By Caitlin Lilly Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — An ice-skating, Las Vegas rescue dog who captured the hearts of everyone he skated near has died at the age of 12. According to a news release from the Nevada SPCA, Benny was a “famous” rescued Labrador Retriever who became
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new rules this week that would require that new cars be equipped with automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection. Automatic emergency braking, or AEB, is already standard on most passenger vehicles sold in the United States. In 2016, most major
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Lizzo respondió a comentarios contra su cuerpo. En una serie de mensajes en redes sociales que solo pueden ser vistos por sus seguidores, la cantante respondió a un tuit en el que alguien publicaba un video de la reciente actuación de Lizzo en homenaje a Tina Turner en “Proud Mary” y comentaba
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation will hold a weekend of mourning for the 15-year-old player who died after a post-match brawl at an international youth tournament last weekend. “This incredibly sad and shocking act at a soccer tournament for juniors leaves us speechless,” federation president Bernd Neuendorf said Thursday. “It is the ultimate
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Seven-time Olympic medalist Penny Oleksiak will miss the world swimming championships in July while she continues rehabbing from injury. She had been coming back from left knee surgery since last August when she developed an unrelated shoulder issue. Oleksiak competed for the first time in nine months at the Mare Nostrum meet
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press A federal appeals court has put on hold an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing air pollution in Missouri, drawing criticism from environmentalists but praise from the state’s attorney general who called the proposal “unconstitutional overreach.” Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Wednesday that the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court
Continue ReadingBy Dani Masten and C.C. McCandless Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — When the sun comes out in the Las Vegas Valley, so do the rattlesnakes. With temperatures now in the 90s, these snakes are looking for places to cool down. Sometimes, that can mean right in your back
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A structural engineer report issued just days before an Iowa apartment building partially collapsed indicated a wall of the century-old structure was in imminent risk of crumbling, yet officials did not order residents to leave and said Thursday they
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder this week after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges, authorities said. In 2018, Richard Chow confronted a shoplifter
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Un caso de maltrato animal ha conmocionado a México: un hombre arrojó un perro a un cazo con aceite hirviendo, causándole la muerte. Las autoridades detuvieron al sospechoso de la agresión al perro y emitieron una orden de aprehensión adicional por tentativa de homicidio por la discusión que tuvo antes
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in western Mexico have told families of eight missing youths that among the human remains found in dozens of bags in a gorge on the outskirts of Guadalajara were some that preliminarily appeared to match characteristics of some of the missing young people. The Jalisco state prosecutor’s office said in
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer OSLO, Norway (AP) — The United States will soon open a small diplomatic mission in Norway that will be its northernmost in the world and only such facility above the Arctic Circle. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the move on Thursday as competition over the high north’s
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed a Nepali national after his conviction for stabbing a Saudi to death. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported the execution Thursday of Santa Bahadur Pune, saying it took place in the kingdom’s Al-Jawf region. It did not say how Pune had been killed. However, Saudi
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Dollar General investors approved a resolution Wednesday to create an independent audit of the chain’s safety policies because of violence at stores and millions of dollars in fines for workplace safety violations. The third-party audit should evaluate “management and business practices that contribute to an unsafe or
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Dubas didn’t stay out of work for long. The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired Dubas as the club’s president of hockey operations. The move comes less than two weeks after Dubas was fired as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Dubas replaces Brian Burke, who was fired along with general
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Hilary Knight was the runaway leader in voting for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s first female player of the year award on Thursday, some six weeks after the 33-year-old captained the United States to win the women’s world championship. The IIHF announced Knight received 40.9% of the votes submitted
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Fewer employers looking for workers means 270 employees at job search site ZipRecruiter will soon be out of a job. The company is cutting 20% of its staff by the end of this month, the company disclosed in a filing late Wednesday. “This action was taken in
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Fuel prices have nearly tripled in Nigeria after the country’s new President Bola Tinubu said his administration would no longer subsidize gasoline for citizens of Africa’s largest oil producer. In a seemingly off-the-cuff remark during his inaugural speech Monday, Tinubu declared, “the fuel subsidy is gone,” adding
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, Adrienne Broaddus and Holly Yan, CNN Davenport, Iowa (CNN) — Four days before a portion of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, collapsed, work to rectify recently discovered façade and wall issues was underway, documents released Wednesday by the city and a permit show. The section of the wall that was
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — An eating disorder prevention organization said it had to take its AI-powered chatbot offline after some complained the tool began offering “harmful” and “unrelated” advice to those coming to it for support. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), a nonprofit organization aimed at supporting people impacted by
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