Chicago reinstates indoor mask mandate as COVID cases rise
By Eric Horng, Michelle Gallardo and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) —…
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Tropical stork ends up in New York, dies after eating litter
NEW YORK (AP) — A wood stork typically seen in tropical and subtropical regions migrated to New York City but died 10 days after it was first…
Continue Reading Quinnipiac University rolls out fines and Wi-Fi restrictions for unvaccinated students
By Melissa Alonso and Joe Sutton, CNN Quinnipiac University officials are cracking down on students who have not met the university deadline for…
Continue Reading12 people indicted for nearly 200 burglaries, totaling $2.1M in value
By Catherine Catoura Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia (WGCL) — Twelve people who authorities…
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Power in seeds: Urban gardening gains momentum in pandemic
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For years, advocates of urban gardening have said that growing fresh food empowers residents of…
Continue Reading Power in seeds: Urban gardening gains momentum in pandemic
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For years, advocates of urban gardening have said that growing fresh food empowers residents of…
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Las Vegas Raiders will require fans to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination at home games
By Jill Martin, Kay Jones and Eric Levenson, CNN The NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders announced Monday that the franchise will require fans to provide…
Continue Reading Las Vegas Raiders will require fans to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination at home games
By Jill Martin, Kay Jones and Eric Levenson, CNN The NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders announced Monday that the franchise will require fans to provide…
Continue ReadingHomeowner distraught after tornado knocks massive tree onto her house
By Trason Bragg, Catherine Catoura Click here for updates on this story MERIWETHER COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Tropical…
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‘The Crown’ offers first look at new Prince Charles and Princess Diana
By Lisa Respers France, CNN We have a new royal couple. As per their standard practice of bringing in different actors as the characters age,…
Continue Reading Data of 40 million plus exposed in latest T-Mobile breach
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of…
Continue ReadingCanadian veteran and Afghan interpreter plead with Ottawa to help families
By Genevieve Beauchemin and Anthony Vasquez-Peddie Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) —…
Continue Reading The charges against R. Kelly in his federal racketeering trial, explained
By Eric Levenson, CNN John Gotti. Whitey Bulger. R. Kelly? The disgraced R&B singer’s federal trial begins Wednesday in New York as he is…
Continue ReadingYoung men had higher rates of COVID-19 than previously thought, analysis suggests
By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An analysis of COVID-19 data from…
Continue ReadingFamily rescued as floodwaters reach their home
By Andrew James Click here for updates on this story BLACK MOUNTAIN, North Carolina (WLOS) — As this heavy rain moved…
Continue ReadingCrews rescue stranded drivers, search submerged vehicles on highway
By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story CANDLER, North Carolina (WLOS) — Rescue crews were searching…
Continue Reading Right’s group: 1,001 killed since military took over Myanmar
BANGKOK (AP) — A human rights group says more than 1,000 people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seized power…
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Mourinho, Allegri, Inzaghi lead battle of coaches in Italy
By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — It took Inter Milan 11 years to climb back to the top of Serie A. Now it faces what could be a…
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Los casos de covid-19 en niños aumentan constantemente. Con la apertura de las escuelas eso podrÃa empeorar, advierte un experto
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los casos de covid-19 entre los niños han aumentado constantemente desde principios de julio, según un informe de…
Continue Reading Data of 40 million plus exposed in latest T-Mobile breach
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of…
Continue Reading Mullah’s rise charts Taliban’s long road back to power
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press The Taliban’s top political leader has made a triumphal return to Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar battled…
Continue Reading Housing construction slumps 7% in July to 1.53 million units
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Home construction fell a sharp 7% in July as homebuilders struggled to cope with a…
Continue Reading Housing construction slumps 7% in July to 1.53 million units
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Home construction fell a sharp 7% in July as homebuilders struggled to cope with a…
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The housing boom could be losing steam
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The economic recovery from the pandemic has produced a red-hot global housing market, sending prices soaring and…
Continue ReadingTravel to the North Pole on board a luxury airship
By Miquel Ros, CNN It’s May 11, 1926, and a giant airship, the Norge (meaning Norway), has just been unhooked from its mast at one of the…
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‘Frozen in time’: Lobbyists, lawmakers and mayors plead with the White House to ease Covid travel restrictions
