CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Katharina Krebs, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Paul P. Murphy and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — A video emerged on Wednesday that appears to show Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin greeting his fighters in Belarus, in what would be his first public appearance since he led an armed rebellion in Russia last month. “Welcome guys!
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — There are zero things wrong with fantasizing about winning tonight’s billion-dollar Powerball jackpot drawing. And dropping $5 to $10 to buy lottery tickets or scratch-offs on occasion can be considered entertainment spending. So, by all means, enjoy if that’s what you like. But, given everyone’s dreadfully poor
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities in Kentucky while an area from California to South Florida endured more blistering
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Mass shootings in major metropolitan areas in the United States disproportionately affect Black people, and structural racism may play a role, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Surgery. Researchers at Tulane University analyzed data relating to the 51 largest metropolitan areas, including demographic and
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Just 1% of all US homes changed hands in the first half of this year, the lowest share in at least a decade, according to data from Redfin. Only about 14 out of every 1,000 existing homes moved from one owner to another in the first half
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hush-money payments. Classified records. And now, his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that led to the Capitol attack. Already facing criminal cases in New York and Florida, Donald Trump is in increasing legal peril as investigations into his struggle to cling to
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Oregon Housing and Community Services will resume accepting new applications for the Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund program at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 2. The agency estimates there are enough funds to support about 500 additional eligible homeowners.
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Bidarian, CNN (CNN) — Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said on Wednesday he would resign from his post after a review by a panel of scientists concluded that research papers he contributed to contained “manipulation of research data,” according to a report released by a special university committee. The panel’s report determined that data was manipulated in scientific papers to which Tessier-Lavigne, a neuroscientist, contributed, although the panel found no
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It is a suspension bridge that crosses the Golden Gate, a strait that leads to the San Francisco Bay. Characteristics The bridge is 8,981 feet long (1.7 miles) and contains about 83,000 tons of steel. The total weight of
Continue ReadingLONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A commercial fire fueled by wood chip piles at a paper mill in southwest Washington is worsening air quality in the Portland area. The fire at Nippon Dynawave Packaging started Tuesday night, but a large plume of smoke could still be seen Wednesday morning, reported The Longview Daily News. Crews estimate
Continue ReadingBy KEN MOLESTINA Click here for updates on this story TEXAS (KTVT) — Allegations of inhumanity and mistreatment of migrants on the Texas-Mexico border aren’t new, but a leaked email from a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper shows alarms are now being sounded from within the ranks. The email was sent to command
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Wednesday the introduction of two bills aimed at protecting communities across the nation from the hazardous health, economic, and environmental impacts of severe wildfire smoke and extreme heat events, which are becoming more frequent due to climate chaos—the Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act and the Smoke and Heat Ready Communities
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind and Anna Cooban, CNN New York (CNN) — Global inflation is finally coming down, but heightened geopolitical tensions could mean that food is about to get a lot more expensive. Wheat futures soared by nearly 9% on Wednesday and are on track to hit their highest level in three weeks as tensions
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Cada 20 de julio los colombianos celebran el Día de la Independencia y este 2023 marca 213 años del Grito de Independencia. Para este 20 de julio, cerca de 10.000 hombres y mujeres de las Fuerzas Armadas y de policía participarán en el tradicional desfile militar que este año
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former death row building at an adult prison are suffering dangerous heat conditions and routine isolation in their cells that experts say could cause serious and irreversible harm, according to a federal
Continue ReadingBy SHAUN BOYD Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — LOCAL NEWS Grandfather of boy abandoned at Colorado hospital pleads for help as lawmakers consider overhaul of child welfare and behavioral health systems colorado BY SHAUN BOYD UPDATED ON: JULY 19, 2023 / 11:01 AM / CBS COLORADO The grandfather of a
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Nagy, CTV National News Vancouver Bureau Chief Click here for updates on this story Vancouver, British Columbia (CTV Network) — In the middle of a sprawling Melbourne suburb, there’s a rectangular soccer field called Olympic Park. It was built for the 1956 Games and it’s also where Team Canada has been holding training
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Seis personas fallecieron este miércoles en un accidente aéreo ocurrido cerca de San Luis de Gaceno, al noreste de Bogotá, informó la Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia. La avioneta cubría la ruta Villavicencio-Guaymaral y viajaba con seis personas a bordo. Los cinco pasajeros pertenecían al partido Centro Democrático y fueron identificados como
Continue ReadingBy Laura Dolan and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Wesleyan University will stop giving preferential treatment to applicants who are the children of alumni – joining a growing list of schools to end legacy admissions after the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action. “We will still value the ongoing relationships that come from multi-generational Wesleyan
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Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% in June, down from 3.7% in May, the Oregon Employment Department reported Wednesday. It’s the fifth consecutive monthly decline in the state’s unemployment rate, down from a recent high of 4.8% in January.
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