By Madeline Holcombe and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN More than 80 teens and adult staffers from a Central Illinois summer camp tested positive for Covid-19 in an outbreak that has impacted people across three states, officials said. The Crossing Camp in Schuyler County held in mid-June did not check vaccination status for campers or staffers, and
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WEDNESDAY: More showers and storms throughout the day. More of us will get in on the action this afternoon but you’ll want the umbrella for either commute. Highs will only top out in the low 80’s with cloud cover and rain chances around. TONIGHT: Showers and storms could start to add up as we get
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By Helen Regan, CNN As countries around the Asia-Pacific region tighten restrictions once again to curb potential breakouts of the Delta coronavirus variant, Singapore has laid out a new vision for life to return to normal. The roadmap, proposed by three members of Singapore’s Covid-19 task force, would scrap lockdowns and mass contact tracing and
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Si eres una de las más de 20 millones de personas que experimentan la ola de calor del noroeste, es posible que te preguntes cómo mantenerte fresco, especialmente si no tienes aire acondicionado o no quieres usarlo constantemente. Ciudades de EE.UU. y Canadá han informado de sus temperaturas más altas, algunas
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By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence given to a 74-year-old serial killer, known as the “Black Widow,” for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted murder of a fourth. Chisako Kakehi, reportedly received large insurance payouts after poisoning her victims with cyanide,
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — Varios miembros del Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios (Esmad) de la PolicÃa Nacional de Colombia fueron separados de sus cargos y funciones por «cometer un procedimiento irregular» durante los disturbios que se presentaron en Suba, al noroeste de Bogotá, en donde resultaron agredidos dos periodistas y un joven. Asà lo informó este
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Forrest Brown and Brekke Fletcher, CNN US passport holders have more international travel options now than at any point during the Covid-19 pandemic. Total US cases are nearing the 33.6 million mark since the pandemic started, but the rate of new cases has been slowing down recently. The United States is one of the world
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By Ben Westcott, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and
Continue ReadingIn dispatch audio obtained by CNN from Broadcastify, a first responder describes the scene after a condo building collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
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By Eliza Mackintosh, Bethlehem Feleke and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Rebel forces in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray have rejected a ceasefire offer from the central government, raising fears of further violence a day after the fighters retook the regional capital Mekelle. The recapture of the city by Tigrayan fighters and the retreat of Ethiopian
Continue Readingolivertapia Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Kim Jong Un despidió a varios altos funcionarios que no hicieron cumplir las rigurosas medidas de prevención por el covid-19 en Corea del Norte, un incumplimiento del deber que, según el joven dictador, tendrá «graves consecuencias» para la nación empobrecida y aislada, informaron medios estatales el miércoles. No
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Dos años y medio antes de que su edificio terminara en un montón de escombros, Mara Chouela, residente de Champlain Towers South, lanzó la última de una serie de quejas airadas sobre el proyecto de construcción vecino. «Nos preocupa que la construcción junto a Surfside esté demasiado cerca», escribió Chouela, miembro
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Dave Alsup and Raja Razek, CNN An Idaho woman who is accused of killing her two children has been charged in the death of her former husband. Lori Vallow was charged by an Arizona grand jury with one felony count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal fire at a residential assisted living center in Spring Valley, New York, that killed a firefighter and a resident in March, the Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh announced Tuesday. Arrest warrants were also issued for
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and
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Legislation is working its way through Congress that would remove the statues of Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol.
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By Chloe Melas, CNN In the week since Britney Spears’ bombshell court hearing in which she asked to terminate her nearly 13-year court-ordered conservatorship, CNN has learned from a source close to the singer’s family that she has “begged” her attorney, Samuel Ingham, III to file a petition to end the arrangement once and for
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Kim Jong Un fired several senior officials who failed to enforce North Korea’s stringent Covid-19 prevention, a dereliction of duty which the young dictator said will have “grave consequences” for the impoverished and isolated nation, state media reported Wednesday. It is unclear who or exactly how
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Un ratón que se creÃa extinto hace más de 150 años ha sido encontrado vivo en una isla de la costa de Australia Occidental, según descubrieron investigadores. CientÃficos compararon muestras de ADN de ocho roedores australianos extintos y 42 de sus parientes vivos, y descubrieron que el extinto ratón de Gould era
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Un automóvil que el prÃncipe Carlos le regaló a la princesa Diana como obsequio de compromiso fue subastado por más de £ 52.000 (US$ 72.000).El Ford Escort Ghia de 1981 se vendió por unos US$ 30.000 más que el rango inferior del precio esperado. Según la estimación del subastador, el coche podrÃa
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