By ALEXANDRA OLSON and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The hazardous haze from Canada’s wildfires is taking its toll on people whose jobs have forced them outdoors along the U.S. East Coast even as a dystopian orange hue led to the cancelation of sports events, school field trips and Broadway plays.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Middle income home buyers in the United States are finding little on the market to buy, even if they can qualify and afford a mortgage. These would-be buyers face the most severe housing shortage of any other income bracket, according to a new analysis from the National
Continue ReadingBy Steve Large Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A 91-year-old disabled Sacramento woman is in a battle with city hall over a big bill. “I mean, this is just beyond belief, beyond belief,” 91-year-old Barbara Hugo said. Hugo read her city water bill out loud. “$3,375.13,” Hugo said. It’s a
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El colapso de la represa Nova Kakhovka, en el sur de Ucrania, es uno de los mayores desastres industriales y ecológicos que ha sufrido Europa en décadas. La catástrofe destruyó aldeas enteras, inundó tierras de cultivo, privó a decenas de miles de personas de electricidad y agua limpia, y causó daños
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The nominees for this years BET Awards were announced Thursday. Drake led the nominations with seven nods, including best male hip hop artist, album of the year and best male R&B/pop artist. Nominations were selected by the BET Voting Academy, comprised of an esteemed group of entertainment professionals
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The nominees for this years BET Awards were announced Thursday. Drake led the nominations with seven nods, including best male hip hop artist, album of the year and best male R&B/pop artist. Nominations were selected by the BET Voting Academy, comprised of an esteemed group of entertainment
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An international team of scientists discovered three historical shipwrecks during an underwater archaeological expedition last year in the Mediterranean Sea. The expedition also gathered high-resolution images of three Roman wrecks initially discovered by oceanographer Robert Ballard and archaeologist Anna Marguerite McCann in the 1980s to 2000s. Researchers’ findings were
Continue ReadingWFSB, NEW HAVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Two of the five New Haven, Connecticut, police officers involved in the June 2022 arrest of Randy Cox, who was left paralyzed from the chest down in a police van, have been fired, officials said. Four members of the New Haven Board of
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Due to a historically dry spring and unseasonably warm temperatures, Siuslaw and Willamette National Forest officials raised fire danger from ‘low’ to ‘moderate’ as of Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — Elevated by a strong stock market, Americans’ household wealth rose to nearly $149 trillion in the first quarter of 2023, new federal data shows. But that’s still several trillion dollars shy of its recent peak. The net worth of households rose by $3 trillion in the early
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Yip, CNN (CNN) — Ohio lawmakers have introduced a joint resolution that would remove slavery and involuntary servitude from the state’s Constitution as a punishment for crimes. The amendment was introduced by Rep. Dontavius Jarrells, a Democrat representing Columbus, and Rep. Phil Plummer, a Republican representing Dayton. The proposed amendment was referred to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Las fuerzas ucranianas sufrieron pérdidas en equipos pesados y en soldados al encontrarse con una resistencia mayor a la esperada por parte de las fuerzas enemigas en su primer intento de romper las líneas rusas en el este del país, le dijeron a CNN dos altos funcionarios estadounidenses. Un funcionario de
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Boating season is already in full swing in the Northwest, thanks in part to cooperative warm weather that is leading many to the region’s lakes, rivers and Puget Sound waters.
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge on Thursday scheduled a murder trial for next year for a woman who has spent more than seven years in state psychiatric care after she was accused of intentionally plowing a car into pedestrians, killing one, on the Las Vegas Strip. Paris Paradise
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer Amanda Nunes is still upset at herself for believing she took Julianna Pena too lightly when they met on Dec. 11, 2021. Pena defeated Nunes with a rear-naked choke in the second round to strip her of the bantamweight crown. Nunes was so stunned that she said she considered
Continue ReadingBy DEBORA REY Associated Press LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Italy and Uruguay will meet Sunday for the Under-20 World Cup title. Italy knocked out South Korea with a 2-1 win and Uruguay beat Israel 1-0 in the earlier semifinal. Both semifinals took place at the Único Diego Armando Maradona Stadium at La Plata, which
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that Covid-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha is leaving the administration. Biden offered effusive praise for the doctor, who succeeded Jeff Zients as the White House Covid-19 Response coordinator in March 2022, writing Jha “has effectively translated and communicated complex scientific
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Apple TV+ has become one of Tom Holland’s go-to spots to flex his “serious” muscles, with pretty mediocre-to-bad results. After the bland movie “Cherry,” the “Spider-Man” actor returns as producer and star of “The Crowded Room,” an equally grim psychological drama series that takes so long to
Continue ReadingBy Jamaica Ponder Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A group of Lake Forest College students has spent the last several weeks working to unearth some Chicago history on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. They’re looking to the past to learn more about what was formerly on the
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Myers Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A raging fire engulfed the inside of Navco Community Outreach in the shopping center at the corner of Navco Road and McVay Drive. Dozens of Mobile firefighters were on the scene. They knocked it down as the flames threatened to spread
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