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Destruction was reported across Mississippi after a round of tornadoes swept through the state late Sunday night, damaging buildings and littering roads with downed power lines. The National Weather Service in Memphis posted a series of tweets warning people to take shelter as the tornado tore through Tupelo. “This is a life threatening situation!” the
Continue ReadingTikTok has finally appointed a new permanent chief executive, eight months after its former leader called it quits as the United States was threatening to ban the app. The company on Friday announced that it had named Shouzi Chew as CEO. He joined the company earlier this year as chief financial officer of ByteDance, TikTok’s
Continue Reading Authorities are searching for a New York college sophomore who disappeared over a week ago. Saniyya Dennis, 19, was last seen on the SUNY Buffalo State College campus on April 24, the University Police Department (UPD) told CNN. “Our one and only goal in this investigation is to locate Saniyya and reconnect her with her
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Three people are dead and nearly two dozen people were sent to hospitals after a suspected smuggling vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz told CNN they received reports of a vessel that overturned near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma around 10:27
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(CNN) — La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador, con mayoría oficialista, destituyó el sábado a los magistrados principales y suplentes de la Sala de lo Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia y al fiscal general, Raúl Melara. Además, los diputados en su primer día de trabajo eligieron y juramentaron a los nuevos jueces, lo
Continue ReadingAs more US state leaders announce hopeful timelines for a return to normalcy, one expert says there’s something that could delay how quickly we get there. “It’s going to take us that much longer to get back to life as normal, to stop having to wear masks for our protection, if people don’t get vaccinated
Continue Reading Emergency crews are assessing damage in Tupelo after a large and destructive tornado touched down Sunday night. The National Weather Service in Memphis posted a series of tweets warning people to take shelter as the damaging tornado tore through the city. The mayor’s office warned residents to stay home following the tornado so crews can
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The person believed to have been operating a suspected smuggling vessel that overturned off the coast of San Diego Sunday, killing four people and sending more than 20 to the hospital, is in custody. There were 29 people aboard the 40-foot cabin cruiser, including the captain, when the boat hit the reef and broke apart
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuatro personas murieron y casi dos docenas de personas fueron enviadas a hospitales después de que un presunto bote de contrabando volcara frente a la costa de San Diego el domingo por la mañana. La portavoz del Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de San Diego, Mónica Muñoz, dijo a CNN que recibieron informes
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Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt has entered the race to replace Governor Gavin Newsom. Hewitt outlined why he is running for Governor Sunday in an op-ed published in several Southern California newspapers, including the Orange County Register. In the op-ed, Hewitt cited some of Newsom’s actions throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as reasons that pushed him
Continue Reading (CNN) — En febrero de 2019, en Paterson, Nueva Jersey, Nijeer Parks entró al Departamento de Policía de Woodbridge para limpiar su nombre. Parks, un hombre negro de 31 años que vive en Paterson, Nueva Jersey, había recibido una llamada telefónica frenética de su abuela diciéndole que la policía de Woodbridge, una ciudad a unos 48
Continue Reading Nearly 1.3 billion adults globally in 2020 said they would not get a Covid-19 vaccine if one were offered to them at no cost, according to a new Gallup poll released on Monday. The poll, which surveyed more than 300,000 people across 117 countries last year, showed that 68% of adults worldwide would get a
Continue Reading A Chinese man crossed the highly-militarized Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy Saturday in search of “freedom and democracy,” Taiwanese police said. According to police captain Shih Chun-hsu, the man, surnamed Zhou, was spotted late Friday evening near the port of Taichung after crossing the roughly 80 kilometer (50 mile) stretch of water from
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Crabs caught in Sri Lankan waters are so prized in Singapore‘s fine dining establishments that a single one can sell for hundreds of dollars. But there was one place where these crabs weren’t the hottest dish on the menu — Sri Lanka. That’s when chef Dharshan Munidasa, who grew up in Colombo, began thinking about
Continue Reading Andrew Brown Jr.’s aunt said Sunday that not all of Brown’s family members were allowed to see the body camera footage from the day he was fatally shot. “I was overcome with shock and surprise because we were told to come down, Brown family will see the video, that’s what we expected,” Lillie Brown Clark
Continue Reading Former stock car driver Eric McClure has died at age 42, NASCAR announced on Sunday. The Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Department confirmed McClure’s death to CNN. Emergency personnel were called to McClure’s home Sunday morning where they found his body. His body was sent to Virginia Department of Forensic Science in Roanoke for an autopsy,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Tres personas murieron y casi dos docenas de personas fueron enviadas a hospitales después de que un presunto bote de contrabando volcara frente a la costa de San Diego el domingo por la mañana. La portavoz del Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de San Diego, Mónica Muñoz, dijo a CNN que recibieron informes
Continue ReadingWeeks before Elizabeth Warren launched her first senatorial campaign, she made a call to a woman she said was a longtime Democratic activist in Massachusetts. She recalls telling the woman she was going to run for Senate. “Martha lost,” Warren says the woman responded, according to her new memoir. The woman was referencing Martha Coakley,
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. CNN reporter and resident fact-checker Daniel Dale has noticed something very interesting about President Biden’s relationship with fact checks. When proven wrong, Biden actually course-corrects. At least in some cases, the Biden White House has
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