By Madeline Holcombe and Randi Kaye, CNN Health care workers at Jacksonville’s Baptist Medical Center in Florida are hearing panic, fear and regret from many of their patients as an increasing number are admitted for Covid-19 complications — and as many need to be put on ventilators. “We’re getting ready to intubate the patient, which
Continue ReadingBy Moira Ritter, CNN Business New car inventories, strained for months by a global semiconductor shortage and supply chain disruptions, aren’t expected to begin recovering until September -— and will remain well below their pre-pandemic levels through next year, according to Goldman Sachs. Automakers in recent weeks have sharply revised down their production schedules as
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SOMERDALE, New Jersey (WPVI) — A group of police officers in Somerdale, New Jersey had to stand guard outside of an accused child abuser’s home during a protest on Tuesday. Maggie Fruit, 21, was taken into custody last week after complaints she abused a child.
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Between midnight and dawn on Wednesday and Thursday (July 28 — 29), the Delta Aquariids meteor shower will light up the night sky. As Earth orbits the sun, it encounters the lopsided orbit of a comet, the icy surface of which leaves behind dust and rocks as they boil off from
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed The Justice Department on Wednesday put states and local officials on notice of their federal obligations when conducting post-election audits and dictating the rules for casting ballots. The department released two new election guidance documents. They come as Arizona Republicans are in the midst of a controversial review of the 2020 results
Continue ReadingBy Richard Essex Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (WISH) — Aaron Strickler, 26, was furloughed from his job last year. Strickler collected unemployment and when he filed his taxes electronically, somewhere between hitting the send button and the IRS getting his return, his income increased by more than $2 million. And
Continue ReadingBy Jess Vermeulen Click here for updates on this story COLUMBUS, Indiana (WISH) — A Tennessee man was arrested Saturday night after he was found with more than $8,000 worth of calculators and medicine supplements that were believed to have been stolen, according to the Columbus Police Department. Officers were called to the Walmart located
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Alexandra Ferguson (Reuters) — Jerome Powell, esta historia es para ti. El presidente de la Reserva Federal, siempre atento a las señales de inflación, quizá quiera darse una vuelta por el Upper East Side de Manhattan, donde un plato de papas fritas de US$ 200 extiende la definición de alta cocina. El restaurante Serendipity 3
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN Twenty-three gold medals were won. Here’s a breakdown of who’s taking home the gold: Basketball 3 X 3 Women’s: United States Men’s: Latvia Artistic Gymnastics Men’s All-Around: Daiki Hashimoto, Japan Cycling Road Women’s Individual Time Trial: Annemiek van Vleuten, Netherlands Men’s Individual Time Trial: Primoz Roglic, Slovenia Diving Men’s Synchronised 3m
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story GRAHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) — A well-known central North Carolina pastor and civil rights activist will face a judge Wednesday. Reverend Greg Drumwright will be inside an Alamance County courtroom standing trial months after an incident at a march designed to get people excited to
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN Katie Ledecky has won the women’s 1500-meter freestyle final, giving the American her first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Ledecky, who holds the world record in the 1500m, came into this event a huge favorite. It is her sixth Olympic gold medal in her career, and she now
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Highs are warming up, but the humidity and dew points are dropping as quickly as we would like. Dew points throughout the day will remain in the 50s to near 60. The moisture lingering will focus some potential for afternoon thunderstorms in our local mountains. The chance for storms for the valley is minimal, but
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Nicaragua enviará en los “próximos días” un barco a Cuba con alimentos, según dio a conocer este martes la vicepresidenta y primera dama de Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo. “En los próximos días, muy, muy pronto, nuestro pueblo, nuestro gobierno, estará haciendo llegar al pueblo y gobierno de esa hermana Cuba, inspiración
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN Lauren Salzman was once a high-ranking leader of the purported self-help group Nxivm and a loyal member of founder Keith Raniere’s inner circle. But ahead of her sentencing Wednesday in Brooklyn, she shared in court documents why she eventually cooperated with the government and testified against him. In 2019, Salzman pleaded
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KGO) — Residents near the Coyote Creek Trail near the San Jose-Milpitas border were told to shelter in place Monday because of a brush fire. The fire broke out just after 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Mill River Lane neighborhood near Tasman
Continue ReadingBy Amanda del Castillo Click here for updates on this story MILPITAS, California (KGO) — The race is on to replace $8,000 worth of P.E. equipment after thieves targeted Rancho Milpitas Middle School last week. Principal Casey McMurray described the theft as disappointing and disheartening. “It used to be packed,” he said, opening the unmarked
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN The 2020 Summer Olympic Games are already historic, and not just because they’re taking place a year later than scheduled. This year’s Olympics feature, by one count, more participants who identify as LGBTQ than at any other Games. At least 168 of the 11,000 Olympians competing in Tokyo this week are
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Pat Shozo has been trying to buy a used car for his son who’s going to attend college in the fall. But after looking for more than three months, Shozo, who lives near Los Angeles, said he’s ready to give up. “Everything’s so inflated,” he said. “It’s actually absurd.” Prices
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Pat Shozo has been trying to buy a used car for his son who’s going to attend college in the fall. But after looking for more than three months, Shozo, who lives near Los Angeles, said he’s ready to give up. “Everything’s so inflated,” he said. “It’s actually absurd.” Prices
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Restaurant menus got a makeover thanks to Covid: Now, placing your order means simply whipping out your phone and scanning a Quick Response code. QR codes are all the rage now, but the technology behind them is hardly new. They were invented in Japan in the 1990s as a sort
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