By Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story HAWAII (KITV) — Micronesians and other Pacific Islanders were hit especially hard by COVID-19 in Hawaii. And now many of them are worried about their families back home in the Federated States of Micronesia. “You know we’ve seen how influenza and all those other diseases
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN With two first-time Emmy nominations for her roles in “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” Sydney Sweeney is riding pretty high in Hollywood. But that doesn’t mean she’s set for life. “If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don’t have income to cover that,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
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By Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to increase American competitiveness, a bipartisan achievement that will send tens of billions of dollars into American manufacturing and scientific research. The final vote was 243-187 with
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Amid Pope Francis’ “penitential” journey in Canada, Indigenous people are witnessing what the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has called “a significant gesture and a historic step to fulfilling reconciliation.” Aside from admitting the Catholic Church’s responsibility in the designation of
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La economÃa de Estados Unidos se contrajo nuevamente en el segundo trimestre, informó este jueves la Oficina de Análisis Económico. El producto interno bruto (PIB), un indicador de gran alcance sobre la actividad económica, cayó un 0,9% sobre una base anualizada de abril a junio. Esa reducción marca un umbral clave para
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — With record-breaking delays and lost baggage claims overwhelming Canadian airports, some travellers may be hoping to lighten their loads and abandon checked bags in favour of carry-on hand luggage. However, for those who aren’t naturally light packers, moving to a streamlined
Continue ReadingBy T.W. Starr Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — High fuel prices are impacting every part of society and business. And local public safety departments are not immune. When it comes to those higher higher fuel prices families can make adjustments on where they go, when they go or if
Continue ReadingBy Gerry May Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — There’s an alarming rise in carjackings this week. And police say they could all be related. Since Monday morning, there’ve been reports of at least four such crimes. The first one happened shortly after 7 a.m. Monday on Penick near Jewella.
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By Martha White and Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy shrank again in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday. Gross domestic product, a wide-ranging measure of economic activity, fell by 0.9% on an annualized basis from April through June. That decline marks a key symbolic threshold for the most commonly
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Chandelis Duster, Darya Tarasova, Kylie Atwood and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Biden administration officials are frustrated that Moscow has yet to respond in a meaningful way to their proposal to return convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout as part of a deal to secure the release of US citizens Brittney Griner and Paul
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A hiker suffered a serious leg injury after falling 50 feet from Looking Glass Rock in Transylvania County. The fall happened about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Rescuers responded to the Sunwall Trail off of FS Road 475B to reach the
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MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid says it has secured the transfer of Argentina defender Nahuel Molina from Udinese for an undisclosed free. The right back will help fill a void left by the departure of England’s Kieran Trippier midway through last season. Atlético says the 24-year-old Molina has agreed to sign a five-year contract. Molina
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several groups and organizations offered resources to the homeless community in Columbia on Thursday. The Boone County Coalition to End Homelessness hosted its Project Homeless Connect event at the Missouri United Methodist Church from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The coalition described the bi-annual event as a one-stop shop event that connects
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville man was charged with failing to reduce speed after hitting and injuring a cyclist in the Fairview area on Tuesday, July 26, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. The cyclist, Dustin Baker, is a U.S.
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Before the Federal Reserve announced another supersized interest rate hike on Wednesday, investors told Before the Bell they had no problem with the central bank’s messaging that it would continue to aggressively fight decades-high inflation. In fact, they relished it, viewing it as a sign the Fed was taking its
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Testing for monkeypox, a crucial part of containing the growing outbreak, has gotten off to a sluggish start at the five commercial laboratories that have nearly all the US’s monkeypox testing capacity, CNN has learned. Mayo Clinic Laboratories, for example, has the capacity to process 1,000 monkeypox samples
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Mike Trout has been diagnosed with a rare back condition — a costovertebral dysfunction at T5 — that is likely to affect him for the rest of his playing career. “The doctor (Robert Watkins III), who is one of the most well-known spine surgeons in the country — if not the
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The West Virginia House on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban abortions with some exceptions, significantly curtailing access to the procedure in a state where it is currently legal up to 20 weeks post-fertilization. The bill passed the state House in a 69-23 vote and now moves to the state
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen For 17 years, Ana Duran worked full time as a travel counselor. Late last year she lost that job, shortly before seeing the price of eggs rise to $7.99 a dozen and the price of a single avocado rise to $2.99 at her local store. In June, it cost her $94 to
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Shopping for back-to-school essentials is becoming a real struggle for families whose household budgets are stretched to the max by surging inflation. Mid-July is typically when shopping for necessities such as clothes, shoes, backpacks, classroom supplies and gadgets for the new school year gets underway in earnest. But as high
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