By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston dad will now spend 45 years behind bars after pleading guilty for the beating death of his 2-year-old son. The incident happened in July 2020 when authorities say Antonio Hicks Sr. lost his temper while potty training the boy
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By Oren Liebermann, Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Barbara Starr, CNN With the Taliban advancing across rural parts of Afghanistan, and criticism mounting over what some view as an overly hasty departure, the Biden administration is staring down a few short weeks to make a handful of critical decisions it’s put off until the last
Continue Reading By KIM ST. ONGE Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, Illinois (KMOV) — Balloons popular for birthday parties and graduation celebrations are being blamed for at least three power outages in the Metro East since April. Each outage affected more than 1,000 customers. “I was just sitting here and all the electric
Continue Reading By Nathan Vickers Click here for updates on this story DESOTO, Kansas (KCTV) — As the hemp industry starts to take off in the Midwest, stakeholders in the industry are researching commercial uses for the crop. Shelli Hornberger, the COO of America’s Hemp Academy in De Soto, believes the crop holds an incredible potential. The
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Christian Pulisic ha sido criticado por los conservacionistas por publicar un video en Instagram en el que se lo ve realizando trucos de fútbol por encima de un pez mero goliat, antes de caer al agua y aterrizar encima de la especie marina vulnerable. La estrella del Chelsea y de la
Continue Reading By Bobbi Jo Kelly Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — A suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Phoenix Thursday night. Officers responded to a neighborhood southwest of I-17 and Northern Avenue around 9 p.m. According to Phoenix Police Sgt. Andy Williams, officers responded to the house for
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By Paula Newton, CNN Days after Canada dropped its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated Canadians entering the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected the idea that non-essential unvaccinated visitors will soon be allowed in. “I can tell you right now that’s not going to happen for quite a while,” Trudeau said during a campaign-style stop
Continue Reading By JEFF POPOVICH Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — Two Phoenix officers acted quickly and saved two young children locked inside a vehicle after their mother accidentally locked her keys in her minivan. A Phoenix police spokesperson said that around noon on Tuesday, officers responded to the parking lot
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By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN A Metropolitan Police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murdering marketing executive Sarah Everard, whose disappearance while walking home in London prompted an outpouring across social media from women sharing their own experiences of sexual assault and harassment. Wayne Couzens, a serving police constable whose “primary role was uniformed patrol duties of
Continue Reading London’s Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, holds a press conference after London police officer, Wayne Couzens, pleads guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard.
Continue Reading By David Williams and Kevin Dotson, CNN Zaila Avant-garde wasn’t focused on her place in history on Thursday when she became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 93 editions of the competition. Instead, she was thinking about Bill Murray. The 14-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana, won the 2021 crown
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If you’re itching for a tropical vacation, “The White Lotus” might cool those jets. The latest product from the dark and twisty mind of Mike White (“Enlightened”) deals with class in a way few recent TV productions have, in an edgy, engrossing six-part HBO limited series that follows multiple stories
Continue Reading By MATT KLING Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — Things got pretty interested last night during the North Las Vegas City Council meeting. Their names are Chad and J.T. They’ve got tank tops on and said they just came from the Cosmopolitan pool. Things really got wacky when they
Continue Reading By SHANNON MILLER Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The first round of winners in Nevada’s vaccine incentive program have been announced, but not without some disruption. During the Vax Nevada Days event on Thursday, an unknown man disrupted the meeting with a megaphone, claiming that vaccines are harming
Continue Reading By LES KRIFATON Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — For 22 years, the Bellagio water show has been dazzling visitors seven days a week, 365 days a year. And it’s no small task for the maintenance crew. As tourists watch the iconic fountain put on a show every 30
Continue Reading By Michelle Gallardo Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WLS) — Complaints began in late 2019 when a 9-year-old boy with autism struggled to explain to his mom what was wrong. “My son, Macaulay, is non-verbal, and he said his hands hurt. Never heard it before,” said Labeth Frye, mother. Frye said
Continue Reading By Stacey Baca and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WLS) — A 28-year-old Chicago man has been charged in the shooting of two ATF agents and a Chicago police officer in Morgan Park on Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois announced Thursday that Eugene
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN When the England football team sing the national anthem ahead of their Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday, Prince William will join in along with the rest of the crowd at Wembley, just as he has for other key games. William has been attending in his capacity
Continue Reading Mariana Toro Hong Kong (CNN Business) — Woz está apoyando el movimiento del “derecho a reparar”. El cofundador de Apple Steve Wozniak, conocido en el mundo tecnológico por su apodo, Woz, habló sobre el tema durante una aparición reciente en Cameo, un sitio web que permite a los admiradores pagar a celebridades por mensajes de
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Long distance rail travel looked like it could be on its way out just a few years ago, but a lot has changed since then. The classic style of traveling is now having something of a revival, as travelers look for more environmentally friendly ways to see the world. Various new trains
Continue Reading By Andrew James Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A statue of Jesus at an Asheville church was vandalized over the weekend. The Very Rev. Roger Arnsparger, pastor at Basilica St. Lawrence, said someone threw red paint on the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue Saturday night. The statue has
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The number of guns found at airport checkpoints nationwide this year is fast approaching the number caught in all of 2020, officials say, and the uptick is slowing down screening lines as masses of passengers return to air travel. In the first six months of this year, Transportation
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Italy defeated Spain on penalties in the first semifinal of Euro 2020 to move onto the final where they await the winner of England vs. Denmark.
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Here’s some good news for long-suffering fans of England’s football (aka soccer) team. Goldman Sachs predicts that England has a 58% chance of defeating Italy in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. That would be England’s first victory in a major tournament in 55 years — and it would come
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, CNN Patients are crammed into every corner of the hospital’s emergency room ward. They lie on beds and gurneys, or sit slumped in wheelchairs. Many suck on oxygen, but nobody talks. Some die while waiting for a bed. On the worst nights in Johannesburg, currently in the grips of a terrible wave
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Los pandas gigantes ya no están en peligro de extinción, han dicho las autoridades chinas, después de décadas de trabajo para salvarlos y que ayudaron a impulsar su población en la naturaleza hasta 1.800. La especie será reclasificada como vulnerable, dijo Cui Shuhong, director del Departamento de Protección Ecológica Natural del
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Dry and hot conditions will continue through the weekend. Highs will reach the upper 90s today with the return of triple-digits tomorrow. Rain chances increase Sunday afternoon, rain will become heavy in some spots. The monsoonal rain pattern return next week with storms possible each afternoon.
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden is back on the road, heading to parts of the country disenchanted, disaffected and — perhaps — disbelieving of the benefits of Covid-19 vaccines. Biden has spent several days this summer crisscrossing the southern United States pleading with Americans to get their shots. It remains an open
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Continue Reading By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Already home to the world’s tallest skyscraper and the world’s largest mall, Dubai has just opened another record-breaking attraction — the deepest dive pool in the world. With a staggering depth of 60 meters (196 feet), the pool, part of the new Deep Dive Dubai attraction — has stolen the
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