Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The big news about the “Loki” finale, as it turned out, is that it wasn’t really a finale at all, but rather more of a beginning than an ending. Not only did the sixth episode introduce Jonathan Majors as comic-book villain Kang the Conqueror (even if the “Kang” part of
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By Carma Hassan, Adrienne Broaddus and Keith Allen, CNN An Iowa man is facing two felony charges after a loaded handgun and rifle were found in his Chicago hotel room July 4, near where hundreds of families were celebrating the holiday, prosecutors said. Keegan Gregory Casteel, 32, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Shupryt Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Police activity in northeast Albuquerque turned into an FBI agent getting shot and the suspect dead Wednesday afternoon. According to officials, FBI was conducting a search warrant for a violent crime investigation for a suspect in a parking lot in
Continue ReadingBy Annalisa Burgos Click here for updates on this story KAUAI, Hawaii (KITV) — A viral TikTok video of a tourist disturbing a Hawaiian monk seal is renewing calls for the state to educate visitors. With the islands seeing more than 30,000 travelers a day on average, many residents say they’re fed up with what
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By Mick Krever and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Dutch crime journalist Peter R. de Vries has died just over a week after being shot in the head in Amsterdam, according to a statement by his family published by CNN affiliate RTL News. “Peter fought to the end, but he could not win the battle. He is
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By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrats’ most pivotal swing vote, expressed his most serious concerns yet about a key element in their party’s $3.5 trillion sweeping economic plan: Provisions dealing with climate change that have been sought by progressives. Manchin, who hails from coal-producing West Virginia, told CNN that
Continue Reading Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) discusses the sweeping $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal that would require the support from all Senate Democrats to pass.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Olympics begin in Tokyo next week, and the competition will be historic — and strange — for a number of reasons. The Olympics were set to occur in 2020 before they were postponed due to the
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By John Bonifield, CNN Americans 12 and older can get a Covid-19 vaccine, but younger children are still waiting. With many schools across the United States now just weeks from reopening for the fall semester, pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna are still doing clinical trials to see how coronavirus vaccines work in children under 12
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found evidence of menopause occurring in killer whales, puzzling scientists about how and why it evolved. While most animals breed throughout their lives, the study notes that only humans and four whale species are
Continue ReadingBy Tom Barton Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Festering tensions among the Davenport Civil Rights Commission, its director and city staff have reached a new level of dysfunction. Davenport Civil Right Commission members met this week, in part, to discuss claims by Davenport Civil Rights Director Latrice Lacey
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Clippy hasn’t had an easy life. Microsoft’s iconic but polarizing virtual assistant first appeared in Windows 97 as a small paper clip to help Microsoft Office users. It was given the boot by Office 2007. Earlier this year, it resurfaced for one day as an animated sticker in Microsoft
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business There’s a new super-unicorn in the United Kingdom. Revolut has been valued at $33 billion in a new fundraising round led by SoftBank and Tiger Global Management, the London-based digital banking startup said in a statement on Thursday. The company said it would use the $800 million raised to develop
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Don Cheadle and his longtime love Bridgid Coulter decided to get married in 2020, 28 years after they first started dating. Why after all these years? “Our accountant proposed to both of us and he showed us the numbers, and we said, ‘Yeah, we should probably do it,’” Cheadle joked to
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By Chloe Melas and Faith Karimi, CNN Britney Spears publicly lashed out at her father for the second time in less than a month, saying in a court hearing Wednesday that she wants him out as the co-conservator of her estate and charged with abuse. “I want to press charges against my father today,” Spears
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By Jay Croft, CNN Northern California’s Butte County, the site of the state’s deadliest and most destructive inferno ever in 2018, is now battling another blaze. The Dixie Fire has led county officials to issue evacuation warnings for residents. It started Tuesday and has grown to about 2,200 acres with no containment, Cal Fire says.
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Over 15 million people are under a heat advisory across portions of New York and New Jersey on Thursday and Friday, when temperatures are expected reach several degrees above normal. “Heat index values up to 99 today and heat index values up to 103 expected Friday,” the National Weather Service
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department said a vehicle was damaged when someone opened fire on Scott Boulevard Wednesday. Police respond to a report of shots fired on Scott Boulevard. According to a news release from CPD, officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Scott Boulevard shortly after 7 p.m. Once they arrived
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Sanders Click here for updates on this story FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois (KMOV) — The body of an elderly woman was found inside her home during a welfare check Monday morning in St. Clair County. At 9:30 a.m., officers responded to a home in the 200 block of Oxford Avenue in Fairview Heights to
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By Rob McLean, CNN Business Johnson & Johnson is issuing a voluntary recall for five Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreen lines in the United States after it said it discovered low levels of benzene in the products. The company is warning customers against using aerosol sprays Neutrogena Beach Defense, Neutrogena Cool Dry Sport, Neutrogena Invisible Daily,
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