By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel on Saturday, the State Department announced Friday, amid urgent efforts to finalize an elusive Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. Blinken’s visit comes on the heels of an initial round of high-level negotiations that wrapped up in Doha on Friday.
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — For more than 100 years, the otherworldly wreck of a British warship sat lost on the seabed, covered in barnacles and seaweed, after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I. Now, specialist divers working with Lost In Waters Deep say they believe they have found
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — A New Mexico man accused of a crime spree including multiple armed robberies including a bank robbery, carjacking and murder is now being charged with federal crimes for the death of a Santa Fe man. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Mexico and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
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By Nikki Hauser Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A father is mourning his 7-year-old daughter Piper after she was drowned by her mother one month ago. Police said Brandi Elliott admitted to killing her in Drakes Creek along a greenway in Hendersonville. Now, her father, Jon Elliott, who stayed
Continue Reading By Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Parental permission is nothing new for school children. But would you feel the need to approve your child getting a Band-Aid from the school nurse? That could be one of the unintended consequences of a new state law dealing with parental
Continue Reading WTVF, TN HOUSE, METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CNN By Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Parental permission is nothing new for school children. But would you feel the need to approve your child getting a Band-Aid from the school nurse? That could be one of the unintended consequences
Continue Reading By WTVR Web Staff Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — The man who killed the rare Hollywood Buck known to roam Richmond was sentenced to six months in jail (with three months suspended), fined more than $13,000, and lost his hunting license for 100 years (with 76 years suspended). Jason
Continue Reading By Maggi Marshall Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — A Richmond police officer is gaining national attention after his performance went viral on a popular talent competition show. Wearing a police badge wasn’t the badge of honor Mervin Mayo dreamed of, mostly due to his coming-of-age in Richmond’s Creighton Court.
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BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — A newspaper reports that a neighbor smelled gas and told a utility company about it the night before a home exploded in Bel Air, Maryland, killing two people. The Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday that residents near the home have been saying that they smelled gas Saturday night before the
Continue Reading Associated Press A Tennessee mother whose son was having a seizure in his apartment says in a new lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected him to “inhumane acts of violence.” Instead of helping Austin Hunter Turner get medical care, the family says officers used deadly force and then covered it up. The federal lawsuit follows
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A century-old rail lift bridge near the U.S.-Canada border has collapsed. It’s unclear when water traffic can resume. No trains were involved and no one was injured in Wednesday’s collapse northeast of Fort Frances, Ontario. The bridge built in 1908 is known as the Rainy River Rail Lift Bridge and the 5
Continue Reading By Jon Burkett Click here for updates on this story CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — An argument at an August 7 car meet-up took a deadly detour, ending with the fatal shooting of a King William County mother. Two women are now under arrest and charged in connection to the murder of 21-year-old Kayla Healey.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a proclamation to establish a national monument to commemorate the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Ill. The riot was a seminal moment in the United States’ difficult history with racial violence targeting Black people. The two-day riot was sparked by mobs of white residents tearing
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Todos los días, los consumidores pueden estar renunciando, sin saberlo, a sus derechos a demandar a empresas, como plataformas de venta en línea, aplicaciones de economía colaborativa y servicios de streaming, incluso si las demandas no tienen relación con el servicio que una persona contrató. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel En una
Continue Reading By Shanti Lerner Click here for updates on this story MOAB, Utah (KSTU) — When Shannon Lloyd lost her husband Steven in a 2020 motorcycle accident, she never thought she would live life to the fullest again — that is, until she found herself on the edge of a Moab cliff this summer. For her
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — The Justice Department announced charges Friday against a Missouri woman who allegedly tried to steal ownership of Graceland and millions of dollars from Elvis Presley’s family. The woman, 52-year-old Lisa Jeanine Findley, is accused of orchestrating a failed foreclosure attempt on Presley’s former home by claiming that his daughter Lisa
Continue Reading By Mythili Gubbi Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSTU) — A project aimed at reducing methane gas coming out of Weber County landfills, cutting down on harmful emissions, is moving forward six months after the pilot program was introduced. The project is a combined effort between the county and Ogden-based Qnergy
Continue Reading CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which honors civilians, “is actually much better” than the Medal of Honor, because service members who receive the nation’s highest military decoration are often wounded or awarded it posthumously. Trump was praising Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson,
Continue Reading AP Health Writer Many rural hospitals have closed in the last decade in the United States and a recent report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform says about 700 more are at risk of shuttering. Rural residents are more likely to die earlier than urban residents from things like heart disease, cancer
Continue Reading By Jenna Bree Click here for updates on this story HIGHLAND, Utah (KSTU) — Newly-released body camera video shows the efforts made by police officers to save a driver from being burned alive following a late night crash. Just after midnight on Aug. 8, Officer Austin Williams was on his way home from his shift
Continue Reading KSTU, LONE PEAK POLICE DEPARTMENT, AMERICAN FORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Jenna Bree Click here for updates on this story HIGHLAND, Utah (KSTU) — Newly-released body camera video shows the efforts made by police officers to save a driver from being burned alive following a late night crash. Just after midnight on Aug. 8, Officer
Continue Reading STOW, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man who got out of his car in the drive-thru lane of a fast-food restaurant in Ohio and fatally shot a woman in another vehicle before turning the gun on himself did not know the woman. Stow police Chief Jeff Film says a motive for the shooting may
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Mostafa Salem, Alex Marquardt, Ben Wedeman and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — International mediators are making an urgent push for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal next week after high-stakes negotiations in Qatar saw them put a fresh proposal to the warring parties. The “bridging proposal” presented on
Continue Reading AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission. Sweden has since announced it had found the first case of a new form of mpox previously only seen
Continue Reading By Amelia Mugavero, Doug Myers Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — Forty years after the brutal murder of UTA student Terri McAdams, investigators credit advanced technology and investigative genetic genealogy – which combines crime scene DNA with genealogical research – for the breakthrough that identified her killer. “We finally get
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The artist behind the iconic “Hope” poster that became a prominent symbol of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign has created similar artwork for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. Shepard Fairey’s new poster, titled “Forward,” features the Democratic nominee in shades of blue, contrasted by red lipstick. Harris is depicted
Continue Reading By Nicole Nielsen Click here for updates on this story KELLER, Texas (KTVT) — Griff’s Gifts, a beloved Keller boutique owned by a husband-and-wife duo passionate about toys and gifts, was just settling into its new store on Rufe Snow Drive after moving locations back in May. But early Monday morning, their sense of security
Continue Reading By Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — The Lincoln Unified School District in Stockton is not just cracking down on students who are using their cell phones this year, but also those who are caught vaping. “Honestly it would come in handy because practically every student in Lincoln
Continue Reading By Mamie Bah Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A man is charged with leading a sheriff deputy on a chase, crashing on Banksville Road then trying to carjack an elderly man. Headlights and front-end fragments from a car crash can be found at the intersection of McMonagle Ave and
Continue Reading By Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is now facing a federal injunction for violating workers’ rights in what has become the nation’s longest-running strike. Striking Post-Gazette employees gathered on the North Shore on Thursday afternoon to celebrate after the National Labor Relations Board filed
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