By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane victims returning to damaged houses face a torrent of challenges – if they’re lucky enough to have a home standing at all. Flooding. Mold damage. Insurance headaches. Deadly hidden hazards. The onslaught of mental anguish and post-hurricane dangers can seem overwhelming. Here’s how victims can stay safe, get
Continue ReadingBy Liv Johnson Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — People in Marion County are preparing for Idalia before the storm’s expected arrival. The county is now under a local state of emergency. Frank Canova is a parks crew leader for the city of Ocala and says when he and
Continue ReadingBy Bun Choum Click here for updates on this story SLIDELL, Louisiana (WDSU) — A Slidell teenager was arrested on Monday accused of waving around a gun on a social media livestream. Slidell police said around noon, they were alerted by a detective from the Alexandria Police Department about a questionable Instagram live video. It
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story GLEN BURNIE, Maryland (WBAL) — The Anne Arundel County Public Schools system is suing four of the biggest social media companies, alleging they have rewired how youths think, feel and behave. The district is the eighth Maryland school system going after social media companies with
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Tales of airline passengers tracking their own lost bags are becoming ever more popular, as numbers of suitcases mishandled by airlines continue to spiral, and travelers invest in tracking devices. But a passenger flying back to the airport where the tracker is showing, to collect it themselves when all official
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is bringing in a former chief executive of the BBC and The New York Times in an attempt to turn around a news organization that has burned through two leaders and bled viewers over the past two years. Mark Thompson was appointed as chair
Continue ReadingBATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they’ve arrested 88 Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam syndicate after receiving a tip from Chinese security ministry. The suspects, including five women, were arrested in a raid on an industrial park on Batam island, next to Singapore. A police spokesperson says
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Highs will again span the lower one-teens this afternoon as the Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect. That Excessive Heat Warning is up now through 8 this evening. Increasing monsoon moisture, along with a trough moving into Northern California, will bring cooler temps into play through the weekend. Highs will drop into the lower 100s
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, the government said Wednesday in a downgrade from its initial estimate. The government had previously estimated that the economy
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street drifted between small gains and losses early Wednesday ahead of more economic news, including an inflation indicator and more jobs data. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 were both essentially unchanged about an hour before the opening bell. Markets rallied
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says he has raised concerns over China’s human rights record during a visit to Beijing on Wednesday. He also stressed the importance of maintaining a “pragmatic” working relationship with China and reopening channels of communication. The trip is the first by a U.K. foreign secretary to China
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FIND Food Bank wants people to ‘Go Orange’ during the month of September to help bring awareness to hunger issues in the Coachella Valley. Hunger Action Month is through the month of September. This is when cities and businesses help join in on the cause by lighting up monuments and places of business orange. “Orange
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party has named its candidates for the controversial commission for examining Russian influence in the country which is believed to be targeting the opposition and its popular leader Donald Tusk ahead of the Oct. 15 parliamentary elections. No other party proposed candidates for the commission on Wednesday. In the
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fighting has erupted in a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank between Palestinians and their own security forces. Palestinian authorities say a 25-year-old Palestinian was killed. The unrest on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing Palestinian police trying to reassert order in the restive territory. Meanwhile,
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Encuentra aquí un vistazo a la historia de los huracanes en Estados Unidos, incluyendo aquellos que causaron más muertos y provocaron más daños. Huracanes más relevantes en la historia reciente de Estados Unidos Huracán Michael Fecha: 7 al 11 de octubre de 2018 Este huracán de categoría 5 tocó tierra
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a dangerous Category 3 storm on Wednesday and was unleashing life-threatening storm surges and rainfall in an area not accustomed to such pummeling. More than 200,000 customers were without electricity as trees snapped by strong winds
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike, carrying her “IATSE Solidarity” sign on the picket line outside Netflix’s New York offices, but she was glad to be there. A props assistant and documentary filmmaker, Batey is a
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike, carrying her “IATSE Solidarity” sign on the picket line outside Netflix’s New York offices, but she was glad to be there. A props assistant and documentary filmmaker, Batey is a
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTO SAIZ Associated Press BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, have pasted each other with tomatoes in Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle in the eastern town of Buñol. Workers on trucks tipped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street for participants to throw Wednesday. The street fight leaves
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine sent waves of drones deep into western Russia in more than four hours of nighttime attacks that struck military assets, Russian officials and media reports said Wednesday. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge
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