CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of people are digging out from a massive winter storm that caused widespread power outages, road closures, and thousands of flight cancellations yesterday — and we could see more of the same later this week. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue ReadingCNN, KYW By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Dramatic video released Thursday by the New Jersey Office of Attorney General shows the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man when police officers tried to stop him as he was driving a construction backhoe into cars and homes in the city of Vineland last month. On December 18 at
Continue ReadingCNN, WTVF By Sara Smart and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Tennessee woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece and spent 27 years in prison, was exonerated this week. On June 26, 1987, Joyce Watkins, now 74, and her boyfriend at the time, Charlie Dunn, went to pick up Watkins four-year-old great-niece, Brandi, in
Continue ReadingCNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN A powerful winter storm is threatening parts of the eastern United States with crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow, as experts urge Americans to be prepared. Make sure you’ve done the basics: Learn how to keep your pipes from freezing (for example, you can open cabinets in places like under
Continue ReadingCNN By Mallika Kallingal, CNN As the Omicron variant sweeps the country — pressing many hospitals into crisis mode — data from New York is offering a glimmer of hope. The state is “turning the corner on the winter surge,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday. After a peak positivity rate of 23% on January 3,
Continue ReadingCNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A father and son appeared for an online court appointment for a citation they received for their unkept yard in Michigan, but instead of a slap on the wrist from the judge, the father was berated. Burhan Chowdhury, 72, a cancer patient, was given a citation in May 2021 for
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingCNN By Amanda Watts and Jennifer Henderson, CNN As a massive winter storm takes aim starting Friday at much of the eastern US, officials from the Southeast to New England are preparing for what could be crippling ice and heavy snow. More than 50 million people from the Midwest eastward are under winter weather alerts
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue ReadingCNN, WJZ, WBAL, WBBM, KCNC, KTRK, KTXL, WCCO By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that comes as a rise in gun violence and homicides continues
Continue ReadingCNN, WBAL, BPD, WBBM, NETWORK VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, KCNC, WJZ, KTRK, KTXL, WCCO, FAMILY PHOTO, BUSINESS INSIDER, GETTY IMAGES By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that
Continue ReadingCNN, CLEVELAND CLINIC CHILDREN’S By Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant is forcing some US schools to halt in-person learning because of high case rates and teacher absences. The vast majority of schools are operating as normal. But at least 2,141 schools were not offering in-person
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue ReadingCNN, WRAL, KTUL By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue ReadingWXYZ, OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Sonia Moghe and Amir Vera, CNN A lawsuit filed on behalf of two survivors of the deadly Oxford High School shooting in Michigan accuses the school district and a number of its employees of not doing enough to prevent the attack that left four students dead, despite multiple
Continue ReadingWFXT, GONSALVES FAMILY, CNN By Amanda Jackson, CNN Angelina Gonsalves received an unexpected, yet cherished, delivery from the US Postal Service last month — a letter her late husband wrote to his mother while deployed overseas in 1945. The letter was written by Sgt. John Gonsalves, a 22-year-old Army soldier stationed in Germany. He was
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