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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Airbnb has pledged to provide free housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees. CEO Brian Chesky said Tuesday that the program would begin immediately, and that Airbnb would pay for the stays. “The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the US and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SIMI VALLEY, California (KCAL) — A young bear that has been roaming a Simi Valley neighborhood for several weeks seems to have found what he was looking for – a trash can. The Big Sky community’s bear was caught on video roaming Giselle Ramirez’s backyard
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A newly discovered asteroid is sticking close to our sun — much closer than our own planet Earth. The asteroid, called 2021 PH27, completes an orbit around the sun every 113 days and comes within 12.4 million miles (20 million kilometers) of our star. That gives this space rock the distinction
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., who lost an eye and was left paralyzed in the same shooting that killed Officer Ella French, has been moved to a rehabilitation facility, marking “a major step in his recovery process,” CPD Supt. David Brown
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — A medida que los talibanes afianzan su control sobre Afganistán, hay una región remota cuya resistencia al grupo militante se remonta a décadas. Ahora, el último gran bastión está bajo amenaza. Los talibanes han estado concentrando fuerzas en y alrededor de la provincia de Panjshir, la única que aún ha caído
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Thursday’s decision by the creator platform OnlyFans to soon stop hosting a wide swath of sexually explicit content is sending shockwaves through the internet. OnlyFans, a website with 130 million users and more than 2 million content creators, has become synonymous with pornography. For many, performing on the app is
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El ejército de Estados Unidos recomendó al presidente Joe Biden que a más tardar este martes debe decidir si prolonga la evacuación de Afganistán más allá del 31 de agosto, según un funcionario de defensa familiarizado directamente con las discusiones, aunque Biden aún no ha tomado una decisión Asesores militares le han
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By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Travis Etienne was supposed to be a game-changer for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season. He might not have had the same impact as rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence, but Clemson’s other offensive star and the Atlantic Coast Conference’s all-time leading rusher looked like he would
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La bandera de Afganistán se utilizará como símbolo de “solidaridad y paz” cuando los Juegos Paralímpicos de Tokio 2020 comiencen este martes en Japón. Los 16 Juegos Paralímpicos de Verano, retrasados un año debido a la pandemia, se llevarán a cabo en medio del peor brote de covid-19 en Japón, con los
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN en Español) — Este lunes, el gobierno de Ecuador informó a través de un comunicado que recibirán familias víctimas del conflicto en Afganistán. El comunicado indica que la ayuda humanitaria sería principalmente enfocada en mujeres, menores de edad y población vulnerable. Países de América Latina se ofrecen a ayudar a desplazados de Afganistán,
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los estadounidenses siguen apoyando la decisión de abandonar Afganistán, según una serie de nuevas encuestas publicadas este domingo, pero en su mayoría piensan que la retirada fue mal gestionada. Y el público da al presidente Joe Biden una puntuación relativamente baja por la retirada de Afganistán, lo que posiblemente agrave
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Se estima que 270.000 personas en Afganistán se han visto obligadas a abandonar sus hogares desde enero de 2021, informó el martes el alto comisionado de la Agencia de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR), lo que eleva el número total de desplazados internos en el país a más de 3,5
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An Excessive Heat Watch will go into effect at 10 a.m. Wednesday and last through 9 p.m. Friday as highs soar back into the one-teens briefly. In addition, through early tomorrow, we remain under a Smoke Advisory from the SCAQMD as a result of wildfires burning to our North, and winds bringing that smoke into
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new prime minister set out for Washington on his first state visit overseas since taking office. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett departed Tuesday for a two-day trip to Washington to meet with President Joe Biden and discuss regional rival Iran. In a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office before taking off,
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with stealing millions in settlement money from his clients. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna ruled on technical grounds that federal prosecutors failed to turn over relevant financial evidence to Avenatti, who
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with stealing millions in settlement money from his clients. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna ruled on technical grounds that federal prosecutors failed to turn over relevant financial evidence to Avenatti, who
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with stealing millions in settlement money from his clients. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna ruled on technical grounds that federal prosecutors failed to turn over relevant financial evidence to Avenatti. Another
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors shared a COVID-19 status report at the beginning of their meeting on Tuesday morning. “We’ve spent a lot of time looking at our data and are happy to say that we do have a completed analysis for sharing with you today,” said Kim Saruwatari, Director for Riverside University Health
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Tuesday that he’s feeling “fairly well” and receiving great care at a Chicago hospital after a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. He spoke briefly by phone with The Associated Press from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized in
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