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Month: August 2024

Hundreds of miles away, Hurricane Ernesto still affects US beaches with rip currents, house collapse

Associated Press Hurricane Ernesto was being felt this weekend along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore and crossing Bermuda. Dangerous rip currents forced some public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer season. New York City officials closed ocean-facing beaches for

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Polish leader urges Nord Stream patrons to ‘keep quiet’ as pipeline mystery returns to spotlight

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has reacted to reports that revived speculation about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022. Donald Tusk said Saturday that the initiators of the gas pipelines should “apologize and keep quiet.” The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Ukrainian authorities were responsible for blowing up

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Four C. Oregon Subway locations suddenly close amid franchisee woes, among 23 in Oregon, SW Washington

(Update: Sisters, Sunriver location also closed) Workers waiting for last paycheck; owner says bank account was hacked GLADSTONE Ore. (KPTV/KTVZ) – They were working, until suddenly, they weren’t. Over 200 employees across 23 different Subway locations from Vancouver to Sisters, Sunriver and Bend were left without jobs last week when they learned their restaurants were

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After a brain bleed, a Georgia hospital temporarily removed part of a man’s skull. Employees lost the bone, lawsuit says

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia couple is suing a health care system after they say staff at one of its Atlanta hospitals misplaced a portion of the husband’s skull, which had been temporarily removed and later scheduled to be reimplanted, according to a complaint. Fernando Cluster was admitted to Emory University Hospital Midtown

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After a brain bleed, a Georgia hospital temporarily removed part of a man’s skull. Employees lost the bone, lawsuit says

WXIA, CHLOE DALLAIRE, CNN By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia couple is suing a health care system after they say staff at one of its Atlanta hospitals misplaced a portion of the husband’s skull, which had been temporarily removed and later scheduled to be reimplanted, according to a complaint. Fernando Cluster was admitted to

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Shopping hauls are so back

By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — Aria Liu, 17, regularly posts shopping haul videos to her YouTube channel, which has 300,000 subscribers. She films her sprees by displaying a live feed of her laptop screen as she buys up to thousand-dollar shopping carts of clothes and makeup. “I shop so much more online,” she told

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‘It Ends with Us’ has sparked discussion about domestic violence. Here’s what Blake Lively has said about the issue

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling 2016 novel “It Ends with Us” is looking to have a healthy second weekend at the box office, but some press around the film has been less sterling. Beyond reports of creative differences and tensions on set between the film’s star and

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Chechen warlord invites Musk to Russia after he’s filmed driving machine-gun mounted Cybertruck

Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov has invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Russia after being filmed behind the wheel of one of the company’s Cybertrucks mounted with a machine gun. In a clip posted on Kadyrov’s Telegram channel, the self-styled strongman was seen taking the stainless steel-clad Cybertruck for a leisurely drive before standing astride the

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Harris campaign reserves $370M in ads after Labor Day, including battleground state push

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says it is reserving $370 million in advertising to run between Labor Day and Election Day. In a memo Saturday, the Harris-Walz campaign said the fall advertising push will include $170 million in television reservations running for nine weeks, starting Sept. 3, in battleground states. It also

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Israeli strike kills 10 in southern Lebanon in one of the deadliest incidents since October 7

CNN By Tamara Qiblawi, Kareem El Damanhoury, Eugenia Yosef and Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike has killed at least 10 people in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said, prompting Hezbollah to launch a barrage of retaliatory rockets at Israel. All of those killed in Lebanon were Syrian nationals. A woman and

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Firefighters stop attic blaze in Eagle Crest-area home, caused by bathroom exhaust fan; fire marshal urges proper care

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Firefighters quickly stopped an attic fire at an Eagle Crest-area home Saturday morning that was traced to the mechanical failure of a bathroom exhaust fan, prompting a reminder to residents about their proper care. Redmond Fire & Rescue crews were called around 7:30 a.m. to the possible structure fire in the

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Shootings reported at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland between guards and passing vehicle

Associated Press Officials at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland say Air Force security guards exchanged gunfire with someone who twice opened fire at an entrance to the base. Base public affairs chief Stefanie Antosh says no injuries are reported after the Saturday morning shootings. Antosh said guards returned fire at a passing vehicle around 4:30 a.m.,

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Cómo Ucrania logró dar un giro en la guerra con su ataque sorpresa en territorio de Rusia

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Rusia se está esforzando por reforzar sus defensas más de una semana después del sorprendente ataque relámpago de Ucrania al otro lado de la frontera en la región meridional de Kursk. Funcionarios estadounidenses dijeron a CNN que Rusia ha desviado miles de tropas del territorio ocupado dentro de Ucrania para contrarrestar la

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