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By Tammy Watford Click here for updates on this story BLACK MOUNTAIN, North Carolina (WLOS) — Summer Academy students at Black Mountain Primary School have a problem to solve. Some hermit crabs need new homes, but a hurricane has destroyed all of the shells. So, the students are using problem solving skills to come up
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN A third member of the far-right Oath Keepers group who stormed the US Capitol in a unified military formation pleaded guilty on Tuesday afternoon and will cooperate with prosecutors, according to court records. Caleb Berry, 20, pleaded guilty in DC District Court to two felonies — conspiracy and obstruction of a
Continue ReadingBy TERRY BULGER Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — It was a special day and a special moment on Monday at a Murfreesboro Waffle House. Living with dementia, Caroline Payne got the rare chance to leave her assisted living home and see the place where for 60 years she and
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — A man from Bay City is facing several felony charges as he’s accused of taking a Michigan State Police cruiser during a traffic stop. A trooper performed the traffic stop on a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu that had an invalid license
Continue ReadingBy CNN Tom Barrack, a onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump, and two others were charged Tuesday with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates. Read the indictment here: cnn.com/2021/07/20/politics/tom-barrack-indictment-read/index.html The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Cuba se define en la Constitución como un Estado socialista que se se organiza como una república unitaria con un único partido: el Partido Comunista de Cuba. Cuenta con una Asamblea Nacional unicameral que es la encargada de designar al presidente y jefe de Estado, cargo que actualmente ocupa Miguel
Continue ReadingBy TRASON BRAGG Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — It’s the local tragedy everyone in the neighborhood had to come by and see for themselves. Neighbors told CBS46 a huge tree came crashing down, splitting a home in the 800 block of Peyton Avenue in two just after 3:30 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy AYAH GALAL, ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story PLAINVILLE, Connecticut (WFSB) — Loved ones are remembering the lives of two teenagers that drowned in the Farmington River. Lucas Brewer, 15, and 17-year-old Anthony Nagore went swimming in the river on Thursday. Officials recovered their bodies Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, the office
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden honored the Super Bowl champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the White House Tuesday in a ceremony that featured quarterback Tom Brady cracking a joke about those who continue to deny that the President won the 2020 election. “Not a lot of people think that we could have won.
Continue ReadingDuring a visit to the White House, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady made a joke referring to some people believing Joe Biden lost the 2020 election.
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN “Patria o muerte” — “homeland or death.” It’s a phrase often emblazoned on Cuban pesos, one that was frequently invoked by former longtime leader Fidel Castro during the dawn of the country’s Communist revolution. Now, the familiar saying has been repurposed for the protest anthem “Patria y Vida,” or “homeland and life,”
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped two handguns from being brought onboard airplanes at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport in recent days. The first incident occurred on Saturday, July 17, when officers detected a loaded gun in the checkpoint X-ray machine around
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind American swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she said the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) denied her request to bring her mother to serve as her Personal Care Assistant. “I’ve had to make the gut-wrenching decision to withdraw from
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Janfaza, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky erupted in a contentious debate over the origins of the coronavirus during a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, prompting the nation’s top infectious disease expert to once again rebuke Paul. At issue were Paul’s unfounded claims that the National Institutes of
Continue ReadingSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dr. Anthony Fauci got into another heated exchange at a Senate hearing over Dr. Fauci’s past testimony over gain-of-function research.
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By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gay rights advocates said Monday that they will seek to challenge an appeals court decision tossing out part of a California law designed to protect older LGBTQ residents in nursing homes. The 2017 law is intended to protect against discrimination or mistreatment based on residents’ sexual orientation or gender identity.
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Stocks rallied Tuesday, rebounding from a miserable trading session at the start of the week when the Dow logged its worst day since October. After rising moderately at the New York opening bell, the rally picked up pace for the rest of the session. The Dow closed up 1.6%, or
Continue ReadingBy Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security mandated additional cybersecurity measures this week for critical US pipelines, a move meant to protect against ransomware and other known threats months after a crippling cyberattack on one of America’s most important pipelines. On Monday, the Transportation Security Administration, a component of DHS, issued its second
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Richard Branson became the first person to ride into space aboard a rocket he helped fund. The supersonic space plane developed by his company, Virgin Galactic, roared into the sky over New Mexico, carrying Branson and three fellow crewmembers.
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