers lie dormant. These airplanes — hauntingly ubiquitous during the Vietnam War — are just some of the striking relics of the Cold War dotted across
Continue Reading A 14-year-old from West Grove, Pennsylvania, won a $25,000 prize for creating a prototype designed to eliminate a car’s blind spots. Alaina Gassler told CNN she first noticed the problem when she realized her mom didn’t like driving their family’s Jeep Grand Cherokee because its A-pillars caused blind spots. The A-pillar design in a car
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los demócratas celebraban el martes por la noche, mientras que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y los republicanos tenían que explicar por qué se habían quedado rezagados en uno de los estados más republicanos de la nación. En Kentucky, el secretario de Justicia Andy Beshear, demócrata, proclamó su victoria sobre el
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Click here for updates on this story Seattle (The Seattle Medium) — Sadiqa Sakin, the embattled president of the Seattle/King County NAACP, has been suspended by the national NAACP office pending an investigation. Sakin has been under fire via social media, as she has been accused of fiscal mismanagement of the organization as the branch
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Seattle (Seattle Medium) — The Seattle Medium has learned that embattled Seattle/King County NAACP President Sadiqa Sakin has been suspended by the national NAACP office pending an investigation.Sakin has been under fire via social media, as she has been accused of fiscal mismanagement of the organization as the
Continue Reading A Georgia man who used racial slurs and got into a fight with his targets was then shot and killed by one of them, authorities say. Nicholas Phinazee Bryan, 27, was inside a Waffle House in Jackson Thursday night when he began using racial slurs towards two men and was asked to leave by restaurant
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Fire Department crews spent nearly four hours battling a blaze at a business downtown on Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called out to the Listo Loans building at 412 S. Stanton Street around 1:30 a.m.; no one was hurt. Firefighters said the fire on the roof was contained just before
Continue Reading How many scientists does it take to convince the world to take climate change seriously? More than 11,000 researchers from around the world on Tuesday issued a grim warning of the “untold suffering” that will be caused by climate change if humanity doesn’t change its ways. The group said that as scientists, they have the
Continue Reading The US Coast Guard is helping with the search for a missing Air Force airman who fell out of a plane during a jump training mission, Coast Guard Mobile Sector spokesman Juston Lee told CNN. The missing staff sergeant deployed his parachute and fell about 1,500 feet into the Gulf of Mexico, he said. His
Continue Reading (CNN) – Charles Rhines, condenado por asesinato en el brutal apuñalamiento de un hombre de 22 años en 1992, fue ejecutado este lunes en Dakota del Sur, según informó el fiscal general del estado, después de que la Corte Suprema rechazara la última apelación de su caso. “Tengo la esperanza de que este día sea
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Incumbent Ken Miyagishima won his bid early Wednesday morning for a fourth term as mayor of Las Cruces, defeating nine challengers in what was one of the largest mayoral contests in city history — and perhaps its most complicated. BREAKING: The votes are in! @MayorKenLC has won re-election in #LasCruces. #nmpol
Continue Reading Last month, Eliud Kipchoge finished a marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds — an audacious feat that no one had ever accomplished before. Kipchoge is from the Kenyan Rift Valley region. A day after he made history, Brigid Kosgei destroyed the women’s world record at the Chicago Marathon. She’s also from the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Jabari Rice had a career-high 21 points as New Mexico State rolled past Western New Mexico 92-46 on Tuesday night. Trevelin Queen had 14 points for New Mexico State. William McNair added 11 points and seven rebounds. Shawn Williams had 10 points for the home team. Andrew Leonard had 14
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners kicked off their 2019-2020 campaign with a win over New Mexico Highlands on Tuesday night. The final score was 93-70. UTEP was in full control of the game from the very beginning. By halftime, the Miners had a 20 point lead up 44-24. Against a division 2 school
Continue Reading Australia’s top women soccer players will now earn the same as their male counterparts after a landmark deal Wednesday that aimed to close the gender pay gap between the country’s national teams. The women’s Westfield Matildas and the men’s Caltex Socceroos will also share an equal split of all commercial revenues. Previously, the Socceroos earned
Continue Reading Running a marathon is an impressive feat. Running it again is doubly impressive. Completing two marathons on crutches while partially paralyzed is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. On Sunday, three years after a spinal cord injury that left her without full mobility of her lower body, Hannah Gavios completed her second
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