WASHINGTON, DC — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he will not block or oppose a Senate vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, clearing the path for Republicans. In a statement Tuesday, Romney said he intends to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering Trump’s nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate
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Going into the new school year, colleges and universities knew the risks. After all, in March, most had pivoted to virtual learning — either temporarily or permanently — in hopes of curbing the spread of the virus. But by fall, school officials had to make a decision yet again: Do they reopen in the midst
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A Chinese billionaire who criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been jailed for 18 years on corruption charges, a court said Tuesday. Ren Zhiqiang, a retired real-estate tycoon with close ties to senior Chinese officials, disappeared in March after he allegedly penned a scathing essay that month criticizing Xi’s response to
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A Chinese billionaire who criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been jailed for 18 years on corruption charges, a court said Tuesday. Ren Zhiqiang, a retired real-estate tycoon with close ties to senior Chinese officials, disappeared in March after he allegedly penned a scathing essay that month criticizing Xi’s response to
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The late Rep. John Lewis won many superlatives as he spent more than 60 years tirelessly pursuing equality and social justice — even when it meant putting his own safety at risk. But the man from Troy, Alabama, wasn’t just a civil rights legend, revered legislator and political North Star. As documented in CNN Films’
Continue Reading The Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles County has scorched more than 100,000 acres as of Monday, making it one of the largest fires in the county’s history. It is one of at least 27 major wildfires currently burning in California, where 26 people have died and 6,400 structures have been destroyed since fire activity picked
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials arrested 179 people and seized more than $6.5 million in a worldwide crackdown on opioid trafficking on the darknet, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. The operation, which mainly occurred in the U.S. and in Europe, comes more than a year after officials took down the “Wall Street Market,”
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Protests following the death of George Floyd helped shed light on the plight of Black Americans and bolstered support for the Black Lives Matter movement. But that support has declined since early June, just days after the Black father died after a Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck for more than seven minutes, a new
Continue Reading UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kept apart by a devastating pandemic and dispersed across the globe, world leaders convened electronically Tuesday for an unprecedented high-level meeting, where the U.N. chief exhorted them to unite and tackle the era’s towering problems: the coronavirus, the “economic calamity” it unleashed and the risk of a new Cold War between
Continue Reading AIN QANA, Lebanon (AP) — A powerful explosion shook a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, sending thick grey smoke billowing over the village, but the cause was not clear. The Lebanese army said the blast occurred in a building in the southern village of Ain Qana, above the port city of Sidon, and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It has been more than six months since border restrictions were implemented across North America to slow the spread of Covid-19. Canada, the U.S. and Mexico have all limited nonessential travel since the pandemic began. Many businesses in the downtown El Paso area, especially those near the international bridges, rely
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This year, we’ve learned that almost nothing is guaranteed in life. And yet, as summer turns to autumn, one thing that is certain is the leaves changing color. But why do the leaves change color? And how do the leaves decide which fiery color to turn? Ed Sharron, a science communication specialist with the National
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Click here for updates on this story BATON ROUGE, LA (WGNO) — On Friday, Governor John Bel Edwards announced that Louisiana will move to quickly implement new guidance from the federal government easing restrictions on visits to nursing homes during the COVID pandemic. The new guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, AR (KFSM) — We are about one month into this unusual school year, so we checked in with local districts to find out what’s been their victories and their challenges. One issue across the board is the struggle to get virtual students to hit that log-in
Continue Reading President Donald Trump made phone calls to the deputies injured in a Compton, California, shooting, and though one of them remains in the hospital and couldn’t speak, she wrote out her answers for the nation’s commander in chief. The call was detailed in a Saturday afternoon Facebook post from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Transit
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The coronavirus death-toll in El Paso now stands at 494. The El Paso Department of Public Health announced three new deaths Tuesday morning. The victims were identified as: 1 man in his 40s1 man in his 60s1 man in his 70s Health officials said they all had underlying health conditions.
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly dropped new guidance from its website about airborne transmission of the coronavirus yesterday, just days after publishing it. The agency said a draft version was posted in error, before it had gone through the normal review process, and reverted to its previous guidance, which does not
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson slammed the brakes Tuesday on the country’s return to offices and a normal social life, saying the U.K. was at a “perilous turning point” in its fight against coronavirus. Saying that Britain had to act now or face a huge second wave of the disease, Johnson announced
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRWAY, KS (KCTV) — Lamar Johnson has spent more than half of his life in prison for the 1994 murder of his friend Marcus Boyd. Johnson had an alibi and thought speaking with police would clear things up. 26 years have now rolled by. “They just made up
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A daycare worker is accused of sexually assaulting little girls he was supposed to care for. Tony Brown is charged with multiple counts of child molestation. The wrongdoing allegedly took place during his time at a daycare in south St. Louis. He’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — Talks are underway about possibly moving a Confederate statue from downtown where it’s sat for more than 100 years on the courthouse lawn. The historical Oak Cemetery is where the City of Fort Smith is proposing moving the Confederate statue. “It has a
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its first guidance for the holidays, including Halloween, amid the raging coronavirus pandemic in a new posting on its website Monday night. Door-to-door trick-or-treating and costume masks and parties are discouraged this year due to the pandemic, the CDC said. “Many traditional Halloween activities can
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its first guidance for the holidays, including Halloween, amid the raging coronavirus pandemic in a new posting on its website Monday night. Door-to-door trick-or-treating and costume masks and parties are discouraged this year due to the pandemic, the CDC said. “Many traditional Halloween activities can
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Veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic fired AC Milan to a 2-0 victory over Bologna on Monday in its opening game of the new Serie A season. The 38-year-old, who referred to himself as Benjamin Button on social media, defied his age once again to score a brace and help extend Milan’s unbeaten run in all competitions
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One of the things that’s getting in the way of clear and consistent messaging when it comes to Covid-19 in the US is the country’s current divided state, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. “We are in such a divisive state in society that it tends to get politicized,” the country’s leading infectious disease expert said Monday
Continue Reading Nearly 11 million people are under flash flood watches across the Texas and Louisiana coasts after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall. Here’s what 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
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Nearly 11 million people are under flash flood watches across the Texas and Louisiana coasts after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall. Here’s what 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
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As Naomi Osaka lay down in the centre of Arthur Ashe Stadium, her third grand slam title secured, it offered a moment to reflect on a momentous fortnight, one that saw her return to her fluid best on the court while lending her voice to the fight against racial injustice. For some of the founding
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As Naomi Osaka lay down in the centre of Arthur Ashe Stadium, her third grand slam title secured, it offered a moment to reflect on a momentous fortnight, one that saw her return to her fluid best on the court while lending her voice to the fight against racial injustice. For some of the founding
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