By Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — An F-16 fighter jet from the Ohio Air National Guard landed safely in Ohio after having an emergency while flying over Michigan. The jet needed to drop two fuel tanks, one of which exploded in a lake. At about 1:15 p.m.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Venu Sports — the sports streaming platform planned by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery — will be available for $42.99 per month with its planned launch in the fall. The streaming service’s launch price was announced on Thursday. Venu (pronounced “venue”) Sports is being considered by some to be the
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Originally Published: 01 AUG 24 08:31 ET Updated: 01 AUG 24 09:30 ET By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A large-scale prisoner swap between the US and Russia is under way, according to a source familiar, and it is expected to include Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul
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AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in a year last week, even as the labor market remains broadly healthy. Jobless claims for the week ending July 27 climbed by 14,000 to249,000 from 235,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It’s the most since
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Estados Unidos y Rusia llevaron a cabo un histórico intercambio de prisioneros este jueves que involucró a dos docenas de detenidos, entre ellos el ex infante de la Marina estadounidense Paul Whelan y el periodista de The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, quienes fueron liberados como parte de un amplio acuerdo
Continue Reading Associated Press Ferdinand Omanyala’s status as Africa’s fastest man has many people believing Kenya’s push for Olympic gold medals isn’t entirely a long-distance objective. But the Commonwealth Games 100-meter champion doesn’t want to get ahead of himself despite posting the second-fastest time this season of 9.79 seconds to qualify for the Olympics. The African record
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By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Russia carried out a historic prisoner exchange Thursday when two dozen detainees, including former US Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, were released as part of a sweeping deal that involved at least seven countries. Thursday’s
Continue Reading By Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Suspected human remains were discovered at a construction site in Michigan last week, and archeologists are investigating after they were determined to likely be from a pre-modern era. The bones were discovered at about 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Grandview Parkway
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By Jill Martin and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Iga Świątek, the Polish world No. 1 and top seed in the Olympic tennis tournament, lost in the semifinals Thursday to China’s Zheng Qinwen, a massive upset in the women’s singles. Świątek went down in straight sets, losing 6-2 7-5. The Pole has been a
Continue Reading AP Business Writer The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents to sit with their young children. Under the proposal, released Thursday, U.S. and foreign carriers would be required to seat children 13 or younger next to their parent or accompanying adult for free. Four airlines
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By Pete Muntean and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Airlines would no longer be allowed to charge parents extra fees for their kids to be seated next to them under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration. White House officials say their “fee-free family seating” proposal could potentially save parents up to $200 per
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When fashion designer Aurora James toured her soon-to-be new home, a friend in tow called it a “tragic disaster.” That would probably make most people a little nervous, but the founder and face of shoes and accessories line Brother Vellies was unmoved in her decision to snap up the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We are under an ABC-7 First Alert for poor air quality. We will also see hot temps and rain chances continue today. An air quality alert will be in effect from 6 AM-7 PM for your Thursday. Keep a mask handy if you have respiratory difficulties. Breathing in poor air
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — More than 100 conflicts fester around the world. The Middle East teeters on the brink of a regional war. In Ukraine, Russia advances slowly but steadily in the east, reducing towns to rubble. The “Olympic Truce,” clearly, is not being heeded. In the run-up to every Olympics over the past
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Ismael “el Mayo” Zambada es el último de los fundadores del poderoso cártel de Sinaloa que faltaba por rendir cuentas ante la justicia. ¿Qué le permitió ser ese capo escurridizo que escapó de la justicia hasta el jueves 25 de julio? El investigador especializado en temas de violencia Tomás Guevara
Continue Reading Associated Press MORGAN, Vt. (AP) — Vermonters started removing debris and silt from their houses and yards and pulled damaged goods from homes as crews began the process of repairing roads from the latest bout of violent flooding. This week’s storm came just weeks after widespread flooding in the state. In Morgan, near the Canadian
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The pandemic threw the US job market into chaos, but four years later, things finally seem to be back to normal. Monthly job gains have slowed but remain stable, labor demand and supply have come more into sync, there hasn’t been a rash of layoffs and the overall economy
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” mode is facing renewed scrutiny after police announced the technology was recently involved in another fatal accident. Still, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is betting that he will soon develop a vehicle that resembles a “tiny mobile lounge” where drivers will be able to watch movies, play video
Continue Reading By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball (MLB) players often have long journeys to link up with their new squads when they are traded. For Paul DeJong, it was simple matter of crossing the field. The 30-year-old infielder was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals, three hours before
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Family doctors in England have voted to limit the number of patients they see and refuse extra work to protest a “broken” funding model. Doctors’ union the British Medical Association said 98.3% of the 8,500 general practitioners who voted backed the work-to-rule action, which falls just short of a strike. The open-ended
Continue Reading Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw has come to a standstill on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. Sirens wailed, church bells rang and people stopped in their tracks, some stepping out of their cars to pay tribute to the fallen heroes. News broke earlier Thursday that the oldest surviving
Continue Reading Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces have fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s spiraling economy. At least two people were reported killed in northern Niger state where protesters clashed with security forces after blocking
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The Bank of England cut interest rates Thursday for the first time since the start of the pandemic, providing some relief to households squeezed by the highest borrowing costs in 16 years. The decision takes the benchmark interest rate in the United Kingdom to 5% from 5.25%, where
Continue Reading By Barbie Natza Ladeau and Jack Guy, CNN Rome (CNN) — It’s about to get just a little bit quieter in Venice –- at least that’s the hope of the city council, which has banned tour guides from using megaphones and limited the groups to 25 people. Exceptions to the changes, which came into force
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AP National Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — If there’s anyone who can appreciate the magnitude of what Léon Marchand has done at the Paris Olympics, it’s Bob Bowman. The longtime coach was on deck for Michael Phelps’ entire career, which gave him a front-row seat for improbable feats such as breaking world records in two
Continue Reading Associated Press A pair of assassinations of anti-Israel militant leaders hours apart is threatening to set off a regional clash and upend already fragile talks toward ending the war in Gaza. The deadly round of hostilities escalated Wednesday when Hamas’ political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed hours after he attended the inauguration of Iran’s new
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, Patrick Sung and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — In an Olympic competition where participants generally use all the available equipment at their disposal to get ahead, Turkey’s Yusuf Dikeç offered a masterclass in nonchalance during the air pistol mixed team competition Tuesday – and went viral for it. While his opponents took
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A central Dutch province is urgently warning parents not to take young children to a popular forest area near the city of Utrecht following two recent close encounters with a wolf displaying “atypical and worrying” behavior. Utrecht Province on Thursday was preparing to seek a permit to kill the wolf,
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The French association of women sports journalists and the union of sports journalists in France have condemned sexist comments made on national radio during a women’s tennis match at the Paris Olympics, where a commentator used stereotypical cliches about housewives to describe a player. The comments were made Tuesday
Continue Reading Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Mohammed Deif, Hamas’ shadowy longtime military leader and one of the alleged masterminds of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, is said to be dead following an Israeli airstrike last month. The Israeli military said it killed Deif in a huge airstrike
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