County says transfer site near Foothills is too much to handle
The waste transfer site near the foothills is receiving more and more trash, costing Yuma County more money.
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Foreign and domestic issues high on President’s agenda
Monday was a busy day for President Joe Biden on both the foreign and domestic fronts.
Continue ReadingSmoke billows from London train station as fire crews tackle blaze
By Rob Picheta, CNN Dozens of firefighters are tackling a large blaze at the Elephant and Castle train station in south London, the city’s fire brigade has said. Video posted to social media showed smoke billowing from the station on Monday afternoon. The London Fire Brigade said 10 fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters were
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NCAA takes big step toward allowing athletes to profit from name, image or likeness
By Homero De la Fuente, CNN In a major step, the NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to support an interim policy that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) without violating NCAA rules until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted. The Division I Board of Directors
Continue Reading Family says they found grandmother’s photos, birthday card in debris
Michael Noriega, whose 92-year-old grandmother is among the missing in the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse, says his family found photos and a birthday card belonging to his grandmother shortly after arriving on scene.
Continue Reading Teen says saving elderly woman was ‘a blessing in disguise’
The Aguero family tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer how they made it to safety from the eleventh floor of the Champlain Towers South building that collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
Continue Reading The death toll from the Florida condo collapse reaches 11 as rescuers race to find 150 people still missing
By Holly Yan and Hollie Silverman, CNN While families endure a fifth day of anguish waiting learn the fate of 150 loved ones, a sobering reality is setting in. “We know time is of the essence,” Maggie Castro of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said Monday. “We’re still in a rescue mode, but as you can imagine,
Continue Reading HEALTH MINUTE: COPING WITH THE CONDO COLLAPSE TRAGEDY
In the wake of such sadness over the condo collapse disaster in Florida, some healthcare providers in the Sunshine State are offering free bilingual grief counseling to anyone in that area emotionally affected by the tragedy, but for those watching it on TV from afar, the images can be overwhelming. How to handle those feelings of grief and sadness in today’s Health Minute.
Continue Reading Couple explains why they aren’t leaving sister tower of collapsed condo
Philip and Nora Zyne, who live in the Champlain Towers North condominiums, explain why they aren’t leaving their building despite the South tower collapsing just days ago.
Continue ReadingThe Northwest heat wave is ‘unprecedented.’ Here’s what’s pushing it into uncharted territory.
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As temperatures surged past 100 degrees, Bree Oswill gathered all the blankets and towels she could find and taped them to every window that didn’t have a shade. She doesn’t have central air conditioning and wanted to prevent every bit of sunlight and heat from entering her home. Growing up in
Continue Reading As engineers hunt for answers in the Surfside building collapse, signs point to the building’s lower reaches
By Curt Devine, CNN Amid a rescue mission now in its fifth day, engineers and government officials are trying to determine how a Surfside, Florida, condominium tower crashed to the ground, seemingly without warning. There are no clear answers yet, but early signs point to some failure in the lower reaches of the 13-story building,
Continue ReadingWisconsin to add gender-neutral options for parents to birth certificates
By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers on Monday, June 28, with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that beginning July 1, 2021, Wisconsin parents will have a new, gender-neutral option for identifying the parents of a child. According to a news release,
Continue ReadingSwitzerland stuns France in Euro 2020 as Kylian Mbappe misses in penalty shootout
By Matias Grez, CNN Switzerland stunned reigning world champion France with victory in a nerve-shredding penalty shootout to book its place in the Euro 2020 quarterfinals. Kylian Mbappe, who endured a torrid night leading the line for France, capped a miserable evening by missing his team’s decisive fifth penalty, the only player not to score
Continue ReadingSwitzerland stuns France in Euro 2020 as Kylian Mbappe misses in penalty shootout
By Matias Grez, CNN Switzerland stunned reigning world champion France with victory in a nerve-shredding penalty shootout to book its place in the Euro 2020 quarterfinals. Kylian Mbappe, who endured a torrid night leading the line for France, capped a miserable evening by missing his team’s decisive fifth penalty, the only player not to score
Continue Reading Prosecutor: Retired state trooper and military veteran, both Black, ‘executed’ in Massachusetts shooting
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Law enforcement officials are investigating a Saturday shooting that left two people dead in a Boston suburb as a hate crime. The victims were identified by Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins during a press conference Sunday as Ramona Cooper, 60, a former Air Force staff sergeant, and retired Massachusetts State
Continue Reading UN rights chief urges US to ‘stop denying and start dismantling racism’
By Leah Asmelash, CNN The United Nations’ human rights chief is calling on the US to reform its criminal justice system, reimagine policing nationwide and provide reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans. In a report published on Monday, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged the US to make “transformative change for
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Free bowling event for veterans
Local veterans and active duty service members are invited to Inca Lanes to enjoy free bowling this Friday from noon to 3 p.m.
Continue ReadingCalifornia bans state-funded travel to five new states over anti-LGBTQ laws
By Paul LeBlanc and Stella Chan, CNN California will ban state-funded travel to five new states over their “discriminatory” LGBTQ laws, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday, citing the importance of “aligning our dollars with our values.” The new travel restrictions target Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia over what the attorney
Continue ReadingSpanking can worsen a child’s behavior and do real harm, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Physical punishment does not appear to improve a child’s positive behavior or social competence over time, according to a review of 69 studies from the US, Canada, China, Colombia, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The review, published Monday in the journal Lancet, found physical punishment such as spanking
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Gas stations are running out of gas ahead of the holiday weekend
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business When tens of millions of Americans hit the road this holiday weekend, they’re going to find the highest prices for gasoline in nearly seven years. But many will also find stations that don’t have any gas at all. The national average price for a gallon of regular stands at $3.10,
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