By CHRIS OBERHOLTZ Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — More than 50 Kansas City Police Department members and several residents will be honored for acts of heroism, saving lives and ingenuity at a large award ceremony Tuesday night. The ceremony will be at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Baumer Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis firefighter is recovering from serious injuries after an overnight fire in North City. The fire broke out at a vacant home on Ridge Avenue in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood around midnight. The fire spread to an occupied
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN As troubling new variants emerge, doctors say America’s chances of winding down the Covid-19 pandemic in the US will largely depend on how many young adults and children get vaccinated. Now, toddlers and babies as young as 6 months old are testing Covid-19 vaccines to help make sure they’re safe for
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Maricopa County, Arizona, announced Monday that it will not reuse any of the voting equipment that was in the hands of the contractors hired by the Republican-controlled state Senate to conduct its so-called audit of the 2020 presidential election results. In a letter sent to Arizona Secretary of
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN A left-leaning group plans to spend $7 million to help elect Democratic secretaries of state and attorneys general in key battlegrounds — a big investment in down-ballot races that loom large in voting rights battles around the country. End Citizens United/Let America Vote on Tuesday will endorse six Democratic incumbents as
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Some companies can’t wait to get to get their employees back to the office full-time. Synchrony Financial is not one of them. Synchrony, America’s largest store credit card company, is not allowing employees to return to the office five days a week even as the pandemic winds down. Almost everyone,
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN As Victoria Chiamaka Udeh strutted confidently down the runway during a beauty pageant in Russia, brandishing her country’s red-stained flag, she thought only of one thing — the young people who lost their lives during the #EndSars protests in Nigeria last year. The Nigerian student and model was intent on using
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN As Victoria Chiamaka Udeh strutted confidently down the runway during a beauty pageant in Russia, brandishing her country’s red-stained flag, she thought only of one thing — the young people who lost their lives during the #EndSars protests in Nigeria last year. The Nigerian student and model was intent on using
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, CNN Israeli forces have demolished a building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al Bustan, the first in what locals fear could be a string of demolitions in the area. The operation comes during a period of heightened tension in Jerusalem, with Palestinian residents in another neighborhood, Sheikh Jarrah, facing the threat
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, CNN Israeli forces have demolished a building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al Bustan, the first in what locals fear could be a string of demolitions in the area. The operation comes during a period of heightened tension in Jerusalem, with Palestinian residents in another neighborhood, Sheikh Jarrah, facing the threat
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN It is back en vogue for the first lady to be back in Vogue. After a four year hiatus of first ladies gracing the cover of the fashion magazine, Jill Biden is on the August issue, which goes on sale on July 20. Biden, who posed for the pictures this spring
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The news for Facebook couldn’t have been better. What’s happening: On Monday, a US judge dismissed two complaints that accused the company of holding a monopoly on social media — a major setback for regulators that are increasingly looking for ways to break up Silicon Valley’s top players. Facebook’s shares
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks and Hollie Silverman, CNN A man is facing a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew after attempting to breach a cockpit and jumping out of a departing airplane at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, officials said. It’s the latest in a series of incidents on planes over the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks and Hollie Silverman, CNN A man is facing a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew after attempting to breach a cockpit and jumping out of a departing airplane at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, officials said. It’s the latest in a series of incidents on planes over the
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By Shawn Nottingham and Gregory Lemos, CNN A correspondence from the board president of Champlain Towers South, part of which unexpectedly crashed to the ground last week in Surfside, Florida, describes the decay at the building since 2018 saying, “the observable damage such as in the garage has gotten significantly worse since the initial inspection.”
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Canadian authorities are investigating multiple fires that destroyed four Catholic churches on Indigenous land in the past week. They are the latest in a string of recent events affecting the country’s Indigenous communities. The churches were destroyed as Canada confronts its history of systemic abuse of Indigenous communities with the recent
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Canadian authorities are investigating multiple fires that destroyed four Catholic churches on Indigenous land in the past week. They are the latest in a string of recent events affecting the country’s Indigenous communities. The churches were destroyed as Canada confronts its history of systemic abuse of Indigenous communities with the recent
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun, CNN Abu Dhabi will only allow vaccinated people into some public spaces starting August 20, the government media office for the Emirati capital announced in a statement on Monday. The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee made the decision “after vaccinating 93 percent of target groups in the emirate and to
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun, CNN Abu Dhabi will only allow vaccinated people into some public spaces starting August 20, the government media office for the Emirati capital announced in a statement on Monday. The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee made the decision “after vaccinating 93 percent of target groups in the emirate and to
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Last February, Mobile World Congress became the first major tech event called off as the world confronted the threat of Covid-19. The last-minute cancellation of the event — normally a highlight of the year for the wireless industry with thousands of businesses descending upon Barcelona to showcase their latest innovations
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