Texas hospital chief: We need to step up
Dr Marc Boom, President & CEO of Houston Methodist hospital, discusses the urgent need to get Americans vaccinated and rising cases of the delta variant.
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Report finds little-known security unit in Commerce abused power and investigated employees of Chinese or Southeast Asian ancestry for years
By Daniella Diaz, CNN A report by a Senate committee found that a little-known security unit within the Department of Commerce abused its power and oftentimes monitored employees of color without any evidence of wrongdoing. The report, involving more than two dozen whistleblowers with allegations dating to the mid-2000s, found that the Investigations and Threat
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1 person dead, 7 rescued after boat accident in Boston Harbor
By Melissa Alonso, CNN One person was found dead and several were injured after an early morning boating accident in Boston Harbor, according to police. Harbor patrol rescued seven people around 3 a.m. after the accident, the Boston Fire Department said in a tweet earlier. Authorities believe the victim is a woman, the Boston Police
Continue ReadingEl gobierno de Cuba organiza una manifestación de “reafirmación revolucionaria” en La Habana
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El gobierno de Cuba organizó una masiva manifestación en La Habana el sábado que fue anunciada como una “reafirmación revolucionaria”, luego de las históricas protestas a principios de semana que pidieron un cambio en Cuba. Con el presidente de Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel y el exlíder cubano Raúl Castro al
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Why the celebrity couples ruling summer have been just the escape we needed
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN As poet Jennifer Lopez once wrote, love don’t cost a thing. But this summer, her love life has been everything. Following a breakup with former baseball player Alex Rodriguez, Lopez has displayed a masterful grasp of the art of rebounding, being captured by paparazzi with former boyfriend Ben Affleck. Along with
Continue ReadingSearch on for missing 82-year-old man from Kirkwood nursing home
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KIRKWOOD, Missouri (KMOV) — Police are searching for an 82-year-old man who went missing from a Kirkwood, Mo. nursing home overnight Friday or early Saturday. The search is on for Cornell Allmon. He is described as 6’4″, weighing 136 pounds, with a slender build, brown
Continue ReadingSt. Louis County mother urges vaccine after daughter dies of COVID-19
By RUSSELL KINSAUL Click here for updates on this story ST LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis County mother is turning her devastating loss of her daughter into a teaching moment. Kimberle Jones is grieving over the death of her daughter, 37-year old Erica Thompson, who died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of
Continue ReadingSaginaw police investigating shooting of 4-year-old boy
By JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — The Saginaw Police Department is investigating the shooting of a 4-year-old boy that happened Friday, July 16, around 5:30 p.m. Officers converged on the neighborhood at Hampshire near Drexel in southeast Saginaw, investigating a call of a child being shot. When
Continue ReadingSemi runs over motorbike in Kansas City; rider critically injured
By SHAIN BERGAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — One person is in the hospital in critical condition after their motorbike was run over by a semi Friday night in Kansas City. Police and emergency crews responded at 9 p.m. to the incident on the exit ramp from Interstate
Continue ReadingDementia patient walks out of Truman Med, considered missing and endangered
By SHAIN BERGAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Authorities are asking for help in finding a dementia patient who walked out of Truman Medical Center early Saturday morning and is considered missing and endangered. Kansas City police sent out a Silver Alert early Saturday for Delbert Garrett, 68.
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During the pandemic, another devastating health crisis was growing
Opioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the CDC. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports on this health crisis that continued to plague the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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An epidemic in the shadow of a pandemic: Drug overdose deaths reach an all-time high in US
By Sarah Braner, CNN “I just screamed and cried. I knew my brother was gone.” Michelle Branch lost her brother, Craig Elazer, on September 1, 2020, to a fentanyl overdose. He had been receiving support for his addiction, which he had struggled with since he was 12, but a changed world due to the coronavirus
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Two Baltimore police officers indicted in case involving alleged assault of teen
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN Two Baltimore police officers have been indicted in a case in which a teenager was allegedly assaulted and threatened with death by choking during a car theft investigation, according to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office. Officer Maxwell Dundore was indicted Thursday on charges of second-degree assault and
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Amazon adds voices of Shaq and Melissa McCarthy to Alexa
By Rachel Trent, CNN Alexa is getting a much bigger personality. Amazon announced this week that the voices of Melissa McCarthy and Shaquille O’Neal are now available on Alexa devices. McCarthy and O’Neal join Samuel L. Jackson as Alexa celebrity personalities. And if this launch is anything like Jackson’s, it’s going to be a big
Continue ReadingVideo muestra cómo lanzan a un camión a presuntos opositores aprehendidos en Cuba
CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Un video grabado el domingo por un grupo de activistas, que prefiere el anonimato por cuestiones de seguridad, muestra el momento en que al menos tres manifestantes son lanzados dentro de la carrocería de un camión volcador por presuntos agentes de civil frente al Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión
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Ford recalls nearly 775,000 Explorer SUVs following reports of six injuries
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Ford said Friday that it has recalled nearly 775,000 of its popular Explorer sports utility vehicles around the world following reports of six injuries related to steering issues in North America. The auto company said the recalls were for the 2013-2017 models of the Explorer. Ford said in
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What to know about DACA being ruled illegal
By Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful. The decision, by US District Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas, injected uncertainty into the lives of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, as well as their
Continue ReadingRemains of Wisconsin Air Force officer killed in 1952 plane crash return home
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A Wisconsin Air Force officer lost in a plane crash almost 70 years ago made his way home Friday, July 16. The body of Airman Second Class Edward Miller, of Evansville, arrived in Mitchell International Airport earlier Friday. Miller was on
Continue ReadingKentucky riverboat freed from sand bar
By ALEX HEIDER Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The US Coast Guard confirms to News4 that the cruise ship, American Jazz, has been dislodged from the sandbar it had been stuck on. For over a week, the ship had been stuck on a sandbar on Lake Barkley in Kentucky.
Continue ReadingBluebird Cafe reopens it’s doors
By REBECCA CARDENAS Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — As if no time had passed at all, the line was wrapped around the sidewalk at The Bluebird Café Friday, filled with eager music lovers hoping to get a spot at its first show in 16 months. The wait was finally
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