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Lobbyists, lawmakers and border mayors are imploring the Biden administration to ease restrictions on nonessential travel…
Continue Reading ‘Frozen in time’: Lobbyists, lawmakers and mayors plead with the White House to ease Covid travel restrictions
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Lobbyists, lawmakers and border mayors are imploring the Biden administration to ease restrictions on nonessential travel…
Continue Reading Maltese businessman indicted for journalist’s 2017 murder
By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s attorney general has indicted a leading Maltese businessman in…
Continue Reading Edmunds: How to calculate an electric vehicle’s charge costs
By JONATHAN ELFALAN Edmunds One of the challenges people have with electric vehicles is figuring out how much they cost to operate. The price of…
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T-Mobile says data breach affects more than 40 million people
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers’ personal information has been leaked to…
Continue Reading T-Mobile says data breach affects more than 40 million people
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers’ personal information has been leaked to…
Continue Reading Tropical Depression Fred threatens mudslides in New York
By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tropical Depression Fred has blown into the northeastern U.S. as a post-tropical cyclone,…
Continue ReadingChina’s Delta outbreak shows signs of slowing, as variant rages across the world
By Jessie Yeung, CNN On July 20, Chinese authorities detected a cluster of Covid-19 cases in the eastern city of Nanjing. The virus soon spread…
Continue ReadingChina’s Delta outbreak shows signs of slowing, as variant rages across the world
By Jessie Yeung, CNN On July 20, Chinese authorities detected a cluster of Covid-19 cases in the eastern city of Nanjing. The virus soon spread…
Continue Reading Cristiano Ronaldo: ‘No puedo permitir que la gente siga jugando con mi nombre’
olivertapia (CNN) — En medio de especulaciones sobre su futuro, el delantero de la Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo, dijo en redes sociales que no…
Continue Reading Los talibanes llamaron a su puerta tres veces: la cuarta vez, la mataron
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Najia estaba en casa con sus tres hijos pequeños y su hija en un pequeño pueblo del norte de Afganistán cuando…
Continue Reading ¿Qué hay detrás de la desafiante respuesta de Biden sobre Afganistán?
Sol Amaya (CNN) — Cuando las imágenes de afganos desesperados aferrados a los aviones de combate estadounidenses comenzaron a emerger de Kabul…
Continue Reading US, Germany hold memorial for soldiers killed in 1971 crash
BERLIN (AP) — American and German officials held a ceremony to commemorate a U.S. Army helicopter crash that killed 37 soldiers in Bavaria 50 years…
Continue Reading EU condemns Belarus for ‘direct attack’ using migrants
By LORNE COOK and LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is condemning Belarus for what it says is an attempt to…
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Vaccine boosters are not unusual: CNN’s medical analyst explains why
By Katia Hetter, CNN With the Biden administration expected to announce that booster doses will be needed for most people who received the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Vaccine boosters are not unusual: CNN’s medical analyst explains why
By Katia Hetter, CNN With the Biden administration expected to announce that booster doses will be needed for most people who received the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Biden administration faces daunting odds of pulling off massive Afghanistan evacuation in 2 weeks
By Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Evan Perez, CNN The Biden administration is still struggling to answer basic…
Continue Reading Biden administration faces daunting odds of pulling off massive Afghanistan evacuation in 2 weeks
By Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Evan Perez, CNN The Biden administration is still struggling to answer basic…
Continue Reading Ex-defense secretary: Trump’s push to get US troops out of Afghanistan possibly ‘undermined’ deal with Taliban
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump “undermined”…
Continue Reading Ex-defense secretary: Trump’s push to get US troops out of Afghanistan possibly ‘undermined’ deal with Taliban
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump “undermined”…
Continue Reading Ex-defense secretary: Trump’s push to get US troops out of Afghanistan possibly ‘undermined’ deal with Taliban
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump “undermined”…
Continue Reading 5 ways to prepare and pack for COVID-era travel
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Preparing and packing for a trip is a different ballgame with all the changes in the travel world since the…
Continue Reading 5 ways to prepare and pack for COVID-era travel
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Preparing and packing for a trip is a different ballgame with all the changes in the travel world since the…
Continue Reading Fearing Afghan refugee influx, Turkey reinforces border
By MEHMET GUZEL TATVAN, Turkey (AP) — Fearing a new refugee crisis, Turkey is reinforcing its border with Iran to stop a potential influx of…
Continue Reading One state has no available ICU beds while thousands more students quarantine due to Covid-19
By Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Those unvaccinated against Covid-19 aren’t just risking their own health — they’re also…
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