By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An analysis of COVID-19 data from Ontario last year has found that after adjusting for testing rates, younger age groups and young men in particular had much higher rates of COVID-19 infection than previously thought. Much of the focus during
Continue ReadingBy Andrew James Click here for updates on this story BLACK MOUNTAIN, North Carolina (WLOS) — As this heavy rain moved east Tuesday, a family in Black Mountain had to be rescued from their home as floodwaters moved closer. A man, his wife and son were all rescued around 7 p.m. from their mobile home
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story CANDLER, North Carolina (WLOS) — Rescue crews were searching Tuesday afternoon for someone who got out of a submerged vehicle on Smokey Park Highway in Candler. While the search was underway, the man walked up to onlookers. Asheville Fire Department crews reported flooding and numerous
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BANGKOK (AP) — A human rights group says more than 1,000 people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seized power about six months ago. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which monitors protest-related arrests and deaths, says it confirmed two more deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,001. There
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By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — It took Inter Milan 11 years to climb back to the top of Serie A. Now it faces what could be a rapid descent. Antonio Conte led Inter to its first league title since 2010 but left the club shortly after. The Nerazzurri also had to sell
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los casos de covid-19 entre los niños han aumentado constantemente desde principios de julio, según un informe de la Academia Americana de Pediatría (AAP). Y un experto dice que este aumento es solo el comienzo de lo que está por venir. “Esto está ocurriendo antes de que empiece el colegio.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and just over 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday that customers’ first and last names, date of birth,
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By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said Wednesday. The same data for about 7.8 million current T-Mobile customers who pay for phone
Continue Reading By KATHY GANNON Associated Press The Taliban’s top political leader has made a triumphal return to Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar battled the U.S. and its allies for decades but then signed a landmark peace agreement with the Trump administration. Baradar is now expected to play a key role in negotiations between the Taliban and
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating after the body of a man was found in a Wichita alley. Police say officers were called Tuesday afternoon to the area in southeast Wichita after a person walking through the alley behind a business spotted the body. Police say the victim appeared to be a man in
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Home construction fell a sharp 7% in July as homebuilders struggled to cope with a variety of headwinds. The July decline put home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.53 million units, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Applications for building permits, which can forecast
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Home construction fell a sharp 7% in July as homebuilders struggled to cope with a variety of headwinds. The July decline put home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.53 million units, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Applications for building permits, which can forecast
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The economic recovery from the pandemic has produced a red-hot global housing market, sending prices soaring and generating angst for would-be first-time buyers. But signs are growing that demand could be tapering off as expenses rise. What’s happening: High construction costs and supply shortages are weighing on confidence among builders,
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By Miquel Ros, CNN It’s May 11, 1926, and a giant airship, the Norge (meaning Norway), has just been unhooked from its mast at one of the world’s most remote settlements, Ny-Ålesund, in the Svalbard archipelago. This cluster of rocky, barren islands, closer to the North Pole than to the Norwegian mainland, is the natural
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Lobbyists, lawmakers and border mayors are imploring the Biden administration to ease restrictions on nonessential travel put in place 18 months ago at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. But officials haven’t budged even as other countries gradually open to Americans. A tangled web of Covid-19 border restrictions has limited who
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Lobbyists, lawmakers and border mayors are imploring the Biden administration to ease restrictions on nonessential travel put in place 18 months ago at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. But officials haven’t budged even as other countries gradually open to Americans. A tangled web of Covid-19 border restrictions has limited who
Continue Reading By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s attorney general has indicted a leading Maltese businessman in connection with the 2017 murder of an investigative journalist on the island nation. Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed when a car bomb blew up as she drove near her home. After a long process of
Continue Reading By JONATHAN ELFALAN Edmunds One of the challenges people have with electric vehicles is figuring out how much they cost to operate. The price of fully charging an electric vehicle’s battery can vary wildly depending on when and where you charge it. For the bigger picture, you should also include the amortized cost of buying
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers’ personal information has been leaked to hackers, the wireless carrier said Tuesday, disclosing further details on a data breach it has been investigating since the weekend. The breach affects as many as 7.8 million postpaid subscribers, 850,000 prepaid customers and
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Business Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers’ personal information has been leaked to hackers, the wireless carrier said Tuesday, disclosing further details on a data breach it has been investigating since the weekend. The breach affects as many as 7.8 million postpaid subscribers, 850,000 prepaid customers and
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