By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN Digital video by Jon Sarlin and Madeleine Stix, CNN Cheryl Rogers Smith’s favorite chair, where she always looked out over her large brood, sat in front of a huge pile of water-logged belongings discarded on a grassy curbside in the New Orleans suburb of LaPlace.
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Wilson Click here for updates on this story FOUR OAKS, North Carolina (WTVD) — A teen driver’s scary late-night close call has Johnston County deputies on the lookout for an alleged blue-light bandit. It happened on the last weekend in August, about two miles out of Four Oaks. That’s where, the driver told
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una enfermera de la sanidad pública de Colorado tomó los frascos vacÃos de la vacuna contra el covid-19 y los convirtió en una hermosa obra de arte, rindiendo homenaje a sus compañeros del sector salud. Laura Weiss contó a CNN que era una enfermera jubilada cuando el Departamento de Salud Pública
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By Keith Allen, CNN Divers using underwater sonar discovered a 12-inch oil pipeline Sunday that had become dislodged and is possibly the source of an oil spill discovered off the coast of Louisiana, officials said. Houston-based Talos Energy said in a statement that it was informed of a potential oil release Tuesday by Clean Gulf
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama outside linebacker Chris Allen has a fractured foot and could be out for the rest of the season. Allen was hurt on a sack of Miami quarterback D’Eriq King early in the second quarter of a 44-13 opening victory, forcing a fumble on the play. Coach Nick Saban said Monday
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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Greg Wilfert remembers his first visit to Scarborough Beach State Park as a teenager like it was yesterday. Decades later, he’s working his 50th consecutive season as a lifeguard at the same beach. Wilfert carved out his summers for lifeguarding over the years even as he worked as a physical education
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Guinea’s overseas-based players remain trapped in their country after soldiers overthrew the government and took power in a coup on Sunday. Guinea was due to play Morocco in a World Cup qualifier in the capital Conakry on Monday but the match was postponed and Morocco was evacuated home in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Israel permitirá la visita de pequeños grupos turÃsticos extranjeros de determinados paÃses a partir del 19 de septiembre, en el marco de un programa piloto para impulsar el turismo, según informó este domingo el gobierno del paÃs. Los grupos turÃsticos de entre 5 y 30 personas procedentes de paÃses incluidos en
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By Zixu Wang and Sophie Jeong, CNN The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly at 54, after only a few weeks in his position, according to a statement posted on the German Embassy to China’s website on Monday. Hecker had worked as a foreign policy adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel before
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By Ryan Prior and Kristen Rogers, CNN Can this year just stop already? It’s a thought ricocheting around the world as we cope with Covid-19, quarantine, wildfires and hurricanes. Now it can. Rosh Hashanah, which marks the Jewish New Year, begins Monday night. Even if you’re not Jewish, it’s a way to immerse yourself in
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil soccer great Pelé says an apparent tumor on the right side of his colon has been removed in an operation. The 80-year-old Pelé went to Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo last week for routine exams when the tumor was found. The hospital says
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Mientras sostenÃa su teléfono celular para tomarse selfies de regreso a clases con los nuevos oficiales de recursos escolares la semana pasada, la emoción del primer dÃa se apoderó de Liz Pray, tal como lo habÃa hecho en años anteriores. Pero Pray, una enfermera de escuela, también estaba nerviosa. “No
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Curtis Samuel took part in Washington’s Labor Day practice and looks like a candidate to play in the season opener against the Los Angeles Chargers after missing training camp. He would not say if he expects to play Sunday. Samuel spent time on the NFL’s
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs remained without All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu after his positive test for COVID-19 as the two-time defending AFC champions began preparing Monday for their season opener against Cleveland. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that Mathieu remained in the league’s protocol. He was vaccinated,
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs remained without All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu after his positive test for COVID-19 as the two-time defending AFC champions began preparing Monday for their season opener against Cleveland. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that Mathieu remained in the league’s protocol. He was vaccinated,
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By Eliza Mackintosh and Katharina Krebs, CNN A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent opposition figure who led mass street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, to 11 years in prison, the latest move in a widespread crackdown on government critics following a contested election last year. Kolesnikova and another opposition activist, Maxim
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Medios de comunicación estatales de Cuba anunciaron este lunes que la isla comenzarÃa a reabrir las fronteras a partir de mediados de noviembre, incluso cuando los hospitales se enfrentan a una oleada de infecciones por covid-19. Durante gran parte de la pandemia, Cuba estuvo cerrada a los visitantes, lo que
Continue ReadingBy Linda Ha Click here for updates on this story OAKHURST, California (KFSN) — The U.S. Navy has declared five sailors dead after they went missing following a helicopter crash off the coast of San Diego. The helicopter was conducting routine flight operations while assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln when it crashed
Continue ReadingBy Linda Ha Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Fresno police say a Parlier man is dead hours after he shot his ex-girlfriend in the face on Saturday morning, then kidnapped a mother and her four children and stole their car. The trail of violence began in the area of
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Reuters Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selected countries to visit from September 19 under a pilot program to kick-start tourism, the government said on Sunday. Tour groups of between 5 and 30 people from countries on Israel’s green, yellow and orange lists will be allowed to enter the country provided all group
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