By Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story KANEOHE, Hawaii (KITV) — Honolulu Fire Department rescued a dog by helicopter on Wednesday evening, after receiving a 911 call from a distressed paddleboarder and the dog’s owner. The initial rescue helicopter arrived on scene to the paddleboarder around 5:55 p.m. The rescue helicopter then
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La economía de Estados Unidos se contrajo nuevamente en el segundo trimestre, informó este jueves la Oficina de Análisis Económico. El producto interno bruto (PIB), un indicador de gran alcance sobre la actividad económica, cayó un 0,9% sobre una base anualizada de abril a junio. Esa reducción marca un umbral clave para
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — In 1997, Beijing grumbled but swallowed its irritation when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich of the U.S. House of Representatives visited Taiwan. The island democracy is claimed by the mainland’s ruling Communist Party as its own territory. At the time, China had other priorities, and Gingrich had just met
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN Its insistence on not charging for baggage has long made it a passenger favorite, but Southwest Airlines have now worked out how to keep passengers loyal — by announcing that credits with the airline will no longer have an expiration date. As part of what Southwest calls a $2 billion attempt to
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but the previous week’s number was revised upward significantly, with claims breaching the 250,000 level in back-to-back weeks for the first time in more than eight months. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 23 declined
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Police in Vancouver, Washington, are investigating a double homicide at a house party as a gang-related shooting, according to court documents. When officers arrived at about 1:20 a.m. July 17, they found 19-year-old Alexander Castagnoli of Portland, Oregon, dead inside the house, The Columbian reported. Officers learned that Amadou Keita, 18,
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democratic leadership will announce legislation next month that would ban lawmakers, their spouses and senior staff from trading stocks, a source familiar with the plan tells CNN. The proposal would force lawmakers to choose between putting their stocks in a qualified blind trust or completely divesting their investment portfolios. The
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story HAWAII (KITV) — Micronesians and other Pacific Islanders were hit especially hard by COVID-19 in Hawaii. And now many of them are worried about their families back home in the Federated States of Micronesia. “You know we’ve seen how influenza and all those other diseases
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN With two first-time Emmy nominations for her roles in “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” Sydney Sweeney is riding pretty high in Hollywood. But that doesn’t mean she’s set for life. “If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don’t have income to cover that,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The foreign minister of Cyprus says his government and Greece will consult with other European Union members on how to respond if Turkey tries again to drill for oil and gas in waters to which Cyprus claims exclusive rights. Turkey’s energy minister said earlier this week
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The foreign minister of Cyprus says his government and Greece will consult with other European Union members on how to respond if Turkey tries again to drill for oil and gas in waters to which Cyprus claims exclusive rights. Turkey’s energy minister said earlier this week
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India has expressed “deep concern” at Myanmar’s executions of four political prisoners, joining other nations in condemning the hangings and raising concerns about a setback to efforts to bring peace to the country. Myanmar announced Monday the four were hanged over the weekend after military tribunals convicted them with no access
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. This is the third such test that Facebook has failed. Each time, Global Witness submitted ads with blatant, violent hate speech to see if
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press Employees at a Trader Joe’s supermarket in Massachusetts on Thursday became the latest workers at a major company to approve a labor union. The store in Hadley, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, is the first Trader Joe’s with an employees union, although workers at two other company
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to increase American competitiveness, a bipartisan achievement that will send tens of billions of dollars into American manufacturing and scientific research. The final vote was 243-187 with
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Amid Pope Francis’ “penitential” journey in Canada, Indigenous people are witnessing what the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has called “a significant gesture and a historic step to fulfilling reconciliation.” Aside from admitting the Catholic Church’s responsibility in the designation of
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s annual inflation rate has declined slightly for the second consecutive month, but July’s pace of 7.5% is still within sight of the nearly half-century high it reached in May. Inflation in Europe’s biggest economy rose 7.9% in May from a year earlier, the highest level since the early 1970s, before slipping
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — With record-breaking delays and lost baggage claims overwhelming Canadian airports, some travellers may be hoping to lighten their loads and abandon checked bags in favour of carry-on hand luggage. However, for those who aren’t naturally light packers, moving to a streamlined
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but the previous week’s number was revised upward significantly, with claims breaching the 250,000 level in back-to-back weeks for the first time in more than eight months. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 23 declined
Continue ReadingBy T.W. Starr Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — High fuel prices are impacting every part of society and business. And local public safety departments are not immune. When it comes to those higher higher fuel prices families can make adjustments on where they go, when they go or if
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