By Colin McCullough, Sonnet Swire and Dan Berman, CNN Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking for aid from the DC National Guard to help with migrants being sent by bus from Texas, according to a letter obtained by CNN affiliate WUSA. The mayor’s office says the city is now at a “tipping point.” Texas
Continue ReadingSEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) — A Sedro-Woolley woman was arrested after she allegedly left her family’s dog on a balcony without water or shade during dangerous high temperatures, resulting in the dog’s death. A police animal control officer responded to calls from concerned neighbors and found the 5-year-old dog named Enzo in “severe distress.” He displayed
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Después de días de inundaciones mortales que arrasaron con partes del este de Kentucky, el número de muertos aumentó a al menos 25. Los socorristas trabajaron el sábado para dar cuenta de los residentes desaparecidos, dijo el gobernador del estado. El gobernador Andy Beshear dijo que la cantidad de muertes “probablemente aumente”
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Five weeks after a fiery accident left him with second- and third-degree burns on 50% of his body, a Western North Carolina boy is making great strides in his recovery. Barrett McKim has been in the ICU at the burn
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Heavy rains brought another round of flooding to the St. Louis region that was already recovering from record rains earlier this week, prompting firefighters to help dozens of people escape the floodwaters. No injuries were reported from Thursday’s flooding, but the St. Louis Fire Department said on Twitter that it responded
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Hong Kong (CNN) — Un bailarín que se presentaba en un concierto en Hong Kong de la banda Mirror, agrupación de música popular cantonesa o cantopop, está en cuidados intensivos luego de que un panel gigante de video que cayó del techo lo golpeara. Cinco personas resultaron heridas cuando la pantalla, que
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, reestructuró este jueves su gabinete de ministros en respuesta a demandas de los integrantes de su coalición que le pedían “acción”. Sergio Massa, hasta ahora presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, asumirá al frente de un nuevo “superministerio” que es resultado de la combinación
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Alex Rogers, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to depart Friday for a tour of Asia, though whether she stops in Taiwan remains uncertain, a person familiar with the plans said. Pelosi’s trip includes stops in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore — all US allies in the region. But a
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral subvariants. Pfizer and Moderna expect to have updated
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral subvariants. Pfizer and Moderna expect to have updated
Continue ReadingBy WILSON RING Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Passenger rail service is returning to Vermont’s largest city after an absence of almost 70 years as part of a renewal in interest in passenger rail service nationwide. Both Congress and Amtrak have recently announced billions in funding for rail investments, and routes that were on
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland headlined a White House event bringing together pro bono lawyers, bar associations and public interest groups to discuss how best to offer legal services and protections for women seeking abortions. It’s part of an executive order signed by President Joe Biden aimed
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutors are refuting allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country’s most prominent jailed activists. In a statement released late on Thursday, the Public Prosecution Office said that a senior prosecutor was dispatched to the prison where Abdel-Fattah is being held to investigate his nearly three-year-old claims about being
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell had such a reputation for stopping Democratic legislation and keeping his conference together that he earned the nickname “the grim reaper.” But now he’s helped push through a string of major bipartisan victories that Democrats in particular are touting, splintering his own
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency says the country has not set a date for pulling out of the International Space Station and that the timing would depend on the orbiting outpost’s condition. Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov told President Vladimir Putin this week that a decision was
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina,
Continue ReadingCNN, WRAL, WTVD By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has been acquitted in a corruption trial, the second he has faced since a scandal surrounding him brought down the country’s government in 2019. Strache was accused of procuring a post on the supervisory board of Asfinag, a government-owned company that manages Austria’s highway system, for
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN You should know by now that a Beyoncé album release is a whole event. “Renaissance” is that, of course, and the Grammy winner’s eagerly awaited seventh album doesn’t disappoint, if social media is to be believed. The album officially dropped Friday morning. So much to digest, so much to dissect
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a lengthy and candid discussion about Taiwan on Thursday as tensions mount between Washington and Beijing, despite Biden’s onetime hope of stabilizing the world’s most important country-to-country relationship. The two leaders did agree to begin arrangements for a face-to-face summit,
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