By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration is launching “Operation Allies Refuge,” an effort to relocate thousands of Afghans who helped the United States throughout its nearly two-decade military campaign in Afghanistan. Flights for Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) applicants “who are already in the pipeline will begin in the last week of July,” according
Continue ReadingBy J.R. Stone, Amy Hollyfield and Leslie Brinkley Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, California (KGO) — The Alameda County Sheriff’s Department concluded late Tuesday there are only two possibilities in the search for missing jogger Phil Kreycik. After four days of intense search efforts, officials say he is either “incapacitated or unresponsive,”
Continue ReadingBy Sasha Lenninger Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KABC) — Crews rescued a woman who became trapped between two buildings in Santa Ana Tuesday afternoon. An Orange County Fire Authority rescue team responded to 1020 N. Harbor Blvd. and worked to free the woman wedged between two walls. The woman,
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday called the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake and predicted that the consequences, especially for Afghan women and girls, will be “unbelievably bad.” “You know, I think it is,” Bush told German news outlet Deutsche Welle when asked if the withdrawal is a
Continue ReadingFormer President George W. Bush, whose administration first sent US troops to invade Afghanistan in 2001, says it breaks his heart that the Biden administration decided to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan because he fears what will happen to the people left behind in the country.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Nicolas Cage is now saying he’s out of a planned “Tiger King” series. Cage told Variety exclusively that “we should clear the record” on plans for him to play the role of Joe Exotic. “I read two excellent scripts, which I did think were excellent, but I think Amazon ultimately
Continue ReadingBy Sasha Lenninger Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — At just 78 years young, Linda Patterson is doing things most people her age can’t do. “I just want to be strong and there’s something about working out that makes me feel so good,” Patterson said. Our cameras caught up
Continue ReadingBy Kai Reed Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — A man is dead, and a woman is injured after a security guard shot them after a physical altercation inside a Giant Food store in northwest Baltimore, police said. There were several customers and employees inside the store when the shooting
Continue ReadingBy Scott Simmons Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Concern about the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant is rising in Mississippi. State health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said in a tweet Tuesday that seven children are in the ICU and two are on life support because of a surge
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CALEDONIA, Wisconsin (WISN) — Investigators in Racine County say a man shot and killed another man at a gas station and fired at a driver before fleeing and eventually dying in a shootout with an undercover officer. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said events unfolded
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Mollenbeck Click here for updates on this story ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — Two mothers will be indelibly linked by the successful effort to save a 10-day-old baby who choked and stopped breathing at a Sam’s Club parking lot in Ankeny. Azarayah Israel started choking Monday afternoon after one of her siblings apparently tried
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN In the three weeks since Britney Spears’ powerful testimony in which she called her 13-year conservatorship “abusive” and pleaded for the court-ordered arrangement to end, there have been multiple subsequent legal filings in the case and growing outcries of support for the singer. Spears told Judge Brenda Penny at the hearing
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN In one of the most aggressive military efforts to combat rising Covid-19 infections, the commanding general of the Army base at Fort Rucker, Alabama, issued new orders Tuesday that for the first time will compel servicemembers to show proof of vaccination to their leaders. In a video posted
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Catt Sadler is sounding the alarm that people still need to be careful with Covid-19. The entertainment reporter posted a trio of photos on Instagram account, one showing her apparently sick in bed. She started the caption off by writing, “This is important. READ ME:” “I’m fully vaccinated and I
Continue ReadingBy Kay Recede Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — What started as simple Post-It Notes on a hospital window turned into something much bigger — a mystery friendship that one 5-year-old battling cancer said helped him get through his treatments. “We’d say, ‘Who do you think is over there?’”
Continue ReadingBy Kay Recede Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — What was supposed to be an hour-long Allegiant Air flight from Las Vegas to Stockton turned into a 17-hour ordeal for dozens of passengers. The original arrival was planned for 9 p.m. on Monday, but Jade Watts and other passengers finally
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN It is human nature to gossip, to peer behind the gossamer curtain of secrecy separating the rich and famous from the common and curious. In the early 2000s, that age-old impulse reached a toxic nadir. There, in the corners of an internet that still felt novel and lawless, a new breed
Continue ReadingRob Picheta, CNN Gillian Anderson says she is “not wearing a bra anymore,” telling fans: “I don’t care if my breasts reach my belly button.” “The Crown” actress told followers during a live question and answer session on Instagram: “I’m so lazy and I don’t wear a bra any more. I can’t wear a bra.
Continue ReadingBy Josh Copitch Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KSBW) — A small, twin-engine Golden Eagle Cessna plane crashed into a home near the Monterey Airport, Tuesday morning. The plane crashed into a home in the private housing community of Monterra just south of the airport at 10:41 a.m. A spokesperson with
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Northern Ireland. For many years, Northern Ireland has been split over the question of whether it should remain part of the United Kingdom or become part of Ireland. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. The nation is part of the United Kingdom, along with England, Scotland and
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