By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Famed author Salman Rushdie is recovering at a hospital after he was repeatedly stabbed on stage Friday in front of a New York audience in an attack that left him with severe injuries, his family said. The family of the 75-year-old author — who has for decades lived under threat because
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BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — State police say five people remain in critical condition after a car drove through a crowd at a weekend fundraiser for victims of a fatal northeastern Pennsylvania fire, killing one woman and injuring 17 other people. Twenty-four-year-old Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes is charged with homicide in the death of 50-year-old Rebecca
Continue ReadingBy NATALIE DUDDRIDGE Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A 4-year-old died in a crash in the Bronx and two people – the boy’s father and another driver – are facing charges. According to police, the father was driving his son on a stolen scooter when it collided with a
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks on Monday asked the National Labor Relations Board to temporarily suspend all union elections at its U.S. stores, citing allegations from a board employee that regional NLRB officials improperly coordinated with union organizers. In a letter to the board chairman, Starbucks said the unnamed career NLRB employee informed
Continue ReadingBy WAKISHA BAILEY Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Demolition could begin Monday at the historic St. Laurentius Chuch in Fishtown. Its iconic spires have stood tall in the community for over a century, but eight years ago it closed because of safety concerns. L&I is expected to be onsite Monday
Continue ReadingSergio Gomez (CNN Español) — “La representación es muy importante para que las personas puedan verse a sí mismas reflejadas en videojuegos y otros medios y entender que están siendo valoradas y que forman parte del mundo.” Así habla en entrevista a CNN en Español la diseñadora de videojuegos independientes Sarah Northway, directora de “I
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — London’s Heathrow Airport said Monday it will extend its cap on daily passenger numbers until the end of October as part of its efforts to cope with soaring demand for air travel amid staffing shortages. The airport, one of Europe’s busiest, said a maximum of 100,000 travelers can depart each day until
Continue ReadingBy Claire Colbert, Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN Ex-Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao told a judge Monday they have rejected a plea deal offered by state prosecutors for their role in George Floyd’s killing, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s deputy chief of staff said. Their trial, set to begin October
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Katheryn Houghton, Kaiser Health News LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote bag full of Narcan and a speech about how easy it is to use the medicine that can reverse opioid overdoses. “Hopefully your business would never have to respond to an overdose, but we’d rather have you have
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By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration does not plan to release billions of dollars of Afghan government assets held by the country’s central bank anytime soon, citing concerns the funds could end up in the hands of terrorists after the leader of al Qaeda was killed while hiding out in Afghanistan’s
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration does not plan to release billions of dollars of Afghan government assets held by the country’s central bank anytime soon, citing concerns the funds could end up in the hands of terrorists after the leader of al Qaeda was killed while hiding out in Afghanistan’s
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas hasn’t started a statewide hand recount of this month’s decisive vote in favor of abortion rights. The Kansas secretary of state’s office is waiting until the abortion opponents seeking it can show they can cover $229,000 in projected costs for the recount. The state’s
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As students grab their backpacks filled with school supplies and head back into the classroom, inflation continues to affect family budgets and now the cost of basic school supplies.
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A record number of Americans quit their jobs last year. The reasons for leaving varied: some workers were looking for new opportunities, others wanted more flexibility, higher pay or were starting new careers. But, the grass isn’t always greener when you take on a new role. Sometimes the workload isn’t what you thought it’d be
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SHUMWAY Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There are so many things that go into getting kids ready to go back to school, but this year, there is an undercurrent of security questions like never before. School security isn’t something that can be taken for granted any longer, and
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Arturo Luna, biólogo con un doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas por la Universidad de Tennessee, es la nueva incorporación del gabinete de Gustavo Petro: fue elegido como ministro de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación. Luna estudió en la Universidad de Sucre, donde se licenció como biólogo con énfasis en Biotecnología, según
Continue ReadingBy MARLEE GINTER Click here for updates on this story PLACERVILLE (KOVR) — A woman was disgusted with what she found crawling through her storage unit. She now wants others to know the risks with rats — before they rent. There’s a fence between Katie Pinkerton and her old storage unit now and she’s quite
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Casi tres años después del “estallido social” en las calles de Chile, que llevó a un referéndum para cambiar la constitución, la Convención Constitucional produjo en julio el borrador de una nueva Constitución y los chilenos tendrán que decidir ahora y en un Plebiscito Nacional si aprueban el nuevo texto.
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A 23-year-old San Francisco man was being held on murder charges Monday after his relatives died of wounds suffered in a weekend shooting inside their Bayview District home. San Francisco police said officers responded to a call of shots fired in
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — La economía estadounidense no recibió el memorándum de que se supone que ya está en recesión. El brutal informe del PIB publicado el 28 de julio, que mostraba que la economía se había contraído por segundo trimestre consecutivo, llevó a algunos a insistir en que la tan
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