By MacLeod Hageman Click here for updates on this story WAUPUN, Wisconsin (WGBA) — A 44-year-old inmate at Waupun Correctional Institution jumped from one of the tiers in the cell hall around 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to a spokesperson with the Department of Corrections. Authorities say staff members immediately helped the man, and he was
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By Noah Caplan Click here for updates on this story BLACK FOREST, Colorado (KOAA) — It’s a place for southern Colorado’s “under-served” felines. “Any cat that just needs a soft place to land… they’re gonna find a home here,” said Wild Blue Cats Outreach Director Sabrina Utter. Utter said the sanctuary, which is home to
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By Michelle Reyes Click here for updates on this story BLACK FOREST, Colorado (KOAA) — With shovels in hand, more than 20 students from the ‘TRACKS’ program at Home School Academy trekked into the Black Forest burn scar, the same area scorched by the 2013 wildfire. This charred stretch of forest is slowly coming back
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who are older or who have compromised immune function, rather than the current blanket recommendation for everyone 6 months of age and older. The change would more closely align the US with guidance
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By Brett Kast, Jordan Nagel Click here for updates on this story MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan (WXYZ) — A Mount Clemens family is thankful to be alive after Macomb County prosecutors say a teenager broke into their home in the middle of the night and detonated an explosive device. Seven people were inside the home, including
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By Matthew Kaufman, CNN New York (CNN) — Zoom users experienced issues accessing the video conferencing service Wednesday afternoon, with thousands reporting issues joining meetings and accessing the Zoom website. Service appeared to be restored within two hours of the first outage reports, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com. “We are aware that some users
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have captured the first confirmed footage of the elusive colossal squid in its natural environment 100 years after the marine creature was first identified and named, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Video, taken near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, shows a juvenile squid,
Continue Reading CNN, SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Even though I suffer from trypanophobia (an overwhelming fear of needles), I received the shingles vaccine last weekend. I did it because I had chicken pox as a kid and do not want to experience this painful viral infection as an adult. According to a new
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By Harm Venhuizen Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WGBA) — Wisconsin farmers would be incentivized to switch over to grazing, a practice that advocates say is better for both cows and the environment, under a proposal in the state Legislature. The “Transition to Grazing” bill would allow farmers who start using
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By Brady Caskey Click here for updates on this story BOISE, Idaho (KIVI) — Firefighters from Boise, Meridian, and Eagle are training for niche technical rescue scenarios this week, like using a crane operator to execute a successful rescue. Boise Fire boasts the largest Technical Rescue Team in Idaho, which focuses on responding to calls
Continue ReadingBy Sara Tenenbaum Click here for updates on this story NAPERVILLE, Illinois (WBBM) — Officials said a landscaper rescued a driver after their car drove into a pond and they became trapped inside. The Plainsfield Fire Protection District said they received a call just before 10 a.m. about a car submerged in a pond with
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By Vanessa Gongora Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Kristen Couch, the wife of 32-year-old Jacob Couch, the man attacked downtown with a hatchet at a bus stop, says the support she’s received from the community has been incredible. “Everyone helping us has overshadowed what that man’s done. He does
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By Evan Perez and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks to turn up pressure on the university that has defied
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Fernanda Saforcada, especialista en Educación, docente de la UBA e investigadora del Conicet, habló este miércoles en Los Primeros de la Tarde sobre el sistema de vouchers para estudiantes, cuya inscripción estará abierta desde el 21 de abril hasta el 16 de mayo. La especialista explicó que el
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By Jake Tapper, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — Colin Carroll, the chief of staff of Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, has been placed on administrative leave, two defense sources said Wednesday, the third such appointee to be placed on leave reported this week. One defense source told CNN that Carroll
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” cast member Sarah Sherman has reached out to Aimee Lou Wood after impersonating the “White Lotus” star on last weekend’s episode of the long-running sketch show. Sherman spoofed Wood’s “Lotus” character Chelsea in a now-controversial sketch called “White POTUS,” which Wood publicly responded to on her
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By Fernanda Silva Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — The principal of Arrowhead Middle School in Kansas City, Kan., Lawrence Smith, was selected to work as an NFL umpire during the upcoming season. Smith knows all about making the calls and making sure the rules are being followed. That’s
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that rising rates of autism prevalence in the US reflect a “preventable” crisis-level epidemic that has been caused by an environmental toxin. Advocates for people with autism
Continue ReadingPor Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español La pausa en los aranceles recíprocos que anunció el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, no incluye la tasa del 10 % impuesta a las exportaciones de Costa Rica, ni aminora la incertidumbre que desató la medida en el país desde su anuncio el 2 de abril. Estados Unidos
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By Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story Minnesota (WCCO) — We know dogs can sense our emotions, but did you know they can actually smell it, too? Duke, a 2-year-old lab, is a critical incident response dog with the Burnsville Police Department, specially trained to detect cortisol — a stress hormone —
Continue Reading WCCO, BURNSVILLE POLICE AND FIRE, K9’S FOR FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE, CNN By Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story Minnesota (WCCO) — We know dogs can sense our emotions, but did you know they can actually smell it, too? Duke, a 2-year-old lab, is a critical incident response dog with the Burnsville Police
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks fell Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are unprecedented in modern history, with effects that “remain highly uncertain.” The Dow was down 720 points, or 1.8%. The broader S&P 500 fell 2.6%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 3.8%.
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Bettin Click here for updates on this story Minnesota (WCCO) — A Twin Cities zoo had to euthanize one of its gorillas this week, despite a yearslong effort to treat the ape’s deteriorating brain. Nyati, who was born at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in 2017, was humanely euthanized Tuesday after “a final
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Tina Fey has been floated as a possibility to one day take the reins from “Saturday Night Live” creator and longtime overseer Lorne Michaels – but she’s apparently not so sure. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Wednesday, Fey shared her thoughts on her former boss’s
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s significant policy changes, including on tariffs, are unlike anything seen in modern history, putting the Federal Reserve in uncharted waters, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday. “These are very fundamental policy changes,” Powell said at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago. “There isn’t
Continue ReadingPor Ramishah Maruf, CNN China está llevando la guerra comercial a un nuevo campo de batalla: los feeds de TikTok de Estados Unidos. Los proveedores chinos han inundado las redes sociales estadounidenses esta semana e instaron a los usuarios a burlar los aranceles del 145 % del presidente Donald Trump a Beijing comprando directamente en
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By Sonia Rincón Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — A high school student in Newark has a big decision to make after he was accepted to seven Ivy League universities. Angel Ortiz, a senior at Arts High School, wants to study political science and now he just has to
Continue ReadingPor Fernando Ramos, CNN en Español Su nombre real es Néstor Gregorio Vera Fernández y por información que conduzca a su captura, el gobierno del presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ofrece el equivalente en moneda local a US$ 1 millón. Se le acusa de terrorismo, narcotráfico, asesinato de líderes sociales y reclutamiento forzado de menores
Continue ReadingBy John Atwater & Alex Svenson Click here for updates on this story NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took a Guatemalan immigrant, who claims to have no criminal history, into custody in New Bedford on Monday. New video shows the agents shattering the window of 29-year-old Juan Francisco
Continue ReadingPor Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español Las visas de cientos de estudiantes internacionales en Estados Unidos han sido revocadas en las últimas semanas en medio de una represión más amplia contra la inmigración por parte del Gobierno de Donald Trump, que incluye detenciones, muchas veces sin previo aviso, y un grupo de trabajo para, según
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