By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN Twenty-one time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic has announced his absence from the upcoming US Open via a Twitter post on Thursday. Djokovic has remained unvaccinated against Covid-19 throughout the pandemic, and current US rules stipulate that any non-US citizen must be fully vaccinated against the virus in
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Novak Djokovic, 21 veces campeón de Grand Slam, anunció este jueves que no participará en el próximo US Open. El tenista dio a conocer la noticia en su cuenta de Twitter. Djokovic no se ha vacunado contra el covid-19, y las reglas actuales de EE.UU. establecen que cualquier persona no estadounidense debe
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN With millions of travelers expected to rush airports over the Labor Day holiday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is telling major airlines that this summer’s thousands of flight cancellations are not acceptable. The Department of Transportation plans to better inform passengers of their recourse when facing a significant flight disruption, the secretary
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Los restos humanos que se descubrieron en el lago Mead hace más de tres meses fueron identificados como Thomas Erndt, quien se cree que murió ahogado hace dos décadas, informaron este miércoles las autoridades de Nevada. Los restos de Erndt, encontrados el pasado 7 de mayo en el área del lago conocida
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At least three people have been killed since January 2021 on Highway 124 between Fayette and Highway 63, the highway where four people were hurt in a crash Tuesday.
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has executed a man for a 1997 killing despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. Fifty-year-old James Coddington received a lethal injection on Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was pronounced dead at 10:16
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in central Mississippi carried toddlers out of a flooded day care center after storms dumped rain that caused creeks to overflow. The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department posted video on Facebook of deputies walking through brown, knee-deep water Wednesday to
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are once again anxious about the fate of a nuclear power plant in a land that was home to the world’s worst atomic accident in 1986 at Chernobyl — and alarm only increased Thursday when the plant operator said the facility has
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich seems to bring the best out of United States defender Joe Scally. Scally made his Bundesliga debut against Bayern in the German league’s opening game last season. The then-18-year-old impressed in helping Borussia Mönchengladbach claim a 1-1 draw against the defending champion, and he
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston’s return to practice this week has generated talk about his past as a two-sport college athlete. Safety Tyrann Mathieu alluded to Winston’s pitching background at Florida State when describing the velocity of his passes. Winston also capped a scramble
Continue ReadingBy Ross Dimattei Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A vicious dog attack in North Philadelphia. A responding police officer was forced to open fire to stop the dog from biting its owners. Police tell CBS3 it was a husband and wife who were attacked. They say when their dog wouldn’t
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By Tim Lister, Yulia Kesaieva and Tara John, CNN Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is held by Russian forces, is still disconnected from the country’s power grid, a day after being disconnected for the first time in its history, according to the country’s nuclear operator. “The station’s own needs for power supply are currently
Continue ReadingTeachers briefly went on strike in Columbus, Ohio, partly over classroom conditions and wanting functional heating and cooling systems. In Atlanta, students at one high school shared images on social media of flooding rooms and other disrepair. CNN is investigating school conditions across the US. Teachers: What are the classroom conditions in your local schools
Continue ReadingBy Peter D’Oench Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Hundreds of law enforcement officers from South Florida and other jurisdictions gathered at loanDepot park Wednesday morning for memorial services for Miami-Dade police officer Cesar Echaverry, who was killed last week in the line of duty. Officers could be seen lining the
Continue Reading LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An illness that has sickened dogs in northern Michigan, killing some of them, was found to be canine parvovirus, a common ailment the affected dogs were not fully vaccinated against, state officials said. The ailing dogs displayed clinical signs suggesting they had parvovirus but had “consistently” tested negative at veterinary clinics
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany has been taken down in Latvia’s capital. The nearly 80-meter (260-foot) column had stood like a high-rise in the landscape of downtown Riga. A leading Latvian media
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US and Israeli governments have shared key details of unrelated cyberattacks on their infrastructure — one from suspected pro-Russia hackers and the other from possible Iranian hackers — as part of heightened efforts in recent months to bolster cyber defense between the two allies, a senior US Treasury official told
Continue ReadingBy Marlee Ginter Click here for updates on this story ACAMPO, California (KOVR) — Doctors stopped at nothing to save a man involved in a terrible motorcycle accident. A wartime surgical technique was used to save his limb, but that’s not what he says is really keeping him going. The same old long road home
Continue Reading A Russian court has ordered the release of a former mayor of the country’s fourth-largest city from custody pending an investigation and trial on charges of criticizing Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. Yevgeny Roizman, 59, who served as the mayor of Yekaterinburg in from 2013 to 2018, was allowed to walk free Thursday. But he
Continue ReadingBy Gerry May Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — More than a decade after the last baseball bats swung at Fair Grounds Field, the flying, furry kind of bats are now on their way out of the park. A visiting team of experts from Perault Nuisance Wildlife Control in Denham
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