Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Algunas familias de los muertos en la masacre de 2018 en una escuela secundaria de Parkland, Florida, tendrán la oportunidad de, a partir de este miércoles, visitar el sitio donde sus seres queridos perdieron la vida, dijo la oficina del fiscal estatal del condado de Broward. A petición suya, algunas
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — La Alcaldía de Cúcuta informó este miércoles a través de un comunicado que se registraron hechos violentos en el corregimiento de San Faustino. El alcalde de Cúcuta, Jairo Yáñez, no indico si hay muertos o cuantos heridos se produjeron en este corregimiento. Yáñez agregó que el equipo de emergencias y
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. is celebrating the 75th birthday of its beloved but increasingly creaky National Health Service. The date is being marked with charity tea parties, royal visits and a service of thanksgiving at London’s Westminster Abbey. However, three respected health think tanks warned Wednesday that the NHS
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans sweltered in extreme heat over the Fourth of July holiday, with highs topping 110 degrees in parts of the South. Though extreme weather put a damper on some festivities across the nation, a few cities saw tens of thousands of spectators show up at major gatherings.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans sweltered in extreme heat over the Fourth of July holiday, with highs topping 110 degrees in parts of the South. Though extreme weather put a damper on some festivities across the nation, a few cities saw tens of thousands of spectators show up at major
Continue ReadingBy SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet More than 10.5 million North American households took a glamping trip in 2022, up from 9.6 million in 2021. Although glamping has taken off in popularity, it’s not because it’s an affordable way to travel. In fact, a 2023 survey from Kampgrounds of America found that glampers spent, on average,
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — “Everyone — rich or poor, man, woman or child — can use it or any part of it,” read a leaflet introducing Britain’s public healthcare system in 1948. “There are no charges, except for a few special items. There are no insurance qualifications. But it is not a ‘charity.’
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Mientras Estados Unidos celebraba su independencia, al tiempo que se dividía sobre la verdadera naturaleza de sus valores, también se preparaba para una campaña presidencial tóxica que probablemente ahondará su trauma político y volverá a poner al sistema electoral al límite. Donald Trump, por ejemplo, hizo una demostración de fuerza
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a suicide bomber has targeted a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least three soldiers and a 10-year-old boy and wounding 14 other civilians. The bombing happened Wednesday in Miran Shah, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. The region is a former stronghold of the
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — It’s a worry almost all of Dr. Ursina Teitelbaum’s colorectal cancer patients have: How severe are the side effects of radiation therapy? The treatment, though effective at fighting cancer, could cause diarrhea and fatigue in the short term, as well as fertility problems in the long term. But more
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — If South Korean Park Eun-seon’s soccer journey has been a long and winding one, with plenty of ups and down, her inclusion in her country’s 2023 Women’s World Cup squad offers a moment of redemption. The 36-year-old striker – nicknamed “Park-latan,” a nod to Swedish soccer great Zlatan Ibrahimović
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains are lashing Pakistan and disrupting lives in areas where residents already were struggling to recover from floods last summer that affected 33 million people and killed 1,739. Pakistani media report that weather-related incidents killed at least three people in the past day and at least 18 people have died
Continue ReadingBy DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country’s long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot. Kiir, who has led South Sudan since the territory became independent of Sudan in 2011, accepted the endorsement of the ruling
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Chernova, Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, has been beaten up alongside a lawyer while visiting the southern Russian republic. Milashina and attorney Alexander Nemov were attacked while they were on the way to
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Chernova, Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, has been beaten up alongside a lawyer while visiting the southern Russian republic. Milashina and attorney Alexander Nemov were attacked while they were on the way to
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor has announced the birth of her second child with husband Daryl Sabara, and the couple have landed on a decidedly old school name. “On July 1st (our 7 year anniversary of our first date) we welcomed Barry Bruce Trainor into the world,” Trainor wrote
Continue ReadingBy Ken MacLeod Click here for updates on this story QUINCY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A fire crew in Quincy helped out an elderly man mow his lawn after he was struggling to tackle the chore on Tuesday. Don Perewitz, 69, was trying to tackle mowing his overgrown lawn yesterday afternoon but with bad hips that
Continue ReadingBy Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — People packed the beaches along Lake Michigan this 4th of July trying to beat the heat, but a day of boating turned tragic in the northern suburbs when a man drowned after he jumped in the water to save a child who
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Perlman Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A surveillance camera captured a shooting outside a West Town restaurant early Sunday morning, the rapid fire of an assault-style rifle lighting up the neighborhood. One of the bullets flying outside Irish Nobleman Pub went straight through a neighbor’s parked car. The
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — Two-time Olympic triple jumper Ana José Tima has been banned for three years in a doping case. Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit says José Tima also was disqualified from all results since January 2022. That includes her 10th place at the world championships held last year in Eugene, Oregon. The 33-year-old
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