By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s K-12 schools received the largest-ever infusion of federal aid to help them address pandemic-related challenges, yet students are still struggling to catch up from the learning loss they experienced when during remote learning. Between March 2020 and March 2021, Congress authorized $190 billion in funding for K-12
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, Caitlin Kaiser and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — A hurricane watch has been issued for portions of Florida’s Gulf Coast as the state braces for Tropical Storm Idalia, which is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and make landfall this week. The hurricane watch stretches from Englewood to Indian Pass, including Tampa
Continue ReadingBy Adrian Ghobrial and Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — Some Canadians are struggling to recoup thousands of dollars from their cancelled travel plans as a series of natural disasters causes widespread destruction in Canada and elsewhere. “We were pretty much looking forward to our dream trip of
Continue ReadingBy Noushin Ziafati Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — A wildfire burning out of control in the area of Hay River, N.W.T., has destroyed a cabin and a travel trailer near the shores of Great Slave Lake, the town’s mayor said Saturday. However, Mayor Kandis Jameson said, the community was
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked Sunday at the International Space Station, concluding a one-day trip to rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory after launching from Florida. The capsule made first contact with the space station at 9:16 a.m. ET Sunday and its hatches opened at 10:58 a.m.
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By Issy Ronald, Martin Goillandeau, Al Goodman and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The soccer world has rallied behind Jenni Hermoso, leaving Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales looking increasingly isolated as the pressure builds on him a week after his unwanted kiss on the Spain star at the Women’s World Cup final last Sunday. Andrés
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — For every glitzy movie star in Hollywood, there are hundreds of actors living paycheck to paycheck working odd jobs when gigs dry up. Some wait tables. Others film short videos for fans on Cameo, fetching anywhere up to $1 to $1,500. The reality of actors’ livelihoods has
Continue ReadingCNN, WJXT By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — This summer has been one for the record books with “Barbie” raking in more than $1 billion at the global box office and two of music’s biggest superstars — Beyoncé and Taylor Swift — each on track to exceed that figure with their respective
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — This summer has been one for the record books with “Barbie” raking in more than $1 billion at the global box office and two of music’s biggest superstars — Beyoncé and Taylor Swift — each on track to exceed that figure with their respective world concert
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has ordered East Timor’s diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for the East Timorese government holding meetings with Myanmar’s main opposition organization. A Foreign Ministry statement says East Timor has conducted engagements with Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which views itself as the country’s legitimate administration after the
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach woman was killed during a boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday night. According to an incident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nicholette McKenna, 44 was killed in the crash that occurred when the boat got too close to the dock, hit a wake
Continue Reading By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — If you haven’t seen some of the summer’s hottest blockbusters, there’s no time like the present. Sunday is the second annual National Cinema Day. At more than 3,000 participating theaters across the country the price of a movie ticket is just $4. The last time the average
Continue ReadingOpinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — In his 1976 campaign, President Gerald Ford employed a “Rose Garden” strategy, hiding behind the power of the presidency rather than duking it out with Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter on the campaign trail. In 2020, as the pandemic raged, “Joe Biden spent months of his presidential campaign safely
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will lay out the first details of her sprawling anti-racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and 17 other co-defendants at a federal court hearing on Monday morning. This will be the
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By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — It happens to every gymgoer at some point. You’re getting ready to head to the gym or begin using a piece of equipment, and suddenly you feel stressed and anxious. Maybe it’s because of what you’re wearing, a lack of fitness or uncertainty about how a group class will
Continue Reading By Uliana Pavlova, Radina Gigova and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Russian investigators have confirmed that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was among the 10 people killed when their plane crashed Wednesday, after carrying out genetic tests. Prigozhin, who led a failed uprising against the Kremlin, had previously been named as one of those on board
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN The end of a presidential summer vacation makes for some abrupt trade-offs. The beach for budget battles. Pilates for politics. Sunshine for special counsels. Heading home from Lake Tahoe on Saturday, President Joe Biden exchanged a week of waterfront seclusion for the more workaday realities of running the country from Washington.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Se han registrado al menos 472 tiroteos masivos en Estados Unidos en lo que va de 2023, según Gun Violence Archive, que, al igual que CNN, define un tiroteo masivo en el que cuatro o más personas resultan heridas y/o muertas, sin incluir al tirador. La nación superó la marca de
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The woman most people consider the greatest gymnast of all time keeps adding to her amazing legacy. Simone Biles won a record eighth national all-around title with a strong performance Sunday at the US Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California. The 26-year-old Biles also became the oldest woman to
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. His Wagner Group fought in Ukraine as he increasingly denounced Russia’s defense establishment for allegedly mismanaging the war. Russia’s
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