By Rachel Trent, CNN In “For Whom the Bell Tolls” — Ernest Hemingway’s novel partly written in Key West — the author wrote: “The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for, and I hate very much to leave it.” In Key West this weekend, about 140 men did their part to keep
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Austria’s veteran Olympic equestrian Victoria Max-Theurer’s Tokyo Olympics Games have ended before they ever began—and for a reason that may be hard to swallow. Her horse has a toothache.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Will Ripley takes a look at the city of Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics, where a growing number of athletes have tested positive for Covid-19 and venues sit nearly empty.
Continue ReadingBy Sara O’Brien, CNN Business After a nearly three-week strike, hundreds of Frito-Lay employees in Topeka, Kansas have ratified a revised contract Saturday addressing what union leaders had previously described as a diminished quality of life stemming from work conditions, including long hours, forced overtime, and stagnating wages. The contract will provide workers with a
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In the inaugural edition of “Dale Jr’s Olympic Chats,” the NASCAR legend speaks with U.S. rugby sevens winger Perry Baker on his anticipation for the Olympics, training in the heat, and background in American football
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN A National Security Agency review of its intercepts did not find any evidence that Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s communications were intercepted by the NSA, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Carlson had claimed that the agency was spying on him and planned to leak his communications to take
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Katie Ledecky has proven her prowess in the Olympic pool. But this year in Tokyo, she has a chance to join an elite and historic group thanks to her ability to dominate both sprints and distance races.
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink and Hannah Gard, CNN Meteorologists A surge of monsoonal moisture is bringing rounds of heavy rain and strong thunderstorms to areas of the Southwest that are currently suffering from extreme to exceptional drought conditions. Nearly 10 million people are under flash flood watches across Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. While expansive
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Ariarne Titmus is known as “The Terminator,” and is expected to be Katie Ledecky’s biggest rival in Tokyo. She shares the details of her training schedule and what it’s like to go head-to-head with Ledecky.
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams says the inmate who was found dead at the Buncombe County Detention Facility on Friday will have his case dismissed. Robert Charles Austin, 68, who had been in the jail since August 2019,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KAUAI, Hawaii (KITV) — First responders on Kauai rescued a 67-year-old male visitor from California who fell 25 feet off the Wailua Falls Trail on Friday. According to a report, the male visitor was hiking with his family when he slipped and fell approximately 25
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — You won’t find their videos on YouTube. Instead, you’ll find their names on Google but no links to their website or media content. Ty and Charlene Bollinger’s anti-vaccine empire has created such widespread criticism, accused of making millions off vaccine disinformation,
Continue ReadingBy ASHLEY RK SMITH Click here for updates on this story EAST HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A landlord, Jorge Orellana-Arias, was arrested for burglary on July 23. He is accused of entering his tenant’s unoccupied apartment and trying to sniff her underwear. The tenant reported that, on several occasions, Orellana-Arias would come into her bedroom
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A little puppy in Salem was caught in the crossfire of a shooting and her foster owner says she wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for the police officers who saved her. Back in May, police say someone in a car
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Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy talks to other NBC correspondents and Olympians about their quarantine experience leading up to the Tokyo Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Dion Lim Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — Dramatic surveillance video shows the moments a San Francisco restaurant was rocked by an explosion Monday morning that was so intense, police say it activated their ShotSpotter technology, a sensor that detects gunshots. “It feels like a terrorist…an explosive is
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The Tokyo Games have just begun, but 2020”s oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian equestrian Mary Hanna, is already looking ahead to 2024
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — “If it wasn’t for this fitness section, I wouldn’t have my house,” said Rob Webster, Owner of Play It Again Sports in Shreveport. Webster is a busy man. When he’s not on duty for the Shreveport Police Department he’s been answering
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN The death of a 10-year-old in Colorado has been linked to plague as state health officials warn they are investigating reports of the bacterial infection in animals and fleas. The 10-year-old resident of La Plata County “died from causes associated with plague,” the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said
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Out-of-state crews are heading to Montana to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggles with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes.
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