By Seamus Fagan, David Close and Jill Martin, CNN The 2020 Summer Olympics are finally underway in Tokyo. Competition began Wednesday, more than a year after the original start date after the Games were delayed due to the pandemic. But with Covid-19 still spreading unchecked in Japan, organizers have been forced to take unprecedented steps
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By Vanessa Vasconcelos Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Meet Joshua the puppy. He may be small in stature now but this service dog is training to have an impact much bigger than he’ll ever grow. Joshua is the newest addition to Breaking the Chains Fresno. The nonprofit has been
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When Elon Musk tweets, the crypto world listens. CNN’s Jon Sarlin explores the contradictions of crypto’s decentralized networks alongside the very central influence of one man.
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By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Amazon listed a job opening for a digital currency and blockchain product lead, sending cryptocurrencies soaring Monday. Bitcoin climbed to a six-week high of nearly $39,043, while ethereum reached $2,363. Dogecoin was last trading at about 22 cents per coin, giving it a $28.8 billion market cap. As of Monday
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Hasta hace poco tiempo se hablaba del cambio climático como una amenaza para el futuro. Los frentes de batalla eran lugares remotos como el Ártico, donde los osos polares se están quedando sin hielo marino del que cazar. El aumento del nivel del mar y la sequía extrema eran un problema
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — El tifón In-fa se está acercando a las islas del sur de Japón y tiene la vista puesta en el este de China para la próxima semana. La tormenta podría llevar totales de lluvia extremadamente fuertes a millones en China y Taiwán. Y detrás de In-fa, existe una amenaza tropical para
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EL PASO, Texas — Public health officials on Monday reported 25 deaths due to Covid-19 in El Paso County over the past week, with the youngest two victims being in their 30s. The number of weekly deaths tallied by the El Paso health department marked a significant increase over the prior three weeks, which saw
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Mientras más países aplican las vacunas contra el covid-19 en su población, surgen estudios que confirman la efectividad de las mismas. En Estados Unidos, una investigación de los CDC indica que las vacunas de ARN mensajero, es decir la de Pfizer y Moderna, son altamente efectivas para prevenir la
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Crocs acusa a Walmart, Hobby Lobby y otras empresas de copiar su icónico calzado. El fabricante de zapatos presentó la semana pasada cuatro demandas por infracción de marca en varios tribunales de distrito de EE.UU. contra una veintena de empresas que, según alega, violan sus marcas registradas y otras
Continue Reading By Peter Valencia Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KPHO) — A Scottsdale man is accused of leaving a body in his car for several hours before driving the victim to the hospital. Court documents say that 39-year-old Daniel Irl Kermmoade arrived at an emergency room on July 21 with a man’s
Continue Reading Wayne Sterling, CNN Twenty-one gold medals were won. Here’s a breakdown of who’s taking home the gold: Archery Men’s Team: Republic of Korea Artistic Gymnastics Men’s Team: Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Canoe Slalom Men’s Canoe: Benjamin Savsek, Slovenia Cycling Mountain Bike Men’s Cross-country: Thomas Pidcock, Great Britain Diving Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform: Great Britain Fencing
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Yakutsk, en la Siberia rusa, es conocida como la ciudad más fría del mundo. En un lugar en el que una simple nariz expuesta durante los meses de invierno puede provocar un dolor punzante, la gente está acostumbrada a tomar precauciones contra las temperaturas gélidas, entre ellas dedicar un tiempo extra por
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get Covid-19 vaccines. The decision comes as the aggressive delta variant spreads and some communities report troubling increases in hospitalizations among unvaccinated people. The VA’s move came on a day when nearly 60
Continue Reading By Peter Valencia Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — The Clarendon Hotel and Spa in downtown Phoenix is open for business. Hotel managers say it is “Arizona’s first Cannabis-friendly hotel.” “We are a cannabis-friendly hotel and have a cannabis-friendly event company that is elevating and educating the community about cannabis,” says
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CAIRO (AP) — A U.N. official says a boat carrying migrants has capsized off Libya’s coast, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead. A spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration said Monday the boat left the western coastal town of Khums on Sunday. There were at least 75 migrants on board. Eighteen African migrants
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will require many of its front-line health workers to be vaccinated, a senior administration official said Monday, making the agency the first area of the federal government to require shots among some of its workers. It was a major step from the administration toward backing vaccine requirements, which
Continue Reading By WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story WAREHAM, Massachussets (WCVB) — Wareham firefighters rescued a cat found hiding in a burning home early Monday. Crews were called at 2:17 a.m. to 33 Long Boat Road, where they found the home heavily involved in fire. Three residents escaped the fire without injury. A
Continue Reading By Lowell Melser Click here for updates on this story HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (WBAL) — The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services K-9 unit has become the first correctional K-9 unit in America to train its dogs to find alcohol in correctional facilities. WBAL-TV 11 News got to see a demonstration Friday. Throughout history,
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By Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona, CNN A growing group of rank-and-file House Republicans wants House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP leadership to punish Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for accepting a position from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. The push to seek
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By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The latest heat wave to grip the US is here, delivering triple-digit temperatures and heat indices across the country. The heat will last through the coming weekend and into next week as a high-pressure system moves across the country. This massive ridge of high pressure will continue to
Continue Reading Parts of the South and the Northwest will see hot temperatures today as monsoon rains continue in the Southwest. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the latest.
Continue Reading The US is now averaging more than 43,000 cases of Covid-19 a day as the Delta variant fuels a 65% jump in cases. CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House has decided to maintain existing coronavirus travel restrictions amid surging cases triggered by the Delta variant, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday. “We will maintain existing travel restrictions at this point for a few reasons. The more transmissible Delta variant is spreading both
Continue Reading By Shelby Montgomery Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A TikTok video that’s going viral also is making dreams become a reality for a teenager with cancer. Gary Perkins, 17, is undergoing treatment at OU Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, where he will soon get a visit from someone he
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A proposed $30 billion insurance industry merger is off, one month after the Justice Department’s antitrust regulators sued to block it. It’s another sign of the tough stance the Biden administration is taking against corporate deal-making. The deal between Aon, which is incorporated in England and Wales, and Ireland-based Willis
Continue Reading By Aleah Hordges Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Local manufacturer Calumet has donated 600 pounds of candle wax to Restored Creations at Wheeler Mission’s Women and Children’s Shelter. It’s a year’s supply of wax that can make anywhere between 1,500 and 3,000 candles. Restored Creations is the social enterprise for
Continue Reading By Kyle Bloyd Click here for updates on this story KOKOMO, Indiana (WISH) — Police are searching for a woman wanted for her child’s death. The Kokomo Police Department is searching for 30-year-old Nicole Groleau. Groleau is wanted for one count of battery with death to a person under 14 years old and two counts
Continue Reading By WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) — A man was struck and killed while changing a tire overnight on the Long Island Expressway in Queens. It happened just after 12 a.m. Monday near the overpass at Main Street off Exit 23 in Flushing. Police say the 52-year-old motorist
Continue Reading By WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — A tractor-trailer crashed on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway early Monday morning, spilling vegetables everywhere. It happened on the eastbound BQE at Flushing Avenue. Newscopter 7 was over the scene. A mess of vegetables, believed to be peppers, were all over the
Continue Reading By Steven Romo Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Deputies say a woman called them to say she shot another woman while walking her dog overnight, and the woman who was shot died. The woman told Harris County deputies it all started when she was walking her dog and got
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