June 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Listen to the full 40-minute Rudy Giuliani phone call with a Ukrainian presidential aide

June 8, 2021 10:35 am CNN Newsource

Never-before-heard audio, obtained exclusively by CNN, shows how former President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Rudy Giuliani relentlessly pressured and coaxed the Ukrainian government in 2019 to investigate baseless conspiracies about then-candidate Joe Biden. The audio is of a July 2019 phone call between Giuliani, US diplomat Kurt Volker, and Andriy Yermak, a senior adviser to

Tituss Burgess reacts to co-star Ellie Kemper’s apology over involvement in controversial pageant

June 8, 2021 10:35 am CNN Newsource

Tituss Burgess is offering support to his “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” co-star Ellie Kemper in the wake of her controversy. The actor took to his Instagram on Tuesday to re-share Kemper’s apology which she posted to her own Instagram account on Monday. In Burgess’ caption he simply wrote, “I love my Ellie.” And in the comments

New Jersey will close its only women’s prison after repeated allegations of abuse against inmates

June 8, 2021 10:35 am CNN Newsource

New Jersey’s only women’s prison will close, Gov. Phil Murphy announced this week, following the release of a scathing independent report that detailed allegations of abuse against inmates. Corrections officers at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCF) were accused of committing graphic acts of brutality against inmates on the night of January 11 in

Redmond Kiwanis gives $10,000 to Friends of the Children for ranch’s fire sprinklers

June 8, 2021 10:34 am KTVZ News Partners

The Redmond Kiwanis Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Friends of the Children Central Oregon to help fund a $23,000 fire sprinkler system at the Friends’ new ranch on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway.

Grape-picking robots can help replace manual labor on vineyards, UC Davis research shows

June 8, 2021 10:34 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Grapes are California’s third-largest crop, valued at nearly $6 billion a year. There’s growing concern this season that there may not be enough people to work in the fields, but those workers may not be needed much longer. New research at UC Davis is showing

77 years after he went MIA, family learns story behind WWII soldier’s final battle

June 8, 2021 10:31 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After nearly 80 years, the family of a WWII soldier may finally have some answers. In 1944, Harlan Melinsky of Howard Lake went missing in Italy after he and his fellow soldiers came under attack from Germans. Even after the war, there was no evidence

Key Senate Republican dour on prospects for Manchin-backed voting bill

June 8, 2021 10:29 am CNN Newsource

The lone Republican working with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on a bill to restore a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act acknowledged Tuesday the steep climb to get enough support to break a GOP-led filibuster. “I think it’s going to be a challenge,” said GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

Family Access Network receives $3K grant to assist Bear Creek students, families

June 8, 2021 10:23 am KTVZ News Partners

The Family Access Network said Tuesday it has received a $3,000 grant from the Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation to support FAN advocate services at Bear Creek Elementary School in Bend.

Support for same-sex marriage reaches record high in US, poll shows

June 8, 2021 10:03 am CNN Newsource

A record 70% of Americans support legal recognition of same-sex marriage, according to a new Gallup poll. That’s the highest level of support seen since Gallup starting tracking the subject in 1996, when just 27% of Americans were in favor of legal recognition. The current 70% also marks a 10 percentage point increase since 2015,

Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC announce $1.3 billion vaccine initiative

June 8, 2021 10:01 am CNN Newsource

The Mastercard Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will deploy $1.3 billion over the next three years as part of a new initiative to acquire and deliver vaccines across the continent. The Saving Lives and Livelihoods scheme aims to secure shots for more than 50 million people and help develop

Charlottesville’s confederate statues coming down nearly four years after violent rally

June 8, 2021 9:56 am CNN Newsource

In a unanimous vote late Monday night, the Charlottesville City Council voted to remove two Confederate statues from the city’s public parks, almost four years after they served as a flashpoint for the violent “Unite the Right” rally that killed counterprotester Heather Heyer. The public now has a 30-day period to propose new plans for

Ratko Mladic, the ‘butcher of Bosnia,’ loses appeal against genocide conviction

June 8, 2021 9:51 am CNN Newsource

Former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic, nicknamed “the butcher of Bosnia,” will have to serve his life sentence after an appeal against his war crimes convictions was rejected on Tuesday. Mladic, 79, was sentenced to life in prison in 2017 after being found guilty of genocide for atrocities committed during the Bosnian war from

Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Defense against drug scams targeting doctors

June 8, 2021 9:47 am KTVZ News Partners

This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against drug scams targeting doctors.

Biden to speak with GOP Sen. Capito as hopes for bipartisan infrastructure plan dim

June 8, 2021 9:39 am CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will speak with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the lead Republican negotiator on infrastructure, as prospects appear to be dimming for a bipartisan agreement. The call, originally scheduled for Monday, between the President and the West Virginia GOP senator is now set to take place later Tuesday afternoon, an official told

Ratko Mladic Fast Facts

June 8, 2021 9:18 am CNN Newsource

Here is a look at the life of Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army, sentenced to life in prison for genocide and other war crimes. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1942 Birth place: Kalnovik, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) Birth name: Ratko Mladic Father: Nedja Mladic Mother: Stana Mladic Marriage: Bosiljka Mladic

Longest serving teacher in school district retiring after 47 years

June 8, 2021 9:05 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Ms. Frances “Annie” Wilson, currently the longest serving teacher in the School District of Philadelphia, is retiring this month after 47 years. “I’m thinking about the future- what it is that I would like to accomplish on the next leg of this journey,” Wilson told

Body recovered from lake

June 8, 2021 9:03 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story WINCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A body was pulled from Winchester Lake Tuesday morning. Authorities say they were notified around 1:25 a.m. of a missing person and immediately began searching the area of Winchester Lake. The Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to the scene as well and,

Starbucks is letting people bring in their own mugs again

June 8, 2021 9:00 am CNN Newsource

Starbucks will let customers bring their own mugs to US company-owned cafes again starting on June 22. Before the pandemic, the coffee chain encouraged customers to bring their own reusable mugs to stores. But in March of last year, Starbucks suspended the program throughout the world because of the coronavirus. Starbucks has been gradually bringing

Want a job? America has a record number available

June 8, 2021 8:56 am CNN Newsource

America is hiring like never before. Job openings in the United States soared by nearly a million in April, setting a record for the most openings added in a month and the highest overall number since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking the data in December 2000. At 9.3 million new positions, it was

Shannen Doherty goes makeup-less and is over Hollywood beauty standards

June 8, 2021 8:54 am CNN Newsource

Bye bye, Botox. Actress and cancer survivor Shannen Doherty posted a makeup free selfie over the weekend with the caption, “Watching movies tonight and noticed there were few female characters I could relate to.” “You know, women without fillers, without Botox, without a facelift,” she wrote. “Women who embraced their face and all the experience

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