By Amelia Mugavero Click here for updates on this story TEXAS (KTVT) — Several parents are accusing the Aledo Independent School District of discriminating against their children with special needs. The allegations led to a Texas Education Agency investigation and ongoing legal battles. Courtney Morey and Carol Karen, both mothers of daughters with Down syndrome,
Continue ReadingPor Eugenia Yosef, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ibrahim Dahman y Sana Noor Haq, CNN Israel se dispone a detener los lanzamientos aéreos de ayuda sobre la Ciudad de Gaza y reducir la entrada de camiones de ayuda antes de su gran ofensiva, según declaró una fuente a CNN. La Cruz Roja advirtió que los planes israelíes
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Franza, Julia Ingram Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Federal forces are expected to arrive in Chicago as soon as next week for a sweeping immigration crackdown using the same tactics that sparked protests in Los Angeles earlier this year. Families who have already been fighting to stay together
Continue ReadingBy Ted Scouten Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A 17-year-old student accused of having a loaded gun near Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale will remain in juvenile detention for three weeks, a judge ordered Friday. Authorities said the teen, who has no prior record and is also a father
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Wycoff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Astronaut and Needham, Massachusetts native Suni Williams visited WBZ-TV Friday, where she spoke with meteorologist Jacob Wycoff about growing up in Needham, her extended time in space and what she missed most on earth. “Needham was a wonderful place to grow
Continue ReadingPor Eyad Kourdi, CNN Los hutíes de Yemen prometieron este sábado vengar la muerte de su primer ministro y otros altos funcionarios en ataques aéreos israelíes ocurridos a principios de esta semana. Los rebeldes afirmaron que Ahmed al-Rahawi murió en el ataque contra la capital, Saná, que también dejó a otros heridos graves. Rahawi es
Continue ReadingBy JT Moodee Lockman Click here for updates on this story Wicomico County (WJZ) — An 11-year-old boy died in a house fire in Wicomico County early on Friday morning, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Parsonsburg Volunteer firefighters responded around 4:20 a.m. to the reported fire in the 31600 block of Zion
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, Dalia Faheid, Arit John, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — On late-August mornings in the Windom neighborhood, the soundscape is usually familiar and comforting. Cicadas buzz, sparrows dart between yards, neighbors trade easy greetings across tidy sidewalks and the Annunciation Catholic Church’s bells peal across southwest Minneapolis, calling parishioners to Mass as they have
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Monday is already September 1, and BAM! – Labor Day is here, the unofficial end of summer. With it, as always, comes a slate of new offerings at the movies, with many titles signaling a subtle shift from popcorn movies to the forward-looking (read: awards-courting) entries of the fall.
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Doctors may soon have a new way to treat high blood pressure, even among people for whom medicines haven’t worked well in the past. Baxdrostat, an experimental medicine made by AstraZeneca, showed promise in treating people with uncontrolled or resistant high blood pressure in a recent trial. If the
Continue ReadingBy Eyad Kourdi, Eugenia Yosef, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday vowed to take revenge for the killing of their prime minister and other political leaders by Israeli airstrikes earlier this week. The Houthis confirmed Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a strike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Thursday,
Continue ReadingPor Daria Tarasova-Markina y Catherine Nicholls, CNN Un legislador nacionalista ucraniano fue asesinado a tiros en un ataque “cuidadosamente planeado” en la ciudad occidental de Lviv el sábado, informaron las autoridades, y el asesino sigue prófugo. Andriy Parubiy recibió varios disparos con un arma de fuego de cañón corto, dijo la Policía, y agregó que
Continue ReadingPor Sandee LaMotte, CNN Una clase de fármacos llamados betabloqueantes, utilizados durante décadas como tratamiento de primera línea tras un infarto, no beneficia a la gran mayoría de los pacientes y podría contribuir a un mayor riesgo de hospitalización y muerte en algunas mujeres, aunque no en los hombres, según una nueva investigación. “Estos hallazgos
Continue ReadingBy Mahmoud Atef, Eugenia Yosef, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israel is set to halt airdrops over Gaza City and reduce the entry of relief trucks ahead of a major offensive, a source told CNN, as the Red Cross warned that Israeli plans for mass
Continue ReadingPor Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español La Cancillería de México dijo el viernes que las tareas de seguridad en el país corresponden “exclusivamente” a su Gobierno, luego de que el senador estadounidense Ted Cruz, del Partido Republicano, llamó a las autoridades mexicanas a que acepten la “oferta” de Estados Unidos para combatir a los cárteles
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — This year’s updated Covid-19 vaccines have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for adults 65 and older and younger people with certain medical conditions that put them at a higher risk of a severe Covid-19 infection. Although federal officials have emphasized that people who want a
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Painted flames curled around Taylor Townsend’s sleeves as she stunned world No. 5 Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-2 in the third round of the US Open on Friday. The American – who has unexpectedly found herself in the spotlight following a tense post-match exchange on Wednesday with Jelena Ostapenko –
Continue ReadingPor Audrey Ash y Curt Devine, CNN El mes anterior a que una persona abriera fuego contra niños reunidos en una iglesia de Minnesota, esta semana, la Administración Trump recortó la financiación en el estado destinada a esfuerzos para identificar a posibles tiradores masivos y prevenir su violencia. Las subvenciones se terminaron como parte de
Continue ReadingPor Betiana Fernández Martino, CNN en Español Cuando Sandra y Daniel escucharon el título “fentanilo contaminado” de fondo, en un noticiero de televisión esa noche, apenas habían pasado 15 días de la muerte de su hijo. Daniel Oviedo, que llevaba el mismo nombre que su papá, tenía 44 años el día que sus padres lo
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic became the oldest man in 34 years to reach the fourth round of the US Open on Friday night, overcoming lower back issues to defeat Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3. Not since Jimmy Connors’ straight-sets victory over Karel Nováček in 1991 has a man older
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