By Leah Asmelash, CNN Disney has finally redone its Jungle Cruise ride after years of being criticized for the attraction’s controversial depictions of Indigenous people. In January, the corporation announced it would rethink the classic Jungle Cruise ride, in which a skipper ferried visitors along a waterway while making jokes and funny comments. One of
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, hizo un llamado a Estados Unidos a que suspenda el embargo comercial contra Cuba como un gesto humanitario para ayudar al país, tras las protestas contra la crisis económica creciente y la falta de libertades que sacudieron a la nación isleña el
Continue ReadingBy Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — North Minneapolis community and church leaders gathered Sunday afternoon along Emerson and 33rd avenues — just one block from where a 3-year-old child was shot playing outside Friday night — to demand and beg for the gun violence to end. The child
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — En este episodio de preguntas de la audiencia sobre el covid-19, el doctor Huerta aclara diversas dudas sobre las vacunas y enfermedades preexistentes. Además, habla de qué ocurre con la segunda dosis de aquellas personas que contrajeron el virus tras la primera inyección. Puedes escuchar este episodio en Spotify o
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Thousands of Cubans protest garnering praise from President Biden and disdain from Cuba’s President.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Allen Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Bev Burnett has always enjoyed taking a bit of gamble. Quick trips to the casino allowed her to escape for a bit. She even hit a $10,000 winner in Louisiana, but never the giant jackpot, which may be why when
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Paris Hilton and Netflix are getting into the kitchen together and hoping the result is, well, so hot. Neither party, however, are under the delusion that the forthcoming show, “Cooking with Paris,” will showcase gourmet grub. In fact, they’re seemingly counting on it being a little bit of a can’t-look-away disaster
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las muertes por el colapso parcial de la torre de condominios Champlain Towers South en Surfside, Miami, llegaron a por lo menos 94, confirmó este lunes la alcaldesa del condado de Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cava. Lo anterior quiere decir que un total de 22 personas siguen desaparecidas luego de la tragedia ocurrida
Continue ReadingBy Tara Molina Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Heading into the weekend, Chicago shopping districts are bracing for trouble and calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot for help. Store owners say violence last weekend could signal to shoppers not to come downtown anymore and affect everyone’s bottom line. Over the Fourth
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Borowy Click here for updates on this story GRATIOT COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Police are asking for the public’s help in the search for a man who officers say tried to lure a child into a park bathroom. On Saturday, July 10 at 5:48 p.m., Alma police officers were sent to the area
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — It’s a Chicago classic: the hot dog. Local tradition dictates it’s all-beef, piled high with a garden of ingredients, and absolutely no ketchup. But now a family business born out of the pandemic recession is doing things its own way. CBS 2’s
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Dianne Gallagher and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas state House Democrats left the state Monday in an effort to block Republicans from passing a restrictive new voting law in the remaining 27 days of the special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott. Two chartered planes carrying the majority of the Democrats who
Continue ReadingThe move marks the first time in 18 years that Democrats crossed state lines in an attempt to break quorum.
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Se han recuperado cuerpos adicionales de los escombros en el colapso del condominio de Surfside, lo que eleva el número de muertos a 94, anunció la alcaldesa de Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cava, durante una conferencia de prensa el lunes. Los equipos de búsqueda recuperaron a cuatro víctimas adicionales durante la noche. Edificio
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Miles de cubanos salieron a las calles en una inusual jornada de protesta el domingo para quejarse de la falta de libertad y el empeoramiento de la situación económica, según los manifestantes que hablaron con CNN, así como evidenciado en videos que parecían mostrar protestas en varias ciudades del
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As fire season heats up, it’s even more important for Central Oregonians to get the latest alerts about wildfires and evacuation alerts and levels.
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Christina Carrega, CNN The Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump are taking up their first case involving a White person who was killed after being shot during an encounter with a police officer. The civil rights leader and the high-profile attorney, who Sharpton has dubbed “Black America’s Attorney general,” deemed the
Continue ReadingA memorial was held for 17-year-old Hunter Brittain who was fatally shot June 23 by a Lonoke County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop around 3 a.m. outside of a local auto repair shop in Arkansas.
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Chin Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND (KPIX) — Charles Hobbs proves he can keep up with trainees half his age. At age 51, the Martinez man just graduated from the Fire Academy on the Chabot College campus in Alameda County. “It’s a very rewarding place to be,” Hobbs said. “It’s
Continue ReadingBy Renée Santos Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Bullets flew on a Sacramento freeway, narrowly missing a five-year-old boy in the back seat. The shooting happened last week on Highway 50 near Stockton Boulevard. “It was literally inches away from my son’s head,” a mother said. A bullet went through
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