By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on their spending last month as a surge in COVID-19 cases kept people away from stores. Retail sales fell a seasonal adjusted 1.1% in July from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday. It was a much larger drop than
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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — Officials have recovered the body of a man who fell into Creve Coeur Lake outside of St. Louis. Firefighters and other first responders were called to the lake near Maryland Heights just before 8 p.m. Monday for reports of a man who fell off an inflatable raft into the water
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Presas dentro de sus hogares e invisibles en el espacio público. Así definió Amnistía Internacional el destino de las mujeres luego de que los talibanes asumieran el control de Afganistán en 1996 hasta 2001. Y aunque ahora han dicho que están dispuestos a garantizar algunos derechos a las mujeres, ya
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By Forrest Brown, CNN If you want to visit one of America’s national parks, there’s an essential item you must bring: face masks. Showing that even wilderness areas aren’t free from the reach of the Covid-19 Delta variant, the National Park Service announced Monday that it is immediately enforcing mask rules. Visitors, employees and contractors
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN If you want to visit one of America’s national parks, there’s an essential item you must bring: face masks. Showing that even wilderness areas aren’t free from the reach of the Covid-19 Delta variant, the National Park Service announced Monday that it is immediately enforcing mask rules. Visitors, employees and contractors
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained at
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained at
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained at
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Mientras los talibanes, el movimiento islámico sunita que mantiene en vilo a Afganistán desde comienzos de la década de 1990, se encuentran nuevamente avanzando sobre las principales ciudades del país en medio de la retirada de las tropas de Estados Unidos, las miradas del mundo nuevamente están sobre este rincón
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is raising its outlook for the year as Americans, coming out of hibernation, returned to shopping for back-to-school clothes and travel goods during the fiscal second quarter. Still, concerns are mounting over spending in the months ahead as the delta variant of COVID-19 surges
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca Writer and Genevieve Beauchemin, Montreal Bureau Chief, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — With the Taliban once more in control of Afghanistan and commercial flights out of Kabul halted, Canadian citizens and locals who helped the Canadian military wonder if they’ll make
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By Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN First it was “Fear,” then it was “Rage,” now it is “Peril.” That is the title of the highly anticipated third book about President Trump from legendary journalist Bob Woodward, this time written with co-author Robert Costa, a Washington Post national political reporter. “Peril” is scheduled for release
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN First it was “Fear,” then it was “Rage,” now it is “Peril.” That is the title of the highly anticipated third book about President Trump from legendary journalist Bob Woodward, this time written with co-author Robert Costa, a Washington Post national political reporter. “Peril” is scheduled for release
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study suggests younger children may be more likely to transmit COVID-19 compared with older children, with the highest odds of transmission being observed from children three years old and younger. The study, published Monday in the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Business) — A velocidad futurista, Afganistán está viajando al pasado, a lo que a menudo se llama una “era oscura” de dominación talibán. La población afgana está dando testimonio con herramientas de la era digital, lo que significa que la angustia y el terror están a solo un clic de distancia, llenando
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — Este lunes, el presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, informó a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que el Ejército abatió a Germán Amado Porras, alias “Cipriano González”. El operativo militar ocurrió en la vereda San José de Caquetania, del municipio de La Macarena, en el departamento del Meta. El
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By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has officially expanded and extended the nation’s coronavirus state of emergency as government advisers recommend legal changes that would allow penalties for violations. The measures, approved by a government task force, add seven prefectures to the six areas already under a state
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has officially expanded and extended the nation’s coronavirus state of emergency as government advisers recommend legal changes that would allow penalties for violations. The measures, approved by a government task force, add seven prefectures to the six areas already under a state
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader has appointed a new chief for the country’s navy. The report by the official IRNA news agency said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Tuesday appointed Adm. Shahram Irani as the new navy chief. He is successor of Adm. Hossein Khanzadi, who held the post since 2017. Iran’s navy, which operates
Continue Reading By MARK PRATT Associated Press Boston’s Old North Church is getting a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will help it better integrate its ties to the American Revolution and its links to the slave trade. The church is famous as the place where in 1775 two lanterns in the steeple
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