By Dave Alsup and Brisa Colon, CNN The Canadian village that set an all-time national heat record this week has been “devastated” by a fast-moving wildfire that engulfed the small town “within minutes” following an intense heat wave, officials said Thursday. The fire destroyed “most homes and structures in the village” of Lytton and several
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Con la llegada del fin de semana del 4 de julio, muchas personas asisten a pequeñas barbacoas en el patio trasero, a fiestas en la piscina y a celebraciones más grandes como reuniones o espectáculos de fuegos artificiales. ¿Qué precauciones de seguridad hay que tener en cuenta, sobre todo ante el
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Patients would no longer receive surprise medical bills for emergency treatment and certain other health care services from out-of-network providers starting in January under a rule issued Thursday by the Biden administration. The interim final rule starts the process of filling out the No Surprises Act, a contentious and long-delayed bill
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By Allison Morrow Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. ROBINHOOD’S GOING PUBLIC Big week for our friends over at Robinhood. Yesterday they got slapped with a record $70 million FINRA fine. Today, they’re jetting toward an IPO.
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Joe Sutton, CNN Five members of the Champlain Towers South condo association’s seven-member board — including its president, Anette Goldstein — decided to resign in the fall of 2019, when the association was debating multimillion-dollar repairs, the Washington Post reported, citing board meeting minutes and Goldstein’s resignation letter. The majority of
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, Madeline Holcombe and Steve Almasy, CNN Officials are considering demolishing the rest of the Champlain Towers South as operations continue in sections that crumbled to the ground a week ago, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Thursday evening. Work on the debris was halted for much of the day as engineers
Continue Reading By Erica Orden On Thursday, New York prosecutors charged the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with running a 15-year alleged tax scheme designed “to compensate Weisselberg and other Trump Organization executives in a manner that was ‘off the books.” It is the first criminal case against former President Donald Trump’s company,
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and David Close, CNN The NFL fined the Washington Football Team $10 million Thursday following the conclusion of an independent investigation that found the club’s work environment was “highly unprofessional,” especially for women, according to a news release from the league. The fine comes after 15 former female employees and two journalists
Continue Reading By David Shortell, CNN The building department in Surfside, Florida, was the target of mounting complaints by residents and contractors in late 2018 — so much so that the town manager at the time placed the office under administrative review, he said Thursday. The office, which handles permitting and inspections for properties within the town,
Continue Reading By David Shortell, CNN The building department in Surfside, Florida, was the target of mounting complaints by residents and contractors in late 2018 — so much so that the town manager at the time placed the office under administrative review, he said Thursday. The office, which handles permitting and inspections for properties within the town,
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he is imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A todo el mundo le gusta reírse de vez en cuando, y la ciencia respalda este sentimiento. Los estudios han demostrado que la risa está relacionada con nuestro bienestar físico, emocional y mental, e incluso con nuestras relaciones. Estas son algunas de las cosas que quizá no sepas sobre la risa.
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN A search has revealed 182 human remains in unmarked graves at the site of another residential school in British Columbia. The Lower Kootenay Band, a member band of the Ktunaxa Nation, has announced that remains were found at the site of the former St. Eugene’s Mission School near the city of
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EL PASO, Texas – One of the most decorated sprinters in UTEP history is now taking his speed to the biggest stage in all of track & field. Sean Bailey, who just finished his UTEP career last month at the NCAA National Track & Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Or., will represent his home Jamaica
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — British billionaire Richard Branson plans to beat fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos to space. Branson’s company, Virgin Galactic, made a surprise announcement Thursday that he will attempt to fly in Virgin’s rocket-powered plan on July 11 from southern New Mexico — nine days before Bezos’s planned July 20th launch
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EL PASO, Texas — Two people were hurt Thursday in a traffic collision in northeast El Paso that shut down a portion of Dyer Street during the busy afternoon commute. The two-car crash happened in the 8700 block of Dyer, which is Business U.S. Route 54. Police said all north and southbound lanes of Dyer
Continue Reading Analysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been hard at work raising his profile within the national Republican Party. Between base-boosting moves like fighting big tech over banning conservative politicians, and even sending National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border, DeSantis is doing a lot to pop up on the radars of
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By KTBS Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputy has been charged with contributing to the death of a 68-year-old man who collapsed and died of a heart attack after being handcuffed and put in the back of a patrol vehicle while deputies searched for
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued five unaccompanied migrant teenagers early Thursday, saving them from potentially drowning in the Rio Grande near the Ysleta Port of Entry. Officials said the five Guatemalan kids – ranging in age from 14 to 17 – became stranded in the river around 12:20 a.m. due to
Continue Reading Analysis by Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter All term long the Supreme Court has been the target of political players as members of Congress called for a “legislative solution,” the Biden administration launched a commission to study court reform and progressive groups claimed that court packing measures were necessary to “save” the Supreme
Continue Reading New York prosecutors charged the Trump Organization, the Trump Payroll Corporation and Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg in connection with an alleged tax scheme stretching back to 2005, in an extraordinary legal development against the former President’s namesake company. Weisselberg, the Trump organization and the Trump Payroll Corporation have all pleaded not guilty. Trump himself was not charged. CNN’s Alisyn Camerota discusses with Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen.
Continue Reading Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN When New York prosecutors unsealed their indictment Thursday against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, it represented an important step after years of investigations: the first legal action taken against the former President’s business. Yet the charges — tax evasion — felt familiar. Trump’s associates have demonstrated
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev and Steve Almasy, CNN Reggie Bush, the former University of Southern California (USC) star who won the 2005 Heisman Trophy, said Thursday he wants the award, and his college football records, reinstated. An NCAA investigation in the years that followed Bush’s college career found that the former running back received impermissible benefits,
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden tiene previsto anunciar este jueves el despliegue de equipos de respuesta en todo Estados Unidos a las zonas con una alta propagación de la variante delta del covid-19, altamente contagiosa, a medida que aumenta la preocupación en todo el país, según declaró un funcionario de la
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EL PASO, Texas – Conference USA men’s hoops have returned to traditional league play, as the 2021-22 UTEP men’s basketball 18-game league schedule was released on Thursday. The league slate will feature six home-and-home series after moving away from Bonus Play a few years back, and playing back-to-back nights a season ago. UTEP will take on
Continue Reading By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story HOOD RIVER, Oregon (KPTV) — A 10-year-old girl drowned on Wednesday after falling out of an inflatable raft into the Columbia River, according to the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called out to a report of a child missing in the water near
Continue Reading By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Salem police are searching for a man who is accused of chasing a woman on a bicycle at Minto-Brown Island Park on Tuesday morning. The woman reported she was riding the trails near the river when she passed a man on
Continue Reading As President Biden visits families and crews, work is halted at the condo collapse due to structural concerns
Continue Reading One Surfside condo resident heard noise well before; a new survivor’s recording shows the shock of the collapse; and CNN gets a birds eye view of rescuers
Continue Reading By Ethan Cohen, CNN California voters will decide whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom in an election on September 14, the state lieutenant governor said Thursday. Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis made the announcement after California Secretary of State Shirley Weber certified the recall effort. Newsom, a Democrat, is only the second sitting governor in California
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