By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s not just you. Everything is shrinking. This week, Trader Joe’s restocked the $2.99 mini tote bags that were resold for as much as $500 on eBay earlier this year. Stores prominently display travel-sized haircare, skincare and makeup products. TikToks of micro beauty bags being stuffed with
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By A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A city-funded truck adorned with decorations aimed at raising awareness of reckless driving is already out of service after being introduced last month. The director of Milwaukee’s “Vision Zero” initiative, which aims to prevent traffic deaths from happening in the city, confirmed
Continue Reading By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee police have released video from an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Sept. 5, near 91st and Custer. Police say they responded to the area around 10:15 a.m. for a man wanted for domestic violence related false imprisonment and sexual assault. While
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By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN that Ukraine’s request to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia is part of his “victory plan,” that he is due to present to US officials next week. Zelensky has been pushing Ukraine’s allies to ease restrictions on
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The budget motel chain Motel 6 is being acquired by the parent company of Oyo, a hotel operator based in India. The New York-based investment firm Blackstone, which owns Motel 6’s parent company G6 Hospitality, announced Friday that the deal would be an all-cash transaction worth $525 million. The transaction will also include the sale
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio student-athlete was injured in a shooting outside a stadium where a high school football game was being played. North College Hill police say the gunfire occurred at about 8:15 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of the elementary school during the game between the North College Hill and
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Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Una pequeña y unida comunidad del sureste de Kentucky ha quedado estremecida después de que su sheriff fuera arrestado por la muerte de un prominente juez de distrito en su despacho el jueves, lo que llevó a los residentes a preguntarse qué podría haber desencadenado los disparos y a pedir una
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Springfield Mayor Ron Rue has spent over a week scrambling to respond to a wave of bomb threats while subtly noting how the tab to keep people safe is growing daily. “This is costing the city. We’re definitely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in expense. We haven’t
Continue Reading Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal agents on Saturday boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI confirmed. In statements, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed that authorities boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship is managed
Continue Reading FITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) — The mother of a Georgia teenager charged with fatally shooting four people at his high school has been indicted in connection with an alleged domestic incident last year. The indictment handed down Monday charges Marcee Gray, 43, with exploiting an elderly person and other crimes in Ben Hill County, The Atlanta
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El representante de Argentina ante las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra, Carlos Foradori, instó a Venezuela en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos a liberar a quienes han sido detenidos arbitrariamente y a poner fin a la represión y persecución por cuestiones políticas, informó la Cancillería argentina este viernes. Ecuador también informó
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that’s producing one of the most critically needed munitions of the war, 155 millimeter artillery shells. That word comes from two U.S. officials and a third familiar with Zelenskyy’s schedule. He’s expected to visit the Scranton Army Ammunition
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man has been charged in shootings near Minneapolis homeless encampments that killed one man and injured another. Hennepin County prosecutors say 36-year-old Anthony Jones is charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of attempted second-degree murder. A news release from the county attorney’s office says Jones also is
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Komodo dragons with iron-tipped teeth. Thirteen-foot-long pythons. Attacking crocs. Of the five main classes of vertebrate animals, reptiles often inspire the most fear. But reptiles deserve our sympathy — and conservation dollars — just as much as mammals, which may seem more charismatic. One in five reptile species are under
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Donald Trump regresa este sábado para un mitin de campaña a Carolina del Norte, un estado crucial donde el expresidente enfrenta un lío en el que jugó un papel clave. El candidato republicano a gobernador, Mark Robinson, a quien Trump ha comparado repetidamente con Martin Luther King Jr., se negó a
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By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill that aims to reduce social media use among children, the latest state effort to regulate the medium over increasing concerns that heavy use is damaging to young people. The Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act makes it unlawful for online services and applications
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Some of the similarities in the cases brought against Sean “Diddy” Combs this week and Robert Sylvester Kelly several years ago are evident at a glance: Both are world famous, powerful and influential musicians who were accused of sex crimes by federal prosecutors in New York City. But Combs’
Continue Reading Associated Press Stuart and Tonya Junker loved their quiet neighborhood near South Dakota’s Black Hills — until the earth began collapsing around them, leaving them wondering if their home could tumble into a gaping hole. They blame the state for selling land that became the Hideaway Hills subdivision despite knowing it was perched above an
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By Ben Morse and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Two of British boxing’s biggest names in recent years – Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury – have seemed destined to face off for a while now. But to the dismay of fans, the fight has always failed to materialize. However, ahead of Joshua’s IBF heavyweight title
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Sinaloa informó este sábado de la muerte de al menos cuatro personas durante el 20 de septiembre, con lo que la cifra de muertos por la violencia en el estado mexicano, en el noroeste del país, aumenta a 53 personas desde el 9 de septiembre, fecha en
Continue Reading By Sabrina Clay, CNN New York (CNN) — Edwin Moses always loved the sport of track and field. But reaching the Olympics always seemed like a tall order. At a young age, Moses was a lot smaller than the other runners. In high school, he was 5-feet-7 tall and weighed 117 pounds and frequently found
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens hosts the 20th annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta this weekend. Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition and Parque Central in Juarez partnered with the zoo for the event, which takes place Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22. Attendees can learn
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — If you’re trying to lose weight and want a new way to do it, stair-climbing as a regular exercise — or just adding a few flights a day — might be for you. It’s accessible, and research shows it’s more effective than walking on level ground. “Overall, it is
Continue Reading AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The effort to save the pale blue dot called Earth is all about the green — that is, the money to finance a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar. The annual Climate Week NYC and United Nations General Assembly combination is putting special emphasis on
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — “Su nacimiento era desconocido, su muerte quedó oculta”. Así reza la lápida (traducida del latín) de la tumba del enigmático hombre conocido como Kaspar Hauser, quien murió en el año 1833. Casi 200 años después, los científicos finalmente han resuelto un misterio de larga data sobre los supuestos vínculos de Hauser
Continue Reading Associated Press GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary Operation Market Garden. It was of one of World War II’s most daring but ultimately unsuccessful missions. Parachutists from the Dutch Air Mobile Brigade and 12 other
Continue Reading By Coy Wire and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Some of the world’s elite athletes are swapping the vault, pommel horse and the uneven bars for the stage floor in a dramatic fusion of sports and entertainment. Led by 11-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles, a team featuring some of the biggest names in American gymnastics
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — With movies hitting streaming services faster than ever and consumers cutting back on spending, moviegoers might feel a bit less enthused to head to their multiplex these days. That’s why the biggest theater chains in the United States and Canada have a $2.2 billion plan to bring
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Buzos especializados que inspeccionan los restos del superyate de US$ 40 millones que se hundió frente a Sicilia en agosto y en el que murieron ahogadas ocho personas —incluido el magnate tecnológico británico Mike Lynch— han solicitado mayor seguridad en el barco, debido a que les preocupa que los datos sensibles
Continue Reading Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said it targeted a Hamas command center in what used to be a school. Another 30 were wounded in the strike
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