By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans will have to shell out $719 on electricity, on average, to keep their homes cool this summer, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. That’s nearly $200 more than they paid in 2019. Are you concerned that mounting utility bills will make it difficult for you to
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of an airman who was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy says the deputy’s firing was not justice for her son’s killing. Chantemekki Fortson spoke Monday at a news conference in Atlanta, accompanied by her attorney, Ben Crump. Okaloosa County
Continue ReadingBy Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A barn used to store historic artifacts at the Stepping Stone Museum was demolished by a fire Sunday afternoon in Harford County. It took more than 50 firefighters to control the fire in Havre De Grace. The storage barn was part
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Burt Click here for updates on this story BEAVER COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — In a heartbreaking update, the mom of a toddler who’s been fighting for his life says she will “hold him as he falls asleep for the last time on this earth.” Kallie Wright posted an update Sunday about her 3-year-old
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities have released the names the two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a man in response to the shooting death of their colleague. Officer Jamal Mitchell was killed Thursday. Police say the man who shot him was 35-year-old Mustafa Mohamed. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Berlín (CNN) — Pavlo Kushnirov pertenecía a los soldados ucranianos que luchaban en la ciudad oriental de Bakhmut con la 114° brigada de defensa territorial en un soleado día del pasado invierno, cuando los bombardeos rusos cambiaron su vida para siempre. “Durante dos días, nuestra unidad estuvo sometida a intensos bombardeos de artillería
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 8 million people of color served with the Allies but little is known of their sacrifices. That fuels National Geographic docuseries “Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color,” which focuses on how some fared at D-Day, Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge.
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It’s graduation season, and NewsChannel 21 is offering a way to share the pride your family has in your member of the Class of 2024! Find our photo album and submit your entry under the Contests tab at: https://ktvz.com/play/2024/05/10/senior-sunrise-2024/#/rounds/1/gallery.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — (Editors Note: Warning, the following story contains graphic details that may be disturbing to some) The family of one of Robert Pickton’s victims says the convicted serial killer suffered an incredibly violent death at the hands of another inmate. “The guy
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Bree Click here for updates on this story HERRIMAN, Utah (KSTU) — Jesse Mecham has dreamed of becoming a firefighter. “It’s one of the best jobs in the world,” he said. After becoming homeless, Jesse was taken in by his grandfather, whose footsteps he’s now following. “My grandpa was in 9/11,” he said.
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A nationwide strike in Nigeria brought air travel to a standstill and plunged the country into darkness on Monday as union workers stormed the national grid and shut down the nation’s power supply, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Tens of millions are without power and flights
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Here are NewsChannel 21’s Sunrise Birthdays for Monday, June 3rd. Happy Birthday! You can see more recent entries and submit an upcoming birthday to air at: https://ktvz.com/share/sunrise-birthdays/. It’s under the Contests tab on KTVZ.COM.
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s University of the Arts has abruptly announced that it will close in a week. Officials called the June 7 closure decision “heartbreaking” and “deeply painful” and said separate town halls are planned Monday with students, faculty and staff. They say University of the Arts had been in a “fragile financial state”
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Daily temperature records will tumble as sizzling early season heat from a summerlike heat dome sends thermometers skyrocketing into the triple digits in parts of California and the West this week. The official start of summer is just a few weeks away, but it will feel like July
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A technical issue caused the temporary halt for dozens of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, including at least one whose price briefly fell nearly 100%. A New York Stock Exchange spokesperson said a technical issue related to some pricing data triggered
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press DEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — ‘’To our forever heroes: Thank you” — those words inscribed by French schoolchildren on a big poster greeted dozens of U.S. World War II veterans, many in their 100s, as they arrived on Monday in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Junio es el Mes del Orgullo, cuando las comunidades LGBT del mundo se unen y celebran la libertad de ser ellas mismas. Las reuniones que se realizan alrededor del Orgullo LGBT tienen sus raíces en la ardua historia de grupos minoritarios que han luchado durante décadas para superar los prejuicios y ser aceptados
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has reset the trial date for a man charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a daytime shooting ambush at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County Judge Jennifer J. Mitchell on Monday set a Sept. 23 trial date for
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On Monday’s Community Conversations, Lynsey Harris sits down with yoga instructors to discuss the upcoming four-day Bend Yoga Festival and its beneficiary in India.
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal offers the possibility of ending Israel’s war against Hamas, returning scores
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