Actor, comedian and former CNN anchor D.L. Hughley collapsed Friday night on stage in Nashville while performing, publicist Yvette Shearer said. Hughley, 57, was suffering from exhaustion after working and traveling during the week, she said. He was kept overnight in a hospital for tests under doctor’s order, she said. Shearer tells CNN that Hughley
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It was while playing football in Tel Aviv that Jamal Mohammed, a refugee who fled Sudan for Israel, decided to take up running. “I had never done running in my entire life,” Mohammed tells CNN Sport. “I just came to Israel and one of my best friends told me: ‘You can run after the ball
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A group of young Black men stands at attention. Clad in black, they are practicing military drills at BS Roberts Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “Original salute! Left face! Back at attention!” They’re preparing for a Juneteenth weekend tinged with tension, in a small city that has garnered national attention. Just a stone’s throw from where
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Click here for updates on this story FLETCHER, NC (WLOS ) — Nick Hlifka has a long-distance relationship with a community 700 miles away. And the Fletcher resident has broken down more than a few barriers along the way to becoming a community resource specialist for The United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, NY.
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EL PASO, Texas — As a part of a 26-hour closure, Interstate 10 at Executive Center will be closed in both directions until early Sunday morning. The closure started at 4 a.m. Saturday and is expected to run until Sunday at 6 a.m. If you are travelling east on I-10, exit at Sunland Park and
Continue Reading The climate crisis threatens the very future of major sports and sporting events around the world, while the global sports industry is failing to address its own emissions, a new report has found. In the future, almost all sports, including tennis, rugby, athletics, cricket, football and winter sports will suffer the impact of a warming
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT ) — A shock recently came in the mail for hundreds of Douglas County property owners. Their valuations jumped dramatically. The county assessor said that hot market trends caused a boost for many under-assessed properties. The green space John Riggleman has neatly kept for 30
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GALENA, IL (WQAD ) — Since the state-wide shutdown began back in March, the Aldrich Guest House Bed and Breakfast has remained open. “We weren’t deemed unessential, but when you have no unessential travel in place… there’s no one really coming out here,” said co-owner Douglas Mahan. Innkeepers
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As businesses struggle to stay afloat during the pandemic and a record number of Americans have lost their jobs, one small city in Washington state put forth a creative solution to help its neediest residents pull through: printing their own money, out of wood. In Tenino — a community of less than 2,000 people halfway
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, NC (WGHP ) — A teen died in a crash in Winston-Salem Friday, according to highway patrol. Daniel Hughes, 19, was going southwest on a motorcycle on Gumtree Road. A Chevy Suburban driven by a Winston-Salem man was going south on Ivy Yokeley Road. The Chevy was
Continue Reading The George Floyd protests have forced many White Americans to consider tough questions about race. But the most difficult question may be the one they’re asking themselves. Google says searches for the term, “Am I racist,” have spiked in recent weeks to an all-time high. Floyd’s death at the hands of a White police officer
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials announced a surge of 162 new coronavirus cases and one new death Saturday morning. There have now been 4,340 confirmed cases. Officials report a woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions died of the virus. The death toll is now 120. This week has been one
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WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book despite efforts by the Trump administration to block the release because of concerns that classified information could be exposed. The decision from U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth is a victory for Bolton in a court case that involved
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Editor’s Note: The content in this story is part of a “Risk Takers” TV special. It airs on CNN on Saturday, June 20 at 2:30 pm ET. For decades, companies making beauty and personal care products catered almost exclusively to white consumers’ needs. What few products were created for people of color typically were relegated
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El Paso, Texas- Westerly winds will bring seasonably hot weather under mostly sunny skies to southern New Mexico and west Texas today. Patchy areas of smoke will occur for locations north of Las Cruces and hazy conditions for areas south. El Paso will top off at 100 degrees for our afternoon high. West northwest winds
Continue Reading Goose should be far from home right now. Ever since they began selling out shows throughout the Northeast last winter, the Connecticut jam band seemed destined for a fast-paced life on the road. But the coronavirus pandemic put an abrupt halt to all that when their national tour was canceled in mid-March. Now, after three
Continue Reading Authorities used the pings from the cell phone of the brother of Lori Vallow when determining where to search for the remains of her missing children, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate East Idaho News. Earlier this month, law enforcement officials found the remains of Tylee Ryan, 17, and JJ Vallow,
Continue Reading Bags of human remains were found near the waterfront in Seattle on Friday afternoon, police report in a statement. The Seattle Police Department responded to a call about a suspicious bag found on a beach in the West Seattle area, the statement said. Affiliate KOMO said the initial call reported a foul odor coming from
Continue Reading Father’s Day is June 21, and just like all the other holidays during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s going to take some extra creativity to celebrate Dad this year. Here are some ways to make his day one to remember. Plan a virtual gathering While nothing compares to seeing your dad in person, a virtual celebration
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Continue Reading As the evening of 20 June approaches, so too does summer solstice. But this year, the coronavirus pandemic has cast a shadow over the event, which marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and the official start of summer. One of the world’s largest solstice celebrations in the world usually takes
Continue Reading Suspicions of foul play were raised when the bodies of two Black men were found hanging about 50 miles and 10 days apart in California. But the family of one of those men announced Friday that he killed himself. “On behalf of the family of Malcolm Harsch, unfortunately it seems he did take his own
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EL PASO, Texas — Three people were shot and wounded early Saturday near the Socorro Athletic Complex or SAC, authorities said, with one of the gunshot victims critically injured. Sheriff’s deputies found the wounded trio about 2:30 a.m. after responding to a shots fired call at Bob Hope and Joe Battle. Investigators believe the shootings
Continue Reading You may not be able to sip mint juleps at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, for the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes, but the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown kicks off this weekend after being postponed for two weeks. The race was originally slated to take place on June 6. Typically
Continue Reading A protester climbed up and wrapped a strap around the neck of a statue on a Confederate monument in North Carolina and pulled it down. A second statue on the other side of the monument was also pulled down, according to footage taken by CNN affiliate WRAL on Friday. The statues were at the state
Continue Reading American golfer Nick Watney is the first player on the PGA Tour to test positive for Covid-19. Watney, 39, withdrew from the RBC Heritage tournament in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on Friday before the second round. Watney had tested negative for the virus when he arrived at the event, but was tested again on Friday
Continue Reading A group of friends with big dreams and even bigger hearts started a summer business that is helping black-owned businesses and neighborhoods in Minneapolis affected by the coronavirus pandemic and protests following the death of George Floyd. Fueled by boredom and an itch for something new, 9-year-old Kamryn Johnson and five of her friends who
Continue Reading The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington set to take place on Saturday is going online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The virtual gathering will give an opportunity for poor and low-income people from all over the United States to testify about their experiences with poverty and racism, among other issues. An
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