By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of people in Maui are without cell service as the wildfires continue to rage out of control on the island, preventing people from calling emergency services or updating loved ones about their status. It could take days or even weeks to get the networks back up and
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her daughter have been released in Haiti after being kidnapped around two weeks ago. This comes after the abduction garnered international attention and reignited conversation about Port-au-Prince’s kidnapping-for-profit epidemic. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president has urged thousands of his supporters at a rally to deliver a “thunderous victory” in this month’s national election and proclaimed that “no one will stop us from ruling this country.” Emmerson Mnangagwa also said on Wednesday that people who vote for his ruling
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Caminar un mínimo de 4.000 pasos al día reduce significativamente el riesgo de muerte prematura, mientras que dar 2.337 pasos al día reduce el riesgo de muerte específicamente por enfermedades cardiovasculares, pero “más es mejor”, según un nuevo metaanálisis de estudios. “Cuantos más pasos se den, mejores serán los efectos sobre
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Republican primary challenger has spent months telling people that first-term Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is insufficiently conservative and labeling him “Delbert the Democrat.” That tactic fell short as Hosemann defeated the challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel. The contentious race has exposed rifts among Republicans in
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police say someone fired several shots into a house and wounded a 9-year-old child on Wednesday morning. It was the third shooting involving a child in the St. Louis area in Missouri this week. The shooting happened in north St. Louis County, and the 9-year-old was hospitalized with
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Ancient reptilian carnivores that resembled modern crocodiles were fearsome hunters, but their scaly armor and sharp teeth couldn’t protect them from parasites, scientists have discovered. Paleontologists recently unearthed rare evidence of parasitic infection in a reptile that lived around 252 million to 201 million years ago during the Triassic
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset August 10 to honor Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest firefighter Benjamin Charles Sapper, who tragically passed in the line of duty on Friday, August 4. Benjamin graduated from Boulder High School and the
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities said at least 27 suspected African migrants have died in the country’s western desert near the border with Tunisia. In a statement posted on Facebook, Libya’s Interior Ministry said the bodies were discovered recently near the border and that a forensic team had been deployed
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Police in central England said Wednesday they were treating a weekend fire at one of Britain’s quirkiest pubs as arson, two days after it was demolished before an investigation into the blaze had even been completed. Staffordshire Police said in a statement that following an assessment from
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By Nkiruka Azuka Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — About 70 people were displaced by a recent apartment fire in the central Las Vegas Valley. FOX5 spoke to one of the victims about what she saw, who explained that her Saturday running errands quickly took a turn for the
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Khalafi Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — According to the Shine a Light organization, more than a thousand people currently live in the flood control tunnels under the Las Vegas valley, exposed to dangerous conditions and triggers for addiction. “It’s a life beyond people’s wildest dreams, in
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Fish and amphibian habitats on private industrial forestlands now receive expanded protection under Oregon law, part of a sweeping set of changes to the state’s forest practice regulations that are set to take full effect at the start of 2024. A new special report published by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jada Pinkett Smith’s struggle with hair loss is tied to one of Hollywood’s biggest recent controversies, and she’s offered an update about it. The actress, 51, has been outspoken about having alopecia, a condition in which a person loses their hair. Pinkett Smith recently posted a past selfie
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A vehicle driven by a customer struck three people at a Los Angeles auto dealership, and witnesses say one woman was trapped under the vehicle. Los Angele Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey says the vehicle entered the dealership service center, striking a customer and two workers before coming to rest in
Continue ReadingBy Jenny Carpenter Click here for updates on this story LOGAN, Utah (KSL) — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent Utah State University’s new president a letter Monday accusing the school of mistreatment of rats during a psychology course. The animal rights organization claims that the Utah State course — PSY 3400: Advanced
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press As representatives from nations that span the Amazon rainforest gather in Brazil to discuss protecting a region critical to countering climate change, Indigenous people are a constant presence reminding them of the stakes. If their demonstrations weren’t enough, the leaders could also look to a new report from reinsurer Swiss Re
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — State prosecutors in Michigan announced criminal charges in July against the 16 Republicans who served as fake electors in 2020, a watershed moment in the still-ongoing federal and state investigations into the 2020 election aftermath. Some of the GOP electors in Michigan were local activists who were recruited to
Continue ReadingCNN, KGO, WILX, WBZ, KCAL, KCBS By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s Barbie’s world and you’re not escaping it. Pink, in all its rosy hues, has seeped into seemingly every aspect of our lifestyle — from shoes, clothing, candles and furniture to burgers, pasta and even Barbie sushi. Just this week, a
Continue ReadingBy Royston Jones, Christina Zdanowicz, AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — American Lindsay Shiver, accused of conspiring to kill her husband with two co-defendants in the Bahamas, was granted bail of $100,000 by a Bahamian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday. She will be outfitted with an electronic monitoring device and must comply with an 8 p.m.
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