Pinnacles park in Boone County needs money for repairs
The Pinnacles park is in need of repairs.
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A look at Queen Elizabeth II’s life over the years
Queen Elizabeth II witnessed several major historical events throughout her life before passing away at 96 years old.
Continue ReadingPakistan UNESCO site Moenjodaro badly damaged by flooding
By Lilit Marcus, CNN One of the world’s oldest preserved human settlements has been significantly damaged by torrential rain in Pakistan as the country battles the worst floods in its history. Moenjodaro (also styled Mohenjo-daro), a World Heritage site in the Indus River Valley 508 kilometers (316 miles) from Karachi, was built in the Bronze
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Tracking a beautiful Friday, weekend rain and cool down ahead
TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows falling into the upper 50s to around 60. Patchy fog possible by daybreak. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warm with highs in the mid-upper 80s. EXTENDED: As the sun goes down, we’ll have another night with light winds and clear skies, leading to lows falling to around 60 degrees.
Continue ReadingSouthern California’s Fairview Fire has exploded in size, burning nearly 20K acres and forcing evacuations
By Jamiel Lynch, Jason Hanna and Amir Vera, CNN The deadly Fairview Fire burning in Southern California has upended the lives of many Riverside County residents who said they felt blindsided by the flames that have been spreading rapidly since Monday. Norman Nielsen, 65, told CNN Thursday he and his wife were going to bed
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WATCH: British professor on effect of Queen Elizabeth II’s death
ABC 17 News spoke Thursday with Lawrence Goldman, a professor at St. Peter’s College at Oxford University, about the effect of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.
Continue ReadingQueen’s corgis to live with the Duke and Duchess of York
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis will live with the Duke and Duchess of York, Andrew and Sarah, a source close to the Duke of York told CNN on Sunday. The pair, who divorced in 1996, both reside at the Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate. The source told CNN that the Duchess
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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s monarch for 70 years, dies
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96.
Continue ReadingDisney believed Twitter had ‘substantial’ numbers of fake accounts when it weighed acquisition in 2016, ex-CEO says
By Brian Fung and Frank Pallotta, CNN Disney’s analysis of Twitter in connection with a potential 2016 acquisition led the entertainment giant to conclude that “substantial” numbers of accounts on the social media service were fake, according to former Disney CEO Bob Iger. The revelation prompted Disney to lower its estimated value for Twitter, said
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II dies at 96
By Ivana Kottasová, Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch whose rule spanned seven decades, died on Thursday at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. The Queen’s oldest son Charles has now become King Charles III. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and
Continue ReadingSteve Bannon pleads not guilty to NY state charges of money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to border wall effort
By Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday in a New York court to state charges of money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to an alleged online scheme to raise money for the construction of a wall along the southern US border, according to
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Tracking a change over the weekend
TODAY: Thursday is looking to be another sunny start, with sunny skies remaining the rule the rest of the day. Despite a cool start at sunrise, temperatures should still warm into the mid-80s with little or no influence from a north breeze today, unlike Wednesday. TONIGHT: Skies remain clear tonight, setting us up for another
Continue ReadingDisney believed Twitter had ‘substantial’ numbers of fake accounts when it weighed acquisition in 2016, ex-CEO says
By Brian Fung and Frank Pallotta, CNN Disney’s analysis of Twitter in connection with a potential 2016 acquisition led the entertainment giant to conclude that “substantial” numbers of accounts on the social media service were fake, according to former Disney CEO Bob Iger. The revelation prompted Disney to lower its estimated value for Twitter, said
Continue ReadingCNN anchor Bernard Shaw dead at 82
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday at a Washington, DC, hospital of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw’s family announced Thursday. Shaw was 82. Shaw was CNN’s first chief anchor and was with the network when it launched on June 1, 1980. He retired from CNN after more than 20 years
Continue ReadingUkrainian forces enter key city of Izium in a sign Kyiv’s new offensive is working
By Ivana Kottasová, Tim Lister, Yulia Kesaieva, Denis Lapin, Josh Pennington and Victoria Butenko, CNN When Ukrainian forces entered the city of Izium Saturday, it was more than a major military victory. It was a sign the war in Ukraine might be entering a new phase, one in which Russian troops are scrambling to hold
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II dies at 96
By Ivana Kottasová, Rob Picheta, Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch whose rule spanned seven decades, died on Thursday at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. The Queen’s oldest son Charles has now become the King. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King
Continue ReadingLas Vegas administrator Robert Telles charged with murder in stabbing death of journalist Jeff German
By Hannah Sarisohn and Steve Almasy, CNN Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was charged with murder with a deadly weapon in the stabbing death of Las Vegas investigative journalist Jeff German, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday. In the chilling case that has raised concerns about press freedoms in the United States, German
Continue ReadingElijah Wood and original ‘Lord of the Rings’ cast shut down racist critics of ‘Rings of Power’
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and the core cast of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy are understandably protective of the beloved fantasy property. But they won’t tolerate racism or hatred toward the new generation of Tolkien actors. Several performers in Amazon’s new series “Lord of the Rings: The Rings
Continue ReadingReturn to school is driving up Covid-19 cases in kids, but there are more tools to keep them safe this year
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 cases are on the rise among kids in the United States as another school year gets underway. New cases reported among children in the last week of August were 14% higher than they were two weeks earlier, according to data tracked by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They jumped even
Continue ReadingAfter a deadly shooting rampage stuns Memphis, the suspect accused of live-streaming attack appears in court
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Melissa Alonso, CNN Dewayne Tunstall had aspirations of running a food truck and planned to name it “EBE,” inspired by the phrase he lived his life by: “Everybody eats,” his friend Marcus Cash told CNN affiliate WMC. But in the early hours of Wednesday, Tunstall was shot and killed while visiting
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