SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The men found dead in two wildfires that ignited in eastern Washington earlier this month have been identified, and the number of homes destroyed has been confirmed at more than 350. Carl Grub, 86, died on Aug. 18 near an intersection in Medical Lake west of Spokane in the area of
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The men found dead in two wildfires that ignited in eastern Washington earlier this month have been identified, and the number of homes destroyed has been confirmed at more than 350. Carl Grub, 86, died on Aug. 18 near an intersection in Medical Lake west of Spokane in the area of
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Preston Mutanga has found fame as a teen wunderkind whose creativity resulted in the ultimate gig. While other teens were crowding into movie theaters to watch this summer’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” the 14-year-old was reveling in the fact that he got to work on the movie’s animation,
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — ESPN’s lead tennis analyst John McEnroe said he tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 and will miss some time covering the US Open tennis championships. “Unfortunately, after feeling a bit under the weather, I tested positive for Covid,” McEnroe said in a statement Tuesday. “I’m watching the
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — The cast of “Breaking Bad” has reunited to call upon Hollywood studios to resume negotiations with striking screen actors. “We want you to come back to the table with us,” Bryan Cranston said in a plea to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Menos de un año después de que el huracán Ian devastara la costa oeste de Florida, los residentes de Pine Island siguen reconstruyendo sus casas, mientras esperan la llegada del siguiente ciclón. El huracán Idalia continúa fortaleciéndose y sus efectos ya empiezan a golpear Florida, donde se pronostica que partes de
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Crews in Hawaii have all but finished searching for victims of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, authorities said Tuesday, and it is unclear how many people perished. Three weeks after the fire devastated Maui’s historic seaside community of Lahaina, the count of the
Continue ReadingKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities have charged a man with aggravated homosexuality, which carries a possible death sentence. He is the first suspect to face the charge since the enactment in May of an anti-gay law condemned by critics as draconian. The suspect is a 20-year-old man who was charged on Aug. 18. The
Continue ReadingCNN, WFOR, WAPT, WDSU, WGNO, KTVK, WKRG, WBMA, WWL, NOAA, KHOU, KTRK, WESH, DOD, VIEWER VIDEO, WAPT/WDSU By Steve Almasy and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Almost half of all deaths from tropical cyclones come from storm surge. While many people focus on the storms’ wind speed, the bigger danger often comes from water flowing
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El sospechoso del tiroteo que tuvo lugar este lunes en la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill es un estudiante de posgrado, dijo la policía este martes en un comunicado de prensa. Los disparos se cobraron la vida de un profesor de la institución. Tailei Qi, estudiante de posgrado,
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton found herself in the rare position of having to politely decline an invitation to have tea with the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton during a recent trip to London. Speaking with BBC Radio 2 in an interview that aired on Saturday, Parton lamented about how little time
Continue ReadingTAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Prosecutors in southern Mexico say at least six men have been killed in an ambush in a township near Guatemala border that is known as a migrant smuggling route. Prosecutors in the southern state of Chiapas said the killings occurred Tuesday along a rural road in the township of Siltepec, about
Continue ReadingA judge has vacated the double-murder conviction of a Chicago man who has spent the last 34 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two 14-year-old boys. Fifty-two-year-old Francisco Benitez maintained his innocence in a motion for post-conviction relief, saying he had an alibi for the April 28, 1989, slayings of Prudencio Cruz and
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Azher Abbasi, head of supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco — and a key official with direct oversight over failed Silicon Valley Bank — will retire at the end of October, the regional reserve bank announced this week. Abbasi and Mary Daly, president of
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The Bend Rugby Roughriders are back-to-back Cascade Classic champions.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Las autoridades de Chile informaron este martes que se suicidó Hernán Chacón Soto, un brigadier en retiro de 86 años que el lunes había sido condenado por el secuestro y homicidio del cantautor folclórico Víctor Jara, ocurrido en septiembre de 1973, durante el inicio de la dictadura militar de Augusto Pinochet.
Continue ReadingLEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A convicted rapist who authorities say used a jet ski during an escape from an Arkansas prison last year was arrested Tuesday in West Virginia, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, was arrested along with his wife, his mother and his mother’s boyfriend at a hotel in Lewisburg,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El clima político en Honduras se está enrareciendo en medio de la pugna entre el oficialismo y la oposición para escoger al fiscal general y el fiscal general adjunto. Para el dirigente del Partido Nacional de Honduras (PNH), Fernando Anduray, la presidenta Xiomara Castro busca hacer de la Fiscalía un
Continue ReadingTRUMBULL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man says he didn’t steal the $5,000 in cash he found in a bag, lying in a parking lot in May. But police disagree and have charged him with larceny. It turns out, the money was in a bank bag and belonged to the town of Trumbull. Police say
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Myon Burrell, who was sent to prison for life as a teenager but then set free after 18 years behind bars, has been arrested in a Minneapolis suburb on potential gun and drug charges. Now 37, Burrell was released in 2020 after his sentence was commuted in
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