Month: October 2019

When Joevie Alvarado became a teacher, she never expected to teach American students 7,600 miles away. But a dire shortage of US teachers means some schools are taking drastic measures — like hiring teachers from half a world away. “For the first year, it’s a little bit of a struggle because I’m the kind of

Cancel your plans and leave the day wide open, because NFL Sunday is back with a full slate of hard-hitting action. Week five brings some serious matchups, including Packers vs. Cowboys and Bills vs. Titans. What’s more, the Bears will take on the Raiders in London. Here’s a rundown of all the teams playing and

The Patriots have been the NFL’s best team heading into week five, but with a ho-hum game against the 0-4 Washington Redskins this week, football fans will be looking elsewhere — like London — for some action. Here are three things to watch for this NFL Sunday: Chicago Bears vs. Oakland Raiders in London The

It was her senior year homecoming dance, and Darcy Krueger was ready. She had on rhinestone shoes, her hair was done, and she was, for lack of a better word, iced out. The only thing was, despite her best efforts, she hadn’t found the perfect dress. But, no worries, she thought. She already had a

The greatest gymnast of our time and probably ever, Simone Biles, has another two moves that will bear her name. The US gymnastics star was taking part in the world championships Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany, where during her floor exercise routine she landed a triple-double and then on the balance beam she nailed a double-double

The pilot of a small airplane died after the plane crashed in a soybean field near Kokomo, Indiana, Saturday, law enforcement said. The pilot was the only person found in the plane, which was a “few hundred yards” from a roadway, the Howard County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. The pilot was flying a

A homeless black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback in a southeast Texas city said in an interview that he was overcome with shame after watching video of his arrest. Donald Neely told the Houston Chronicle that he wasn’t embarrassed as he walked between the officers’ horses when

The annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta kicked off Saturday but balloons were mostly tethered to the ground because of fog. The fiesta draws pilots from around the world and from 41 U.S. states. Mass ascension was canceled Saturday morning over the weather. Fiesta officials said on Twitter that balloons that had already been inflated in

Lauren Cohan walked away from “The Walking Dead.” Now she’s headed back. At the end of Saturday’s New York Comic Con panel for the apocalyptic AMC zombie series that has spawned its own universe, a masked cast member stood and revealed herself to be Cohan, whose return was subsequently announced. AMC also announced an 11th

The mysterious milk dabber from Coldwell Elementary has been found! ABC-7 featured Jorge Frias a few weeks ago during one of our Sunday Funday moments. ABC-7 photogropher, David Avila, caught the random moment when Jorge was in line at lunch flipping his chocolate milk carton. In the video, Jorge accomplishes his milk flipping and ends

A group of “junior detectives” in Roseville, California, saved the day by helping police locate a missing 97-year-old woman. The Roseville Police Department alerted the public on September 30 that Glenneta Belford, who has dementia and is mostly non-verbal, had gone missing. “Help us locate a missing person,” the police department said on Facebook and

Scientists from the University of Kentucky say they’re working to perfect a technique to digitally unravel fragile ancient texts that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years. W. Brent Seales, who heads the University of Kentucky’s Digital Restoration Initiative, told CNN he and his research team just returned from a trip to England where they

Mordicai Gerstein, a beloved children’s book author and illustrator, has died at the age of 83. Gerstein was the master behind such books like “The Night World,” “The Sleeping Gypsy,” and “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers,” which won him the Caldecott Award for distinguished American children’s picture books in 2004. He died on

An elderly couple on an early morning walk was attacked by an animal they described as a bobcat in Lauderhill, Florida, according the city’s fire department. The woman had injuries on her face, arms and hands that “are consistent with an animal attack,” Lauderhill Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Levy told CNN. The man fell and

Drier but warmer air is expected today with a fternoon high temperatures running a few degrees above average this weekend, but then cool air and below average high temperatures arrive for the start of the work week. We will see a slight chance for rain Tuesday night into Wednesday, but our high temperatures for the