Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — About half a million Houston-area homes and businesses will still be without electricity next week, the city’s largest utility said Thursday, stoking the frustration of hot and weary residents and leading a top state official to call the pace of recovery from Hurricane Beryl “not acceptable.” Jason Ryan, executive vice
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AP Film Writer Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” has died. She was 75. Duvall died Thursday in her sleep at home in Blanco, Texas, her longtime partner, Dan Gilroy, announced. The cause
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — En 2014 James Rodríguez fue la revelación del Mundial de Brasil, fue el goleador del torneo y marcó el mejor gol del año, lideró a Colombia en su mejor Copa del Mundo, fue fichado por el Real Madrid y estaba en el Olimpo del fútbol. Pero luego, tras unos meses
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on an Israeli violent extremist organization, three Israeli individuals and four “outposts” connected to violence in the West Bank. Thursday’s sanctions are the latest tranche under an executive order issued by President Joe Biden in early February amid increased violence in the
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists in Western Australia have found a tree frog which is bright blue, rather than the usual green, due to a rare genetic mutation. The blue magnificent tree frog was spotted in the Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley region, according to a statement from the Australian
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston’s power utility says 500,000 customers still won’t have electricity next week as wide outages from Beryl persist.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his closely watched news conference Thursday to deliver a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years, declaring: “I’m not in this for my legacy. I’m in this to complete the job.” Early on,
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By Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A former Oahu teacher convicted of sexually assaulting one of his students was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his crimes. Alden Bunag pleaded guilty back in May 2024 to three charges including the continuous sex assault of a minor under
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Shelley Duvall, best known for her roles in “The Shining” and several acclaimed Robert Altman films, has died, according to reports, citing a family spokesperson and her longtime partner. She was 75. Duvall died in her sleep at their home in Blanco, Texas of complications of diabetes, Dan
Continue Reading AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women’s semifinal on record — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat in each of the last two sets, after twice trailing by a
Continue Reading CNN By John Fritze and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen, the one-time fixer for Donald Trump, is asking the Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit against the former president for allegedly retaliating against him for promoting his tell-all book critical of Trump, according to Cohen’s attorney. Cohen sued Trump, former Attorney General Bill
Continue Reading By Danielle Radin Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Los Angeles Clippers star Russell Westbrook is making an impact off the court by partnering with Little Kitchen Academy to bring culinary programs and life skills to children in underserved communities across LA County. In Century City Wednesday, 5-year-old Sophia
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has traveled to Florida and met with former President Donald Trump following a NATO summit in Washington. It’s a move likely to aggravate frustrations among Orbán’s partners in the European Union over similar secretive trips he made to Russia and China in recent
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The House on Thursday failed to pass a GOP-pushed resolution to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland. The vote was 210 to 204, with four Republicans voting against it. Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said that she plans to reintroduce the resolution against Garland shortly after it
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from the Siberian permafrost has been found to contain fossil chromosomes in a first-of-its-kind discovery, according to a new study. Researchers unearthed the 52,000-year-old remains in 2018 near the village of Belaya Gora in northeastern Siberia, where freezing temperatures helped preserve the
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Children who live in homes where adults use e-cigarettes are exposed to significantly less nicotine through secondhand aerosols than children in homes where adults use traditional cigarettes, a new study shows. But vaping still exposes kids to nicotine and may present other risks, too. To keep children completely nicotine-free,
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CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Americans weighed down by fast-rising prices for three years just received more encouraging news on the inflation front. The Consumer Price Index, a measurement of the average change in prices for a commonly purchased basket of goods and services, dropped 0.1% from May, which helped to slow the
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — As recently as February, Tractor Supply Co., known for selling animal feed, pet food and lawn and garden equipment to hobby farmers, told investors that climate change was a significant threat to its business. Any delay or failure to meet its goals of cutting emissions 50% in
Continue Reading By Madison Sawyer Click here for updates on this story PARKER COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — Parker County firefighters recently rescued a man from a burning home, which they say was possible due to the department’s dedication to training. “You are riding the balance of driving fast and driving safe, but of course every time we
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate the chief executive of a powerful German arms manufacturer that has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, according to five US and western officials familiar with the episode. The plot
Continue Reading By Cole Premo, Reg Chapman, and WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There was a major crackdown Wednesday following the Fourth of July chaos in Minneapolis. Prosecutors charged 20 people with serious felonies for allegedly shooting fireworks at people, cars and police officers in Dinkytown. A large-scale law enforcement
Continue Reading By Barbie Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Officials in southern Italy have broken up an alleged racket selling fake olive oil, confiscating 42 tons of the extra virgin variety worth almost $1 million. Seven people are accused of criminal conspiracy, adulteration of food substances intended for marketing, fraud in public military supplies and adulteration of food for export,
Continue Reading By KTBS Team Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Shreveport resident Rick Colbert is now offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who helps find his guide dog, Carson, who went missing on the night of July 4. Colbert, who is blind, said he put Carson in his backyard for a
Continue Reading AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after being let go as the publisher of Alfred A. Knopf, Reagan Arthur is returning to her previous employer, Hachette Book Group, as a senior executive who will edit authors from across the company and head her own imprint. Arthur, who will have the title of senior
Continue Reading By Tynisa Senior and Danielle Garcia Click here for updates on this story HOLLYWOOD, Florida (WSVN) — A body was found face down on the shoreline of Hollywood Beach Thursday morning, prompting a police investigation. Hollywood Fire Rescue and Hollywood Police were dispatched to South Ocean Drive and Magnolia Terrace following reports of a possible
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration will designate a dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the United States as a significant transnational criminal organization on Thursday, according to a senior administration official, who described the gang as an “emerging threat.” Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang that originated in a Venezuela prison and
Continue Reading Associated Press With chants of “Justice for D’Vontaye,” family and friends gathered for the funeral of a Black man who died after being pinned to the ground by security guards outside a Milwaukee hotel. And while remembering D’Vontaye Mitchell as a son, husband and brother, they vowed Thursday to push for charges against those responsible
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A leader of a major French union has called for mass demonstrations and possible strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of recent legislative elections and allow a leftist coalition to form a new government. The leftist New Popular Front alliance won the most seats in the National Assembly
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out in the spire of the cathedral in the French city of Rouen on Thursday morning. The blaze erupted at the top of the spire of the gothic Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Rouen, in the northern region of Normandy. Images
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have put the widow of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a list of “terrorists and extremists,” continuing a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition. Earlier this week, a Moscow court ordered the arrest of Yulia Navalnaya, who lives abroad, on charges of alleged involvement in an extremist group.
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