By Tami Luhby, CNN Melinda Williams, a married mother of five, didn’t think her family qualified for the child tax credit since they don’t earn enough to file income tax returns. So the New York City resident didn’t pay much attention to Congress’ historic increase of the benefit earlier this year. But then her pastor,
Continue ReadingBy Jiani Navarro Click here for updates on this story ELBERTA, Alabama (WALA) — Josh Hines has fought many fires for the Elberta Fire Department, but he now faces another fight. For years, he has suffered from a rare disease and has been in need of a kidney transplant. Recently, complications from his condition, forced
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Happy Monday morning, Central Oregon! We’re waking up to hazy skies with thin clouds, and that will be the trend at least until Wednesday due to wildfires and high temperatures across our region. Avoid the outdoors, if smoke is a concern for you. Most of Central Oregon will be topping out in the mid to
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El paquete de ayuda de US$ 1,9 billones firmado por el presidente Joe Biden mejora enormemente el estímulo de crédito fiscal federal por hijos durante un año, lo que permite que millones de familias más se beneficien y saque a millones de niños de la pobreza. El paquete de estímulo aumenta
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Several people are hurt after police say a vehicle traveling approximately 55 mph struck a tree near North 96th and Nash Streets in Milwaukee. Just after 1:30 PM Sunday, neighbors at 96th and Nash said a car crashed into a tree right
Continue ReadingCNN’s Polo Sandoval reports on Arkansas’s surge of Covid-19 cases as the state’s vaccination rate has stalled.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Jorgensen and Polo Sandoval, CNN In Arkansas, the fight against both the deadly Covid-19 Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy starts one person at a time, meeting them where they are. Sometimes, that’s at church. At St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Little Rock’s Southwest side, Oscar Martinez was seizing his chance at a pop-up
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Mientras las operaciones en el sitio del colapso de Surfside continúan, ya en su tercera semana, las autoridades identificaron a tres de las víctimas más jóvenes, de 5, 6 y 9 años, que están entre el total de 90 muertos registrado hasta el domingo. La trágica noticia se produjo después de que
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — In the wake of British billionaire Richard Branson’s historic journey to the edge of space on Sunday, astronomers are heralding this achievement as a significant step forward when it comes to making space exploration more accessible. The 71-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Look up to the sky on Monday night and you’ll see Mars and Venus gathering together alongside the moon. NASA says the two planets will be so close together in the sky, it will appear as if they
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Richard Branson became the first person to ride into space aboard a rocket he helped fund. The supersonic space plane developed by his company, Virgin Galactic, roared into the sky over New Mexico, carrying Branson and three fellow crewmembers.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson avoids making too many promises when it comes to his new select committee to investigate the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol. But the Mississippi Democrat is sure on one thing: He isn’t going to let the
Continue ReadingHouse Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson speaks with congressional correspondent Lauren Fox on the nature of the Capitol insurrection investigation committee.
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Rob Picheta, CNN A copy of “Super Mario 64″ has sold for more than $1.5 million, smashing the record for the most expensive sale ever of a video game at auction. The sealed copy of the classic Nintendo 64 video game fetched $1.56 million including fees on Sunday. Dallas-based auction house Heritage said it was
Continue ReadingBy John Sinnott and Aleks Klosok, CNN The Italian squad made a triumphant return to Italy on Monday after its penalty shootout win over England in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium. Sunday’s success was the Azzurri’s second European Championship victory and came 53 years after Italy’s first win in the pan-continental tournament. The
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe and Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Americans have witnessed some wild price hikes over the past few months. Shortages and supply chain issues across the world have sent the cost to make and move goods soaring and left consumers paying up. Since then, prices for some pandemic favorites — such as lumber —
Continue Readingolivertapia Las calles de Cuba fueron escenario de una inusual protesta. El comportamiento de la variante delta en Israel y Reino Unido. En Haití hay más dudas que respuestas por el crimen contra el presidente. Virgin Galactic abre una nueva era del turismo espacial. Italia gana la Eurocopa. Además, Djokovic igualó a Nadal y a
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy were a match made in heaven on the big screen — now their children are writing their own love story. Jasmin Lawrence and Eric Murphy, the eldest offspring of the legendary comedians, have made their romance Instagram official. On Saturday, Jasmin, who is Lawrence’s daughter with
Continue ReadingThe West is beginning to ease out of the long, oppressive heat wave and New York braces for a potential flood threat. CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast.
Continue ReadingOver half a dozen locations reached all-time temperature records on Saturday across the Southwest. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar has more on the dangerous heat to end the weekend.
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