By Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is taking his coronavirus vaccine plea directly to his constituents. The Kentucky Republican is airing an ad across 100 radio stations in his state urging people to get vaccinated, as the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 ravages parts of the country, particularly red states with
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Dorothy Parker’s headstone has been unveiled at a New York cemetery where the ashes of the author and humorist who died in 1967 are interred. The New York Post reports that a jazz band played at the ceremony Monday at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It was supposed to take place
Continue ReadingRINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA, Spain (AP) — Michael Storer has won his second stage in this year’s Spanish Vuelta and Primoz Roglic fell in the final descent and lost the overall lead to Odd Christian Eiking. Roglic quickly got back on his bike but he and the other top contenders couldn’t keep up with the
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Los talibanes no están a favor de permitir que los afganos abandonen Afganistán, dijo este martes el portavoz talibán Zabiullah Mujahid durante una conferencia de prensa cuando se le preguntó sobre la fecha límite del 31 de agosto. “No vamos a permitir que los afganos se vayan, y ni siquiera estamos
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in northwestern Nigeria say two military personnel have been killed after gunmen raided a military school. A spokesman said one person was abducted from the Nigerian Defense Academy. The attack is the second in the Afaka area, where nearly 30 students were abducted in March
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Since the beginning of the pandemic, property owner Matthew Haines said he has lost a quarter of a million dollars in rental income from tenants who did not pay him rent. “I’ve never woken up having panic attacks before this year,” said Haines, 53, who owns and manages 253 rental
Continue ReadingRACINE, Wis. (AP) — A Missouri man who died after rescuing two young relatives from the choppy waters of Lake Michigan is the fourth person to drown in the lake this summer in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Racine. Racine County sheriff’s officials on Monday identified the man who drowned Sunday as 40-year-old Thomas Walker,
Continue ReadingBy Livia Borghese and Jack Guy, CNN A US veteran has traveled to Italy to be reunited with three siblings who he almost shot dead during World War II. On Monday Martin Adler, 97, returned to the European country and was able to hug the three Italian siblings that he nearly mistook for hiding German
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS OBERHOLTZ Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, KS (KCTV) — Firefighters pulled an unconscious man from a burning home. Crews responded just after 11 p.m. Monday to a fire at 105th Street and West 52nd Terrace. They found the elderly man in the back room of that home. First responders gave
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW JAMES | WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story CRUSO, N.C. (WLOS) — A Haywood County woman survived after being swept away by floodwaters last week. Michelle Rice’s home off U.S. 276 in Cruso took a direct hit from flooding from Tropical Storm Fred. While she was trying to get to
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he expects Cam Newton to return to the field this week for the second day of joint practices with the Giants after the quarterback missed a second day of practice because of a misunderstanding of COVID-19 testing rules.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WISN) — One year after a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake, the community continues to come together to heal. Some community leaders have organized what they’re calling “Kenosha Uptown Days of Healing.” It’s one of the first efforts to join as a
Continue ReadingCNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN At least 30 athletes competing in the Tokyo Paralympics identify as LGBTQ — a new high for LGBTQ representation at the Paralympic Games, by one count. That’s more than double the amount of athletes who publicly identified as LGBTQ in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, according to the SB Nation blog
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN At least 30 athletes competing in the Tokyo Paralympics identify as LGBTQ — a new high for LGBTQ representation at the Paralympic Games, by one count. That’s more than double the amount of athletes who publicly identified as LGBTQ in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, according to the SB Nation blog Outsports,
Continue ReadingBy Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A Kansas City animal advocate is hoping a 30-foot billboard will help some of the city’s long-term shelter pets get adopted. “About five years I’ve been working on getting a permanent billboard,” said Scott Poore. Eleven-year-old pit-bull mix Sally Sue
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A few weeks into the new school year, growing numbers of U.S. districts have halted in-person learning or switched to hybrid models because of rapidly mounting coronavirus infections. The setbacks in mostly small, rural districts that were among the first to go back are dampening hopes for
Continue ReadingBy SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A hospital in northwestern Louisiana thought the COVID-19 pandemic was letting up. Then came the ongoing surge caused by the delta variant. Nurses at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport say they are overwhelmed and exhausted. Melinda Hunt gets up before dawn for her shift six
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE BAUMER, DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Detectives are asking for help identifying a downtown St. Louis bank robber. Tuesday, police released a surveillance image of the man wanted in connection to the robbery of a U.S. Bank at 301 North Tucker Blvd. Monday
Continue ReadingBy Atika Shubert, James Briggs and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse who delivered a baby girl on board an aircraft that evacuated people from Afghanistan has said her team was “expecting the worst, hoping for the best.” The Afghan mother went into labor aboard a C-17 transport aircraft full of evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover
Continue ReadingBy KMOV.COM STAFF Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (KMOV) — Family and friends gathered Saturday to say a final goodbye to five children killed in an apartment fire. Mourners filled greater St. Mark’s Church in East St. Louis for funeral services for the young victims. The children – all
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