ELKADER, Iowa (AP) — Heavy rains late last week have swollen rivers and tributaries in northeastern Iowa, and residents there are preparing for flooding. In Elkader, officials had already closed two low-lying roads by Monday and crews had begun erecting flood barriers. That came as the National Weather Service reported the Turkey River rose to
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La depresión tropical Diez se fortaleció según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de EE.UU. y se le ha dado el nombre de tormenta tropical Kate. Se estima que los vientos máximos sostenidos son de 72 kilómetros por hora con ráfagas mayores. Kate se encuentra en el Atlántico central y se prevé
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Forward Tim Weah is hurt and will miss the United States’ opening three World Cup qualifiers. Weah was injured during training with Lille in France on Saturday. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Weah will not report to Nashville, Tennessee, ahead on Thursday’s opener at El Salvador. Meanwhile, Christian Pulisic started training
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer’s struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefront park, an encounter the woman’s attorneys are calling “an obvious case of racial profiling.” A video widely shared on social media shows Nikkita Brown and her dog apparently walking away
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says it is “outrageous” that Republicans plan to spend $680,000 on an investigation into the 2020 election in the state. Evers on Monday accused Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of “drinking the Kool-Aid” after meeting with former President Donald Trump, who
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have shelled rebel-held parts of a volatile southern city killing at least one person after Russian-brokered talks to end the presence of opposition fighters in the area collapsed. Syria’s state media reported that government forces retaliated Monday to fire by opposition fighters inside the city of Daraa while the
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Neela is a young girl who loves cooking with her mom. Saturday is her favorite day of the week. That’s the day they go to the green market. So begins Padma Lakshmi’s charming entry into the world of children’s book, “Tomatoes For Neela,” which mixes
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El furioso incendio de Caldor en el norte de California provocó órdenes de evacuación y advertencias en la cuenca del lago Tahoe este domingo por la noche, luego de una rápida propagación del fuego. Ante esta situación, al menos un hospital debió trasladar a todos sus pacientes en medio de las
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters are tackling remaining hot spots in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire, but say there were no indications that anyone is missing inside. Questions are arising, however, about the cladding on the building and the speed of the fire. The
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Former congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II, the oldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, denounced the possible parole of the man convicted of killing his father in California in 1968. Kennedy said in the statement released Sunday that the possible parole of Sirhan Sirhan is a grievous error. The board on Friday found
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By Matt Egan If Congress doesn’t implement a new eviction ban, three-quarters of a million American households could be evicted later this year, according to new research. Goldman Sachs estimates that between 2.5 million and 3.5 million households are significantly behind on rent, owing a combined $12 billion to $17 billion to landlords. Those renters
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. environment office says Algeria has become the last country in the world to stop selling highly toxic leaded gasoline. The U.N. Environment Agency said this marks the “official end” of the use in cars of a fuel that’s been blamed for a wide range of
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. environment office says Algeria has become the last country in the world to stop selling highly toxic leaded gasoline. The U.N. Environment Agency said this marks the “official end” of the use in cars of a fuel that’s been blamed for a wide range of
Continue Reading FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Newly-crowned European champion Italy is looking to start again where it left off as it chases a long-standing record. Italy plays Bulgaria on Thursday in the first of three World Cup qualifiers in quick succession, its first match since beating England in the Euro 2020 final in July. If the Azzurri
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire is forcing thousands of people to rush to leave South Lake Tahoe as the entire California tourist city comes under evacuation orders. Wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake on the California-Nevada state line. Evacuation warnings
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By Kristen Holmes and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Hospitals in parts of the South are running out of oxygen supply as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue soaring, driven by the swaths of people who remain unvaccinated and a dangerous coronavirus variant that has infected millions of Americans. Several hospitals in Florida, South Carolina, Texas and Louisiana
Continue Reading HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies called to a south-central Kansas property for a welfare check have discovered the bodies of two people and are searching for a person of interest in their deaths. The Reno County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called Friday evening to a property east of Hutchinson and spoke to friends
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Huracán Katrina, uno de los más devastadores de la historia de EE.UU., tocó tierra el 29 de agosto de 2005 cerca de Nueva Orleans y en la región todavía se ven sus cicatrices. Estos son algunos de los daños que dejó Katrina a su paso. Huracán Ida, minuto a
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El huracán Ida azotó Louisiana con una fuerza devastadora como huracán de categoría 4 el domingo, dejando al menos una persona muerta y más de 1 millón de clientes sin electricidad, a medida que inundó casas, arrancó techos y atrapó a los residentes en peligrosas inundaciones. En Jean Lafitte, al sur
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Kid Rock canceled two shows over the weekend after an outbreak of Covid-19 in his band. The concerts were scheduled for this past Friday and Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas. The artist took to Twitter to explain that the cancellationsw were due to coronavirus writing, “I am pi–ed. Over half
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