By Jamie Sherrod, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The final damage assessments related to the Flint explosion fire are expected next week as neighbors are helping each other through this local disaster. Earl Marshall Jr. has seen and felt the impact of the explosion on Hogarth Avenue
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By DEBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina is marking the one-year anniversary of the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona with ceremonies, tributes, graffiti murals and emotional messages on social media. Maradona died of a heart attack at the age of 60 after having brain surgery two weeks earlier. Seven health
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Elissa Cunane scored 20 points, making eight of her nine shots from the field, to help No. 5 N.C. State run past second-ranked Maryland 78-60 at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship tournament. Diamond Johnson added 17 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and NICOLE WINFELD Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government spokesman says Pope Francis is arranging to transfer a number of migrants to Italy after he concludes his three-day visit to the east Mediterranean island nation early next month. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said Thursday the Vatican is coordinating with Cypriot
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Thanksgiving travelers have once again set a new pandemic-era air travel record in the United States. Passenger air travel reached a new high of the pandemic on Sunday during the return rush from the holiday. The Transportation Security Administration reported screening 2,451,300 people on Sunday. It
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Thanksgiving travelers have once again set a new pandemic-era air travel record in the United States. Passenger air travel reached a new high of the pandemic on Sunday during the return rush from the holiday. The Transportation Security Administration reported screening 2,451,300 people on Sunday. It was about
Continue ReadingHada Messia and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN The “Afghan Girl” made famous after featuring on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985 has been granted refugee status by Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi, according to an Italian government press office statement. The striking portrait of then 12-year-old Sharbat Gula, a Pashtun orphan in a refugee
Continue Reading PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — No. 22 UConn is holding out forward Isaiah Whaley from Thursday’s game against Michigan State after he fainted following a first-round game at the Battle 4 Atlantis. The team said its medical staff had evaluated Whaley overnight and before the game and decided “it would be best” to give him
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By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have called off a search for dozens of people still missing about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, following a coal mine fire in Siberia that killed at least 14 miners and rescuers. Rescue teams were rushed out of the mine for safety reasons Thursday because
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have called off a search for dozens of people still missing about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, following a coal mine fire in Siberia that killed at least 14 miners and rescuers. Rescue teams were rushed out of the mine for safety reasons Thursday because
Continue ReadingBy Joylyn Bukovac Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police are planning to patrol on the ground and in the sky on Black Friday as more shoppers are already out and about compared to this time last year. Police are keeping a bird’s eye view on shoppers while watching
Continue ReadingBy Steve Minich Click here for updates on this story MAINE (WMTW) — A documentary produced by members of Maine’s Penobscot Nation is bringing attention to atrocities committed against Native Americans. The film “Bounty” brings to light the government-placed scalp bounties placed on the Penobscot people in the 1700s. “I’d like you to know that
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was far from a football field at this time last year when shoulder pads and playbooks gave way to scrubs and medical charts. The big New York Jets offensive lineman with a doctorate in medicine was on the front lines
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was far from a football field at this time last year when shoulder pads and playbooks gave way to scrubs and medical charts. The big New York Jets offensive lineman with a doctorate in medicine was on the front lines
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s daytime, and the woman screams, “Call 911! Call 911!” as pedestrians walk down a sidewalk near a South Philadelphia intersection packed with apartments and businesses. Seconds later, she is shot dead, marking the most dubious of milestones. The city witnessed its 500th homicide of 2021 on Wednesday, matching a
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Chef Tanya’s Kitchen (CTK) in Palm Desert and Palm Springs is bringing vegan to the table this Thanksgiving with its plant-based food alternatives. From chestnut stuffing, mashed potatoes, salad, and the main course this year, the “vellington”, CTK is making sure you have vegan options this year. “This whole festivity is about the centerpiece which
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Sweden, Croatia and the Czech Republic have taken early leads as the second edition of the Davis Cup Finals got underway with simultaneous matches in three different countries. Sweden won the opening singles against 2019 runner-up Canada when Elias Ymer defeated Steven Diaz 6-4, 6-2 in
Continue ReadingBy Sara Spary, CNN A British man has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with a 3D printed eye, according to Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Steve Verze, who is 47 and an engineer from Hackney, east London, was given the left eye on Thursday and first tried it for size
Continue Reading MILAN ` (AP) — Bryan Adams has tested positive for COVID upon arrival at Milan’s Malpensa Airport. He arrived Thursday ahead of the unveiling of the 2022 Pirelli calendar that he photographed. The Canadian rock ’n’ roller disclosed the positive test in an Instagram post that included a photograph of him in a room after
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN As more young children are getting their second doses of Covid-19 vaccine, another question is popping up: When will kids and younger teens need a booster shot? Dr. Sean O’Leary, a professor of pediatric infectious disease at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who works with Children’s Hospital Colorado,
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