Chicago police on Thursday shot a suspect who was wanted in connection to last week’s shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams in a McDonald’s drive-thru, authorities said. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said in a news conference Thursday that officers shot the suspect following a vehicle pursuit, crash and attempted carjacking. He confirmed the individual
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(CNN) — Puede que diez de los doce miembros fundadores se hayan retirado oficialmente de la Superliga Europea (ESL por sus siglas en inglés), pero el F.C. Barcelona ha reiterado su compromiso con la idea. El martes, la ESL se derrumbó estrepitosamente —menos de 48 horas después de su anuncio— tras la retirada de los
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A Midland County man won $2 million on a scratch-off ticket from the Michigan Lottery one year after losing everything in a flood. “Last year, I lost everything in a flood, so to win this prize is so overwhelming to me,” the 29-year-old
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On a recent Wednesday night, the famous Las Vegas strip was teeming with tourists. Families crowded around the Fountains of Bellagio, enthralled by the light show as geysers of water soared hundreds of feet into the air while Frank Sinatra’s “Luck Be a Lady” blasted over the loudspeakers. Showgirls roamed the strip in pairs, posing
Continue Reading Austin, Texas (CNN Business) — Una nave espacial SpaceX Crew Dragon, que transporta a cuatro astronautas de tres países, despegó del Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA, en Florida, el viernes por la mañana, comenzando su estadía de seis meses en el espacio. Este lanzamiento marcó el tercer vuelo con tripulación de la compañía de
Continue Reading (CNN)– Bienvenidos a la edición de los premiosOscar del boletín Pop Life Chronicles. Incluso antes de que se abran los sobres, la 93ª edición de los Premios de la Academia ya dejó huella con algunas primicias históricas. El espectáculo tendrá lugar este domingo, pero sigue leyendo para saber por qué deberías sacar las palomitas y
Continue ReadingDiapers are a pricey, essential item for parents. Now, they’re getting even more expensive, hurting low-income families already struggling with the pandemic’s economic woes. Disposable diaper prices rose 8.7% during the year ending April 10, according to the latest numbers from NielsenIQ, which tracks point of sale data from retailers. Diaper makers recently said they
Continue ReadingImmigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer issue fines to undocumented immigrants who have failed to depart the United States, the agency announced Friday, a reversal from the Trump-era policy that threatened immigrants with thousands of dollars in debt to the federal government. ICE officials said the agency rescinded the two Trump-era orders on the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two men accused of leading deputies on a vehicle chase Thursday evening, April 22, in the area of Smokey Park Highway and Asbury Road in Candler. Deputies were initially responding to a breaking and entering call, and
Continue Reading (CNN) — Hemos tenido que adaptarnos a un mundo que cambió rápidamente durante el último año y ciertos hábitos recién adquiridos merecen conservarse cuando termine la pandemia. Algunos de nuestros comportamientos han beneficiado al medio ambiente, como comprar en los comercios locales, reducir nuestros desplazamientos y viajar menos en avión. Otros hábitos han reducido nuestras
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Multiple high school students in Texas are facing disciplinary action after they created a social media group pretending to auction off their Black peers. The group, called “N***** Auction” on the app Snapchat, was started by a handful of students at the Aledo Independent School District, just outside of Fort Worth. One student bid $100
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A data breach has impacted Yale New Haven Health. On Friday, the healthcare system announced that Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven is among many hospitals nationwide that were impacted by software issues at Elekta. Elekta is the company that provides the
Continue Reading A Nevada death row inmate is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the beginning of June, but he’s fighting his sentence, and in a recent court filing, he said he’d prefer to die by firing squad rather than a deadly drug cocktail. In a document filed this month, attorneys for Zane Floyd, sentenced to
Continue ReadingWhen Apple unveiled its colorful new iMac line at a virtual product launch earlier this week, reactions were divided: They’re beautiful. They’re ugly. What is with that ‘chin’? The event was one of the most exciting product launches from any tech company in a while. Apple introduced an entirely new product — its AirTag location
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Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas suggested on Tuesday that Democrat Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House minority leader and gubernatorial candidate, had initially supported a boycott of Georgia in response to the state’s controversial new elections law. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights, at which Abrams testified, Cotton said, “March 31st,
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Anticipation is building for the Facebook Oversight Board’s looming decision on whether to keep or reverse a ban on former President Trump’s account. The board has said the decision will be announced “in the coming
Continue ReadingThe US has more than 9 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine ready to be administered if federal health officials lift their recommended pause of the one-shot vaccine, CNN has learned. President Joe Biden’s coronavirus adviser Jeff Zients told CNN there are more than 9 million doses that have already been distributed to
Continue ReadingFormer Manchester United star Ryan Giggs, who is the manager of the Welsh national football team, has been charged with assaulting two women and “coercive and controlling behaviour,” police said on Friday. Giggs has been charged with “causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her
Continue Reading The Smithsonian Institution announced on Friday that it will reopen seven of its museums and the National Zoo to the public next month, kicking off a phased reopening after it temporarily closed its facilities because of the pandemic. The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, will reopen on May
Continue ReadingParents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found. The 1986 reactor explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant forced a region-wide evacuation, sending radioactive fallout billowing across Europe. While the explosion itself
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