TORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia outlasted seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 2-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) on Friday night to reach the National Bank Open semifinals. Medvedev will face American John Isner, a 7-6 (5), 6-4 winner over 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France in the late match, The 25-year-old Medvedev, ranked second
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By Geneva Sands, CNN Online extremist rhetoric is strikingly similar to the build-up to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, with increasing calls for violence linked to conspiracy theories and false narratives, Homeland Security Intelligence chief John Cohen said in an interview with CNN. There have been online comments such as “the system
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En la semana previa al comienzo de las clases, cuatro educadores del condado de Broward, en Florida, han muerto con unas 24 horas de diferencia por complicaciones relacionadas con el covid-19, según informaron las autoridades educativas locales. Tres profesores y un asistente de enseñanza murieron por complicaciones relacionadas con el covid-19
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Gino Strada, an Italian emergency room surgeon who helped establish a humanitarian group to operate on civilians wounded in war, has died. His family and the group he co-founded, Emergency, said Strada died on Friday. He was 73. The organization provided medical care for civilians in 19
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major steelmaker is calling off plans for a $120 million expansion of its steel complex in the Louisiana community of Convent. The Times-Picayune|The New Orleans Advocate reports that Nucor Corp. recently informed state environmental officials of its decision. Nucor said market conditions are the reason why it’s shelving plans for
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major steelmaker is calling off plans for a $120 million expansion of its steel complex in the Louisiana community of Convent. The Times-Picayune|The New Orleans Advocate reports that Nucor Corp. recently informed state environmental officials of its decision. Nucor said market conditions are the reason why it’s shelving plans for
Continue Reading By Liz Stark and Tami Luhby, CNN The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funeral assistance program has distributed more than $1 billion to those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 since the application process began in mid-April, the agency announced Friday. Matthew Redding, deputy director of FEMA’s Individual Assistance division, noted the “very somber milestone”
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By PETER SMITH Associated Press A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction on behalf of religious health care providers who feared the Biden administration would interpret the Affordable Care Act as requiring them to perform abortions or gender-transition treatment against their conscience. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had argued that it
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction on behalf of religious health care providers who feared the Biden administration would interpret the Affordable Care Act as requiring them to perform abortions or gender-transition treatment against their conscience. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had argued that it
Continue Reading Lamborghini has unveiled a brand new $2.6 million supercar with a very familiar name: the Countach. The original Lamborghini Countach, unveiled as a concept car at the Geneva Motor Show in 1971, made the Italian automaker world famous. The new Countach, unveiled at an event during Monterey Car Week in California Friday, celebrates the 50th
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Mientras los talibanes, el movimiento islámico sunita que mantiene en vilo a Afganistán desde comienzos de la década de 1990, se encuentra nuevamente avanzando sobre las principales ciudades del país en medio de la retirada de las tropas de Estados Unidos, las miradas del mundo nuevamente están sobre este rincón
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By Maggie Fox and Jacqueline Howard, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Friday to recommend an extra dose of Covid-19 vaccine for some immunocompromised people, and the CDC director signed off on the recommendation almost immediately. The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fontana police have released body-worn camera footage of a fatal shooting in February that left an unarmed man dead. Police were searching for a burglary suspect when an officer found the man sitting in a portable toilet. The officer fired once, fatally shooting Daverion Deauntre Kinard
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las docenas de incendios forestales que han arrasado el oeste de Estados Unidos este verano han consumido un promedio de 77 kilómetros cuadrados, casi la mitad del tamaño de Washington, a diario, dijo este jueves el Monitor de Sequía de EE.UU. Y el calor incesante empeorará las cosas, pues se
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN More than two dozen cases of Covid-19 have been detected among crew and passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship, according to the Belize Tourism Board. One passenger and 26 crew members tested positive prior to calling on the port in Belize City, a news release from the tourism board said. All
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s famous Skinny House is on the market for $1.2 million. The Boston Globe reports the vertically rectangular-shaped house was listed Monday. This is the first time its been on the market since 2017 when it was sold for $900,000. The home, located in Boston’s North End, is about 1,165 square feet.
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection. The Food and Drug Administration has ruled that transplant recipients and other similarly immune-compromised patients can get a third dose of
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection. The Food and Drug Administration has ruled that transplant recipients and other similarly immune-compromised patients can get a third dose of
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government will soon require all air travelers and passengers on interprovincial trains to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says that includes all commercial air travelers, passengers on trains between provinces and cruise ship passengers. The government is also requiring vaccinations for all
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Used car prices may finally be peaking. Prices shot up like a rocket earlier this year, soaring 30% between March and June according to the consumer price index, the federal government’s main inflation barometer. That was by far the steepest three-month increase in those prices, according to government data that
Continue Reading By ALAIN POUPART Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins rookie safety Jevon Holland has been a standout so far in training camp. The second-round pick from Oregon has made three interceptions, including one this week in a joint practice with the Chicago Bears. Holland is one of five picks the Dolphins made
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Sales of reusable face masks, which had started to cool down earlier in the summer, have reversed course as the Delta variant spreads across the United States. Weekly mask sales in dollars had been declining in June and into July, according to Adobe Analytics’ Digital Economy Index, which tracks sales
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools says it will require all its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption. The district announced Friday that employees must be vaccinated by Oct. 15, unless they have the approved exemptions. In the meantime, employees who have not reported that
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military base in the nation’s capital was locked down for about an hour and a half Friday, after an armed man ran onto the grounds following a report of gunfire on local streets surrounding the base. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling posted a note on
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Republicans have long viewed Kevin Faulconer as someone moderate enough to win back the governor’s office in the heavily Democratic state. The former San Diego mayor is now testing that theory in the recall election against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, but
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business During a pandemic that upended lives, broke routines, and mothballed most forms of in-person activities, a funny thing happened in the entertainment business: The drive-in theater saved the cinema. But while it might have been dismissed as another anomaly in a year full of unusual economic blips, the renewed interest
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EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge on Friday extended a temporary restraining order that blocks Texas from having state troopers stop vehicles carrying migrants on the grounds that they may spread Covid-19. The ruling came from U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone of El Paso as part of a Biden administration lawsuit against Republican Gov.
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is refusing landlords’ request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she ruled that the freeze is illegal. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich says her “hands are tied” by an appellate ruling from the last time courts considered the evictions
Continue Reading The U.S. Department of Treasury says the second monthly child tax credit payment has begun to be disbursed. More than $15 billion will be paid out to families of about 61 million children. The first round of the payment went out in July. The payments stem from the Child Tax Credit from the $1.9 trillion
Continue Reading The U.S. Department of Treasury says the second monthly child tax credit payment has begun to be disbursed. More than $15 billion will be paid out to families of about 61 million children. The first round of the payment went out in July. The payments stem from the Child Tax Credit from the $1.9 trillion
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