SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has voted to move some of the $15 million in savings related to police officer departures to community-based programs. The Seattle Times reports the police department will keep about $10 million for expenses like technology projects, while about $5 million will be invested elsewhere in what Councilmember Teresa
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kristin Chenoweth, Julie Taymor and Lin-Manuel Miranda welcomed back boisterous audiences to “Wicked,” “The Lion King” and “Hamilton” for the first time since the start of the pandemic, marking Tuesday as the unofficial return of Broadway. Chenoweth surprised the crowd at “Wicked” by appearing onstage
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German court has ruled that a small far-right party can continue to put up election posters with the slogan “Hang the Greens” that authorities in an eastern city ordered removed. However, the court said Tuesday that the posters put up by the tiny III. Weg (Third Way) party must be kept
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN After decades of inaction from the United States on climate, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats face a reckoning. Biden has big climate ambitions, vowing in April to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. The world is watching closely to see whether the US will deliver on that promise,
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A flight safety organization is warning that a Turkish drone base in ethnically divided Cyprus could increase safety risks for thousands of commercial flights that cross the airspace around the eastern Mediterranean island. FSF-Med, which is affiliated with the International Flight Safety Foundation, said Tuesday the planned upgrade for the Turkish
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A flight safety organization is warning that a Turkish drone base in ethnically divided Cyprus could increase safety risks for thousands of commercial flights that cross the airspace around the eastern Mediterranean island. FSF-Med, which is affiliated with the International Flight Safety Foundation, said Tuesday the planned upgrade for the Turkish
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Democrats are proposing new legislation to overhaul voting laws after months of discussions to get all 50 of their members behind a single bill, allowing their caucus to speak with one voice on the issue even though it stands virtually no chance of becoming law. The proposal
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Mohor W. Liliana Silva didn´t see it coming. When her brother traveled from Germany, where he lives, to visit his family in Chile, none of them felt vulnerable. He had completed the 10-day mandatory quarantine in Santiago and shown no symptoms of Covid-19. Yet, less than a week later, her parents, her three
Continue ReadingCNN, GETTY IMAGES, CHILE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, TWITTER, @MINISTERIOSALUD By Daniela Mohor W. Liliana Silva didn´t see it coming. When her brother traveled from Germany, where he lives, to visit his family in Chile, none of them felt vulnerable. He had completed the 10-day mandatory quarantine in Santiago and shown no symptoms of Covid-19. Yet,
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills, CNN Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to the 2021 Met Gala on Monday evening with a bright red message for Americans: “Tax the Rich.” Dressed in a white off-the-shoulder gown by Brooklyn-based designer brand Brother Vellies, the New York politician revealed the statement, scrawled in bold lettering on the back of her dress,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una batería de iPhone más grande que dura más. Un sistema de cámara de forma diagonal. Y un terabyte de almacenamiento. Estos son algunos de los últimos rumores sobre lo que Apple puede anunciar durante un evento mediático muy esperado este martes, donde se espera que la empresa revele la
Continue ReadingBy Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN It’s Spain’s Mediterranean escape, a place that for decades has been the go-to spot for jet setters, party lovers and package vacationers keen to let their hair down and enjoy sun, sea and sand in abundance. Yet as in so many famous tourist destinations across Europe, the Costa
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has endured a second day of harsh bipartisan criticism of the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. As he testified on Tuesday, a new intelligence estimate warned that al-Qaida could begin to threaten the U.S. from Afghanistan within one or two years. Democrats
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Norway’s main opposition Labour Party is beginning coalition talks to form a government Tuesday after the ruling Conservatives lost their command in parliamentary elections and the anti-oil Greens failed to win enough seats to become the potential kingmaker. Labour is likely to form an alliance with the country’s Center Party and
Continue ReadingBy Mayra Franco Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Indiana (WBND-LD) — A 10-year-old entrepreneur with a snack stand in South Bend is catching the eye of many. Jaion Austin is quite famous with more than 1,000 shares on Facebook with comments filled with community members looking to find him to show
Continue ReadingBy Mayra Franco Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Indiana (WBND-LD) — 22-year-old Indiana Marine Humberto Sanchez was among the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Afghanistan attack in Kabul’s Airport on August 26th. His body is being transported back home and will be arriving on Sunday at the Grissom Air Reserve
Continue ReadingBy John Le Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — At Sugarloaf Elementary, first-year kindergarten teacher Tiffany Dorn seems like a natural. Maybe that’s because she spent the past 17 years working towards the chance to teach. “Eyes up here. Let’s go over what Clever Cat says again, OK?” she
Continue ReadingBy CNN Sport staff Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib savored a “special night” Monday as he became the first openly gay NFL player to feature in a regular season game. Nassib starred in the Raiders’ thrilling 33-27 win over the Baltimore Ravens — the first game with fans at Allegiant Stadium — and
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN Sport staff Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib savored a “special night” Monday as he became the first openly gay NFL player to feature in a regular season game. Nassib starred in the Raiders’ thrilling 33-27 win over the Baltimore Ravens — the first game with fans at Allegiant Stadium —
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El Departamento de Policía de Clermont, en Florida, anunció este lunes que una madre se reunió con su hija, que tenía solo seis años cuando fue secuestrada de su casa en 2007. Según un comunicado de prensa, la División de Detectives de la Policía de Clermont dijo que recibió una llamada
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