Defense Secretary Austin expected to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for active duty troops
The country’s Covid-19 response coordinator says vaccine requirements are a growing trend.
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Defense Secretary Austin expected to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for active duty troops
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to seek authorization to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for all active duty troops as soon as this week, following President Joe Biden’s directive that the military examine how and when it could make that happen. Austin’s “inclination is towards making the COVID-19 vaccine
Continue ReadingBefore NY AG report, Andrew Cuomo long claimed to be a champion against sexual harassment and attacked GOP politicians for staying silent
By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski and Drew Myers, CNN Long before a new report detailed sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state’s top Democrat touted himself as a strong supporter of women’s rights and advocated for a “zero tolerance” policy against sexual harassment. That stands at odds with the report released
Continue ReadingNew York Auto Show canceled again due to Covid
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced New York City will require proof of vaccination to enter all restaurants, fitness centers and indoor entertainment venues. CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich reports.
Continue ReadingNew York Auto Show canceled again due to Covid
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The New York International Auto Show, which had been scheduled to open to the public in just two weeks, has been canceled due to concerns about the Covid-19 Delta variant and the steps being taken to prevent it. The show was first canceled in the spring of 2020 due to
Continue ReadingBrutal heat wave scorches southern Europe as continent’s summer of extreme weather rages on
By Chris Liakos, Laura Smith-Spark and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Extreme heat and wildfires continued to plague parts of southern Europe on Wednesday, a day after the top temperature in Greece reached 47.1 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) — just shy of the highest ever recorded in Europe. Greece is facing one of its worst heat
Continue ReadingSuspect in Pentagon attack identified as Austin William Lanz of Georgia
By Paul P. Murphy and Evan Perez, CNN The suspect in the violent attack outside the Pentagon on Tuesday that resulted in a death of a Pentagon police officer has been identified as 27-year-old Austin William Lanz of Georgia, according to a law enforcement official and Lanz’s former attorney Lisa Wells. Lanz died from injuries
Continue ReadingMassive fire destroys 4 mobile homes near Pine Flat Lake
By FRESNO COUNTY, CA Click here for updates on this story FRESNO COUNTY, CA (KFSN) — A massive fire burning in a mobile home park in eastern Fresno County destroyed four homes and damaged a fifth. Flames broke out shortly after 4 am on Trimmer Springs Road and Island Park Drive – right off Pine
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A young man who went missing in Palm Desert is home safe
A 22-year-old man with medical issues was home safe Thursday after going missing. Eliezer Chaim Kraiman went missing early Wednesday morning near the Palm Desert campus of College of the Desert and was located safely later that evening, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. According to authorities, Kraiman suffers from medical conditions and becomes easily
Continue ReadingThis Texas city has a relatively high vaccination rate, but it’s still fighting to get shots in arms amid rising cases
With the pace of inoculations slowing, Austin, Texas, is scrambling to get more shots in arms, dedicating personnel at sites across the city — vet clinics, churches, rec centers, construction sites, homeless shelters — just to vaccinate 10, 15 or 20 people at a time. CNN’s Ed Lavandera reports.
Continue ReadingThis Texas city has a relatively high vaccination rate, but it’s still fighting to get shots in arms amid rising cases
By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough and Dakin Andone, CNN When Camila Fortuna went with her mother last week to a mobile veterinary clinic in Austin, Texas, she thought they were just getting shots for the family’s three chihuahuas, Cuca, Lilly and Tobi. But when they left, Camila, 13, had also gotten a shot: the first
Continue Reading‘They took away my dream’: Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya on a life-changing week
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was set to compete in the women’s 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, with hopes that her hard work would catapult her onto the awards podium. Instead, she has been thrust into the global spotlight for her moves off the track. According to Timanovskaya,
Continue Reading1 hospitalized after semi trucks carrying grapes, tomatoes collide in Fresno County
By FRESNO COUNTY, CA Click here for updates on this story FRESNO COUNTY, CA (KFSN) — Crews are cleaning up a massive tomato and grape spill after two semis collided in Fresno County. It happened after midnight on Fresno-Coalinga Road and El Dorado Avenue, south of Five Points. California Highway Patrol officers say the driver
Continue ReadingNew details revealed in crash that killed father, daughters and niece
By 6abc Digital Staff Click here for updates on this story WESTVILLE, NJ (WPVI) — Police in Westville, New Jersey say a father, his two daughters and niece were not wearing seatbelts before a fatal crash over the weekend. It happened on July 31, around 9 p.m., on the 1000 block of Gateway Boulevard in
Continue ReadingPentagon identifies police officer killed in attack outside Pentagon metro station
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Pentagon police officer George Gonzalez died Tuesday after sustaining injuries during a violent incident outside of the Pentagon building, according to a release from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. Gonzalez joined the Pentagon Force Protection Agency as a police officer in July 2018 and was “promoted twice and attained the rank
Continue ReadingFamily finds 450,000 bees living in new home in Skippack Township, Pa.
By Beccah Hendrickson Click here for updates on this story SKIPPACK TOWNSHIP, PA (WPVI) — When Sara Weaver and her husband bought their dream farmhouse in Skippack Township, Montgomery County last fall, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. “I knew it was big. I didn’t realize how big it was,” said Weaver, who couldn’t
Continue ReadingBiden’s top health officials sending mixed messages on Covid-19 response
By Maegan Vazquez and Kristen Holmes, CNN As the status of Covid-19 in the US has changed quickly in the last few weeks with the rise of the highly contagious Delta variant, the messages coming from public health officials inside the Biden administration have sometimes been muddled or contradictory. Those changing messages have led to
Continue ReadingNo shots, no service: SE Portland bar only allowing vaccinated customers
By SIMON GUTIERREZ Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — As more businesses and organizations around the country make moves to require vaccination, one southeast Portland bar is asking customers to show that they’re vaccinated. The owner of Misdemeanor Meadows, a bar located at 6920 Southeast 52nd Avenue, said he and
Continue ReadingOlympic sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya lands in Warsaw after refusing to fly back to Belarus
By Taylor Barnes, Sara Turnbull and Helen Regan, CNN Belarusian Olympic sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya, who refused to fly home fearing she would be arrested, has arrived in Poland, where she has been granted a visa on humanitarian grounds. Upon her arrival to Warsaw on Wednesday evening, Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz thanked “all Polish
Continue ReadingDisney’s Star Wars hotel comes with an out-of-this-world price tag
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney revealed pricing for its new, highly anticipated Star Wars hotel on Wednesday — and the cost to immerse yourself in a galaxy far, far away for a few days will not come cheap. The Disney World-based hotel Galactic Starcruiser is essentially a cruise ship set in space, with the
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