Click here for updates on this story MITCHELL COUNTY, NC (WLOS) — An investigation is underway after a woman drowned while on a church group rafting trip in Mitchell County. The NC Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement Division says on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a raft on the Nolichucky River in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTON, LA (KTBS) — A Bossier City man arrested three years ago in the death of his girlfriend’s 15-month-old child pleaded guilty Monday in Bossier District Court to a reduced charge of manslaughter. Tristan Deon Williams, 31, was originally charged with first-degree murder in the March 2017 death
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As the internet evolves, webpages that were live years ago are frequently no longer available today. In some cases, that’s for the best (so long, embarrassing MySpace profiles), but it is a concern when it comes to scientific research. A new study found that 176 open access journals from 47 countries have vanished from the
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Nandi Bushell can’t embark on a world tour right now, hammering out impressive drum solos that belie her age. Pandemic aside, she’s still in elementary school, and it’s not very “rock’n’roll” to tour with your parents as chaperones and a backpack full of homework. She can, though, embark on an internet friendship with Dave Grohl,
Continue Reading JK Rowling has once again come under fire from transgender rights activists, this time for her new crime novel, which features a cross-dressing serial killer. Published Tuesday, “Troubled Blood” by Robert Galbraith — Rowling’s crime writer pseudonym — is the fifth installment in the Cormoran Strike series. An review of the novel in Britain’s Daily
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Duluth, GA ( Gwinnett Daily Post) — A Duluth Middle School teacher who died after drowning while trying to save her daughter from drowning is being remembered for her commitment to children. Sarah A. Jackson was at a lake with her daughters on Labor Day when the youngest
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Baby Yoda is back, and so is Disney+’s biggest blockbuster. Disney gave fans their first look at the second season of its breakout streaming hit, “The Mandalorian” on Tuesday. The two-minute trailer took viewers to a galaxy far, far away as the bounty hunter known as the Mandalorian and his little green friend nicknamed Baby
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FORT BLISS, Texas — Military Police shot and wounded a soldier causing a disturbance early Tuesday on post at Fort Bliss, Army officials said. The incident took place just after midnight. Fort Bliss authorities said the 20-year-old wounded soldier, who was an active duty infantryman assigned to the 1st Armored Division, was being treated for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELLAVILLE, GA (Albany Herald) — The GBI arrested Doyle Tudhope, 24, of Bradenton, Fla., and charged him with manufacturing marijuana for running an indoor grow house, the agency reported Tuesday. The arrest comes after the investigation of an indoor marijuana grow operation on property that Tudhope owns at
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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday joined the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at the White House to mark historic normalization agreements between Israel and the two Arab countries. Trump hailed the occasion, claiming the signing of the Abraham Accords will “change the course of history,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOV) — Jackie Huebbe owns Sugarbot Sweet Shop and Little O’s Soda Shop on Main Street in St. Charles and right now she’s working to try to save her businesses. “I don’t like asking for help or admitting that we really need help right now
Continue Reading “Blackbird” assembles a terrific cast in the service of fairly mundane movie — a small-boned production about a woman facing a terminal diagnosis, summoning her family to say goodbye. The premise and performers yield some emotional moments, inadvertently heightened by recent events. Yet as a whole, the film never quite takes wing. Susan Sarandon is
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This could be the beginning of the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For more than 70 years, alongside oil and Islamic extremism, that dispute defined the Middle East. Innumerable books were written about the subject, and courses on it were offered at most major universities. Iran and Iraq could fight for eight bloody years, the
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GULF SHORES, Alabama — Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, just before 4 a.m. MT Wednesday as a dangerous Category 2 storm, and is now slamming the Gulf Coast with torrential rain and life-threatening flooding. The latestSally, now weakened to a Category 1, is crawling north-northeast at 5 mph, and is about 15
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is challenging NBA superstar LeBron James to step up and help find the gunman who ambushed and shot two deputies. Villanueva went on the radio show 790KABC on Monday night and challenged James to double the reward money being offered to find the gunman. On September 12, two L.A.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Flint Township, MI (WNEM) — State police are investigating a crash that involved a trooper patrol cruiser and another vehicle and ended with an unborn baby passing away. It happened on Linden Road, near Lennon Road in Flint Township. According to the investigation, two troopers were southbound on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, GA (WGCL) — Officers from several law enforcement agencies helped escort the body of a Gwinnett County Police SWAT K9 killed in the line of duty. K9 Blue, the department’s first full-time SWAT K9, died Thursday when he was shot during gunfire between police and a
Continue Reading BAMAKO, Mali (AP) – Mali’s former president Moussa Traore, who ruled the West Africa nation for more than 22 years, has died at age 83, according to his son Idrissa Traore. Traore seized power in a military coup in 1968, eight years after Mali gained independence from France. He ruled the country as its military
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Georgia Institute of Technology has created a new school focused on cybersecurity and privacy. It is the first of its kind among top research universities and will build on the school’s considerable investments in cybersecurity and privacy education and research. Tech already has three
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — A dirt bike rider was hospitalized with serious injuries following a crash in New Haven. According to police, the two-vehicle crash happened on Canal Street near Foote Street in the Dixwell neighborhood just before midnight on Monday. The 27-year-old man was operating the
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The magazine Scientific American announced Tuesday that it was endorsing former vice president and Democratic candidate Joe Biden– the publication’s first endorsement in its 175-year history — over President Donald Trump, who it criticized for dismissing science. “The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people —
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NAUGATUCK, CT (WFSB) — Connecticut State Police have taken over the investigation into an officer-involved shooting that happened in Naugatuck Monday night. Police said it happened following a traffic stop in the borough around 8 p.m., on the Route 8 north on-ramp near Maple Street. According to Naugatuck
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At Apple’s September product launch event last year, two of CEO Tim Cook’s splashiest announcements were about the company’s new digital subscription services: Apple Arcade and Apple TV+. But the hype around them has waned as they grapple for attention with other prominent digital entertainment services. In the first nine months of 2020, year-over-year revenue
Continue Reading Wednesday’s Academy of Country Music Awards will open with the nominees for Entertainer of the Year performing a medley of their songs together, Billboard reports. The nominees include Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett. Along with the big opening number, the show will also feature a live performance from Taylor
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — A major roadway in Kansas City could be renamed for Martin Luther King Jr., the second attempt by the city to honor the civil rights icon. MLK Boulevard signs were up on the Paseo for a few weeks before the street name was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT, Carteret County (WLOS) — A Newport man is jailed after police say he attacked two women with a machete early Sunday morning. Newport Police say one woman was waiting for a ride to work at about 7 a.m. when she noticed Mark Hall Jr., 36, pointing at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The hazardous air quality in and around Portland isn’t going away, as an air quality alert has now been extended through at least Thursday. Doctors in the area say the air quality is a serious issue with negative impacts that should be taken seriously
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, AL (WALA) — Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday announced that Alabama’s price gouging law is in effect in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Sally this week. Alabama’s price gouging law comes into effect when the Governor declares a State of Emergency and it prohibits the
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President Donald Trump did another rambling interview on Fox News morning show “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday. In perhaps the most notable moment of the session, Trump said he had previously wanted to order the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and “had him all set,” but that then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis opposed the
Continue Reading Looks like 2020 may not be the worst year for Ryan O’Neal, his daughter Tatum O’Neal, and their family. That’s because they have recently reunited after years of estrangement. The pair have reconciled, according to Tatum O’Neal’s son, Sean McEnroe. McEnroe, who is O’Neal’s son with her ex-husband, famed tennis star John McEnroe, posted a
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