By Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Billy Couch didn’t think much about Covid-19 until he got it and it sent him to the hospital. The unvaccinated 42-year-old has been at Appalachian Regional Healthcare’s largest facility in Hazard, Kentucky, for 19 days now, struggling to breathe. “Don’t mess around ’cause this ain’t a joke. This
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Each year, for the past 16 years, Helias Catholic High School history teacher Coach Victor Bell has taught students the events that took place on 9/11, emphasizing how it shaped the United States.
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Doug Westhoff and Bryant Gladney had not seen the moment that changed the lives of Americans on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City. They both spent that day, however, packing bags and loading boxes onto an aircraft that would take them to the rubble left behind from two planes hitting the World Trade Center.
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By Maeve Reston, CNN With all eyes turning to California on Tuesday to see whether Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled, a few places within the Golden State could offer some early clues — not only about whether the Democratic governor can keep his job — but also what the political climate might look like next
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According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, J.T. McLean, 45, was found in the area near Dakota Dunes late Wednesday night in a vehicle parked at a motel.
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In November 2014, Chantelle Darby awoke to an excrement-fueled nightmare. Her Roomba robot vacuum was set to run in the middle of the night, while she, her husband, and their dogs were asleep. But one of the three dogs — a foster pooch named MacGregor — pooped in the house
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In November 2014, Chantelle Darby awoke to an excrement-fueled nightmare. Her Roomba robot vacuum was set to run in the middle of the night, while she, her husband, and their dogs were asleep. But one of the three dogs — a foster pooch named MacGregor — pooped in the house
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By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday imposed stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19. The new requirements could apply to as many as 100 million Americans — close to two-thirds of the
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and comfortable with lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny, breezy, and hot with highs in the upper 80s to around 90. EXTENDED: Gorgeous weather is expected through the rest of Thursday, with clear skies expected into this evening. Winds shift back to the south/southeast overnight as high
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN In its lawsuit challenging Texas six-week abortion ban, the Justice Department is throwing a Hail Mary pass to get over the procedural stumbling blocks that have thwarted other attempts to block the ban in court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in Austin, relies on a novel strategy in
Continue ReadingBy Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Deborah Brunswick, CNN It felt like Covid-19 was closing in around us during the five days in August this CNN crew spent in Carter County, Missouri. In Van Buren, the county’s biggest town, we were sitting next to a 16-year-old when she got a text that masks would be
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, CNN The Taliban announced the formation of an interim government for Afghanistan this week, with a hardline group of veteran militants at the helm. Notably absent from Tuesday’s announcement were women — and the post for the Ministry of Women appears to have been scrapped all together under the new regime. Despite
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business On a sunny May day in 2012, Google cofounder Sergey Brin walked down King Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood with a pair of black, lens-free smart glasses on his face. He was trying out Google Glass about a month before the company publicly unveiled the device. But he wasn’t
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam During a press conference Tuesday, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended his state’s controversial new abortion law and misleadingly suggested it contains protections for victims of rape or incest. Regarding the bill, a reporter asked, “Why force a rape or incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term?” to which Abbott responded,
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Here are the local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Father Tolton (5) Hickman (6) FINAL Jefferson City (1) Helias (12) FINAL Wellsville-Middletown (0) North Callaway (17) FINAL Smith-Cotton (0) Boonville (10) FINAL Blair Oaks (9) Hallsville (0) FINAL South Shelby (11) Mark
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business On a sunny May day in 2012, Google cofounder Sergey Brin walked down King Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood with a pair of black, lens-free smart glasses on his face. He was trying out Google Glass about a month before the company publicly unveiled the device. But he wasn’t
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By Tami Luhby, CNN The Biden administration is lending its weight to congressional Democrats’ controversial push to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. The measure is a key pillar of the White House’s plan to lower prescription drug prices that was released Thursday and comes as the House starts tackling the issue as it crafts
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By Sara Spary, CNN Oscar winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is pregnant and expecting her first child with her art dealer husband Cooke Maroney. A representative for the 31-year-old “Hunger Games” star confirmed the news to CNN on Thursday. Lawrence married Maroney in October 2019 at Belcourt of Newport, a luxurious mansion in Rhode Island. They
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By Jason Hanna, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, CNN Days before the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 terror attacks, New York officials say the remains of two more victims have been identified through DNA testing. Dorothy Morgan, of Hempstead, New York, and a man whose name is being withheld at his family’s
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Business The troubles of Chinese conglomerate Evergrande have dominated headlines after it warned once again that it could default on its astronomical debt because of a cash crunch. Experts have characterized the firm’s struggles as a major test for Beijing that risks turning into China’s Lehman Brothers moment, sending shockwaves across
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