By Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Covid-19 hospitalizations are reaching all-time highs in parts of the South, with some patients unable to get the care they would normally receive. Susan Walker has been calling out-of-state hospitals trying to get help for her husband, who did not get vaccinated against Covid-19 and is now in
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By Devan Cole, CNN Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin said Sunday that former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen revealed in testimony this weekend “frightening” information about what had occurred at the Justice Department during the waning days of the Trump administration. “He told us a lot, seven hours of testimony. And I might quickly add:
Continue Reading Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) says that he disagrees with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ taking a top down approach in handling the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that decisions on mask mandates and restrictions should be made at the local level.
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy on Sunday said he disagrees with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on local school officials imposing mask mandates amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, arguing that local officials should control health safety measures in their communities during public health crises. “The local official
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By Vanessa Lee and Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTV News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — They say necessity is the mother of invention, but that’s not the case for the team at Hacksmith Industries. The Ontario-based inventors are more focused on stretching the imagination and pushing past the impossible, and
Continue Reading By Angela Williams Click here for updates on this story HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (WAPT) — The Hattiesburg Zoo said Twig the ostrich is starting to return to her feisty self after undergoing surgery to fix a broken wing. Zookeepers noticed the 15-year-old ostrich’s left wing was drooping the morning of June 3. Zoo veterinarian Julia MacGregor
Continue Reading By Matthew Talbot, CTVNews.ca Digital Content Editor Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A remarkably complete beetle fossil on display for 26 years in a Denver, Colo., museum and once mislabelled as a longhorn has been identified as a new species and named after the world’s most famous natural
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Gabby Cipollone loves her home state of West Virginia. But the 23-year-old says that isn’t the case for many young West Virginians. “Our population is fleeing,” Cipollone said, adding that many of her friends and even her sister have left West Virginia — a state that she says has felt the
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Jeniffer Hall was hesitant to get vaccinated until early July when a Detroit pastor convinced her that she needed the shot to protect herself and her brother — who she has cared for since he suffered an aneurysm — from Covid-19. After surviving Covid-19 herself in 2020, Hall said she
Continue Reading By Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story BAY MINETTE, Alabama (WALA) — Tonight, one local band hosted a benefit concert in Bay Minette to raise money for the families of eight children killed in a fiery crash on I-65 in late June. The band ‘Gretsch Lyles and the Modern Eldorados’ hosted this
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, who captured national attention for her high-profile protest of a lapse in the federal eviction moratorium amid the Covid-19 pandemic, urged tenants on Sunday to apply for local assistance in case courts strike down the latest ban on certain evictions issued by the Biden administration. “We’ve been
Continue Reading By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Green Bay Packers’ Devin Funchess apologized after using a racial slur on Saturday, Aug. 7. When speaking to a room of reports in masks, Funchess said he likes to see people’s smiles, but can see it in their eyes and
Continue Reading By Gabriela Vidal Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A grief-stricken Linda Barton cried for her daughter Sabrina Dunigan, whose children are now gone after flames engulfed her East St. Louis home with all of her five children inside. “It wasn’t one kid, it wasn’t even two, it was
Continue Reading By Marshall Benson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennesse (WSMV) — Downtown Nashville is in for a big ride! IndyCar fans gathered along the streets for the first-ever Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on Friday. IndyCar fans have come from near and far for the race that’s been anticipated for years
Continue Reading By Jamie Sherrod, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, Michigan (WNEM-D2, WNEM) — A local non-profit is providing more than a two dozen beds for local kids in an effort to provide better sleep for a brighter future. Brian Rueger is the President of the Auburn Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly
Continue Reading KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Afghan lawmakers from the northeastern province of Takhar say its capital, Taleqan, has fallen to the Taliban. Taliban fighters have also seized most of the capital of northern Afghanistan’s key Kunduz province, as well as winning the month-long siege of the neighboring Taleqan. The advances were the latest in a series
Continue Reading By Lauren Sennet Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta police are investigating a Buckhead bar shooting, which sent one person to the hospital in critical condition, according to police. A police spokesperson tells us officers responded to the scene on Roswell Road Northwest around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. Investigators said
Continue Reading By Lauren Sennet Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — The Gwinnett County Police Department is investigating why a man was stabbed to death in a Lawrenceville home with three children inside. According to police, the preliminary investigation suggests a domestic dispute resulted in the death of a man in
Continue Reading By Kaitlyn Naples, Andrew Masse, Sharon Johnson, Erin Edwards Click here for updates on this story SOMERS, Connecticut (WFSB) — Jason Comes was found dead inside of a car off a road in Somers. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled it a homicide. “This is an ongoing investigation and updates will be
Continue Reading By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — An elderly man suffered life-threatening injuries after being shoved to the ground in an unprovoked assault, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said just before 1 p.m. on Friday, it responded to an assault on NW
Continue Reading By Jason Hicks Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — A shooting overnight at a Quik Trip has left one person dead and one person detained. Around 11 p.m. Saturday, police were called to the Quik Trip at 3101 Southwest Blvd. for sounds of gunshots. While en route, the
Continue Reading By Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story ROBERTSDALE, Alabama (WALA) — Like it or not — students and teachers will be required to mask up when school starts this coming Tuesday. The decision — had many parents leaving school board meetings frustrated after not being able to be heard. The Common Sense
Continue Reading By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Thousands of WE Energies customers are without power Sunday, Aug. 8 after a series of overnight thunderstorms and flooding. According to the WE Energies outage map, 3,659 customers are out of service in Milwaukee County as of 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Over 1,500
Continue Reading In this preview from the CNN special “Being .. AOC,” Dana Bash asks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) on if she plans to mount a challenge against Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) in 2022.
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By Duarte Mendonca and John Sinnott, CNN As he bid a tearful farewell to Barcelona on Sunday, football superstar Lionel Messi said a move to Paris Saint-Germain was “a possibility.” It’s been widely reported that Messi has been offered a two-year contract by PSG, though the 34-year-old Argentine said no arrangements had been made with
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does not know what her political future holds — and that includes whether she might challenge Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in a 2022 primary. Asked by CNN’s Dana Bash if she is considering a campaign against her fellow New Yorker next year, Ocasio-Cortez said she
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling, Jacob Lev and Eric Levenson, CNN Bobby Bowden, the famed college football coach who led Florida State University for over 30 years and transformed the Tallahassee team into a powerhouse, died Sunday, the school said in a statement. He was 91. Bowden “passed peacefully” at his home, according to a statement from
Continue Reading Senior White House advisor Anita Dunn is one of the few people in history to be in the inner circle of two presidential campaigns, and two administrations: President Barack Obama, and now President Joe Biden. Dunn reminisces with CNN’s Dana Bash about what it was like going into work more than 40 years ago as an intern during Jimmy Carter’s administration.
Continue Reading By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN More than 40 years ago, Anita Dunn was walking into the White House as an intern in then-President Jimmy Carter’s administration. “I’d walk over here,” she said in an interview with CNN last week, pointing to the iconic White House gate, “and tourists would stop, looking at me,
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Boy oh boy, will it be hot today! Many of us will be in the triple digits today, with little to no relief from cloud cover or rain. Please take the heat safety rules into consideration if you are planning on doing anything outside this afternoon. Preferably though, you would do it early on, or
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