By Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden is visiting Connecticut on Friday to deliver a speech touting his administration’s child care proposals and attend the dedication of the Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut. The White House said Biden will visit a child care center in Hartford, where
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Burns Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A group of Raleigh city employees, including dozens of police officers and firefighters, have hired a lawyer and are threatening to sue the city over its coronavirus vaccine regulations. The group, called City of Raleigh Freedom to Choose, calls a
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — One person’s complaint to the city is forcing the Sweet Tooth Community fridge to relocate. “The last thing we should be doing right now is taking away access to food,” said Aubrey Alvarez with Eat Greater Des Moines. The complaint
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BEIJING (AP) — China has launched three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off early Saturday and was due to dock at the space station about six hours later. The three astronauts are the second crew to move into the new space station, which was
Continue ReadingBy Brett Rains Click here for updates on this story VAN BUREN, Arkansas (KHBS , KHOG) — According to Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante, detention deputies at the Crawford County Justice Center found Oddie Owens unresponsive in his jail cell Wednesday morning. First responders were called to help, but the sheriff said Owens died. The
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Throughout August, the risk of dying from Covid-19 was 11 times higher for unvaccinated adults than for fully vaccinated adults in the United States, according to new data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unvaccinated adults faced a six times higher risk of testing positive for Covid-19
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Lin Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Sacramento police are looking for whoever vandalized a Black Lives Matter mural in Sacramento this week. “It was just devastating,” said Keith Riedell, managing director of Capital Stage theater company. “It is an affront. An assault to social justice, to people
Continue ReadingBy KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A criminal grand jury investigation has been opened by federal prosecutors into Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective. According to CNN, The detective is accused of using his badge to terrorize Black women. He also allegedly coerced
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation told state lawmakers this week that it has received 215 tips about Catholic clergy sexual abuse and opened 122 cases. KBI Executive Director Robert Jacobs told lawmakers a task force set up to investigate clergy abuse has reviewed almost 40,000 records since its work began in
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business This weekend, millions of people will head to a movie theater to watch a film about an escaped inmate wearing a washed out William Shatner mask, who terrorizes a small Illinois town with a giant butcher knife. Or they’ll just stay home and watch it on Peacock. Either way, killer
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The attorneys for prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh have released medical records they say show he was shot in the head on the side of a highway last month. Like many of the developments in the case, that seemingly basic fact has ended up in
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren is accelerating her push to break up Amazon, arguing that the $1.7 trillion company is simply too powerful. “Amazon has the power and uses it to smash little businesses before they ever get a foothold,” the Massachusetts Democrat told CNN in a phone interview. Warren argues it’s
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer NBA players can now test themselves for the coronavirus and get results in no more than 20 minutes. And the league is convinced those tests are both fast enough and accurate enough. It’s a high-tech answer to the issue of waiting for test results. The NBA has partnered with
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BEIJING (AP) — China has launched three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off early Saturday and was due to dock at the space station about six hours later. The three astronauts are the second crew to move into the new space station, which was
Continue ReadingBy Abbie Petersen Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — One Omaha man said the mission to get Americans and refugees out of Afghanistan is personal. Safi Rauf, a former refugee himself, has put his life on hold to liberate people from Afghanistan. He has the help of a Nebraska Congressman
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines have arrested a woman accused of randomly firing several shots from a gun that wasn’t hers out of a car window on Friday. Television station WHO 13 reports that 23-year-old Sophia Garcia was arrested in the incident. Police say the shooting happened around 2 a.m. Friday,
Continue Reading ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a man on a motorcycle who fired on officers as they tried to pull him over was shot and killed on a South Carolina road. Authorities say 39-year-old Robert Allen Maness died shortly after crashing in Anderson County around 11 p.m. Thursday. Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride says the
Continue ReadingBy Breana Albizu Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — With the arrival of cool weather comes the need for warm shelters in New Mexico. In the Albuquerque metro area, nonprofit organizations and shelters are already preparing for an influx of visitors, especially those that make up the city’s homeless
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has taken her fight with the head of the city’s police officers union to court, arguing that his call for officers to ignore an order to report their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday was illegal. The mayor said in a statement that the
Continue Reading BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns running back Nick Chubb will miss Sunday’s game against the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals with a calf injury. Chubb, who ran for 161 yards last week in a loss to the Chargers, is one of several prominent Cleveland players dealing with injuries. He hasn’t practiced all week. Chubb is second in
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