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By Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A 52-year-old Canadian woman made history by becoming the first woman to win the Race Across America, when she cycled 4,800 km in 11 days, three hours and three minutes. Leah Goldstein, from Vernon, B.C., was one of
Continue ReadingBy John Allen, Delia Gallagher and Mia Alberti, CNN The Vatican has indicted 10 people, including an Italian cardinal, for several alleged financial crimes including extortion, corruption, fraud, forgery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The investigation, which started in July 2019, was carried out by the Vatican in cooperation with Italian authorities and revealed “a
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie, CNN Jacob Zuma and his lawyers successfully delayed the former South African president’s prison sentence for contempt of court on Saturday when the country’s top court agreed to hear his application for a review of their decision to sentence him to 15 months in prison. In the application, 79-year-old Zuma and his
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN If you can’t be sexy in the summertime, when the H-O-T as hell can you be? Seriously. High temps, more skin and plenty of cocktails with umbrellas. Count me in. And after surviving a pandemic, you had better praise ANY body you’re living in and designate it summer-ready. That’s why
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Janfaza, CNN There’s a new TikTok star, and his name is Dr. Anthony Fauci. “Tell all of your TikTok buddies to get vaccinated,” Fauci said this week in a video posted on TikTok by Nia Sioux, the social media and former “Dance Moms” star. “I will, I’ll tell all my besties,” Sioux replied.
Continue ReadingSome younger Americans are still hesitant to get vaccinated against Covid-19, despite knowing the risks. CNN’s Amara Walker reports.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN When I was a kid, field trips to the local science museum or planetarium were more appealing than any playground. Disposable camera in hand, I marveled that a dinosaur fossil could tower over me in one room while an Apollo capsule seemed to float in the next. The things I learned
Continue Reading Some younger Americans are still hesitant to get vaccinated against Covid-19, despite knowing the risks. CNN’s Amara Walker reports.
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The mayor of Miami-Dade County took another step Friday toward allowing crews to demolish the remaining units at the Surfside condo building that partially collapsed last week, but she added that it will be weeks before it can happen. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said officials are still evaluating
Continue ReadingDespite the controversies surrounding the Tokyo Olympic Games, there are hardcore Olympic super fans who can’t wait for the Games to begin. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks to two of them.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN Namibian sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have been ruled ineligible to compete in the women’s 400m at the Tokyo Olympics due to naturally high testosterone levels, the Namibia National Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Association (NNOC-CGA) said in a statement Friday. Mboma and Masilingi have turned in four of the
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN Two Boy Scouts in Missouri are set to be honored by their city’s fire department after rescuing a woman who was drowning in floodwaters. Joseph Diener, 16, and Dominic Viet, 15, were riding their bikes in Columbia, following a heavy storm on June 25, when they heard a woman screaming for
Continue ReadingBy Nima Elbagir and Richard Roth, CNN Food and fuel is running out in the capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, a CNN producer on the ground in Mekelle reports. A communications blackout in the region, in place since Ethiopian forces withdrew and announced a unilateral ceasefire last week, has made it difficult to
Continue Reading“We couldn’t rest until they were buried”, say family members making efforts to bury bodies located after the massacre in Tigray.
Continue Reading By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Casey Tolan, CNN Sara Nir was up late, checking her email when she heard knocking sounds that went from a soft tapping to hard pounding to a frightful crash overhead — as if a wall had collapsed in the unit above her ground-floor condo. Raysa Rodriguez was
Continue Reading Hurricane, an unstable building, and COVID are posing challenges to crews in Surfside as another condo building is deemed unsafe
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden travels on Saturday to Traverse City, Michigan, as part of July Fourth celebrations that the White House is looking to use to mark the US’s progress in the fight against Covid-19. The White House’s theme for the holiday weekend is “America’s Back Together,” and the administration is promoting the idea
Continue ReadingCNN’s Pete Muntean reports that the Fourth of July weekend is expected to be one of the busiest days for US airports since the start of the pandemic.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN The Fourth of July finally falls on a weekend and people are looking to get outdoors — but in some regions of the US, an umbrella will be on the packing list, while sunscreen and a way to cool down are on others. The South is looking at
Continue ReadingFourth of July weekend has arrived. Some may be reaching for an umbrella this weekend while others will be searching for a way to escape the heat. Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast.
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