By Chris Isidore and Pete Muntean, CNN Business The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether Boeing employees who are supposed to flag safety problems with aircraft are being pressured by the company not to raise concerns, according to a letter the agency sent to the aircraft maker. The FAA depends on Boeing employees to carry
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By DON BABWIN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s watchdog agency has concluded in a scathing report that the gunshot detection system the police department uses rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city. The Office of Inspector General’s Public Safety section says its analysis of the ShotSpotter system that has
Continue ReadingBy ZACH GILCHRIEST, CONTENT PRODUCER Click here for updates on this story WAVERLY, TN (WSMV) — President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration for the state of Tennessee after devastating flooding that killed at least 22 in Humphreys County. The president’s approval frees up federal funding to assist in state and local recovery efforts in
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Si te levantaste esta mañana con la sensación de que los últimos dos dÃas han durado dos semanas, no estás solo. Decenas de miles de nuestros amigos en EE.UU. se despertaron sin electricidad, con árboles caÃdos alrededor de sus casas y, en Tennessee, hay una devastación desgarradora. Estamos con ustedes. El clima
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By Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is taking his coronavirus vaccine plea directly to his constituents. The Kentucky Republican is airing an ad across 100 radio stations in his state urging people to get vaccinated, as the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 ravages parts of the country, particularly red states with
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anheuser-Busch has operated the popular Grant’s Farm attraction in St. Louis County for nearly seven decades, but five members of the Busch family will soon take over. The change in operation was announced Monday at Grant’s Farm, a tourist attraction popular for its wide array of animals. The property was once
Continue Reading INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — The Indianola School Board has tabled discussions about dumping the district’s Indian mascot to focus its attention on fighting the spread of coronavirus in school buildings. The board decided at a meeting Monday to postpone acting on any mascot changes until after the November election, in which at least three board
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By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN Hawaii Gov. David Ige asked tourists to voluntarily stay away from the state amid a record surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, though he stopped short of placing onerous restrictions on out-of-state visitors. “We know that it is not a good time to travel to the islands,” Ige,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Dorothy Parker’s headstone has been unveiled at a New York cemetery where the ashes of the author and humorist who died in 1967 are interred. The New York Post reports that a jazz band played at the ceremony Monday at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It was supposed to take place
Continue Reading By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — To get their Afghan workers and their families into Kabul’s chaotic airport for evacuation, Western charities are inventing simple, one-off passwords. In one case, women wore red handkerchiefs around their wrists. In another, they scrawled a P on their palms. Thanks to the makeshift signals, 150 people
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RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA, Spain (AP) — Michael Storer has won his second stage in this year’s Spanish Vuelta and Primoz Roglic fell in the final descent and lost the overall lead to Odd Christian Eiking. Roglic quickly got back on his bike but he and the other top contenders couldn’t keep up with the
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Los talibanes no están a favor de permitir que los afganos abandonen Afganistán, dijo este martes el portavoz talibán Zabiullah Mujahid durante una conferencia de prensa cuando se le preguntó sobre la fecha lÃmite del 31 de agosto. “No vamos a permitir que los afganos se vayan, y ni siquiera estamos
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in northwestern Nigeria say two military personnel have been killed after gunmen raided a military school. A spokesman said one person was abducted from the Nigerian Defense Academy. The attack is the second in the Afaka area, where nearly 30 students were abducted in March
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Since the beginning of the pandemic, property owner Matthew Haines said he has lost a quarter of a million dollars in rental income from tenants who did not pay him rent. “I’ve never woken up having panic attacks before this year,” said Haines, 53, who owns and manages 253 rental
Continue Reading RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A Missouri man who died after rescuing two young relatives from the choppy waters of Lake Michigan is the fourth person to drown in the lake this summer in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Racine. Racine County sheriff’s officials on Monday identified the man who drowned Sunday as 40-year-old Thomas Walker,
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By Livia Borghese and Jack Guy, CNN A US veteran has traveled to Italy to be reunited with three siblings who he almost shot dead during World War II. On Monday Martin Adler, 97, returned to the European country and was able to hug the three Italian siblings that he nearly mistook for hiding German
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS OBERHOLTZ Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, KS (KCTV) — Firefighters pulled an unconscious man from a burning home. Crews responded just after 11 p.m. Monday to a fire at 105th Street and West 52nd Terrace. They found the elderly man in the back room of that home. First responders gave
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has decided, in consultation with his national security team, to stick with the August 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official. Biden made the decision mindful of the security risks in remaining the country longer, the official said, and he has asked
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By ANDREW JAMES | WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story CRUSO, N.C. (WLOS) — A Haywood County woman survived after being swept away by floodwaters last week. Michelle Rice’s home off U.S. 276 in Cruso took a direct hit from flooding from Tropical Storm Fred. While she was trying to get to
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he expects Cam Newton to return to the field this week for the second day of joint practices with the Giants after the quarterback missed a second day of practice because of a misunderstanding of COVID-19 testing rules.
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