By Denio Lourenco, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As rescue workers race to save people from devastating floods in Germany and Belgium, climate experts are sounding the alarm over predictions that intense, slow-moving storms will increase significantly across Europe by the end of the century. According
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story CARLETON-SUR-MER, Quebec (CTV Network) — DNA analysis of a 1,600-year-old mummified sheep leg found in Iran has uncovered clues as to how the ancient people of the Middle East lived. The sheep leg was recently discovered in the Chehrabad salt mine in Iran,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La última vez que Aris Suharyanto vio a su esposa fue a través de la ventana del hospital. No pudo conocer a su bebé recién nacido. Cuando la esposa de Suharyanto, Rina Ismawati, embarazada, y dos de sus tres hijos enfermaron el mes pasado, él pensó inicialmente que se trataba de un
Continue ReadingBy Marjie Ducey Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — It was the one tree the residents in a Dundee neighborhood thought would never fall. They were wrong. The huge oak, estimated by homeowner Charlie Agulla to be between 100 and 150 feet tall, silently toppled in last Saturday morning’s
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Daniella Diaz, CNN A Republican senator who’s helping to negotiate a bipartisan infrastructure proposal said Sunday that the group is no longer looking at toughening enforcement at the Internal Revenue Service as a way to pay for the massive bill. “Well, one reason it’s not part of the proposal is that
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: El Dr. Mark Lieber es médico residente de medicina interna en el Centro Médico Johns Hopkins Bayview de Baltimore y fue el becario de Stanford-CNN Global Health and Media Fellow 2017-2018. Planea centrar su carrera médica en la atención primaria del VIH y LGBTQ. (CNN) — Hace poco fui a
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen, CNN Covid-19 shoved Jeff Sweat into a medical coma for three weeks last winter, face down on a ventilator, on death’s trap door. “I took care of him when he was literally near death,” said Dr. Nida Qadir, a pulmonologist and co-director of the Intensive Care Unit at UCLA Medical Center. “He
Continue ReadingBy Brent C. Wagner Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The Nebraska volleyball program is on a recruiting hot streak. For the third time in just two days, a high school volleyball player has announced their plans to play for Nebraska. On Friday, it was Caroline Jurevicius, who
Continue ReadingThe streets of Altenahr, Germany, or what remains of them, are buried under mud, with cars wedged between collapsed buildings and piles of debris. CNN’s Atika Shubert reports even the dead were not spared after a devastating flood struck the village.
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least 189 people are dead and hundreds more remain missing after catastrophic flooding hit large swaths of western Europe, with tens of thousands unable to return to their homes and many still left without access to power and drinking water. The flooding, caused by unprecedented rainfall, has hit parts of
Continue ReadingAround 65 people were sickened at a Houston-area water park in what officials called a “chemical incident.” CNN affiliate KPRC’s Bill Barajas has details.
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN Around 65 people were sickened Saturday afternoon at a Houston-area water park in what local officials called a chemical incident. “In the area around the kiddie pool in this water park, a lifeguard was sick, and soon after that, more and more people began becoming sick,” Harris County Judge Lina Hildalgo
Continue ReadingAs a result of the pandemic, studios started releasing movies in theaters and on streaming on the same day. But is that really a good thing? CNN Business’ Frank Pallotta explains why that strategy may not become the solution for your favorite blockbusters.
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business LeBron James took his talents to the movies this weekend and came away with a hit. “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” which stars James alongside the Looney Tunes, brought in an estimated $31.6 million in its North America opening this weekend. That exceeded industry expectations, which projected the film to
Continue ReadingBy Rob Chaney Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA COUNTY, Montana (Missoulian) — Wade Fellin wanted a break from chasing fish as a job, so he spent a day snorkeling in the Bitterroot River. The hoped-for respite backfired. “I was excited to show my wife how many fish are down there, but we
Continue ReadingBy Riley Vetterkind Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — The Democratic Party of Wisconsin raised more than four times what the state Republican Party raised in the first half of the year, hauling in more than $4.2 million across its two major state accounts. The Democratic Party’s multimillion-dollar
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Geyer Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A man was injured Friday when he was dragged by a freight train at Warren and 5th streets in Davenport. Davenport firefighters and police were called to the scene at 7:19 p.m. Police said the train had stopped and the
Continue ReadingBy Dee Holzel Click here for updates on this story RACINE COUNTY, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — Charges have been dismissed against a local man accused last month of attempted murder for allegedly trying to hang his girlfriend. Ryan Carter, 38, had been charged with four felonies, including attempted first-degree intentional homicide, aggravated battery, false
Continue ReadingUS Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says social media companies have taken positive steps against the sharing of health misinformation but that “it’s not enough” and responds to a Facebook official’s claim that the Biden administration is trying to scapegoat the company after failing to meet their July 4 vaccine goal.
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Sunday said social media platforms must recognize that they played “a major role” in the spread of misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic and while they’ve taken some steps to fight back, it hasn’t been enough. “Some of them have worked to try to, you
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