By Susan Raff, Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Saturday marks 20 years since one of the worst tragedies in U.S. history, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A Hartford-based company called Aquiline Drones is honoring first responders in a unique way. Aquiline Drones said it recognizes that first
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of antigovernment activism that is confounding attempts to battle a COVID-19 outbreak. The surge has overwhelmed hospitals in the deeply conservative region. A deadly 1992 standoff with federal agents near the Canadian border helped spark an
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of antigovernment activism that is confounding attempts to battle a COVID-19 outbreak. The surge has overwhelmed hospitals in the deeply conservative region. A deadly 1992 standoff with federal agents near the Canadian border helped spark an
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says his country is working with the U.N.’s refugee agency to repatriate Syrians to their home country. The comments are at odds, however, with the U.N. agency’s overall policy towards returning migrants to Syria, which it still considers too dangerous. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sunday that “we
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN Illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN Millions of students are heading back to school with a challenge they didn’t have to face last year. The more contagious Delta variant is fueling a nationwide Covid-19 surge that’s sending hundreds of children to hospitals every day. The best weapon for students ages 12 and
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to strengthen as it heads for the Gulf Coast. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and Louisiana could see heavy rain and floods. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for coastal Texas. Nicholas is expected to produce storm total
Continue ReadingBy Trayce Hutchins, Iyani Hughes Click here for updates on this story SUWANEE, Georgia (WGCL) — Suwanee resident Kayla Bergeron’s therapy is working with horses like Jessie at Special Equestrians of Georgia. It’s her calm after the chaos of September 11th. “Sometimes it seems like a long time ago, sometimes it seems like yesterday.” Kayla
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is again choosing whether to recall a governor. But the electorate deciding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fate looks very different from that one that ousted fellow Democrat Gray Davis in 2003. The state today has 7 million more voters but fewer registered Republicans. And the electorate
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story FLAT ROCK, North Carolina (WLOS) — Today’s high school students weren’t yet born when possibly the darkest day in American history took place — Sept. 11, 2001. Still, some high schools in the mountains have taken initiative in pausing to honor the 20th anniversary of
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story Candler, North Carolina (WLOS) — Many businesses were completely destroyed by the flooding from Tropical Storm Fred on Aug. 17, including the Dawg House Salon of Candler. The owner, Michelle Jenkins, said her building was 68 inches underwater and even had a storage building swept
Continue ReadingBy Todd Battis and Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTV News Click here for updates on this story GANDER, Newfoundland and Labrador / TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Twenty years ago, the good of Gander came through when the world seemed to be at its worst. After the Sept. 11 attacks, 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 passengers were
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Five federal party leaders set their political differences aside to record a one-minute-long video encouraging all Canadians to get vaccinated. The video was recorded just before the English language leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Que. on Thursday night and
Continue ReadingBy Caresse Jackman Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A family has come forward saying that former funeral director took their money and can’t give their grandmother a proper goodbye. When Timothy O’Neal’s family walks up to his grandmother’s grave, the only reminder that she’s there is a little angel
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Lemos and Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas’ Republican governor said Sunday that he thinks President Joe Biden’s newly announced Covid-19 vaccine mandate “hardens the resistance” some people have to getting one. “We have to overcome resistance,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson told NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “This is a very serious, deadly virus and we’re all
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Lemos and Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas’ Republican governor said Sunday that he thinks President Joe Biden’s newly announced Covid-19 vaccine mandate “hardens the resistance” some people have to getting one. “We have to overcome resistance,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson told NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “This is a very serious, deadly virus and we’re
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief money can be spent on high-speed internet. The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden lists broadband infrastructure as one of the uses for $350 billion of flexible aid to states,
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid rallied to avoid disappointing results in their milestone matches in the Spanish league. Madrid had to twice come from behind to beat Celta Vigo 5-2 in its return to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium after more than 18 months. Atlético needed two
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When an enormous statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted off a pedestal in the former capital of the Confederacy and carted off to storage, many civil rights activists saw it as a step toward a more inclusive Virginia, if only a
Continue ReadingBy BERNAT ARMANGUE Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistan’s turbulent history over the decades with its ever-changing merchandise. The owner says that until the Taliban takeover last month, he used to produce flags from all nations that had diplomatic
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press Championship leader Max Verstappen and defending champion Lewis Hamilton have crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix. Sunday’s race was won by McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo. The stewards decided that Verstappen “was predominantly to blame for the collision.” They gave the Red Bull driver a three-place grid drop for the start
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