By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Restaurant owners can add the rising cost of food to their growing list of challenges. Inflation is on the rise throughout the country, and independent restaurant leaders say many of their businesses will soon be forced to permanently shut down unless they receive more federal aid from Congress. “Every increase
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urielblanco (CNN) — Un “pequeño número” de personas de Colombia a las que se detuvo en la investigación del asesinato del presidente de Haití participó en programas de entrenamiento y educación militar de Estados Unidos en el pasado, mientras formaban parte de las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia, informó este jueves el Pentágono. Comandos colombianos que
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By Kylie Atwood, CNN The State Department is now requiring all contractors in Afghanistan “to ensure” that all their personnel are fully vaccinated for Covid-19, according to a department memo sent to contractors this week that was reviewed by CNN. This order is a clear effort to stem rising Covid-19 infections among US personnel in
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Heavy rains have caused deadly flash floods across Germany and the Benelux region. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the details.
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — El Smithsonian anunció el jueves que Jeff Bezos donará US$ 200 millones al museo, el mayor regalo desde la fundación del museo en 1846. El Smithsonian dice que US$ 70 millones se destinarán a la renovación del Museo Nacional del Aire y el Espacio y US$ 130 millones para inaugurar un
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By Kyle Bloyd, Sierra Hignite Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (WISH) — More than 10 people are in custody after FBI raids across Indianapolis on Wednesday. News 8 captured one raid on the near-north side at North Kenwood Avenue and West 36th Street. That’s near 38th and Meridian streets. The FBI
Continue Reading By Alison Kosik, CNN The Smithsonian said Thursday that Jeff Bezos will donate $200 million to the museum, the largest gift the institution has received since its founding in 1846. A $70 million portion will go to renovating the National Air and Space Museum and $130 million will be used to launch a new education
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Cinco días completos a la semana, todas las semanas: después de más de un año de aprendizaje remoto, horarios híbridos y experiencias perdidas, volver a la escuela, la escuela “normal”, es todo lo que muchos padres y estudiantes quieren. Pero con el aumento de casos de covid-19 nuevamente en algunos
Continue Reading By Dan Griffin Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI. Ohio (WLWT) — The family of Robert “Bobby” Farrell Jr. talked exclusively with WLWT on Wednesday sharing a feeling of ultimate betrayal. The 23-year-old man from New Richmond disappeared more than a week ago and was found dead earlier this week. His best friend
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA engineers are trying to work their magic on the Hubble Space Telescope, which stopped working on June 13 as a result of a problem with the payload computer on board. After a month of trying, engineers with the space agency were unable to restart the computer — and its backup
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman is defending a project that criminal justice reform advocates are concerned about regarding a potential jail expansion in the parish. Gusman says the project is not an expansion. “We’re talking about building a special needs
Continue Reading By Chris Gothner, Scott Carpenter, Kayla James Click here for updates on this story LAKE CITY, Iowa (KCCI) — First responding agencies across Iowa are checking their areas for damage after multiple tornadoes touched down on Wednesday. Calhoun County Emergency Management Director Shane Voith confirmed there have been no injuries reported in the county. Voith
Continue Reading The US wildfire season is off to its worst start in a decade, especially in California. CNN’s Stephanie Elam reports.
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Oregon and Washington state have moved into the highest level of wildfire preparedness as the largest wildfire in the United States continues to scorch hundreds of thousands of acres. The Oregon National Guard deployed Wednesday morning to help in the battle against the large Bootleg Fire, which was 5% contained. The
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Senior citizen reminisces about music” — in black and white, no less — doesn’t sound like a classic elevator pitch, until you see that guy is Paul McCartney, leading a magical tour down memory lane for the Beatles, their influences and a whole lot else. Playing on Hulu, “McCartney 3,2,1”
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BUTTE COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Due to worsening drought conditions in Northern California, officials will likely have to close the power plant at Lake Oroville because of its low water levels. It would be the first time that dry conditions have forced the plant to
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Debates over LeBron James’ greatness compared to Michael Jordan on a basketball court will continue in perpetuity, but “Space Jam: A New Legacy” won’t fuel much chatter about who’s the better actor. Putting James in Jordan’s shoes, as it were, isn’t a bad idea in theory, but despite the odd
Continue Reading In ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy,’ Lebron James teams up with Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang for a high stakes basketball showdown. Rick Damigella has the play by play.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The big news about the “Loki” finale, as it turned out, is that it wasn’t really a finale at all, but rather more of a beginning than an ending. Not only did the sixth episode introduce Jonathan Majors as comic-book villain Kang the Conqueror (even if the “Kang” part of
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, Adrienne Broaddus and Keith Allen, CNN An Iowa man is facing two felony charges after a loaded handgun and rifle were found in his Chicago hotel room July 4, near where hundreds of families were celebrating the holiday, prosecutors said. Keegan Gregory Casteel, 32, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated
Continue Reading By Victoria Shupryt Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Police activity in northeast Albuquerque turned into an FBI agent getting shot and the suspect dead Wednesday afternoon. According to officials, FBI was conducting a search warrant for a violent crime investigation for a suspect in a parking lot in
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, has been the only tool keeping millions of tenants in
Continue Reading By Annalisa Burgos Click here for updates on this story KAUAI, Hawaii (KITV) — A viral TikTok video of a tourist disturbing a Hawaiian monk seal is renewing calls for the state to educate visitors. With the islands seeing more than 30,000 travelers a day on average, many residents say they’re fed up with what
Continue Reading By Mick Krever and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Dutch crime journalist Peter R. de Vries has died just over a week after being shot in the head in Amsterdam, according to a statement by his family published by CNN affiliate RTL News. “Peter fought to the end, but he could not win the battle. He is
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrats’ most pivotal swing vote, expressed his most serious concerns yet about a key element in their party’s $3.5 trillion sweeping economic plan: Provisions dealing with climate change that have been sought by progressives. Manchin, who hails from coal-producing West Virginia, told CNN that
Continue Reading Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) discusses the sweeping $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal that would require the support from all Senate Democrats to pass.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Olympics begin in Tokyo next week, and the competition will be historic — and strange — for a number of reasons. The Olympics were set to occur in 2020 before they were postponed due to the
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By John Bonifield, CNN Americans 12 and older can get a Covid-19 vaccine, but younger children are still waiting. With many schools across the United States now just weeks from reopening for the fall semester, pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna are still doing clinical trials to see how coronavirus vaccines work in children under 12
Continue Reading By Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found evidence of menopause occurring in killer whales, puzzling scientists about how and why it evolved. While most animals breed throughout their lives, the study notes that only humans and four whale species are
Continue Reading By Tom Barton Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Festering tensions among the Davenport Civil Rights Commission, its director and city staff have reached a new level of dysfunction. Davenport Civil Right Commission members met this week, in part, to discuss claims by Davenport Civil Rights Director Latrice Lacey
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