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By Lisa Respers France, CNN If you have packed on some pandemic pounds this story will either make you feel hopeful or lousy. While many of us were testing a lot of homemade banana bread and furniture durability (also known as eating comfort food and being a couch potato), some stars were actually going in
Continue ReadingBy Barry Adams Click here for updates on this story ARENA, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — The words are about soil, tools and cows. There is talk of family and friends, chores at dawn, walks along a creek. Daniel Smith’s poetry also tells the stories of the physical and emotional pain of farming, a profession,
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The American Academy of Pediatrics released new Covid-19 guidance for schools that supports in-person learning and, among other things, recommends universal masking in school of everyone over the age of 2.
Continue ReadingBy Geneva Sands, CNN An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee in Mississippi with an urgent medical need was not sent to the hospital and later died, according to a Department of Homeland Security inspector general report obtained by CNN. The incident was discovered as part of an unannounced remote inspection conducted earlier this year of
Continue ReadingBy David Wahlberg Click here for updates on this story DODGEVILLE, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — When Mike Dampf failed his Air National Guard fitness test, the active man knew something was wrong. Additional tests showed he had colon cancer. He was 37. He had part of his colon removed, but a colonoscopy found a
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — ¿Qué fue primero, el huevo o la gallina? Quizá esa no es la pregunta más importante para muchos, sino si son los huevos buenos o malos para tu salud. Desafortunadamente, la ciencia tampoco parece poder establecer una respuesta definitiva a eso. El año pasado, un gran análisis de la Universidad
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Living in a perpetual state of disruption, uncertainty and grief can test anyone’s mental health. And events of the past 16 months have delivered all of those in spades thanks to a steady stream of horrors, including but hardly limited to the deadly pandemic, George Floyd’s murder, the January 6
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell, CNN A nine-time gold medalist, Mark Spitz knows a thing or two about how to successfully navigate the Olympic Games as an athlete. Spitz, now 71, held the record of seven gold medals in a single Games when he dominated the pool in Munich in 1972, a tally that was surpassed by
Continue ReadingIn an interview with CNN World Sport’s Don Riddell, the now 69-year-old American swimming legend Mark Spitz looks back on his remarkable career.
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady and Lauren Gunn, CNN Business The UK government’s decision to lift almost all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England on Monday was expected to deliver a windfall for businesses that have been hampered by social distancing rules. But a growing number of companies, including supermarkets and pubs, are now facing worker shortages that
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN Former President Donald Trump made his return to campaign politics last month by trekking to northern Ohio to take revenge on one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him: Rep. Anthony Gonzalez. But new campaign finance filings released this week show that Gonzalez narrowly outraised his
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu, Natalie Gallón, Matt Rivers and Etant Dupain, CNN After a lengthy power struggle that has pitched Haiti’s political landscape into uncertainty, the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph has agreed to step down and hand power to his rival Ariel Henry, according to a top government official. The deal brings to a
Continue ReadingWhile not as humid as the weekend, today we still some some afternoon humidity in the forecast with dew points up in the mid-fifties according to the latest models. Some slightly drier air is in place this morning, so the threat of storms is great diminished, but still exists. We will see some afternoon cloud
Continue ReadingBy KGO Staff Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — Firefighters responded to a 3-alarm fire in Oakland early Monday morning, just two blocks away from the West Oakland BART station. The fire sparked just after 5:30 a.m. at a vacant property at 9th and Chester streets, according to Oakland Fire
Continue ReadingBy KGO Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A coyote that had repeatedly charged at toddlers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park has been killed by wildlife officials. San Francisco Animal Care and Control officials provided this image of the coyote from 2019 – when it was spotted near
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Turnbull Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — The federal government is blaming Chinese state-sponsored cyber activity for a recent “unprecedented and indiscriminate exploitation” of Microsoft exchange servers, in an attack they say continues to put Canadians’ intellectual property and personal information at risk. In a joint statement issued
Continue Reading The streets of Altenahr, Germany, or what remains of them, are buried under mud, with cars wedged between collapsed buildings and piles of debris. CNN’s Atika Shubert reports even the dead were not spared after a devastating flood struck the village.
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Worried that coffee will make your heart go pitter-patter, and not in a good way? A new study puts to rest the fear that your daily fuel will cause heart palpitations — or cardiac arrhythmia, as doctors call it. In fact, a habitual coffee habit was associated with a lower risk
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría (APP, por sus siglas en inglés) lanzó el lunes una nueva guía de covid-19 para las escuelas que apoya el aprendizaje en persona y, entre otras cosas, recomienda el uso universal de mascarillas en la escuela para todas las personas mayores de 2 años. “La
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Bekah King, Abi Roberts, and Morgan Tabor have a lot in common. They describe themselves as free spirited adventurers and fearless risk takers, all obsessed with music and the movie “Megamind.” They say they also unknowingly had the same boyfriend at the same time. Following their discovery, rather than succumbing to
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