By LUKE LASTER Click here for updates on this story SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WWJ) — “Started off as a doodle just in class,” says author Jack Barrette. Barrette is now beginning the 10th grade, but it was nearly a decade ago when the doodles from a first-grade project began what is today a published children’s
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CNN, WKMG By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The center of Hurricane Idalia has slammed Florida’s Gulf Coast at dangerous Category 3 strength, inflicting deadly storm surge and catastrophic winds not seen in this region in 125 years while promising untold devastation far beyond the landfall zone. Idalia moved ashore midmorning Wednesday
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By Alex Suckow Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Ethan the dog is already a huge star in Louisville, and now he’s going to be larger than life. Soon, the rescue dog’s image will go on a big 60-by-20-foot banner, which will then be hung up on the side of
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane victims returning to damaged houses face a torrent of challenges – if they’re lucky enough to have a home standing at all. Flooding. Mold damage. Insurance headaches. Deadly hidden hazards. The onslaught of mental anguish and post-hurricane dangers can seem overwhelming. Here’s how victims can stay safe, get
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A former chief executive of the BBC and The New York Times who says he sees opportunity in times of disruption was chosen Wednesday to lead CNN, which has burned through two leaders and bled viewers over the past two years. Mark Thompson was appointed
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, the government said Wednesday in a downgrade from its initial estimate. The government had previously estimated that the economy
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By Liv Johnson Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — People in Marion County are preparing for Idalia before the storm’s expected arrival. The county is now under a local state of emergency. Frank Canova is a parks crew leader for the city of Ocala and says when he and
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urged American businesses to keep investing in China on Wednesday, even after saying some US firms had called the world’s second biggest economy “uninvestable.” Speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Shanghai, the secretary encouraged companies to continue expanding
Continue ReadingBy Bun Choum Click here for updates on this story SLIDELL, Louisiana (WDSU) — A Slidell teenager was arrested on Monday accused of waving around a gun on a social media livestream. Slidell police said around noon, they were alerted by a detective from the Alexandria Police Department about a questionable Instagram live video. It
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story GLEN BURNIE, Maryland (WBAL) — The Anne Arundel County Public Schools system is suing four of the biggest social media companies, alleging they have rewired how youths think, feel and behave. The district is the eighth Maryland school system going after social media companies with
Continue ReadingBATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they’ve arrested 88 Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam syndicate after receiving a tip from Chinese security ministry. The suspects, including five women, were arrested in a raid on an industrial park on Batam island, next to Singapore. A police spokesperson says
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously estimated — a good sign for the Federal Reserve, which is attempting to cool demand to bring down price increases. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, rose at an annualized rate of
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have confirmed candidates for the controversial commission for examining Russian influence in the country which is believed to be targeting the opposition and its popular leader Donald Tusk ahead of the Oct. 15 parliamentary elections. All candidates were proposed by the ruling conservative party. The opposition did not participate
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say they have shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who stabbed a man in a Jerusalem light-rail station. Shortly after Wednesday’s late-night incident, Palestinian militants detonated a bomb near a convoy of Israeli troops escorting Jewish worshippers to a holy site in the occupied
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Encuentra aquí un vistazo a la historia de los huracanes en Estados Unidos, incluyendo aquellos que causaron más muertos y provocaron más daños. Huracanes más relevantes en la historia reciente de Estados Unidos Huracán Michael Fecha: 7 al 11 de octubre de 2018 Este huracán de categoría 5 tocó tierra
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — “Sobre gustos no hay nada escrito”, dice un popular refrán. Y las encuestas, lo que hacen es tomar el pulso del momento, incluidas las preferencias electorales. En México, según diversas encuestas difundidas este lunes, en este momento las aspirantes presidenciales Claudia Sheinbaum, del oficialista Morena, y Xóchitl Gálvez, de la
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike, carrying her “IATSE Solidarity” sign on the picket line outside Netflix’s New York offices, but she was glad to be there. A props assistant and documentary filmmaker, Batey is a
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTO SAIZ Associated Press BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, have pasted each other with tomatoes in Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle in the eastern town of Buñol. Workers on trucks tipped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street for participants to throw Wednesday. The street fight leaves
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Mark Thompson, the former chief executive of The New York Times and director-general of the BBC, will be the next leader of CNN, the network announced Wednesday, taking the reins of the renowned global news organization at one of the most pivotal times in its 43-year history. “There isn’t
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pledging that his government will tone down frequent public infighting that has weighed it down badly in polls as it works to pick up the country’s stagnant economy, Europe’s biggest. Scholz spoke on Wednesday after his Cabinet held a two-day retreat outside
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