By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Two people were rescued after a large tree crashed into a home amid a storm in west Baltimore, the city fire union said. According to fire officials, crews responded to the 3100 block of Baker Street on Wednesday and rescued the
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story TALLADEGA COUNTY, Alabama (WVTM) — A teenager was killed and another person was injured after a crash in Talladega County last night. The Alabama State Troopers reported the crash happened on Eastaboga Road, about 10 miles northeast of Talladega just before 9 p.m. State Troopers
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business President Joe Biden is being attacked for $3 gasoline. But the truth is the White House isn’t to blame for high gas prices — and has few options to lower them. The seven-year high in gas prices is all about supply and demand. Gas was dirt cheap last spring because
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By Junko Ogura, Chie Kobayashi and Nectar Gan, CNN Tokyo venues for the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will not have spectators due to the city’s coronavirus state of emergency through the Games, according to the Japanese Olympic Committee. The announcement was made following a meeting of five Olympic and Japanese government groups responsible for the
Continue Reading Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will be the 29th edition of the Summer Games. But this edition, athletes and spectators will see an Olympics like no other.
Continue Reading By Marina Fraire Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLAUS, Indiana (WLKY) — The cause of death has been released involving the Ohio woman who died on a roller coaster at Holiday World last month. The coroner listed three causes of death for Dawn Jankovic, 47, including severe internal blood loss, the tearing
Continue Reading By Jackson Kurtz Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Nothing is impossible for hiker and Smithville native Mandy Horvath. She is reaching new heights, climbing the world’s mountains — while overcoming a major obstacle. “Whether you believe you can or think you can, or not, you’re probably right,” said
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business An incident takes place. Law enforcement investigates. A culprit is identified, apprehended and prosecuted. That’s typically how we think of addressing a crime. But as some ransomware victims may now be discovering, that process is much more complicated when the criminal is on another continent and the crime takes place
Continue Reading A threatening voicemail, research into company executives and finances, even step-by-step guides to using cryptocurrency. These are some of the evolving tactics of ransomware groups that have turned this cybercrime into a highly lucrative underground business. As CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports, businesses and law enforcement are racing to get ahead of them.
Continue Reading By DeJuan Hoggard Click here for updates on this story CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (WTVD) — Just one day after acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones decided against accepting a tenured position at UNC-Chapel Hill, instead. taking a job at Howard University, Black organizations on campus came together to present their list of demands to university officials.
Continue Reading By WTVD Staff Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — The owner of the highly venomous zebra cobra snake that was found at a home in Raleigh at the end of last month and then later captured has been cited. Christopher Gifford, 21, was found to have violated NC General
Continue Reading By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — What started out as a high school class project for one student has turned into something much bigger and it won a national invention award. “My invention had the most market potential,” said Kelly Ann Greene, 17. Greene invented and
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Ashleigh Barty booked her place in a first Wimbledon final with an impressive straight sets win over Angelique Kerber. The world No. 1 needed less than an hour and a half to defeat her opponent 6-3 7-6 as the Australian bids for her second grand slam title. Kerber, a Wimbledon winner
Continue Reading By Courtney Aitken Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY COUNTY, California (KION) — The recent discovery of a baby condor in the Big Sur area is a promising indicator that the species could once again thrive on the Central Coast. The Big Sur area was formerly home to a sanctuary dedicated to preserving
Continue Reading By Paris Dunford Click here for updates on this story HOLYOKE, Massachusetts (WSHM) — Two Holyoke residents running for city positions are now speaking out after their campaign signs were vandalized with racist messages. Joshua Garcia and Israel Rivera put up campaign signs across Holyoke. Garcia is running for city mayor and Rivera for city
