By David Williams, CNN Right handed pitcher Jacob Steinmetz has a fastball in the 90-94 mph range, a wicked curve ball and a deeply-held religious faith. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected the 17-year-old on Monday in the third round with the 77th pick and say he’s the first known Orthodox Jewish player to ever be drafted
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By Morgan Rimmer and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Rep. Joyce Beatty was arrested by US Capitol Police on Thursday afternoon after participating in a voting rights protest that culminated in a march inside the Senate Hart Office Building atrium. Beatty, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, participated in a small rally alongside 12 activists outside
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Los latinos en Estados Unidos se vieron fuertemente afectados por la pandemia de covid-19 en varios frentes. Experimentaron tasas más altas de muertes por virus y hospitalizaciones. Tuvieron más problemas para llegar a fin de mes que otros grupos demográficos, debido a los recortes salariales y la pérdida de puestos de
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Meghan, la duquesa de Sussex, llega al mundo de los dibujos animados. La duquesa de Sussex produce contenidos junto a Netflix 0:52 Netflix anunció el martes que desarrollará una nueva serie de animación con Meghan y Archewell Productions, la productora que fundaron los duques de Sussex. La fundación de los duques de
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Schiller Click here for updates on this story AVALON BOROUGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Thousands of people on social media are fighting for justice for a puppy in Avalon Borough. They are enraged over videos showing alleged animal abuse. In one of the clips, the pup can be heard crying out. After members of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Jays are adjusting to a new face at the helm of the football program, as summer workouts continue at Adkins Stadium. Back in January, the school district named Damon Wells as its new head football coach and athletic director. He comes to Mid-Missouri from Rifle, Colorado, where he
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A San Francisco woman who stole items from a Walgreens store while coughing and claiming she had COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic was convicted on a federal robbery charge on Wednesday. According to acting Northern California U.S. Attorney
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hill Click here for updates on this story ROSEVILLE (KOVR) — As she started to flip through photos of yesteryear, Elizabeth Jackson Booth looked back at cherished memories with her family. “I’m a Korean adoptee. I was adopted in 1975 by the Jackson family,” Jackson Booth said. After wanting closure in her life,
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By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN A woman qualified to become a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command crew for the first time in the organization’s history, according to a press release from the US Navy Thursday. The woman will go on to become an operator on one of the Navy’s special boat
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Brown Click here for updates on this story LANSDALE, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Residents and leaders in Montgomery County are joining a Muslim North Penn High School student in advocating for her innocence after a fight two months ago resulted in her impending criminal charges. The May video shows Sanaa Beaufort fighting with two
Continue ReadingBy WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — While there’s been much progress in the fight against COVID, an Upper West Side community is reminding residents it’s not over just yet. Blowing whistles and waving from balconies, the neighborhood was one of the first to participate in the 7
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By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in Washington on Thursday in what was likely the European leader’s final appearance at the White House before she steps down from her long-held position this fall. The ongoing dispute between the United States and Germany over a Russian
Continue ReadingBy Erin Hassanzadeh Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The opioid epidemic led to a record number of drug overdoses in the United States last year. The spike is happening in Minnesota, too. Just under 800 Minnesotans died from drug overdoses in 2019. More than 1,000 died last year — a
Continue ReadingBy Peter D’Oench Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A small but vocal group of protestors descended on Miami City Hall Thursday. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez met with some members of the group and told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench, “What we are asking for is for the President of the United States
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA (KCAL, KCBS) — On Dec. 19, 1976, Janet Stallcup was on her way to a party in Garden Grove, but the 19-year-old nursing student never made it to the event. Eight days later, police found her body about 2.5 miles from her
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By Miguel Marquez, Laura Dolan and Eric Levenson, CNN For Dr. Frank Courmier, the latest Covid-19 surge hitting his Louisiana hospital is different from the three preceding waves — the people now getting sick are younger. “We’re getting people in their third and fourth decades, otherwise healthy with no real preexisting conditions coming in, unvaccinated
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By Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN This is Dennis Smith’s 25th fire season with CalFire, so the Fire Captain is fully aware of how much fighting fires has changed in that time. The temperatures are hotter. The fire seasons are several months longer. The blazes are bigger, and there are more of them. “We
Continue Reading The US wildfire season is off to its worst start in a decade, especially in California. CNN’s Stephanie Elam reports.
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By Hannah Gard and Judson Jones, CNN Large wildfires burning across the US will blanket the country in smoke from California to New York. Across the US, 68 large wildfires are currently burning over one million acres according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), mostly in the West where the widespread worsening drought conditions
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Housing has become so expensive in the United States that the typical minimum wage worker cannot afford rent, according to a new report. There is no state, county or city in the country where a full-time, minimum-wage worker working 40 hours a week can afford a two-bedroom rental, a report
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