US-UK couples who have been separated for over a year due to Covid-19 travel restrictions have joined an online movement, Love Is Not Tourism, to petition governments to speed up the visa application process and allow them to reunite.
Continue ReadingBy Rett Nelson Click here for updates on this story GARDEN CITY, Utah (eastidahonews.com) — A new family-owned business across the Idaho-Utah border is devoted to “building awesome memories” and making children happy. The Outpost — a LEGO store — opened July 1 in a 200-square-foot shack at 220 West 10 South in Garden City,
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans have more debt than ever before. A surge in credit card spending and home purchases caused US household debt to increase by $313 billion, or 2.1%, in the second quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That’s the largest nominal jump since 2007 and the biggest
Continue Reading CNN’s Richard Quest discusses how remote work has lead to a rise in home sales with Ryan Schneider, CEO of real estate company Realogy.
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By Marshall Cohen The Chicago chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police union is going to bat for one of its members who stormed the US Capitol and now might lose his job with the Chicago Police Department. The revelation came in court filings one week after police who responded to the January 6 attack
Continue ReadingBy Chuck Morris Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — State-level test results from the 2020-21 Spring TCAP assessments show that pandemic-related disruptions to education led to declines in student academic proficiency in the state, across all subjects and grade bands, as expected, Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Education
Continue ReadingBy Chuck Morris Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A man who served time in prison for the death of a woman in 2000 has been granted post-conviction relief, a Davidson County judge ruled on Monday. Criminal Court Judge Angelita Blackshear Dalton granted post-conviction relief to Paul Garrett, 47, after
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By Geneva Sands and Alex Marquardt, CNN Key agencies across the federal government continue to fail meet basic cybersecurity standards, according to a new Senate report released Tuesday, which found systematic failures to safeguard data. Amid a rise of state-sponsored hacks and ransomware cybersecurity incidents, seven agencies were found to have failed at effectively securing
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) informaron este lunes que el 70% de los adultos estadounidenses han recibido al menos una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19, alcanzando la meta del 4 de julio del presidente Joe Biden con un mes de
Continue ReadingBy Ciara Cummings Click here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A Cobb County 12-year-old student faces felony charges after threatening to burn people and property at his school. But, he has Autism and his family argues, the proper protocols for students with disabilities were not followed prior to charges being
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — McDonald’s ha actualizado su política de mascarillas, uniéndose al creciente número de empresas que vuelven a imponer su uso a algunos de sus empleados, incluso si están totalmente vacunados. McDonald’s informó el martes a la CNN que los clientes y el personal de los restaurantes situados en zonas con un nivel de
Continue ReadingBy James Lalli Click here for updates on this story PIERMONT, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on a deadly hot-air balloon crash. According to the report, the balloon was an “experimental envelope” built by the pilot, Brian Boland, 72, of Post Mills, Vermont. It took off
Continue ReadingBy Lawson Gutzwiller Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A little boy who spent months at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and touched the hearts of many died in early 2021, and now his family is hoping the Cincinnati Zoo names their baby sloth, who is expected to be born any day now,
Continue ReadingBy Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story ESSEX, Maryland (WBAL) — Many in the Essex community gathered Monday night to remember two young children whose bodies were found in the trunk of their aunt’s car. Their story has rocked the community and the details have been hard to stomach. While the courts
Continue ReadingBy Sasha Lenninger Click here for updates on this story SOCORRO, New Mexico (KOAT) — It’s an aroma every New Mexican knows. Green chile season is here — but it hasn’t been an easy harvesting season due to the drought and monsoon rain. Glen Duggins is a chile farmer in Socorro. He told KOAT spring
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business A National Labor Relations Board official is recommending that the results of the milestone union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama held earlier this year be scrapped and that a new election be held due to illegal misconduct on the part of the e-commerce giant. The recommendation from
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By Em Steck, Drew Myers and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Amid recent surging coronavirus cases in Florida, a top Republican National Committee official in the state has spread anti-vaccine rhetoric and misinformation, comparing the Biden administration’s vaccine efforts to Nazi-era “brown shirts,” and twice calling the vaccines “the mark of the beast,” comparable to a “false
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By George Ramsay, CNN China’s Guan Chenchen won gold in the women’s balance beam final at the Tokyo Olympics as US gymnastics star Simone Biles overcame mental health challenges to claim a bronze. Biles’ psychological well-being has been the focus of attention since she withdrew from the women’s team final last week. The 24-year-old then
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN China’s Guan Chenchen won gold in the women’s balance beam final at the Tokyo Olympics as US gymnastics star Simone Biles overcame mental health challenges to claim a bronze. Biles’ psychological well-being has been the focus of attention since she withdrew from the women’s team final last week. The 24-year-old then
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jonah Hill got some ink to celebrate his love. The actor, who has written about being the target of body-shaming, this week shared a picture of his body positive tattoo on his verified Instagram account. Located on his back, the tat reads, “Body Love,” and includes a drawing that looks
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