By Morgan Rimmer and Daniella Diaz, CNN GOP Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana posted on Facebook Sunday evening that he, his wife and his son all have Covid-19. “I have COVID, Becca has COVID, my son has COVID,” wrote Higgins. Higgins wrote that he and his wife had had Covid before the pandemic took hold.
Continue ReadingBy Maija Ehlinger and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Severe thunderstorms caused flash flooding across London on Sunday afternoon, sparking major transport delays. London Metropolitan Police said the flooding had caused “severe disruption” on the North Circular Road, one of the major roads surrounding central London. Several London Underground train stations were heavily flooded, disrupting services. The
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estos dos párrafos del diario The Washington Post son tan poco sorprendentes como profundamente preocupantes. “El Comité de Acción Política del expresidente Donald Trump recaudó cerca de US$ 75 millones en la primera mitad de este año mientras pregonaba la falsa noción de que las elecciones de 2020 le fueron robadas,
Continue ReadingJournalists from 17 news outlets are working together to expose evidence of spyware that specifically targets journalists, activists and politicians, calling it the Pegasus Project. CNN’s Hadas Gold reports.
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post’s Dana Priest talks about the sophisticated technology used to spy on journalists, activists and two women linked to Jamal Khashoggi.
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN Business Audacious Mossad spy operations around the world. The plucky “startup nation” home to reams of billion-dollar ideas. These are two drivers of Israel’s image abroad that its political and business leaders have long been happy to push. That slick image appears to have taken a hit with new reports that
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Claire Colbert, CNN Despite the efforts of firefighters battling the Bootleg Fire, the raging flames of the nation’s largest wildfire continued to spread in southern Oregon as officials declared weather warnings in the area. The fire has scorched 408,930 acres as of Sunday, an expansion of more than 6,000 acres since
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By Hollie Silverman and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Three people were killed and five more were injured in a series of unrelated shootings in Seattle early Sunday, according to police. The four incidents all took place within three hours, the Seattle Police Department said in a release. The first occurred around 1:48 a.m. outside of a
Continue Reading By Rachel Trent, CNN Civil rights legend Bob Moses died at age 86, according to a statement from NAACP President Derrick Johnson. A cause of death was not immediately known. Moses was born in New York City in January 1935 and grew up in Harlem, according to his biography on Stanford University’s King Encyclopedia of
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First Alert Weather Team issued a First Alert Weather Alert Day through this evening due to the potential for more storms. Flash Flood Warnings encompassed the Valley early this morning due to heavy rains from those morning thunderstorms. *UPDATE* The Flash Flood Watch has been cancelled prior to its original 8:00 p.m. expiration. Activity is
Continue Reading By Elaine Ly and Theresa Waldrop, CNN An “unusually large” meteor illuminated the night sky over southern Scandinavia early Sunday morning before at least some of it came rumbling down near Oslo, the capital of Norway. The meteor “lit up the sky for a brief time as if broad daylight,” just after 1 a.m., Steinar
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is “going in the wrong direction” as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans. “If you look at the inflection of the curve of new cases and, as you said in the run-in to this interview, that it
Continue ReadingChief Biden Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that the latest covid surge “is an unnecessary predicament we’re putting ourselves in.”
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN California’s largest wildfire has destroyed multiple buildings and is threatening thousands more as the battle against the blaze stretched into its 12th day. Low moisture in vegetation and limited access in the remote area have hampered firefighters, officials said. The Dixie Fire had grown to 190,625 acres and was 21% contained
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As Canada prepares to welcome non-essential international travellers, Toronto Pearson Airport and Vancouver International Airport are implementing separate lines for arriving passengers based on their vaccination status. It’s a move that health experts say will make travelling easier
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found that if the world were to meet the targets set out in the Paris Agreement, there would be eight million more jobs globally by 2050. But in this scenario, researchers say some fossil
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN At a very not-normal Olympic Games kick-off, first lady Jill Biden was, outside of the athletes themselves, perhaps the only normal part. With Covid-19 cases here spiking, more than 11,000 competitors from 206 countries are navigating the games after a year-long postponement, without fans in the stands and under stress-inducing pandemic
Continue Reading By Rachel Trent, CNN Secure your load. That’s the message the Arizona Department of Public Safety has for drivers after a truck driver in Phoenix failed to secure a load and a metal pole fell off, crashing into a sport utility vehicle behind the truck. On Thursday, a pickup truck hauling a trailer hit a
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN For beloved Bennifer fans, the long desired reunion of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might actually be happening. Lopez posted photos from her birthday on Saturday, including one of her kissing someone who appears to be Affleck. She did not tag him in the post. “5 2 … what it do
Continue ReadingBy Claire Colbert and Homero De la Fuente, CNN France beat the US men’s basketball team 83-76 at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, ending Team USA’s 25-game Olympic winning streak that dates back to 2004. Team USA had an eight-point lead with four minutes left in the game, but the French team mounted a 16-2
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