By Lauren del Valle, CNN Former President Donald Trump staffer Anthony Scaramucci took the stand Thursday in a federal case against a former Chicago Bank executive whom Scaramucci says he helped get an interview for a potential spot in the administration. Stephen Calk, the former chairman and CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, is on
Continue ReadingThe Chinese government is accused of detaining Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in extralegal detention centers, which it claims are reeducation centers designed to prevent separatism and religious extremism. Researchers say there’s also evidence of a growing number of Uyghurs being jailed in formal prisons with lengthy sentences. CNN’s Ivan Watson speaks to families whose loved ones have been sentenced to long-term imprisonment.
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Hospitalizations are up 225% since early June in Springfield, Missouri, which experts are blaming on the Covid-19 Delta variant. CNN’s Martin Savidge reports.
Continue Reading By Angela Barajas and Martin Savidge, CNN In June Louie Michael and his wife, Patti, were admitted as Covid-19 patients at Springfield’s Mercy Hospital, one of two major hospitals in southwest Missouri. Pattie was hospitalized first. She has asthma and is immunocompromised. Michael followed the next day, arriving by ambulance. He chronicled his bout with
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Ben Westcott, CNN Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new life in Australia when Chinese police knocked on their door in April 2017, seized Taher’s passport and threw him into detention. During the next four years, Taher was imprisoned in
Continue ReadingOpinion by Lanhee J. Chen After many failed efforts, it may finally be infrastructure week in America. A bipartisan group of US Senators has agreed to a roughly $1.2 trillion package of infrastructure reforms that President Joe Biden said he will support. The package has a long way to go — including more detailed discussions
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Britney Spears habló sobre su tutela ordenada por la corte durante una audiencia realizada el miércoles. Spears habló por teléfono, ya que la audiencia fue virtual y leyó sus notas por poco más de 20 minutos. A continuación la transcripción de sus comentarios, que han sido ligeramente editados para mayor
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A decades-old ban on drive-thrus in most of Palm Desert will remain in place after city council rejected a proposal to modify it Thursday night. The proposal would have enabled drive-thrus to be built, under certain restrictions, along areas of Highway 111 and Fred Waring Drive. It addressed environmental concerns, countered drive-thru oversaturation, and required
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, CNN One man happened to be walking his dog. Another awoke to “an incredible bang” only to discover dust and debris outside his third-floor condominium. When part of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed early Thursday, it left a pile of rubble where the beachside residences once
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN A growing number of people — now more than one in 10 — have missed their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine in the United States, a cause for concern as the more transmissible Delta variant gains a foothold. As of June 16, about 88% of those who received one dose of
Continue Readingjosemartinezgomez (CNN Business) — Windows se ve mucho mejor que antes. Microsoft anunció oficialmente este jueves su más reciente actualización del sistema operativo para PC, llamada Windows 11. Incluye mejoras visuales, integración de Microsoft Teams para personas que trabajan desde casa y una nueva tienda de Microsoft, entre otros cambios. Sin embargo, la transmisión en
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Seguimos de cerca el festival de cortometrajes de la ciudad de Palm Springs, que inicio ayer y donde se presentan mas de 300 proyecciones, proveniente de Colombia kathy mitrani llegó con el cortometraje buzz-kill , el drama de una adolescente que quiere hacer parte de un grupo de jovencitas en la florida.
Continue ReadingBy Maria Medina Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE (KPIX) — Four weeks after a Valley Transportation Authority employee killed nine of his colleagues in the deadliest mass shooting in Bay Area history, the agency released more personnel files on the gunman. The documents shed more light into Samuel Cassidy’s work behavior
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Two people have been rushed to the hospital after a crash in Palm Springs Thursday evening. The crash happened on Highway 111 south of Overture Drive at around 4 p.m. Palm Springs Fire Department Captain Nathan Gunkel confirmed that a man and a woman suffered major injuries in a vehicle vs motorcycle crash. It is
Continue ReadingBy Tony Lopez Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A doggy daycare dilemma is forming: As pet owners find themselves out of luck with more people taking trips and more people adopting dogs during the pandemic – it’s turned into the not-so-perfect puppy storm. Business is barkin’ into big bucks at
Continue ReadingBy Kurtis Ming Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE (KOVR) — Virginia Irons died three years ago, but the California DMV keeps sending her disabled parking placards. Her daughter-in-law Liz Irons sent us pictures of two placards the DMV sent after Virginia died in 2018. Liz says she has gone into the
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT BEACH (KCAL, KCBS) — Public works crews in Newport Beach, Long Beach and other Orange County coastal communities were busy working Wednesday and Thursday, preparing for high surf and tides that have the potential to cause serious flooding. The National Weather Service has
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story SOUTH EL MONTE (KCAL, KCBS) — The last of about 40 cows which escaped from a Pico Rivera slaughterhouse earlier this week was found Thursday morning in South El Monte, and a famous songwriter has paid for the cow’s life to be spared. The
Continue ReadingBy Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story CENTENNIAL, Colorado (KCNC) — The Cherry Creek School District is looking for a different approach to teaching history, but some families aren’t on board with proposed changes. At the end of the school year, the CCSD announced their commitment to making lessons more racially and
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN When Britney Spears asked a court this week to end her years-long conservatorship, she renewed attention on a little-understood section of US law. A convervatorship is a legal arrangement that gives a court-appointed individual, known as the conservator, the power to handle the financial and/or personal affairs of another adult who
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