By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House has reported, just as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are increasing. President Joe Biden has tested negative thus far. Jill Biden’s diagnosis comes as a new variant, BA.2.86, has also raised concerns and
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Fernandez Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — An elderly homeless man is safe after being rescued from fast-moving floodwaters by a stranger over the weekend. Arturo Castrejon says he was driving with his friend in a neighborhood near Bonanza and Pecos in the northeast valley when they
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — John Lansing, the president and chief executive of NPR who led the outlet through the Covid-19 pandemic after taking the helm in 2019, will retire by the end of the year. The move comes just months after the radio network announced a significant budget shortfall and layoffs. “During the
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the aid group International Rescue Committee in Ukraine says he is bracing for fewer donations this year because not enough international attention is being placed on Ukraine as Russia’s war risks becoming a protracted conflict. David Miliband said on Tuesday the 19-month war
Continue ReadingBy Tim Johns Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — A nightmare situation unfolding for the East Bay Panthers in Oakland. Late last month, as the youth football organization was practicing at Verdese Carter Park, a gunfight broke out right outside the park’s entrance. “It sounded like a war zone. There
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — One person is dead after an RV fire in a parking lot outside Merle Hay Mall early Saturday morning. The Des Moines Fire Department said firefighters and Des Moines police were called to the scene around 3:30 a.m., where
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Far-right TV network One America News and one of its on-air personalities settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a former executive at Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, according to new court filings. Dominion’s former top
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — David Wolnerman, an Iowan Holocaust survivor, died Monday at his home in Des Moines. He was 96 years old. In his obituary, The Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines said Wolnerman’s “formative years were spent under Nazi occupation, and
Continue ReadingBy Jamy Pombo Sesselman and Russ Reed Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A school in Worcester, Massachusetts, is mourning the sudden death of one of its students. Police said Harris Wolobah, who was a 14-year-old 10th-grade student at Doherty Memorial High School, died on the same day that he
Continue ReadingBy Mary Boyle Click here for updates on this story FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A tractor and baler caught fire in Ashton Saturday morning, according to officials. The driver was not seriously injured. “(The driver) was traveling down the road to go to the next field and he ended up having some electrical issues,”
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Burning Man, the desert confab that descended into chaos over the weekend, isn’t quite the scrappy, free-spirited revelry that it once was. For many watching the disarray of Burning Man from afar, the rain and mud that left 70,000 people stranded quickly became a symbol of
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Burning Man, the desert confab that descended into chaos over the weekend, isn’t quite the scrappy, free-spirited revelry that it once was. For many watching the disarray of Burning Man from afar, the rain and mud that left 70,000 people stranded quickly became a symbol of the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Solid Waste will host an informational open house on the solid waste management facility siting process on Monday, Sept. 11, between 5:30 and 7 p.m. The Solid Waste Department has been implementing a phased process over the past 18 months to evaluate sites for a new facility. Knott Landfill, the
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona on Friday night was forced to turn around after a passenger had diarrhea. The Airbus A350 had set out on time on the evening of September 1 with 336 passengers on board, but was forced to turn
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Open Society Foundations will spin off its support for Europe’s Roma communities into a new foundation to which it has pledged €100 million or around $107 million. OSF said Tuesday that the new Roma Foundation for Europe will launch in January and will be independent of OSF going forward. Zeljko
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.” In the sweeping indictment released Tuesday, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr alleged the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines said Tuesday that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling one of the nation’s biggest carriers on a busy travel day. Federal officials said United crews had been unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means. “A software update
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve dealt with stiffness and pain in the recent past, you may have come across fascia training — an approach that many in the fitness realm are encouraging people to do. That means working to improve the health of your fascia, a web of connective tissue that
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has found a famous actor guilty of possessing and producing tens of thousands of files of child sex abuse images and sentenced him to a two-year suspended prison sentence. Public broadcaster ORF reported Tuesday that Florian Teichtmeister previously pleaded guilty to collecting and, in some cases, processing files containing
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of participating in an illegal scheme to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, and he will not appear in court in Atlanta this week. Fulton County
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