By Cameron French Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The defining moment of Annie Vernon’s rowing career is one forever captured on TV news footage – she and her three teammates standing at the rowing-canoeing park in Beijing, receiving their Olympic medals in 2008. But the footage shows clear anguish
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN For over half an hour on a March afternoon, Arkansas legislators, activists and pediatricians outlined reasons why they considered gender-affirming health care dangerous, arguing in support of a bill that would ban transgender minors from accessing that care. Brandi Evans had two minutes to testify against it. The mother from Bauxite
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By Lauren Fox, CNN After spending the weekend negotiating, lawmakers have yet to clinch a bipartisan infrastructure deal, a precarious sign for senators who have months trying to cement a massive, bipartisan win for President Joe Biden. The talks are “inching along” and they aren’t going any faster than that, one source familiar told CNN
Continue Reading On CNN’s State of the Union, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joins Jake Tapper to discuss the ongoing infrastructure negotiations in Congress.
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Un sismo de magnitud 6,2 sacudió la costa de Indonesia, según el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El sismo se produjo en la costa de la isla Sulawesi a las 8: 09aET del lunes. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have created ‘tweezers of sound’ that can move objects without physical contact. The technology creates non-contact manipulation of small objects with sound waves by using an array of ultrasound transducers. The transducers, an object that converts
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — La Casa Blanca ha decidido mantener las restricciones de viaje por coronavirus en medio de los crecientes casos provocados por la variante delta, dijo un funcionario de la Casa Blanca a CNN el lunes. “Dado donde estamos hoy con la variante delta, Estados Unidos mantendrá las restricciones de viaje existentes en este
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The mother of 24 year-old Jasmine Pettway spoke out for the first time following the murder of her daughter. Pettway was shot and killed July 9th at Avalon Apartments. Today, Darrin Sanders was charged and arrested for the murder. “It’ll never
Continue ReadingBy Frank Healy Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — At least nine cars broken into, and some neighbors say it could be more is what many are facing this weekend on Milwaukee’s East Side after overnight break-ins along Stowell between Webster and Belleview early Saturday morning. The aftermath of the break
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — One victim is in serious condition, following a shooting that took place near 41st and Ruby Sunday night. It happened Sunday, July 25 around 9:08 p.m. Three people were shot. A 25-year-old Milwaukee man is listed in serious condition, while a 22-year-old
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By David Williams, CNN LeVar Burton will have all the answers on Monday when he debuts as guest host on “Jeopardy!” The beloved former “Reading Rainbow” host and producer, who’s known for his roles as Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and Kunta Kinte in “Roots,” will be behind the lectern through
Continue ReadingBy Phil Drake Click here for updates on this story GREAT FALLS, Montana (Independent Record) — There is a portion of highway on the thundering plains between Cascade and Great Falls where the spirit of a Montana legend known as “Stagecoach Mary” lives on. Great Falls Rising, a grassroots citizens advocacy group, will do litter
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Going out to eat might feel a little different these days. Maybe you’re waiting longer for a table, even though the restaurant doesn’t appear full. Or maybe your service is slower, and your server seems anxious. That’s because restaurants across the United States are understaffed, and jobs that were already
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By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As another school year approaches, administrators nationwide are facing teacher shortages. Southwest of Chicago, Steven Wrobleski is worried. School starts August 11 and he still has openings at LaSalle Peru Township High School. “We currently have a chemistry physics teaching position that we have zero applicants for right now. I am
Continue Reading A teacher shortage is forcing educators to think outside the box before kids return to the classroom. CNN’s Adrienne Broaddus reports.
Continue ReadingBy A.J. Etherington Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — It was fast approaching 9 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2020 when Billings Police responded to gunshots at Fourth Street West and Broadwater Avenue. There they discovered Manuel “Manny” LaMere Martinez had been shot dead and was lying in the road,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer Tony Bennett, famous for his signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Personal Birth date: August 3, 1926 Birth place: Queens, New York Birth name: Anthony Dominick Benedetto Father: John Benedetto, grocer Mother: Anna (Suraci) Benedetto, garment worker Marriages: Susan (Crow)
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Singer-songwriter Pink has offered to pay fines handed out to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while competing. Last week, the European Handball Federation (EHF) fined the team a total of €1,500 (around $1,765), asserting that the women competed in “improper clothing” by wearing
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of author, television personality and entrepreneur, Martha Stewart. Personal Birth date: August 3, 1941 Birth place: Jersey City, New Jersey Birth name: Martha Helen Kostyra Father: Edward Kostyra, pharmaceuticals salesman Mother: Martha (Ruszkowski) Kostyra, schoolteacher Marriage: Andrew Stewart (1961-1990, divorced) Children: Alexis Education: Barnard College, B.A.,
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Facts Almost seven million people visit the Eiffel Tower annually. About 300 million visitors have been to the tower since its opening. Designer Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment cloistered away in the upper reaches of the tower. In 2016, a second
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