By Charles Riley, CNN Business Airbnb has pledged to provide free housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees. CEO Brian Chesky said Tuesday that the program would begin immediately, and that Airbnb would pay for the stays. “The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the US and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SIMI VALLEY, California (KCAL) — A young bear that has been roaming a Simi Valley neighborhood for several weeks seems to have found what he was looking for – a trash can. The Big Sky community’s bear was caught on video roaming Giselle Ramirez’s backyard
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A newly discovered asteroid is sticking close to our sun — much closer than our own planet Earth. The asteroid, called 2021 PH27, completes an orbit around the sun every 113 days and comes within 12.4 million miles (20 million kilometers) of our star. That gives this space rock the distinction
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., who lost an eye and was left paralyzed in the same shooting that killed Officer Ella French, has been moved to a rehabilitation facility, marking “a major step in his recovery process,” CPD Supt. David Brown
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — A medida que los talibanes afianzan su control sobre Afganistán, hay una región remota cuya resistencia al grupo militante se remonta a décadas. Ahora, el último gran bastión está bajo amenaza. Los talibanes han estado concentrando fuerzas en y alrededor de la provincia de Panjshir, la única que aún ha caído
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Thursday’s decision by the creator platform OnlyFans to soon stop hosting a wide swath of sexually explicit content is sending shockwaves through the internet. OnlyFans, a website with 130 million users and more than 2 million content creators, has become synonymous with pornography. For many, performing on the app is
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El ejército de Estados Unidos recomendó al presidente Joe Biden que a más tardar este martes debe decidir si prolonga la evacuación de Afganistán más allá del 31 de agosto, según un funcionario de defensa familiarizado directamente con las discusiones, aunque Biden aún no ha tomado una decisión Asesores militares le han
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By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars rookie running back Travis Etienne is out for the season after injuring his left foot in Monday’s preseason loss at New Orleans. The team placed Etienne on injured reserve Tuesday with a Lisfranc injury. The first-round draft pick from Clemson is expected
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La bandera de Afganistán se utilizará como símbolo de “solidaridad y paz” cuando los Juegos Paralímpicos de Tokio 2020 comiencen este martes en Japón. Los 16 Juegos Paralímpicos de Verano, retrasados un año debido a la pandemia, se llevarán a cabo en medio del peor brote de covid-19 en Japón, con los
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN en Español) — Este lunes, el gobierno de Ecuador informó a través de un comunicado que recibirán familias víctimas del conflicto en Afganistán. El comunicado indica que la ayuda humanitaria sería principalmente enfocada en mujeres, menores de edad y población vulnerable. Países de América Latina se ofrecen a ayudar a desplazados de Afganistán,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los estadounidenses siguen apoyando la decisión de abandonar Afganistán, según una serie de nuevas encuestas publicadas este domingo, pero en su mayoría piensan que la retirada fue mal gestionada. Y el público da al presidente Joe Biden una puntuación relativamente baja por la retirada de Afganistán, lo que posiblemente agrave
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Se estima que 270.000 personas en Afganistán se han visto obligadas a abandonar sus hogares desde enero de 2021, informó el martes el alto comisionado de la Agencia de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR), lo que eleva el número total de desplazados internos en el país a más de 3,5
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The Boone County Sheriff’s Office was called Sunday night to the 7500 block of Lavender Drive, where deputies found the bodies of 43-year-old Allison Abitz and her 11-year-old daughter Jozee Abitz.
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — In a story published Aug. 24, 2021, about legal arguments over whether to unseal investigative materials in a potential case against South Dakota billionaire T. Denny Sanford, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote. It was Jeffrey Beck, for ProPublica, not Jon Arneson, for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, who told
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has declared a mistrial in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with stealing millions in settlement money from his clients. Judge James Selna ruled on technical grounds that federal prosecutors failed to turn over relevant financial evidence to Avenatti. Another hearing in the
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has declared a mistrial in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with stealing millions in settlement money from his clients. Judge James Selna ruled on technical grounds that federal prosecutors failed to turn over relevant financial evidence to Avenatti. Another hearing in the
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State football fans will have to search a little harder for beer and alcohol during football games this season. A year after allowing beer and wine sales throughout Bill Snyder Family Stadium, the university says it will return to a previous practice of limiting alcohol sales to specific areas. Kansas
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s “doing fairly well” and receiving good care for COVID-19 at Chicago hospital. He spoke briefly by phone Tuesday with The Associated Press. Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, were admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital over the weekend after testing positive. Jesse Jackson
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Brock Lesnar and Becky Lynch’s return to World Wrestling Entertainment during SummerSlam isn’t the only reason the company is feeling momentum going into the fall. The card at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas was the highest-grossing SummerSlam of all time according to the company. It marked the first time
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