Click here for updates on this story Huntsville, AL (WHNT) — A young girl takes a frown and turns it upside down. She has a good reason to smile and be proud. The playground at Williams Elementary School in Huntsville is one of Roxie White’s favorite places. On a recent walk with her family, she
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A young man with a swagger approaches a dumpster. An employee from a nearby restaurant has just dumped a trash bag inside. He scoops the bag up, rummaging through it to look for leftover hummus and beans. Finding a half-smoked cigarette, he lights it, and puts it to his lips. Then, wiping his hands on
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When Veronica Briones started having trouble breathing in March, she didn’t know what to do. She looked to her husband for help. He immediately called an ambulance — and Briones was admitted at a hospital in South Texas, where she stayed for almost a month to recover from what she came to learn was Covid-19.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Huntsville, AL (WHNT) — A Huntsville man completed a one-thousand-mile protest walk Sunday to the site where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. Terry Willis left Fade Factory in Huntsville, Alabama on June 2 and started walking towards Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A man was shot and killed Sunday night by a 22-year-old he was trying to carjack near downtown St. Louis. Police said the suspect tried to carjack a 22-year-old man, who was armed, at gunpoint in the 800 block of Cole near
Continue Reading Wells Fargo has banned the social media app TikTok from company devices amid what it says are concerns about security. In a statement to CNN Business on Monday, a Wells Fargo spokesperson said the company had identified a “small number of employees with corporate-owned devices who had installed the TikTok application.” “Due to concerns about
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Beijing has announced sanctions against United States officials, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in retaliation for measures announced by Washington last week over Beijing’s alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying revealed the new sanctions at a press conference Monday, calling on the US to “stop interfering in
Continue Reading Astronomers have found a new stream of stars in our Milky Way galaxy, but they likely didn’t originate there, according to a new study. This new star cluster has been named Nyx, for the Greek goddess of the night. They are within the vicinity of our sun’s location in the galaxy and extend about 6,000
Continue Reading Pope Francis stood in silence for several minutes at his weekly Angelus prayer Sunday, after he talked about Turkey’s decision to convert the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. “The sea takes my thought a bit far, to Istanbul,” the pontiff said during the prayer, which commemorated people who work at sea. “I think of
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Coldplay have marked the 20th anniversary of their debut album, “Parachutes,” by releasing never-before-seen footage from the shoot for their famous “Yellow” music video. The British band — Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion — delighted fans on Sunday by sharing the original visuals for the video, filmed at Studland Bay, in
Continue Reading Mormon church leaders are imploring followers to wear masks in public to defend against the coronavirus as temples reopen and church activities resume. The Utah Area Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which consists of local leaders who preside over the church’s activities in the region, asked church members in an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported one new coronavirus-related death and 206 new cases Monday morning. The latest victim was identified as a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions. The death toll now stands at 152 in El Paso County. Monday marked the first time El
Continue Reading Parents with jobs know they have dodged one bullet of the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic — they still have paychecks coming in, unlike 40 million unemployed Americans. But with schools and day cares closed, they’re having to cut or change shifts to look after children while still getting the work done. Eve Johnston,
Continue Reading Mark Urquiza had been battling Covid-19 for more than three weeks before he died in an Arizona hospital on June 30th, his daughter Kristin Urquiza wrote in an obituary. The father of one was a former high school 400-meter-dash state champion and cross-country runner with no underlying health conditions, his daughter said. “His death is
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Another scorcher as temperatures approach near record values Monday afternoon. High pressure continues to weaken and will start to shift east providing some relief from the excessive heat by Wednesday. As the upper ridge shifts east monsoonal moisture will begin to move north. Thunderstorm chances will increase Tuesday and Wednesday. The focus for thunderstorms will
Continue Reading Amanda Kloots and the family of late Broadway star Nick Cordero held a small, private memorial service over the weekend, with Kloots calling it “beautiful and perfect.” “We had a small memorial yesterday with close family and friends. I said, ‘Nick would have wanted this to be a celebration. Let’s try to laugh, share great
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With airlines introducing new measures like face masks and intensive sanitization routines to reassure passengers, people have been cautiously returning to air travel even while the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world. But for some, the notion of climbing aboard an airplane now or in the near future, remains unthinkable. Nothing that airlines,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s something you might not have thought about since the pandemic began: jury duty. It’s something you don’t have to think about for awhile. Texas jury trials have been delayed until at least September. Jury trials had been set to resume in July, but the Supreme Court of Texas has
Continue Reading Walt Disney World reopened this weekend. Want to know how it went? CNN Travel was there. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus The
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Manchester City’s ban from European football competitions has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). City was originally punished by UEFA, European football’s governing body, for “serious breaches” of club licensing and Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations and was excluded from European competitions, including the Champions League, for two seasons. Visit CNN.com/sport
Continue Reading I was 25 years old and teaching English in Barcelona in September 2001 when terrorists crashed two airplanes into the World Trade Center. With no TV or internet in my crummy apartment, I watched the news every night at the home of a student who’d become a dear friend, struggling to process the terrifying footage
Continue Reading One person is missing and four others were injured in what is believed to be an electrocution incident at an Arizona lake Sunday. Two people were transported in critical condition to a hospital from Scorpion Bay Marina on Lake Pleasant in Peoria Sunday, said Capt. Mario Bravo of the Peoria Fire Department during a press
Continue Reading YouTube star Nicole Thea has died at the age of 24, along with her unborn baby. The London-based influencer’s family confirmed the news on Sunday in an Instagram post, stating that Thea’s unborn son had also died. “To all Nicole’s friends and supporters it is with great sadness that I have to inform you that
Continue Reading India’s film industry is on edge after several of Bollywood’s biggest stars were admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus over the course of the weekend. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was in a “stable” condition in the isolation unit at Nanavati Hospital in the city of Mumbai, the facility said in a statement, after he
Continue Reading Iconic Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter, Aaradhya, tested positive for coronavirus following news that Aishwarya’s husband and father-in-law were hospitalized with the virus. Rai Bachchan, once dubbed “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” and winner of the 1994 Miss World pageant, married into Bollywood’s most famous family with her nuptials to
Continue Reading United States military personnel on the Japanese island of Okinawa are on virtual lockdown after almost 100 cases of coronavirus have emerged on several US Marine Corps bases there. The lockdown order, which was issued Saturday morning, bans almost all off-base movement by the tens of thousands of US military personnel on the bases unless
Continue Reading The magical world of Disney has implemented quite a few changes as the Magic Kingdom Park reopened to visitors in Florida this weekend. In addition to wearing mouse ears, all guests ages two and older will be required to wear face coverings in the park. It is just one of several measures the entertainment park
Continue Reading Even after hundreds of miles into his two-wheel journey, Kleon Papadimitriou says he still wasn’t sure he’d make it home. The 20-year-old Greek college student had been stuck in Scotland, where he studied, with no way to return to Athens while flights were shut down due to the pandemic. So he decided to bike the
Continue Reading Liverpool’s hopes of achieving a Premier League points record tally suffered a setback after Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Bunley. Andy Robertson’s arcing header gave Liverpool the lead, but Jay Rodriguez’s clever second-half finish ensured the Premier League champion dropped points at Anfield for the first time this season. The draw moved the Premier League champion
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