KAKE, GREAT BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Kate Devine Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — An off-duty Great Bend police officer is being praised for stopping an armed suspect during Friday’s shooting outside Towne East Square. School resource officer Paul Millard was shopping with his wife on the west side
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Essay by Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — As far as television show relationships go, “Sex and the City” was the one I didn’t see coming. It didn’t sweep me off my feet like the “Grey’s Anatomy” pilot did. It didn’t give me five years of bliss before slowly losing its spark like “Supernatural.” It was,
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CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House is conducting a comprehensive internal review of exhibits and materials at the Smithsonian Institution – the organization that runs the nation’s major public museums – in an effort to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive about what should and shouldn’t be displayed. The initiative, a
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By Matt Egan, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI,” fears the technology he helped build could wipe out humanity — and “tech bros” are taking the wrong approach to stop it. Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A permit to climb the world’s tallest mountain costs an eye-popping $15,000 — and that’s before you add in the price of airfare, gear and a guide. But Nepal, which has long sought to diversify its tourism offerings beyond showpiece Mount Everest, has come up with a new plan
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CNN By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — After Donald Trump won the presidential election, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser flew to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate to see him. When Republicans pressured her over the giant “Black Lives Matter” lettering she installed in front of the White House during Trump’s first term, Bowser agreed to remove it.
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CNN By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, and David Brooks, CNN (CNN) — American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday’s summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it struck an armed group posing as aid workers and using a vehicle marked with the logo of the World Central Kitchen (WCK), a US-based non-profit. The strike, which took place last week, killed “five armed terrorists,” according to a Tuesday statement from the Israel
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By Alicia Wallace, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.
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By Drew Amman Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, Kentucky (WLEX) — The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is showcasing same-day lung cancer diagnosis and treatment technology. It’s in a demonstration in a state-of-the art mobile semi-truck. “We can tell them, ‘Yes, it’s a cancer, and then it’s out before they’re even
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By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent disaster from unfolding in the picturesque port town despite record-breaking water levels
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By James Stratton Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Tow companies across the Milwaukee area were swamped with calls after water flooded hundreds of cars and left drivers stranded during historic rainfall. “I had to climb out my window,” said Donte Jones, who was driving near 58th and Thurston when the
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By Emily Pofahl Click here for updates on this story MUSKEGO, Wisconsin (WISN) — Severe flooding in a Muskego neighborhood caused multiple basement walls to collapse near Saroyan Road and Fennimore Lane, forcing families to evacuate their homes early Sunday morning. Residents waded through waist-deep water to escape the rising floodwaters. Cindy Mauch, whose basement
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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Germán Padinger, CNN US President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of the security situation in Washington, DC, now claiming that the US capital has a homicide rate higher than some Latin American capitals such as Bogotá, Mexico City and Lima. During a press conference on Monday, Trump announced that he
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By Deidre McPhillips, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Parents in the United States who want to vaccinate their young children against Covid-19 may face a growing set of challenges this fall. The US Food and Drug Administration might not renew authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5, the US Centers
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By Karin Johnson Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — The Cincinnati police union is urging city leaders to fire consultant Iris Roley, accusing her of interfering with police work and harassing officers during incidents in Over-the-Rhine. Roley’s interactions with officers were captured on police body cameras. In one of the clips,
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By Riley Conlon Click here for updates on this story CENTER POINT, Alabama (WVTM) — A Jefferson County woman’s dogs have reportedly recovered human remains for the third time in a year. On Aug. 9, deputies were called out to Fifth Place Northwest in the Center Point area on a report that possible human remains
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By Victoria Butenko and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday not to give eastern Ukrainian land to Russia, saying that abandoning the Donbas region would open the door for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “start a third war” in Ukraine. Zelensky’s warning comes ahead of Putin’s meeting with US
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By Chris Oswalt Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection of the Jackson Zoo found one noncritical compliance issue involving pests and drainage in a primate building, according to a July 9 report from the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Inspectors observed a
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By KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story UPLAND, Calif. (KABC) — Chino police say they recovered $30,000 worth of highly sought-after Labubu dolls that were stolen from a warehouse. The Labubus were stolen in multiple trips over several days, Chino police said. Officers served a search warrant at a home in Upland
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Chile has agreed to suspend proceedings against a teenage American pilot and social media influencer who has been stuck on a remote Antarctic island since late June after he was accused of landing there without permission. Ethan Guo was attempting to fly to all seven continents
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By Kelby Wingert, Olivia Tyler Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — JR’s SouthPork Ranch at the Iowa State Fair is offering a decadent $600 lobster roll that includes Maine lobster, caviar and gold flakes, with a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne on the side. “A lobster roll at the
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By Josh Sanders Click here for updates on this story WILMINGTON, Delaware (KYW) — This weekend, a girls’ flag football team from a Wilmington, Delaware, high school will get the chance to showcase their skills in front of a big audience. The Padua Academy girls’ flag football team will play at halftime of the Philadelphia
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By Lauren Izso and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned Israel about potentially listing the country’s armed forces in an upcoming UN report on sexual violence, according to the spokesperson for Israel’s mission to the UN. “I am putting Israeli armed and security forces on notice for potential listing
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By Clare Duffy, Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — Artificial intelligence search company Perplexity has made an unsolicited, $34.5 billion offer to purchase Google’s Chrome browser, a surprise move by a Google Search challenger that’s looking to upend how people find information online. A Perplexity spokesperson confirmed to CNN the details of the offer,
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By Chris Youd, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Ryan Young, Jason Morris, Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The gunman who opened fire Friday at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into his father’s safe to get the five firearms recovered at the scene, state investigators said Tuesday, as some CDC workers seeking answers
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WCCO, GLORIA CONTREAS EDIN, CNN By Caroline Cummings Click here for updates on this story TWIN CITIES, Minnesota (WCCO) — The attorneys for a nursing mother in the Twin Cities who has spent more than three weeks in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody argue she is unlawfully detained and will petition in federal court
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Christian Edwards, Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Small groups of Russian troops have pierced parts of Ukraine’s defenses in its eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials and monitoring groups, adding to Kyiv’s complications as Russia attempts to encircle the key strategic city of Pokrovsk. Russian forces are making
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By Lauren Victory Click here for updates on this story Indiana (WBBM) — It’s back-to-school week for tens of thousands of students in the Chicago area, and at this time of year, sicknesses creep up with kids being in close quarters. With that in mind, a grieving Northwest Indiana family wants to share a message
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By Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story HIGHLAND PARK, Illinois (WBBM) — Highland Park officials reported a “swan-derful” rescue along Route 41 on Monday. According to the city, the north suburban officers responded to a call for two swans blocking a lane of traffic during the morning commute. The Highland Park Police
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