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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — A man who accidentally bumped another person while entering a Brooklyn subway station was slashed and punched Tuesday evening. It happened around 6 p.m. at the Jay Street MetroTech subway station in Downtown Brooklyn. Police say the 55-year-old victim
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story UNION BEACH, News Jersey (WABC) — A dog was plucked from Raritan Bay after it swam a mile and half off the coast of New Jersey Monday. The 10-year-old Siberian Husky named Caiden somehow managed to doggy-paddle deep into the bay on its own during
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By Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN One phone call saved countless lives and prevented a potential mass shooting during July 4 celebrations in Richmond, Virginia, the police chief and mayor said Wednesday. The “hero” tipster overheard a conversation that a mass shooting was being planned for the celebration at the Dogwood Dell amphitheater and
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las vacunas de refuerzo contra el covid-19 podrían verse algo distintas para finales de este año en EE.UU. La semana pasada, los organismos reguladores estadounidenses aconsejaron a los fabricantes que actualizaran la vacuna contra el covid-19 a tiempo para el programa de refuerzo de otoño con nuevas fórmulas que protejan mejor
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By AMIR VAHDAT and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV said Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones. The country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Wednesday that will provide $1.2 billion over three years to boost long-term water supplies for the desert state and implement conservation efforts that will see more immediate effects. The legislation that was hammered out over months during the just-completed legislative session
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Wednesday that will provide $1.2 billion over three years to boost long-term water supplies for the desert state and implement conservation efforts that will see more immediate effects. The legislation that was hammered out over months during the just-completed legislative session
Continue Reading JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A central figure in a corruption scandal that rocked Alaska politics, has died. Bill Allen was 85. A funeral home in Colorado says Allen died on June 29 but a person who answered the phone there declined to provide more details. Allen was CEO of the oil services company VECO Corp.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will weigh in on seven ballot measures this fall, the fewest to appear on a statewide general election ballot since 2014. Thursday was the deadline to qualify measures for the November ballot. Secretary of State Shirley Weber confirmed that seven questions will appear in November. Six are ballot initiatives
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to remain in office Wednesday, brushing off calls for his resignation after two top ministers and a slew of junior officials said they could no longer serve under his scandal-plagued leadership. Johnson rejected demands that he step down
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SHAW Click here for updates on this story ELBERTON, Georgia (WHNS) — Multiple law enforcement agencies and a bomb squad are responding to an explosion at the Georgia Guidestones. The Guidestones, which are located along Highway 77 in Elbert County, are heavily damaged. At least one of the monoliths making up the landmark
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has agreed to continue humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria for six months — not a year, as many U.N. Security Council members, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and over 30 organizations want. Currently, aid has been delivered through one crossing for a
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, according to a sweeping critique released Wednesday on the
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Sen. Michael Bennet sought to encourage a small crowd of fellow Democrats not to give up the fight for abortion rights, Maryah Lauer stepped forward, bullhorn in hand, to exhort him to do more. “Do you support ending the filibuster and expanding the court?”
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say a passenger jet has been evacuated at the Copenhagen airport after a fire broke out in one of the engines. Everyone left the plane safely and no one was injured as firefighters put out the fire, police said on Twitter Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the plane
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As monkeypox cases continue to rise globally, the World Health Organization plans to reassess whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. In late June, WHO’s Emergency Committee determined that the outbreak did not meet the criteria for such a declaration. But as the virus continues to spread,
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Shawna Mizelle, CNN White House communications director Kate Bedingfield will depart her role in the coming weeks, chief of staff Ron Klain told CNN on Wednesday. “Without Kate Bedingfield’s talent and tenacity, Donald Trump might still be in the White House, the Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Wednesday that will provide $1.2 billion over three years to boost long-term water supplies for the desert state and implement conservation efforts that will see more immediate effects. The legislation that was hammered out over months during the just-completed legislative session
Continue ReadingBy Naomi Thomas, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration revised the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, on Wednesday to allow state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe the treatment to people who are eligible. “The FDA recognizes the important role pharmacists have played and continue to play in combatting this pandemic,” said Dr.
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN Twenty-two-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal outlasted eleventh seed Taylor Fritz, 3-6 7-5 3-6 7-5 7-6 (10-4) in a five-set thriller on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The match started well for the Spaniard as he broke the serve of his American opponent early in the first set.
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