By MICHAEL CASEY and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Landlords are fuming over the decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a new eviction moratorium lasting until Oct. 3. Smaller landlords say they have suffered financially due to various state, local and federal moratoriums in place since last
Continue ReadingCNN By Amy Chillag, CNN The refugee crisis in Afghanistan is growing as the Taliban take over the country. Since the start of this year, 550,000 Afghans were forced to flee their homes due to internal fighting, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Now, tens of thousands more are trying to leave the
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings and businesses in
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Please disregard US–Tropical Weather-Atlantic, published on August 19, 2021, and datelined in SYRACUSE, N.Y. It duplicates information in another story with the same slug line.
Continue ReadingBy RUSSELL KINSAUL Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Among the throngs of Afghans seen at Hamid Karzai International Airport trying to get on US planes to evacuate the country, were three families that ended up in St. Louis. “We had three cases the last five days that have
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lille has gone from having the best defense and most clean sheets in the French league to leaking goals with alarming ease. Lille conceded 23 goals in 38 games last season but has already allowed seven in two games this campaign. Lille drew 3-3 at Metz
Continue ReadingBy ANNA MUCKENFUSS Click here for updates on this story Genesee County, MI (WNEM) — A $1 million federal grant awarded to Genesee County will be used to enhance and restore the Flint riverfront. The grant will be used to fund the installation of rock rapid areas within the main channel to naturalize river flow
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business A group of restaurant owners and five small businesses are suing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city over its vaccine mandate in the hopes of blocking the new requirement. Earlier this month, the city announced a new rule requiring people to show proof of vaccination against
Continue ReadingBy LAUREN TRAGER Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES CITY, MO (KMOV) — A local couple says they were discriminated against at a St. Charles restaurant when a server told them they had to take their meals to-go, while others were allowed to dine inside in what was a “really degrading and
Continue ReadingBy JASMINA ALSTON Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Homeland Security Investigations, along with several other agencies, executed a federal search warrant at an Atlanta discount mall on Wednesday. Agents pulled thousands of designer items, including Gucci bags and Chanel wallets, from inside Westgate Discount Mall on Campbellton Road. A
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON and KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that parents should decide if their children wear masks at school to combat the coronavirus. The order Thursday by Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A surge of COVID-19 cases is prompting federal courts to impose new restrictions and requirements for mask-wearing and vaccinations. In many cases that move is setting up a dynamic where lawyers and plaintiffs who oppose mask mandates and other restrictions must mask up and
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th century. Fast forward 200 years and the mighty walled city of Dubrovnik still stands as a symbol of strength and stability in a region that has
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th century. Fast forward 200 years and the mighty walled city of Dubrovnik still stands as a symbol of strength and stability in a region that has
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th century. Fast forward 200 years and the mighty walled city of Dubrovnik still stands as a symbol of strength and stability in a region that has
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th century. Fast forward 200 years and the mighty walled city of Dubrovnik still stands as a symbol of strength and stability in a region that has
Continue ReadingBy Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th century. Fast forward 200 years and the mighty walled city of Dubrovnik still stands as a symbol of strength and stability in a region that has seen
Continue ReadingBy WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story CREOLA, AL (WALA) — The man accused of being in a shootout with his girlfriend’s husband is now behind bars. Michael Amacker was booked into jail Wednesday after spending a few days in the hospital. Deputies said Frank Reeves shot Amacker in his home because
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say government forces have shelled a northwestern village, killing five people, most of them children. Thursday’s selling of the village of Belshoun killed one women, three of her children and another child. That’s according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor. The Syrian civil
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to flee the country. It’s also brought renewed focus on Afghanistan’s vast untapped mineral wealth, resources that could transform its economic prospects if ever developed. Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations in the
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