By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden argued in Wisconsin on Tuesday that the bipartisan infrastructure proposal he agreed to last week would benefit working and middle-class families around the country. “After months of careful negotiation — of listening, compromising together and in good faith moving together, with ups and downs and some blips —
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By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee firefighters responded to a house fire at South 5th and Becher Tuesday, June 29. Officials believe equipment went missing from one of their responding vehicles. Smoke was coming from the roof of the home when crews arrived. They quickly put up
Continue Reading Former teacher violently arrested outside MPS headquarters, community advocates say
Continue Reading By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A community advocate is seeking justice for a former Milwaukee Public Schools teacher she says was wrongfully and forcefully arrested outside MPS headquarters. The teacher says for weeks, she’d been trying to retrieve her pay stubs. Frustrated, she came straight to MPS,
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By Reuters Haiti will hold a constitutional referendum on Sept. 26, the same date as presidential and legislative elections, authorities said, after postponing the date twice in part because of the pandemic, an official calendar showed Monday. Political tensions in the Caribbean nation have been running high in recent months and Haitians have expressed fear
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the French Open tennis tournament. Facts The French Open is one of four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. The others are the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. It is the only Grand Slam tournament played on a clay court. May 30-June 13, 2021 – The French Open
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the French Open tennis tournament. May 16-June 5, 2022 – The French Open takes place at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. May 30-June 13, 2021 – The French Open takes place. Originally set for May 7-June 6, 2021, it was rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Facts The
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX has put more than 1,500 internet-beaming satellites into orbit, signed up more than 69,000 customers, installed ground stations in 12 countries and has plans to expand its one-of-a-kind network’s coverage all over the world — except the North and South pole — by next month. Still, SpaceX CEO Elon
Continue Reading Tennessee sheriff’s bloodhound finds missing 6-year-old girl.
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WENZEL, JUSTIN BEASLEY Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — A bloodhound with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is being credited with helping locate a missing 6-year-old girl. Kinzleigh Reeder was reported missing in DeKalb County. Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said Nicholas Reeder allegedly abducted his daughter
Continue Reading CNN analyst Max Boot reacts to Fox News host Tucker Carlson referring to Gen. Mark Milley as a stupid pig after Milley’s forceful rebuke of renewed efforts from Republican members of Congress to question the Defense Department’s diversity efforts and alleged embrace of “critical race theory.”
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Move over, superheroes. This is the origin story TV fans have been waiting for. A new trailer for “The Many Saints of Newark, the film prequel to HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has been released, giving viewers their first taste of what life was like for young Tony Soprano before he was in,
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Less than three months after announcing that its employees would be required to come back to the office at least three days a week, Uber is backtracking. The ride-hailing company will give its global office workers the option to apply for fully remote work or choose from a list of
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Less than three months after announcing that its employees would be required to come back to the office at least three days a week, Uber is backtracking. The ride-hailing company will give its global office workers the option to apply for fully remote work or choose from a list of
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josemartinezgomez (CNN Business) — United Airlines anunció el martes pedidos para comprar 270 aviones, la compra de aeronaves más grande en la historia de la compañía y el pedido más grande de cualquier aerolínea en aproximadamente una década. El precio de lista de los 270 aviones asciende a unos US$ 35.000 millones. Las aerolíneas generalmente
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Unemployment is shrinking. The stock market is booming. Americans are returning to the skies and even to movie theaters. And yet Republicans are deeply worried about the state of the economy. Even though the US economy is expected to grow this year at the fastest pace in decades, consumer sentiment
Continue Reading josemartinezgomez (CNN) — A medida que el país se reabre en una pandemia en curso, el condado de Los Alamos, Nuevo México, ha sido clasificado como la comunidad más saludable de EE. UU. por segundo año consecutivo. Ubicado aproximadamente a 40 millas de Sante Fe, el condado alberga cañones y mesetas conectadas por una red
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Water is again providing sandbags at three locations amidst the forecast calling for the prospect of heavy rain and potential flooding in the Borderland. There is a limit of 10 sandbags for flood control use per visit and residential customers will need to show a Texas ID or an
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, CNN Erick de Moura expected to be in his Champlain Towers South condo at the time much of it collapsed. The only reason he wasn’t: His girlfriend persuaded him to stay with her. De Moura and his girlfriend, Fernanda Figueiredo, say they believe he is alive because he was not in his
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WASHINGTON, DC — More than 1 million migrants have been arrested after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border since last October, according to two U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials, surpassing the 2019 border crisis tally with three months still left in the fiscal year. The Biden administration has been bracing for a high number of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The federal government has sent out three rounds of stimulus checks to help people during the pandemic, but despite their political popularity, there’s no proposal on the table to deliver a fourth round. Congress, which would have to approve the money, is unlikely to consider more spending on direct payments as the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the social media network Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Facts Meta had 2.96 billion monthly active users around the world, as of September 30, 2022. Meta and Instagram are blocked in North Korea and China. There were 87,314 full-time employees at Meta, as of September 30, 2022. Facebook
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the social media network, Facebook. Facts Facebook had 2.8 billion monthly active users around the world, as of March 31, 2021. It is blocked in North Korea and China. There were 60,654 full-time employees at Facebook, as of March 31, 2021. Facebook introduced words such as “friending” to
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa. Personal Birth date: April 12, 1942 Birth place: Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa Birth name: Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma Father: Gcinamazwi Zuma, police officer Mother: Nobhekisisa Bessie, domestic worker Marriages: Bongi Ngema (2012-present); Thobeka Stacy Mabhija (2010-present); Nompumelelo Ntuli
Continue Reading Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Who would have thought that when the pandemic struck last spring that single-family housing would go on such a stellar run? Not me. But housing has been on a tear. Home sales, homebuilding and especially house prices have surged. Despite being overvalued, there is no sign the
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WASHINGTON, DC — Unemployed Americans will be able to sign up for hefty subsidies for 2021 coverage on the federal Affordable Care Act exchange starting July 1, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The benefit, part of the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion rescue package enacted in March, allows anyone who receives or is approved to receive unemployment
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Ver las canchas cubiertas de exuberante hierba verde y los fanáticos que miran mientras saborean las fresas y la crema solo puede significar una cosa: Wimbledon está aquí. Se ha hecho que los fanáticos esperen el torneo después de que fue cancelado el año pasado debido a la pandemia de
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Las cabañas de montaña ocupan un lugar especial en la tradición de la aventura y ofrecen un techo para los viajeros desde los albores de la exploración. Si puedes subir hasta ellas, brindan un escape emocionante y salvaje de la civilización de abajo: un lugar para maravillarse con los cielos nocturnos
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans feel more confident now than at any point during the pandemic, new data from The Conference Board showed Tuesday. The consumer confidence index rose to 127.3 points in June, according to the Conference Board. That was its highest level since February 2020, right before the Covid-19 outbreak first swept
Continue Reading By Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story FORT MORGAN, Alabama (WALA) — Arming themselves with trash bags — there was a mad dash after the horn signaled the start of the Litter Rodeo. 5-year-old Oliver Caver behind the event to pick up trash this weekend at the Fort Morgan State Historic Site.
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