By Winnie Dortch Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Safety is the main priority when anyone is heading out into the water. The Racine County dive team shared important information at North Beach on Saturday, June 26. The goal is to teach people what to do if they’re in a
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Unprecedented heat was recorded across the Pacific Northwest on Saturday and the hottest days are still to come for many. The Northeast will also see the mercury rise this week. Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican from North Carolina, has called himself a “big history buff” and a “lover of history.” But Cawthorn — who, at age 25, is the youngest member of Congress — keeps getting historical facts wrong. Cawthorn also has a record of other false claims. Here’s a
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Sen. Mitt Romney, a key Republican negotiator in infrastructure talks, said Sunday that he’s “totally confident” President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill a day after the President attempted to clean up comments that threatened the deal. “I am totally confident the President will sign it if it comes to
Continue ReadingBy Martin Goillandeau and Mia Alberti, CNN French authorities have launched an investigation after a fan caused dozens of cyclists to crash during the Tour de France on Saturday. The disastrous fall was caused by a woman standing on the roadside of the Tour’s opening stage. She stepped in front of the racing pack holding
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Lauren Fox, CNN Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has been fighting for years to change the way the military prosecutes sexual assault cases, is poised to finally remove those cases from the military’s chain of command after the Pentagon’s civilian leader endorsed the change last week. But a
Continue ReadingBy Mia Alberti, CNN Defense officials are investigating after an employee from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) lost several “sensitive” documents that were later found by a member of the public, a ministry spokesperson said. The action follows a BBC report that the papers were found at a bus stop in Kent, southeast England.
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN The world’s cruise ships were once titans of the oceans, raking in billions in profit as their city-sized passenger populations traveled across the globe. But last year, many of these floating palaces became coronavirus epicenters, turned away from port after port as Covid cases rose on board and the pandemic escalated on
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Before Sunday night’s BET Awards, there will be a weekend takeover on the network. The “BET Awards: Year of the Black Woman” will air on BET on Saturday, June 26. The one-hour special will showcase some of the women expected at the event, including Megan Thee Stallion, Taraji P. Henson, Jazmine
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN Professional athletes have shown over the past few years they are not afraid to speak out on their beliefs. Athletes around the world protested or refused to play in the name of racial justice. Leagues have taken a stance when it comes to policies that may negatively impact the very fans
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Delta variant continues to be a major threat to America’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and getting more vaccine shots into arms is a way to combat it, an expert says. The highly contagious, aggressive variant was first detected in India and has made its way to the majority of
Continue Reading New York’s Pride, which launched as an anti-police march, is now embroiled in a controversy over uniformed police participation. CNN’s Polo Sandoval has more.
Continue Reading By Sarah Jorgensen and Polo Sandoval, CNN When NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea took the podium Thursday to address this year’s preparations for New York’s Pride weekend, his comments were tinged with disappointment and pride for his own. “This is what makes this department so special,” Shea said. “We are far from perfect. But you look
Continue Reading By Alta Spells, CNN The pilot of a small airplane was killed when it crashed into a home in North Logan, Utah, Saturday night, according to authorities. First responders were notified of the crash after receiving a call around 8:40 p.m., North Park Police Chief Ulysses Black told CNN. When fire crews arrived, they confirmed
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Julie Moore recalls harrowing experiences from the pandemic inside the Philadelphia nursing home where she works. As the virus spread throughout the facility last year, emergency responders came and went regularly, taking yet another resident running low on oxygen to the hospital. Staff members were infected and some died, leaving a
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Linda Johnson-Thomas’ grandfather worked at the Virginia Theological Seminary for more than a decade, first as a farm laborer before moving up to head janitor. Her grandparents lived in a little white house on campus with their four children, including her mother. But until two years ago, she had no idea
Continue ReadingAJ Willingham, CNN There are some things that cannot be properly explained within the lines of your average news website. “Ice Planet Barbarians” is one of those things. The science fiction romance series chronicles a band of human women stranded on — you guessed it — an ice planet, along with the hunky blue aliens
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Holtville finishes at California State Southern Section Division 4 runner-up
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN It was a bad week for the Big Lie — former President Donald Trump and his allies’ false claims that widespread fraud is to blame for his 2020 election loss. In one battleground state, Republican senators issued a report that eviscerated Trump’s lies about voter fraud. In another, a judge undercut
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By Helen Regan, Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu and Salai TZ, CNN Business Myanmar’s military junta is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, according to an American citizen and journalist who was recently released from a Yangon prison. Nathan Maung, 44, was detained for more
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