Since the resignation of its first-ever director, there’s been a lot of uncertainty about what will happen with the county’s Coordinated Houseless Response Office. The latest discussion involves changing the way it will be managed.
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE SLOAN, ZINNIA MALDONADO Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WCBS) — Family and friends remembered Wayne Brooks Jr., one of the two Newark firefighters killed in the cargo ship fire, at his funeral on Friday. Hundreds of firefighters, many from around the U.S., attended the service to pay their
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff, PETER D’OENCH Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Now there’s something you don’t see every day, a bear meandering around neighborhoods in Homestead. A Ring camera spotted the bear walking around the Isle of Oasis area, near the Campbell Drive exit off the Florida Turnpike, not far from
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Capitol riot suspect who had guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington home has been indicted on federal firearms charges, authorities said Friday. Taylor Taranto, 37, was already facing misdemeanor charges stemming from his alleged
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As the sun nears the peak of its current solar cycle, our star is growing increasingly active. And that peak may be occurring sooner than predicted, according to scientists. Every 11 years or so, the sun experiences periods of low and high solar activity, which is associated with the
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A leading human rights group in Haiti is warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings as the U.N. Security Council prepares to discuss the country’s worsening violence. In a report issued Thursday, the National Human Rights Defense Network condemns what it calls the government’s inaction. It notes that
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The very online showdown between Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” all started with a date: July 21. It’s not uncommon for studios to counterprogram films in different genres on a big weekend, but the stark differences between an intense, serious-minded picture about the man who oversaw the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with Republicans add-ons blocking abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care that deeply divided the chamber. Democrats
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it will begin training nonunion employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do if no
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top Pakistani provincial official says rescuers in boats have evacuated 14,000 people over the past several days after floodwaters from two rivers swollen by monsoon rains inundated dozens of villages in eastern Punjab province. Monsoon rains began lashing the South Asian country in late June and since then, at least
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El monzón mexicano o monzón norteamericano es como se le conoce a un fenómeno climático en esta región en el que hay un cambio drástico en condiciones normales de lluvia y temperatura, según explica la Comisión Nacional del Agua de México. El fenómeno, que se produce en el suroeste de
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Now you see Wagner, now you don’t. Weeks after an armed uprising by the Russian mercenary group Wagner revealed cracks in Russia’s system of one-man rule, the Kremlin has been on a PR offensive. The message is simple: Russian President Vladimir Putin is firmly in control, now please move
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Now you see Wagner, now you don’t. Weeks after an armed uprising by the Russian mercenary group Wagner revealed cracks in Russia’s system of one-man rule, the Kremlin has been on a PR offensive. The message is simple: Russian President Vladimir Putin is firmly in control, now please move
Continue ReadingBy Mary Jo Ola Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — Melissa Tempel, a Waukesha teacher who criticized the school district’s decision to ban the “Rainbowland” song from a school concert, has been terminated. The School District of Waukesha Board of Education held a hearing Wednesday regarding Tempel’s employment. Earlier this
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms. Here’s what you need to know about derechos: They can produce hurricane-force winds While there’s no official or universal definition for a derecho,
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The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest announced Friday that Pittsburg Landing Campground, closed due to conflicts with an adult bear hanging out in the area, will reopen on Friday after having been closed since June 28th.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill/CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Asian Canadians are reporting continued mistreatment and harassment in Canada mainly due to political tensions and COVID-19, a new poll shows. The survey, released July 12, polled 884 Asian Canadians from different backgrounds including Chinese and other East Asian,
Continue ReadingBy Maya Morita Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Cleveland Police released clips of the body camera footage from the mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning. The shooting took place on W. 6th Street as the bars were letting out around 2 a.m. and left nine people injured, according to
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors have interviewed the secretaries of state for both Pennsylvania and New Mexico in recent months as part of the ongoing investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to two sources familiar with the probe. The interviews, which have not been previously reported, indicate that special
Continue ReadingBy Chad Mills Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — A non-verbal four-year-old with autism is back home with his family after he was rescued from a pond by two deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The heroic rescue was captured on the deputies’ body-worn cameras. According to the
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