Month: June 2021
Ugandan Olympic coach tests positive for Covid after arriving in Japan
By Junko Ogura, Julia Hollingsworth and Angus Watson, CNN A coach in Uganda’s Olympic team tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Tokyo…
Continue ReadingUganda’s first female boxer heads to Tokyo Olympics
After the Australian softball team, the Ugandan Olympic team is the next international team to arrive in Japan for pre-Game camp in their host town…
Continue ReadingThe US economy is never going back to ‘normal’
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economy has come a long way since last year’s devastating downturn. But a return to “normal”…
Continue ReadingTrump dashed dreams of reform in Iran. The country’s new hardline president is living proof
By CNN Staff It should have been a spring day most Iranians could look forward to. The trees that lined Tehran’s boulevards glistened in the…
Continue ReadingViolent public outbursts and unruly behavior may keep some from reentering society — but likely not for long, experts say
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Just when you thought you were ready for a soft return to public life, this happens: An unruly plane passenger commandeers an…
Continue ReadingThe day that delighted progressives
Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN At the age of 89, Opal Lee walked many of the 1,300-plus miles from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, DC, to…
Continue ReadingWhy becoming a stay-at-home dad was the best decision this guy ever made
By Shannon Carpenter, CNN When people ask me why I am a stay-at-home dad, I’ve usually been pretty busy. One time I was wiping dried formula off my…
Continue ReadingMeghan, Duchess of Sussex, didn’t see diverse characters in books as she grew up. She hopes ‘The Bench’ will change that
By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, said she hopes “any family” will see themselves represented in the pages of her…
Continue ReadingSummer solstice 2021: Sensual traditions on the longest day of the year
By Forrest Brown and Daisy Carrington, CNN Call it romance. Call it sensuality. Heck, call it old-fashioned lust if you wish. But whatever you call…
Continue ReadingMichigan police fatally shot a 19-year-old woman who allegedly fired at an officer near a Juneteenth parade
By Sahar Akbarzai and Hollie Silverman, CNN A Michigan police officer shot and killed a 19-year-old woman Saturday after police said she shot at the…
Continue ReadingChina administers more than 1B coronavirus vaccine doses
By Yong Xiong, Nectar Gan and Laura He, CNN CHINA (KYMA, KECY) – China has administered more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, an astonishing…
Continue ReadingRelief is in sight for the Southwest following a stretch of dangerous, record heat
By Jackson Dill, CNN Dangerous heat will continue on Sunday in the West but relief is finally in sight. Unfortunately, that reprieve will be brief as…
Continue ReadingThey lost their loved ones to COVID-19; then they heard from them again
By John Blake, CNN They never ran out of things to talk about. It was obvious from the start. He was a brawny former Maine lobsterman with a booming…
Continue ReadingMan with giant kidneys to have major surgery to remove both
By Jack Guy, CNN A man from Windsor, southern England is set to have major surgery next month after his kidneys grew up to an estimated 40kg (88lb)…
Continue ReadingA family Father’s Day concert tradition on pause during the pandemic returns, bringing conversation and camaraderie
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN It all began with a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in 2013. That’s the year Eric Reed got his father, Ted Reed, and his…
Continue ReadingTwo young women hoping to take home the crown in the 2021 Miss Arizona competition
The final round of the Miss Arizona competition took place Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona. Our very own Miss Yuma County and Miss Yuma County’s…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 pandemic magnifies workforce crisis in veterinary field
By Alec Snyder, CNN Madison Vollbracht says she burned out after five years working as a veterinary technician. Her work was already grueling before…
Continue ReadingEmory University School of Medicine formally apologizes after rejecting an applicant for his race
By Leah Asmelash, CNN More than 60 years ago, Marion Gerald Hood was rejected from a medical school because of his race. This week, the school…
Continue ReadingThis rabbi is joining the German army, 90 years after Hitler expelled Jewish soldiers
By Nadine Schmidt and Sheena McKenzie, CNN During Germany’s Covid-19 lockdown, Rabbi Zsolt Balla earned a devoted online following,…
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