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Veinticuatro estados en EE.UU. han registrado un aumento de al menos un 10% en los casos de covid-19 durante la última semana, mientras los expertos en salud y el gobierno federal siguen presionando para que más personas se vacunen. La rápida propagación de la variante delta del coronavirus no ha hecho
Continue Reading By Eric Grossarth Click here for updates on this story RED LODGE, Montana (eastidahonews.com) — Search teams in Montana are looking for an experienced hiker from Idaho who last contacted family nearly a week ago. Tatum “Tate” Morell, 23, planned to hike five peaks that were over 12,000 feet high in the Beartooth Mountains, according
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — El miércoles 7 de julio de 2021 quedará enmarcado como uno de los mayores atentados políticos de los últimos años en América, luego de que Jovenel Moïse, presidente de Haití, fuera asesinado. Embajador de Haití en EE.UU. le dijo a CNN que cree que la primera dama “está ahora fuera de
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By Dan Merica, CNN Loretta Smith and Wesley Hunt are members of different parties, separated by both distance and policy. And yet, Smith, an Oregon Democrat, and Hunt, a Texas Republican, find themselves in similar positions headed into the 2022 midterms: Both have announced plans to run for Congress, but neither know what the district
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist While Tropical Storm Elsa was dumping heavy rain on Florida on Wednesday, Texas was dealing with its own flooding crisis. A flash flood emergency was issued for Rockport and Fulton, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon after almost a foot of rain fell across the region in a short period of time.
Continue Reading By Andrea Olson Click here for updates on this story MENAN, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A 10-year-old boy with Type 1 diabetes is raising money for a diabetic alert dog. “I was really sick. Threw up a bit, had to use the bathroom,” Alexander Wilcox says. He was diagnosed two years ago. The diagnosis and the
Continue Reading olivertapia Tokio (CNN) — Los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio se llevarán a cabo durante un estado de emergencia por coronavirus, confirmó el jueves el primer ministro de Japón, Yoshide Suga. Hablando al comienzo de la reunión del grupo de trabajo sobre covid-19 del gobierno, Suga dijo que había decidido declarar un nuevo estado de emergencia
Continue Reading By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is requiring all current employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of August. The vaccination policy will also apply to the bank’s future hires. More than 90% of the bank’s staff worked remotely during the pandemic. The Federal Reserve Bank of
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Keely Aouga, CNN There was no racial bias at play when a Michigan school staff member cut a biracial child’s hair, the school district said on Friday, citing the result of a third-party investigation into the incident which occurred in March. The Mount Pleasant Public School district (MPPS) released a statement
Continue Reading By Gregg Montgomery and Sierra Hignite Click here for updates on this story TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (WISH) — A Terre Haute Police Department officer who was part of an FBI task force was fatally shot in the line of duty Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. Detective Greg Ferency was a 30-year veteran, Terre Haute police said
Continue Reading By Amy Hollyfield Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — Taxi drivers say they are enjoying a surge in business as surge pricing on Lyft and Uber drives customers to look elsewhere for a ride. “In one word, it is just wonderful. These drivers have been hit hard over the
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Amanda Watts, CNN Breathe easy, python fans: The search for Cara, a 12-foot serpent on the loose from her Louisiana mall aquarium exhibit, has ended happily. Cara, a yellow Burmese python, was found “safe and healthy” after a search that had closed the Blue Zoo aquarium at the Mall of Louisiana
Continue Reading A 12-foot Burmese python missing from a mall aquarium has been found “safe and healthy” after she had been missing for several days. HLN’s Robin Meade speaks with Blue Zoo aquarium CEO about her capture.
Continue Reading By Keely Arthur and Rosalia Fodera Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A week after animal control authorities captured a venomous snake that was loose in a north Raleigh neighborhood, dozens of charges were lodged Wednesday against the snake’s owner. Criminal summons were issued against Christopher Michael Gifford, 21,
Continue Reading By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN Stifling heat is searing the US West as the weekend approaches, with historic drought conditions worsening and fire danger escalating across much of the Northwest. Daytime high temperatures across the West will threaten records once again, soaring into the 90s and triple digits through the end of the
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