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By Iyani Hughes Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Police are investigating a woman being kidnapped then killed within hours in southeast Atlanta Friday morning. Around 5:00 a.m., officers were called to 501 Burroughs Street regarding a possible kidnapping call. Once they got on scene, officers spoke with the caller, who
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Jen Christensen, CNN As the coronavirus surges again in the United States, scientists have found another disaster is playing a key role in the number of people who contract severe Covid-19 cases and how many die: wildfires. A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that increases in fine
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TORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia outlasted seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 2-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) on Friday night to reach the National Bank Open semifinals. Medvedev will face American John Isner, a 7-6 (5), 6-4 winner over 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France in the late match, The 25-year-old Medvedev, ranked second
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The annual Splash House festival kicks off Friday night at the Palm Springs Air Museum, marking the first of two weekends when the event will take place. The venue will host three different after hours electronic dance music (EDM) artists to kick off the weekend. Then on Saturday and Sunday the festival expands to three
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En la semana previa al comienzo de las clases, cuatro educadores del condado de Broward, en Florida, han muerto con unas 24 horas de diferencia por complicaciones relacionadas con el covid-19, según informaron las autoridades educativas locales. Tres profesores y un asistente de enseñanza murieron por complicaciones relacionadas con el covid-19
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Gino Strada, an Italian emergency room surgeon who helped establish a humanitarian group to operate on civilians wounded in war, has died. His family and the group he co-founded, Emergency, said Strada died on Friday. He was 73. The organization provided medical care for civilians in 19
Continue ReadingBy Tammy Watford Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — UNC Asheville faculty members have put together nearly 300 grade-based activity packs that will be used to help bridge the achievement gap between Black and white students. Each STEM fun pack contains culturally relevant and engaging literacy STEM books, activity
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FOREST CITY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Forest City police officer who was shot in the line of duty is out of the ICU and in “good spirits,” according to Chief Chris LeRoy. Officer Jamie Hill was shot on August 9, 2021, while responding to
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major steelmaker is calling off plans for a $120 million expansion of its steel complex in the Louisiana community of Convent. The Times-Picayune|The New Orleans Advocate reports that Nucor Corp. recently informed state environmental officials of its decision. Nucor said market conditions are the reason why it’s shelving plans for
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los residentes de San Francisco de 12 años o más deberán mostrar pruebas de que han sido completamente vacunados contra el covid-19 para ingresar a restaurantes, bares, gimnasios y teatros cubiertos, así como a espacios para grandes eventos. La nueva disposición, anunciada el jueves por el alcalde London Breed, entrará en
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark and Tami Luhby, CNN The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funeral assistance program has distributed more than $1 billion to those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 since the application process began in mid-April, the agency announced Friday. Matthew Redding, deputy director of FEMA’s Individual Assistance division, noted the “very somber milestone”
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction on behalf of religious health care providers who feared the Biden administration would interpret the Affordable Care Act as requiring them to perform abortions or gender-transition treatment against their conscience. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had argued that it
Continue ReadingLamborghini has unveiled a brand new $2.6 million supercar with a very familiar name: the Countach. The original Lamborghini Countach, unveiled as a concept car at the Geneva Motor Show in 1971, made the Italian automaker world famous. The new Countach, unveiled at an event during Monterey Car Week in California Friday, celebrates the 50th
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN A federal judge in Washington, DC, on Friday allowed the Biden administration’s revised eviction moratorium to remain in place, but acknowledged the moratorium faces an uncertain legal future. US District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied a request from various landlord associations that she block the moratorium. Though the
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The president of Guatemala had a private piece of advice for Vice President Kamala Harris when she visited earlier this summer, on her goal of slowing the rush of hopeful migrants to the US border with Mexico. Be more assertive, President Alejandro Giammattei told her. Send a strong message to migrants
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fontana police have released body-worn camera footage of a fatal shooting in February that left an unarmed man dead. Police were searching for a burglary suspect when an officer found the man sitting in a portable toilet. The officer fired once, fatally shooting Daverion Deauntre Kinard
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fontana police have released body-worn camera footage of a fatal shooting in February that left an unarmed man dead. Police were searching for a burglary suspect when an officer found the man sitting in a portable toilet. The officer fired once, fatally shooting Daverion Deauntre Kinard
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las docenas de incendios forestales que han arrasado el oeste de Estados Unidos este verano han consumido un promedio de 77 kilómetros cuadrados, casi la mitad del tamaño de Washington, a diario, dijo este jueves el Monitor de Sequía de EE.UU. Y el calor incesante empeorará las cosas, pues se
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Para los niños pequeños, la pandemia llega en un momento crucial para desarrollar habilidades importantes para la empatía, la seguridad y más, una fase que a algunos padres les preocupa que se vea afectada por el uso de mascarillas. “Hay períodos sensibles en el desarrollo de la primera infancia en los
Continue ReadingBy T.W. Starr Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — KTBS has chronicled the many problems and issues for the City of Shreveport’s water and sewerage systems over the years. But the city’s systems are far from the only ones that have been deteriorating for years and creating a public health
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