TODAY: Temperatures soar to triple digits this afternoon with the heat index breaching 105 degrees for some. Mostly clear with wind gusts up to 20 mph today. TOMORROW: Highs again reach near triple digits with the heat index soaring to near 105. EXTENDED: With all the heat and humidity building up across the region we
Continue ReadingText by Dakin Andone, Visuals by Leanza Abucayan, CNN Minutes after a gunman killed 10 people in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store in March 2021, a woman stood in the back of the supermarket where she worked in Denver, about 30 miles away, staring at harrowing images of the scene as she scrolled through her
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Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business The United States and China held talks Monday to discuss the huge challenges facing the global economy amid mounting speculation that some Trump-era tariffs could be cut to ease inflation and boost growth. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and China’s Vice Premier Liu He — Beijing’s top economic official —
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, Liam Reilly, Jessie Yeung and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Two police officers were shot during a July Fourth celebration in Philadelphia, authorities said. A 36-year-old Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer suffered a graze wound to the forehead, and a 44-year-old Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder, according to Philadelphia
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people spent the holiday weekend outdoors, despite a sweltering heat wave and triple-digit temperatures in some cities. And the extreme weather will continue to build across the central US today, as more than 50 million people in 18 states remain under heat advisories. So, to stay on the safe side,
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Drivers swerve erratically while on their phones or dart dangerously around other cars. The blare of horns keeps you on edge as traffic backs up. It’s enough to test anyone’s patience. In some cases, these feelings may lead to road rage, aggressive driving that’s caused from stress or anger behind the
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Two climate activists glued themselves to a 200-year-old masterpiece at London’s National Gallery on Monday, the latest in a string of disruptive protests by British environmentalist group Just Stop Oil. The pair covered John Constable’s famous landscape painting “The Hay Wain” with a modified version of the image before sticking their hands
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people spent the holiday weekend outdoors, despite a sweltering heat wave and triple-digit temperatures in some cities. And the extreme weather will continue to build across the central US today, as more than 50 million people in 18 states remain under heat advisories. So, to stay on the safe side,
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4Th of July: Skies look to remain mostly clear tonight allowing for great firework viewing conditions. High humidity will make the actual temperatures feel warmer. Tonight’s lows cool to the upper 70’s keeping us well above average. Tomorrow: Temperatures will soar to triple digits tomorrow with the heat index expected to surpass 105 degrees in
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Adrienne Broaddus, Shawn Nottingham, Brynn Gingras, Steve Almasy and Joe Sutton, CNN Robert E. Crimo III, the suspect in a mass shooting at a parade that left six dead and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, has been taken into custody near Lake Forest, Illinois, authorities said during a brief
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Jacqueline Rose and Alexa Miranda, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner, in a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, said she fears she will be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded with the President not to forget about her and other American detainees. “(As) I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with
Continue ReadingBy Megan Thomas Actress Rachel Brosnahan is expressing her grief over the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois on Monday that has left at least six people dead and dozens more injured. Brosnahan, who was raised in the Chicago suburb, said in a statement she felt “sick” over news of the tragedy. “I grew up
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Adrienne Broaddus, Eric Levenson and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Zoe Pawelczak’s dad thought the repetitive pops ringing out at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade Monday morning were part of the show, she says. But she felt something was off. “I’m like, ‘Dad, no … something is wrong,’ and I grabbed him” and
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy with lows in the upper 70s. TOMORROW: Hot and humid with highs in the upper 90s. Heat index between 104-107. EXTENDED: Intense heat continues most of this week with a heat index topping 105 tomorrow and getting close again on Wednesday. There’s a chance we may need to extend the WAD into Thursday, but
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias Catholic High School’s Desmond White announced that he’s taking an opportunity to play his senior year at The Skill Factory Prep School in Georgia. As he makes the move, Crusaders head coach Joe Rothweiler says they need to play more as a team with balanced scoring to be successful this
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The Minions went bananas at the box office this weekend. Illumination’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru” — the latest animated film in the Despicable Me franchise — made an estimated $125 million domestically for its four-day opening weekend, according to Universal. That gives the film the record for biggest opening
Continue ReadingBy Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Before becoming the Trump-backed Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state, Kristina Karamo said that abortion is “child sacrifice” and a “satanic practice.” “Abortion is really nothing new. The child sacrifice is a very satanic practice, and that’s precisely what abortion is. And we need to see it
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Flights at US airports appeared to be returning to normal on Monday after another difficult holiday weekend for passengers caused by a rash of canceled flights. Tracking service FlightAware showed about 2,000 flights to, from, or within the United States canceled between Thursday and Sunday, or 2% of scheduled flights.
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden began Independence Day by sharing a message that looked to the country’s future, but quickly had to respond to another mass shooting in the United States. “Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to
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