Harrisburg adds exemptions to district-wide mask mandate
The Harrisburg R-VIII School District has added exemptions to its mask policy, according to a release from the district.
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Asian Americans reported being targeted at least 4,500 times this year
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Potri Ranka Manis says she was trying to handout free face masks on the New York City subway when she was assaulted and called a racial slur. “Mind your own business, c***k. You get out of this state, Chinese. Go home to your dirty country,” the 67-year-old Filipina nurse recalls being
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French Riviera wildfire not spreading but still uncontrolled
LE LUC, France (AP) — Firefighters have tamed but not fully controlled a huge wildfire blazing through the backcountry of the French Riviera. The prefect of the Var region told reporters Friday that the fire was considered stabilized, meaning not spreading. But he warned that rising temperatures and a changing wind forecast for the weekend
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The Taliban’s mask slips further after militants kill journalist’s relative
By Rob Picheta, Nadine Schmidt and Tim Lister, CNN Afghans are witnessing early glimpses of the true nature of Taliban rule, after the brutal repression of several protests and the murder of a journalist’s relative betrayed the militant group’s promises to lead an “inclusive” and restrained regime. The German news organization Deutsche Welle (DW) said
Continue Reading Czech film festival to honor Michael Caine, Ethan Hawke
PRAGUE (AP) — The international film festival has returned to the Czech spa of Karlovy Vary after it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The 55th edition of the festival will honor Oscar-winning British actor Michael Caine for his outstanding contribution to world cinema at its start on Friday night. Caine won two Academy Awards
Continue Reading Bulgarian center-right party rejects offer to form a gov’t
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s center-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has rejected the president’s offer to form a government after last month’s inconclusive vote, pushing the country a step closer to a third election this year. The party returned the mandate to form a Cabinet without even holding talks with other
Continue Reading Albania refuses to extradite man facing Egypt death sentence
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A court in Albania has refused to extradite an Egyptian man who faces a death sentence in his country. A judge in Tirana canceled the extradition of Mohamed Rageh after Egyptian authorities did not give assurance he would not be executed. An Egyptian court sentenced Rageh to death for a November
Continue Reading US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is warning that food aid will run out this week for millions of hungry people under a blockade imposed by Ethiopia’s government on the embattled Tigray region. Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, says less than 7% of
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A billion children are at ‘extremely high risk’ of climate shocks, UNICEF says
By Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are living in countries that face an extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis, including environmental shocks such as cyclones and heatwaves, according to an index published Friday by UNICEF, the UN children’s agency. Among the 33
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 20: Afghanistan, Covid, Capitol, policing, student debt
By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to strengthen into a hurricane again as it makes a second landfall along the country’s Gulf coast. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 20: Afghanistan, Covid, Capitol, policing, student debt
By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to strengthen into a hurricane again as it makes a second landfall along the country’s Gulf coast. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 20: Afghanistan, Covid, Capitol, policing, student debt
By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to strengthen into a hurricane again as it makes a second landfall along the country’s Gulf coast. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
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Infant bats babble, just like human babies, study finds
By Sara Spary, CNN Baby bats babble just like human infants when learning to communicate, a new study has found. Scientists from the Museum of Natural History in Berlin eavesdropped on 20 baby bats — called pups — and found that, just like humans, they practice making noises before learning how to talk to others.
Continue Reading Police boat, divers search for missing from Turkish floods
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A police boat and divers have joined the search for some 30 people still missing more than a week after severe floods devastated parts of Turkey’s Black Sea coast. The Turkish disaster management agency, meanwhile, raised the death toll from the disaster to 81. Torrential rains pounded the Black Sea provinces
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Apes say hello and goodbye, just like people do, research shows
By Lauren Kent, CNN Just like people, chimpanzees and bonobos aren’t ones for leaving without saying goodbye. Apes purposefully use signals to begin and end social interactions — behaviors not typically seen outside of humans until now, according to a new study published in the journal iScience. Researchers analyzed more than 1,200 interactions with groups
Continue Reading A billion children are at ‘extremely high risk’ of climate shocks, UNICEF says
By Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are living in countries that face an extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis, including environmental shocks such as cyclones and heatwaves, according to an index published Friday by UNICEF, the UN children’s agency. Among the 33
Continue Reading 52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says a woman who was the only person pulled from a sinking dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean told her rescuers that the boat had left Africa a week earlier carrying 53 migrants. A merchant ship spotted the inflatable dinghy 255 kilometers (158
Continue Reading New England preps for 1st hurricane in 30 years with Henri
By PHILIP MARCELO and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — New Englanders bracing for their first hurricane in 30 years are hauling boats out of the water and taking other precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the Northeast coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Henri is expected to intensify into a
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Joseph Elledge set to appear in court Friday
Joseph Elledge is set to appear in a hearing at the Boone County Courthouse, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
Continue Reading Hong Kong quarantine exemption for Nicole Kidman draws flak
By MATTHEW CHENG and JANICE LO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s granting of a quarantine exemption to Hollywood star Nicole Kidman is drawing criticism from lawmakers as the city tightens entry restrictions for international travelers to control the coronavirus. Kidman, who reportedly flew to Hong Kong last week from coronavirus-hit Sydney, was
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