By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO COUNTY, California (KCRA) — First responders rescued two people who were stranded on a tree on the American River in Sacramento on Monday. The Sacramento Fire Department responded to the river near La Riviera Drive around 4:48 p.m. “Life is precious, man. And so,
Continue ReadingBy Kai Reed Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Several community members gathered for two separate vigils in Baltimore Monday night. The first was held to remember 12-year-old Breaunna Cormley, who was shot and killed inside a house on North Kenwood Avenue on Friday. Friends, neighbors and members of Safe
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Led by Akuila Rokolisoa, New Zealand scored six times against Japan, demonstrating its signature infallible physical prowess in its Olympic opener.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Las autoridades de la ciudad de Moscú están ofreciendo una bonificación récord de inscripción a nuevos reclutas para luchar en Ucrania, en la última señal de su campaña por aumentar el número de tropas rusas. El endulzante financiero llega mientras el presidente Vladimir Putin lucha por reclutar soldados para su ejército
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — The right-wing media machine is throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Kamala Harris. As she held a rally Tuesday for the first time as the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Fox News, talk radio, and the constellation of digital news websites and online personalities were busy blitzing
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The ongoing controversy surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion has spilled over into the 2024 presidential race with Vice President Kamala Harris on the path to becoming the Democratic nominee. Earlier this week, Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett suggested in an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju that President
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Reigning US Open champion and women’s world No. 2 tennis player Coco Gauff has been named Team USA’s female flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced Wednesday. Gauff will join male flag bearer and three-time Olympian LeBron James front
Continue ReadingBy Tori Yorgey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — A car crashed into a northeast Baltimore home, trapping people inside. The family who lives in the Knell Avenue home said there were four people inside Saturday night when the car crashed into the side of the house. One teenager and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated because an escalator was on fire. The Fire Department of New York says the fire at JFK’s Terminal 8 was reported at around 7 a.m. Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Meta says it has removed about 63,000 Instagram accounts engaging in sexual extortion scams. It has also taken down Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. The accounts were located in Nigeria. Meta said it also removed a coordinated network of about 2,500 accounts as
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research. The metal is concentrated in the cutting edge and tips of their curved, serrated teeth, staining them orange, scientists wrote in a paper published Wednesday
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La selección argentina sub-23 de fútbol comienza su participación este miércoles en los Juegos Olímpicos París 2024 en busca de la tercera medalla dorada. El equipo dirigido por Javier Mascherano integra el grupo B junto con Marruecos, Iraq y Ucrania. Con cuatro jugadores campeones del mundo entre sus filas, Nicolás
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran, Michael Williams and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out against protests of Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, broadly disparaging anti-Israel protesters as “Iran’s useful idiots” in an address to Congress on Wednesday. Netanyahu’s address to Congress comes at a crucial crossroads for the war. US officials have voiced optimism about
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A back-and-forth match found Ireland in the lead by just five points by the end of the first half, but a yellow card on South Africa midway through the second gave the Wolfhounds the opportunity to extend their lead.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III was a champion of environmental causes long before he ascended to the British throne. And, fittingly, in the first full year of his reign, the British monarchy introduced a slew of measures to tackle its rising carbon emissions. According to the Royal Household’s latest accounts,
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Sip a cool caipirinha cocktail in Brazil. Sample a spicy samosa in India. Boogie down with a DJ in France ’til the early hours. Or, do all three in a day and perhaps meet some athletes, too. If you’re in Paris but don’t have tickets for the Olympics, organizers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The majority of Venezuelans are religious — just like parts of the country’s political history. But as they prepare for the upcoming presidential election, it’s hard to say exactly how religious Venezuelans are and what specifically they believe. The government has not released official figures in more than a decade. Most estimates provided
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Kamala Harris se encuentra en el umbral de la historia. Si es elegida para suceder al presidente Joe Biden, Harris –hija de padre jamaicano y madre india– no solo sería la primera mujer, sino también la primera indioamericana, la primera asiática, la primera mujer negra y la primera persona de ascendencia
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has incorporated the opposition in his new Cabinet, appointing four ministers from the main opposition party in a bid to form a broad-based government that would address governance issues raised in deadly protests. President William Ruto on Wednesday appointed the minority leader in parliament and opposition leader
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El Ministerio del Interior de Francia rechazó alrededor de 5.000 solicitudes de acreditación de seguridad para voluntarios y trabajadores de los Juegos Olímpicos, y aproximadamente 1.000 de esos casos fueron bloqueados debido a sospechas de intromisión o espionaje. El Ministerio del Interior indicó en un comunicado este martes que realizó “alrededor
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