By Chris Boyette, Veronica Stracqualursi and Harmeet Kaur, CNN Illinois this week became the first state in the nation to ban law enforcement from using deceptive tactics when interrogating minors. Under the law, confessions made by juvenile suspects who were deceived by law enforcement officers during the interrogation process will be deemed “inadmissible as evidence.”
Continue ReadingMore than 100 people have died in Germany and Belgium following severe flooding in the area, caused by what experts described as the heaviest rainfall in a century. CNN’s Melissa Bell reports from Belgium.
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By Kristina Sgueglia, Mirna Alsharif and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Video circulating of a man who was tased by police after they say he helped another passenger evade a subway fare in New York City has drawn scrutiny from local politicians and community leaders. On July 6, an individual opened an exit gate for an acquaintance
Continue ReadingNYPD officers tased a man on the subway after he was seen allegedly letting someone through a gate to skip the fee.
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Jason Morris and Ray Sanchez, CNN Salomon Gold expects to celebrate his 90th birthday next month in his Champlain Towers North condo in Florida, where for decades he has enjoyed views of the turquoise blue waves of the Atlantic lapping on Surfside Beach. “You know how much they charge in the hotel
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Tierney Sneed and Rachel Janfaza, CNN A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program shielding certain undocumented immigrants from deportation, is illegal and blocked new applicants. The ruling from Judge Andrew Hanen would bar future applications. It does not immediately cancel current permits
Continue ReadingDr Marc Boom, President & CEO of Houston Methodist hospital, discusses the urgent need to get Americans vaccinated and rising cases of the delta variant.
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By Daniella Diaz, CNN A report by a Senate committee found that a little-known security unit within the Department of Commerce abused its power and oftentimes monitored employees of color without any evidence of wrongdoing. The report, involving more than two dozen whistleblowers with allegations dating to the mid-2000s, found that the Investigations and Threat
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The nearly 11,000-acre Elbow Creek Fire in northeast Oregon continues to be pushed by erratic winds and hot temperatures, challenging firefighters as the fire burns primarily to the east and west, with some growth to the north, officials said Saturday as Gov. Kate Brown invoked the Conflagration Act to bring in more outside resources..
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN One person was found dead and several were injured after an early morning boating accident in Boston Harbor, according to police. Harbor patrol rescued seven people around 3 a.m. after the accident, the Boston Fire Department said in a tweet earlier. Authorities believe the victim is a woman, the Boston Police
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El gobierno de Cuba organizó una masiva manifestación en La Habana el sábado que fue anunciada como una “reafirmación revolucionaria”, luego de las históricas protestas a principios de semana que pidieron un cambio en Cuba. Con el presidente de Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel y el exlíder cubano Raúl Castro al
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN As poet Jennifer Lopez once wrote, love don’t cost a thing. But this summer, her love life has been everything. Following a breakup with former baseball player Alex Rodriguez, Lopez has displayed a masterful grasp of the art of rebounding, being captured by paparazzi with former boyfriend Ben Affleck. Along with
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KIRKWOOD, Missouri (KMOV) — Police are searching for an 82-year-old man who went missing from a Kirkwood, Mo. nursing home overnight Friday or early Saturday. The search is on for Cornell Allmon. He is described as 6’4″, weighing 136 pounds, with a slender build, brown
Continue ReadingBy RUSSELL KINSAUL Click here for updates on this story ST LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis County mother is turning her devastating loss of her daughter into a teaching moment. Kimberle Jones is grieving over the death of her daughter, 37-year old Erica Thompson, who died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of
Continue ReadingBy JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — The Saginaw Police Department is investigating the shooting of a 4-year-old boy that happened Friday, July 16, around 5:30 p.m. Officers converged on the neighborhood at Hampshire near Drexel in southeast Saginaw, investigating a call of a child being shot. When
Continue ReadingBy SHAIN BERGAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — One person is in the hospital in critical condition after their motorbike was run over by a semi Friday night in Kansas City. Police and emergency crews responded at 9 p.m. to the incident on the exit ramp from Interstate
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The Grandview Fire northeast of Sisters is now mapped at 6,013 acres and is 43% contained, officials said late Saturday, noting that the increased acreage is due to more accurate mapping and not fire growth. Full containment is expected by Friday.
Continue ReadingBy SHAIN BERGAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Authorities are asking for help in finding a dementia patient who walked out of Truman Medical Center early Saturday morning and is considered missing and endangered. Kansas City police sent out a Silver Alert early Saturday for Delbert Garrett, 68.
Continue ReadingOpioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the CDC. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports on this health crisis that continued to plague the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Braner, CNN “I just screamed and cried. I knew my brother was gone.” Michelle Branch lost her brother, Craig Elazer, on September 1, 2020, to a fentanyl overdose. He had been receiving support for his addiction, which he had struggled with since he was 12, but a changed world due to the coronavirus
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