By Monica Garcia, Jessica Goodman Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — A Phoenix mother is warning other parents about the dangers that come with bounce houses and bounce pads, especially at local events and festivals, after her little girl was trampled in one. This is the time of year when the
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By Eric Levenson, CNN An armed paramedic who was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year testified Monday that he pulled out his own firearm because he believed Rittenhouse was an active shooter. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, testified that he unholstered his handgun on August 25, 2020, as he and a crowd followed Rittenhouse,
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By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds if not thousands of migrants are seeking to storm the border from Belarus into Poland, cutting razor wire defenses and using branches to try and climb over fences. The siege on Monday escalated a crisis along the European Union’s eastern border that has been
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Over the weekend, eight people were killed and many more injured during rapper Travis Scott’s Houston music festival Astroworld. Authorities are investigating what led to the tragedy. While there have been horrific mass casualty concert events, such as the 2017 terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande performance at Britain’s Manchester
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Over the weekend, eight people were killed and many more injured during rapper Travis Scott’s Houston music festival Astroworld. Authorities are investigating what led to the tragedy. While there have been horrific mass casualty concert events, such as the 2017 terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande performance at Britain’s Manchester
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A man who was shot and wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse on the streets of Kenosha during a night of turbulent protests against racial injustice has taken the stand at Rittenhouse’s murder trial. Gaige Grosskreutz testifies Monday that he thought he was
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By Jim Sciutto and Natasha Bertrand, CNN CIA Director Bill Burns held a rare conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, to convey “serious” US concerns about Russia’s military buildup along the Ukrainian border and to attempt to determine Russian intentions, two sources with direct knowledge told CNN. Putin’s spokesperson also confirmed
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, CNN When President Joe Biden worked the phones for hours late into Friday night to push through his massive infrastructure bill, what he really wanted was to show Democrats what it felt like to win. After months of missed deadlines, simmering distrust and political fallout, White House officials now hope success can
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gun maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters from upstate New York to Georgia, with plans to open a factory and research operation there. The company announced Monday that it would invest $100 million in the operation in LaGrange, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta, hiring 856 people over
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gun maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters from upstate New York to Georgia, with plans to open a factory and research operation there. The company announced Monday that it would invest $100 million in the operation in LaGrange, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta, hiring 856 people over
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Barack Obama is expressing confidence that the Biden administration will ultimately get its $555 billion climate package through Congress and says that bill will be “historic.” At the U.N. climate talks Monday, he also faulted U.S. rivals China and Russia for
Continue Reading By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker and an organizer of rally to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates is infected with the coronavirus and won’t attend the event. Republican Rep. Jeff Hoverson says he is “quarantining.” He told The Associated Press Monday that he is taking the deworming drug ivermectin
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in rural western Iowa say one person has been killed and another wounded in a shooting that stemmed from a domestic disturbance. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the shooting happened Sunday morning at a home in Pottawattamie County just east of Council Bluffs. Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Doty says deputies
Continue ReadingBy Alec Newboles Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — On Sunday, the city of Henderson honored local men and women who served in the armed forces. A week before the actual holiday, the city held its annual Veterans Day celebration at the Water Street Plaza Amphitheater. Veterans, their families and
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and Israel say they have agreed on an increase in Egyptian border forces in a restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, where Egypt has battled Islamic militants for years. The Egyptian military said Monday that a joint military committee with Israel agreed to amend a security deal between the two
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. has fully reopened its borders with Mexico and Canada and lifted restrictions on travel that covered most of Europe. The new rules set the stage for emotional reunions nearly two years in the making and provided a boost for the travel
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. has fully reopened its borders with Mexico and Canada and lifted restrictions on travel that covered most of Europe. The new rules set the stage for emotional reunions nearly two years in the making and provided a boost for the travel
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Live Nation Entertainment, la empresa promotora de conciertos que organizó el trágico festival Astroworld, ha sido citada alrededor de una docena de veces por numerosos problemas de seguridad, según muestran los registros. Los registros en el sitio web de la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional muestran que
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space station. Fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang left the station’s main module on Sunday evening and Wang followed sometime later. They installed equipment and carried out tests alongside the station’s robotic service
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — India has farewelled coach Ravi Shastri with a win after ending its Twenty20 World Cup campaign beating Namibia by nine wickets in Dubai. India was out of semifinals contention and made sure there was no slip-up with a complete performance. It limited Namibia to 132-8 and overhauled that with
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