Germán Padinger (CNN) — El asesinato del presidente de HaitÃ, Jovenel Moïse, tiene a muchos lÃderes de la comunidad haitiana en Estados Unidos temiendo lo que pueda venir después. “Hay temores muy reales sobre si habrá o no violencia en las calles”, dijo Vania Andre, editora del Haitian Times, un influyente periódico para la diáspora
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By Brian Vitagliano, Evan Simko-Bednarski and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The White man who authorities say shot and killed a Black Air Force veteran and a retired Black state trooper in Winthrop, Massachusetts, last month carried “hate fueled by white supremacy,” according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. Authorities say Nathan Allen, 28, stole a
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — An Omaha family is bringing home their baby for the first time ever. It might not sound like a news story at first, but it will be the first time Marquinn “Q” Buckley II has ever left the hospital in his
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By Antonia Mortensen, Melissa Bell and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Elie Rosen had never really listened as a child when his grandparents told him and his cousins to keep their heads down. He knew they had survived the Holocaust but he believed the world’s vow of “never again” and saw no reason for his generation of
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A man has been charged with vandalizing a statue of Christopher Columbus in Lancaster. Police documents say Francisco Rodriguez Jr., 34, knocked down the statue and damaged the bust on Lennox Avenue between the evening on June 29 and the morning
Continue ReadingBy Scott Williams Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — A task force on race relations is calling for tough action against racism in Burlington, while also raising questions about whether community leaders are willing to tackle the issue. The task force organized by the City of Burlington recommends
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El ministro de Salud de Panamá, Luis Francisco Sucre, amenazó con destituir a los funcionarios que sean sorprendidos por las autoridades en fiestas clandestinas, reuniones entre amigos -conocidas en el paÃs como parkings- o actividades multitudinarias donde no se respeten las medidas de bioseguridad por el covid-19. Sucre hizo
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By Christie Ileto Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Family and friends gathered to remember a young teen who was gunned down while sitting inside a vehicle in Philadelphia this week. It happened Monday evening at 33rd and Oxford streets. Savon Dixon, 16, was shot once in the head while in
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Two people were rescued after a large tree crashed into a home amid a storm in west Baltimore, the city fire union said. According to fire officials, crews responded to the 3100 block of Baker Street on Wednesday and rescued the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story TALLADEGA COUNTY, Alabama (WVTM) — A teenager was killed and another person was injured after a crash in Talladega County last night. The Alabama State Troopers reported the crash happened on Eastaboga Road, about 10 miles northeast of Talladega just before 9 p.m. State Troopers
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business President Joe Biden is being attacked for $3 gasoline. But the truth is the White House isn’t to blame for high gas prices — and has few options to lower them. The seven-year high in gas prices is all about supply and demand. Gas was dirt cheap last spring because
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Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will be the 29th edition of the Summer Games. But this edition, athletes and spectators will see an Olympics like no other.
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By Junko Ogura, Chie Kobayashi and Nectar Gan, CNN Tokyo venues for the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will not have spectators due to the city’s coronavirus state of emergency through the Games, according to the Japanese Olympic Committee. The announcement was made following a meeting of five Olympic and Japanese government groups responsible for the
Continue ReadingBy Marina Fraire Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLAUS, Indiana (WLKY) — The cause of death has been released involving the Ohio woman who died on a roller coaster at Holiday World last month. The coroner listed three causes of death for Dawn Jankovic, 47, including severe internal blood loss, the tearing
Continue ReadingBy Jackson Kurtz Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Nothing is impossible for hiker and Smithville native Mandy Horvath. She is reaching new heights, climbing the world’s mountains — while overcoming a major obstacle. “Whether you believe you can or think you can, or not, you’re probably right,” said
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business An incident takes place. Law enforcement investigates. A culprit is identified, apprehended and prosecuted. That’s typically how we think of addressing a crime. But as some ransomware victims may now be discovering, that process is much more complicated when the criminal is on another continent and the crime takes place
Continue Reading A threatening voicemail, research into company executives and finances, even step-by-step guides to using cryptocurrency. These are some of the evolving tactics of ransomware groups that have turned this cybercrime into a highly lucrative underground business. As CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports, businesses and law enforcement are racing to get ahead of them.
Continue ReadingBy DeJuan Hoggard Click here for updates on this story CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (WTVD) — Just one day after acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones decided against accepting a tenured position at UNC-Chapel Hill, instead. taking a job at Howard University, Black organizations on campus came together to present their list of demands to university officials.
Continue ReadingBy WTVD Staff Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — The owner of the highly venomous zebra cobra snake that was found at a home in Raleigh at the end of last month and then later captured has been cited. Christopher Gifford, 21, was found to have violated NC General
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By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — What started out as a high school class project for one student has turned into something much bigger and it won a national invention award. “My invention had the most market potential,” said Kelly Ann Greene, 17. Greene invented and
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