By Rachel Trent, CNN Historical statues dot the landscape of Cincinnati, Ohio, but the city has been notably lacking any that feature a named woman. Until now. A new statue to be unveiled Sunday honors Marian Spencer, the first Black woman to be elected to the Cincinnati City Council. Spencer also served as vice mayor
Continue ReadingOpinion by Dean Obeidallah It must have been a dream come true for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican got a standing ovation as one of former President Donald Trump’s opening acts on Saturday night at the kick-off of his “revenge” tour in Wellington, Ohio. Yet Greene’s reception from the crowd of rabid Trump
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Schoenmakers, CNN In 2001, when their old home was demolished to make way for a new thoroughfare, Wang Zhenyuan and his wife didn’t mind that their replacement apartment was a seventh-floor walkup. They were in their fifties and fit. But 20 years later, the former silk factory workers feel differently. “Our legs aren’t
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By Keith Allen and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A family in Florida said they used their survival instincts to escape the 11th floor of the Champlain Towers South condo complex as it collapsed around them on Thursday. “All I was thinking was, we need to get out of here before this building completely comes down on
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Trent, CNN Nashville is celebrating Pride Month with a new street name that honors a drag queen who was a longtime performer in the city. Part of Carney Street is now named Bianca Paige Way after a dedication Saturday, CNN affiliate WSMV reported. The street recognizes Mark Middleton, who performed under the name
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson “China lied and Americans died.” With those words, Elise Stefanik, the number three Republican in the House of Representatives, showed her party’s plan to put the origins of the pandemic at the center of next year’s midterm elections. Republicans are calling on Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to hold
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent President Joe Biden directed military forces to conduct defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region on Sunday evening, according to a news release from the Department of Defense. “The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Kenny and Pamela Brown, CNN In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline and JBS ransomware attacks in recent months, the head of the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency says these events are a harbinger of what’s to come on the cyber front and there needs to be a greater focus on shoring up the
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN A stunning long-ranged strike from Thorgan Hazard settled a hotly-contested game between Belgium and Portugal, and qualified Belgium for the quarterfinals of Euro 2020. Hazard, who plays for German side Borussia Dortmund, hit a swerving shot from 25 yards which deceived Rui Patrício in the Portugal goal and knocked the reigning
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN A stunning long-ranged strike from Thorgan Hazard settled a hotly-contested game between Belgium and Portugal, and qualified Belgium for the quarterfinals of Euro 2020. Hazard, who plays for German side Borussia Dortmund, hit a swerving shot from 25 yards which deceived Rui Patrício in the Portugal goal and knocked the reigning
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN Families of more than 100 people still missing after a partial condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, received sobering news Sunday, when the death toll reached nine and a fire chief said the situation looked dire. It came the same day as CNN learned that a town building
Continue Reading By Rachel Trent, CNN Nashville is celebrating Pride Month with a new street name that honors a drag queen who was a longtime performer in the city. Part of Carney Street is now named Bianca Paige Way after a dedication Saturday, CNN affiliate WSMV reported. The street recognizes Mark Middleton, who performed under the name
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Un sábado por la noche en diciembre del año pasado, mientras Peter y Lisa Marshall se acurrucaban en el sofá viendo su programa de televisión favorito, Peter miró a Lisa y le preguntó si se casaría con él. Lo que Peter de 56 años no recordaba es que ya estaban
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las autoridades francesas abrieron una investigación después de que una aficionada provocara el sábado la caída de decenas de ciclistas durante el Tour de Francia. La desastrosa caída fue provocada por una mujer que se encontraba al borde de la carretera en la etapa inaugural del Tour. Se puso delante del grupo
Continue Reading By Jay Croft, CNN When we think about earthquakes in the US, they’re usually somewhere around Los Angeles, or maybe Alaska, right? But Baltimore? The Maryland city has had two earthquakes in just three days — both as small as they are rare. Affiliate WBAL reported that officials said there were no initial calls about
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Haley Brink, CNN The Pacific Northwest is baking in a record-breaking heat wave, with an all-time high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit reported Saturday in Portland, Oregon. Along the West Coast, more than 20 million people are under a heat warning or advisory, from the Canadian border to the Mexican border. Unprecedented
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr, in a newly released book excerpt, said he suspected then-President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread election fraud were “all bullsh*t,” but that he launched unofficial inquiries into some of them to appease his boss. The comments from Barr — published in The Atlantic as part of
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canada’s consul general in Miami says four Canadian citizens “linked” to the condominium collapse in Florida are unaccounted for. Susan Harper told CTV News on Saturday that three of the Canadians are members of one household, while the
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Turnbull, CTVNews.ca Producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ont. (CTV Network) — Canada’s minister of northern affairs says the religious leaders who operated the residential school system in Canada should be held accountable for any crimes committed. “Of course they need to be charged. This is the sort of thing
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Some families spent their morning relieving themselves from the heat at the Splash Pad in La Quinta. As soon as the water would stop, the kids would run over to the button and turn the water right back on. They didn’t let the high temperatures get in the way. Today it was one Indio resident’s
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