By Simone McCarthy and Andrew McNicol, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Within 72 hours of the start of the Paris Olympics, star Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei had already climbed the champions’ podium twice. The former gold medalist won two bronzes as China fights to best rivals like the United States and Australia. But the wins
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect union voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition and higher favorability, particularly
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Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Tech giant Apple has pulled a new promotional video from the internet after heavy criticism in Thailand, with many social media users claiming it offered an unrealistic, outdated view of the country. The 10-minute clip, which received more than 5 million views after its release on Apple’s YouTube channel on July 18, is the fifth
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Those who love Netflix’s beguiling Korean series “Squid Game” will be getting a belated Christmas present later this year, before it all comes to an end in 2025. On Wednesday, Netflix announced that its Emmy-winning drama “Squid Game” will finally return with Season 2 on December 26. The streamer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WAYANAD, India (AP) — Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive waned as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day Thursday after landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 194 people in southern India. The rescue work was challenging in a forested, hilly area while
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More High Desert young athletes make us all proud! You can submit your kid competitor’s photo and see others by entering our Future Olympian Photo Sweepstakes under the Contests tab at KTVZ.COM.
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Carlotta has formed in the eastern Pacific, but is moving away from Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says in an advisory that a tropical depression was upgraded to the tropical storm Wednesday. The system has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and is centered 345 miles southwest of
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Olympic polls, August 1.
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Here’s this week’s collection of Pet Pics! You can see many more great pets and submit your own photo under the Contests tab at https://ktvz.com/play/2023/10/31/pet-pics-2023-24/
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El secretario de Estado adjunto de Estados Unidos para asuntos del hemisferio occidental, Brian Nichols, dijo este miércoles que las autoridades de Venezuela “saben” que el candidato presidencial de la mayoría opositora, Edmundo González Urrutia, “claramente” ganó las elecciones del domingo pasado, en las que él y el presidente Nicolás
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The US has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 2001 terror attacks, according to the Defense Department. The pretrial agreement – reached after 27 months of negotiations – takes the death penalty
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Experian analyzes its own data and Federal Reserve reporting to assess current levels of credit card debt by age of cardholders.
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CarGurus explains how you can sell a financed car without having first fully paid it off.
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Experian looked at aggregated data of consumers with only one active credit card to see how these financial minimalists are faring with credit and how they’re managing their debt.
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Charlie Health looked at data on how many in-network mental healthcare providers are available for appointments and which states have the best and worst mental healthcare coverage to assess how insurance coverage gaps impact mental healthcare access.
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Truck Parking Club used data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to identify the most common goods transported by semitrucks within the U.S.
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Machinery Partner studied the industrial histories of 10 major U.S. cities and how manufacturing helped their economies develop into what they are today.
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Spokeo used data from IDScan.net’s 2024 Fake ID Report to identify the five states with the highest prevalence of fake IDs in circulation.
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