By Olivia Acree Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — Getting bitten by a spider is nothing more than a bad dream for most. However, a bite left untreated turned Zachary Harakas’ real life into a nightmare. “Just outside, in the outside world, spider bite, nobody thinks about a spider
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Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The rollout of new metal detectors made for a chaotic first day of school in Broward County. Scores of students on Monday were kept waiting in lines outside long after the first bell rang. Adding the security checkpoints to all the high schools in the district was
Continue Reading Associated Press Donald Trump was once a cheerleader of publicizing hacked materials. “Russia, if you’re listening,” Trump said during a press conference in his 2016 presidential run, when Hillary Clinton’s deleted personal emails were a hot topic, “I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” “I think you will probably
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky dijo en su discurso del lunes que “Si Putin quiere seguir haciendo la guerra, habrá que forzar a Rusia a la paz”. Zelensky reiteró que es “justo” y beneficioso destruir las posiciones rusas que se utilizan para lanzar ataques en territorio ucraniano y recordó que
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Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox suspended Jarren Duran for two games on Monday without pay after he shouted a homophobic slur to a fan behind home plate who heckled him in a loss to the Houston Astros a day earlier. The exchange was caught on a live microphone during the broadcast
Continue Reading Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but no major damage or injuries were immediately reported. The temblor caused a pipe to burst at the ornate 1927
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Jurors in the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against rapper Young Thug and others returned to an Atlanta courtroom after an eight-week pause to find a new judge on the bench. After the original judge in the case was removed, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker was appointed to take
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La gimnasia está llena de giros y sorpresas, pero el desarrollo de la saga sobre qué gimnasta se llevará oficialmente a casa el bronce en la final del ejercicio artístico de suelo femenino de los Juegos Olímpicos de 2024 ha sido más complicado de lo que nadie esperaba. La gimnasta estadounidense
Continue Reading Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — “Las mujeres en Argentina saben que soy el primer feminista“, dijo en 2020 el entonces presidente Alberto Fernández en declaraciones públicas, ante todo aquel que quisiera escucharlo. El exmandatario ya se había embanderado durante su campaña para llegar a la Casa Rosada detrás de un movimiento que no paraba
Continue Reading AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — JD Vance has endorsed former President Donald Trump’s call for the White House to have “a say” over the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policies — a view that runs counter to decades of economic research suggesting that politically independent central banks are essential to controlling inflation and maintaining confidence
Continue Reading JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials in Alaska’s capital city say roughly 290 residences were damaged last week by flooding from a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Juneau Deputy City Manager Robert Barr said Monday that at least two businesses were damaged. The threat of this kind of flooding has become a yearly concern in
Continue Reading By Brandon Miller and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in Los Angeles at 12:20 p.m. PT, according to the US Geological Survey. The “notable” quake had an initial reported intensity of 4.7 but has since been revised down to 4.4, the agency said. The shallow quake was only 7.5 miles
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can remain on North Carolina’s presidential ballots. Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory rejected the preliminary injunction request by the North Carolina Democratic Party. The request denied on Monday had challenged the State Board of Elections’ recent decision to certify “We
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Early Monday in Greensboro, North Carolina, a lone golfer walked onto the course at Sedgefield Country Club, far from the glitz and glamour of Paris where many of the world’s best were golfing for Olympic gold. No, it wasn’t a recreational golfer out for an early 18 holes; it
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with 14 counts, including attempted murder, assault and hate crimes, on suspicion of stabbing a 33-year-old man near a Brooklyn synagogue over the weekend, police said. Just before 2 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, around the
Continue Reading WCBS By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with 14 counts, including attempted murder, assault and hate crimes, on suspicion of stabbing a 33-year-old man near a Brooklyn synagogue over the weekend, police said. Just before 2 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, around
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Data from a retired NASA mission has revealed evidence of an underground reservoir of water deep beneath the surface of Mars, according to new research. A team of scientists estimates that there may be enough water, trapped in tiny cracks and pores of rock in the middle of the
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president says Africa cannot wait any longer to get a bigger voice in the United Nations’ most powerful body, the Security Council. President Julius Maada Bio chaired a council meeting Monday. He used it to press a longstanding bid for African countries to get more council seats,
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — La Justicia de la provincia de Mendoza, en Argentina, decidió este lunes otorgar la libertad a los dos jugadores de la selección francesa de rugby que estaban detenidos desde principios de julio. Oscar Jegou y Hugo Auradou habían sido arrestados y acusados formalmente de violación tras la denuncia hecha por
Continue Reading Associated Press The unprecedented mental health crisis for children in the United States often surfaces where they spend much of their days: school. With that in mind, Google’s philanthropic arm is directly financing high school wellbeing projects on a classroom crowdfunding platform. Google.org flash funded Monday all mental health-related listings on DonorsChoose, an online charity
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams will have a joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday instead of the Los Angeles Chargers. The Rams announced the switch because the round-trip commute from their facility at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, to the Cowboys’ practice in Oxnard is shorter than going
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general launched an investigation Monday into Houston’s electric utility over allegations of fraud and waste following Hurricane Beryl, adding to the mounting scrutiny after widespread power outages left millions without electricity for days. The latest investigation of CenterPoint Energy comes after state regulators and Republican
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general launched an investigation Monday into Houston’s electric utility over allegations of fraud and waste following Hurricane Beryl, adding to the mounting scrutiny after widespread power outages left millions without electricity for days. The latest investigation of CenterPoint Energy comes after state regulators and Republican
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Joe Biden no ha ofrecido una amnistía al presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, desde que se realizaron las elecciones presidenciales el pasado 28 de julio, aclaró este lunes en una rueda de prensa el portavoz del Departamento de Estado, Vedant Patel. La respuesta de Patel se produce
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say they won’t charge the police officers who killed a student as he was trying to get inside a Wisconsin middle school with an air rifle. Investigators say police intercepted 14-year-old Damian Haglund as he was trying to get into Mount Horeb Middle School with an air rifle
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A pair of professional French rugby players have been released from house arrest in Argentina but must remain in the country while they await trial on charges of aggravated sexual assault after an Argentine court order. The court decision in Argentina’s western city of Mendoza, where the alleged assault occurred,
Continue Reading AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests. The findings released Monday are based on seismic measurements from NASA’s Mars InSight lander, which detected more than 1,300 marsquakes before shutting
Continue Reading By Jenna DeAngelis Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — The NYPD is searching for the person wanted for stabbing a migrant outside a shelter on Randall’s Island. It was the second act of violence near the city shelter in just a few weeks, worrying some residents. Investigators responded
Continue Reading By Bria Jenkins Click here for updates on this story CECIL COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of skeletal remains near the Conowingo Creek. Investigators say they were notified Thursday August 8th of skeletal remains found on the bank of Conowingo Creek. That portion of the creek runs
Continue Reading By Brian Hickey Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A group of young whitewater rafters from Northern California hope their sport will be included in the Summer Olympics as soon as 2028. The team called the “Troublemakers” out of Coloma say they’d like to see competitive rafting join kayak and
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