Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state legislative committee chairman was removed from his position by chamber leadership after being charged with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct. Republican Sen. Mike Maroney, formerly head of the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, was arrested on the two misdemeanors after an Aug. 4 incident
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AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent. Earlier
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By Gregory Krieg and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris may be done with Medicare for All, but Medicare for All – with a new nudge from former President Donald Trump – isn’t done with her. The Trump campaign on Wednesday attacked Harris over her past support for a move to the single-payer, government-run
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican millionaire businessman Eric Hovde and Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin are wasting no time going after one another. Hovde easily captured the GOP nomination Tuesday, officially setting the field in Wisconsin’s closely watched Senate race. The seat in battleground Wisconsin is essential for Democrats to win if they hope
Continue Reading Associated Press The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup. The illnesses are described in a report obtained by The Associated Press from one of the environmental contractors. CTEH says in the report that headaches and nausea were
Continue Reading OZARK, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama district judge who presides over cases in juvenile court was suspended after a state-led investigation that looked at hundreds of cases and took over a year to complete. A panel that investigates ethics accusations against judges filed a complaint against Dale County district judge Stuart Smith on Monday. Smith
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden asked the U.S. ambassador to Italy for help regarding an energy project a Ukrainian gas company was pursuing while his father was vice president, according to The New York Times. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, wrote a letter to the ambassador in 2016 seeking assistance for Burisma, which
Continue Reading AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official warned that the central bank needs to cut its key interest rate before the job market weakened further or the Fed would risk moving too late and potentially imperil the economy. In an interview with The Associated Press, Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water is the subject of an article in the August issue of Texas Monthly about the water utilities efforts to diversify and expand the region’s water supply. Part of Texas Monthly’s “Who’s Wasting Our Water” series, the article focuses on EPW’s work towards increasing water recycling, event to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol, and Immigration Customs Enforcement agents, among others, continue to find stash houses across the Borderland. With stash houses recently found inside homes and even short-term rentals, the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations told ABC-7 that HSI El Paso special agents have discovered more than 20
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Todo cambió en el momento en que Kenneth Harl vio por primera vez a Sema Tekgul. “Sentí instantáneamente amor a primera vista”, cuenta Kenneth hoy a CNN Travel. “Esto fue muy extraño para mí, porque había estado soltero toda mi vida, muy dedicado a mi docencia y a mi investigación, y
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By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, California (KGO) — What appeared to be a family of mountain lions was spotted on Monday morning at the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. A runner then took video of the lions where the Courdet Trail meets the Ridge Line Trail. The video was shot
Continue Reading KGO, DAVOR DESANCIC, CNN By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, California (KGO) — What appeared to be a family of mountain lions was spotted on Monday morning at the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. A runner then took video of the lions where the Courdet Trail meets the Ridge Line Trail.
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Associated Press Not all officer video from the the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022 was given to news organizations following a court order, police said Wednesday as they announced an internal investigation into why the material was not discovered until after a large trove of footage was released over the weekend. A large collection
Continue Reading Associated Press A white Florida woman told investigators she fired a shot through her door at a Black neighbor because she panicked as the other woman pounded heavily on her door and threatened her amid an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s children. That’s according to a video statement played Wednesday in court at the manslaughter
Continue Reading OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — An animal cruelty investigation in Mississippi has resulted in one arrest. The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department says deputies responding to a tip found 10 dogs dead at a home Aug 4. They were still attached to their collars and chains. An additional 20 dogs were taken to a veterinarian’s office. Many
Continue Reading MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A suburban New York county has officially banned people from wearing masks in public except for health or religious reasons. The shift comes as authorities seek to stop violent protesters from obscuring their identities. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the bill Wednesday. He called the legislation a “bill that protects
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US government renewed calls for the Syrian government to work with them to release Austin Tice on the 12th anniversary of the American journalist’s abduction. “We have repeatedly pressed the government of Syria to work with us so that we can, at last, bring Austin home. Today, I once
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Ciudad Juarez authorities continue to look for the people that shot and killed two men on the streets of a residential neighborhood. Juarez authorities say the two men were driving in a Porche when they were shot in the Campestre neighborhood early Monday morning. Officials have identified the victims as 27-year-old Carlos Alberto
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A group of Republican state attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over a federal effort to expand access to voter registration. The lawsuit targets an executive order issued by President Joe Biden in March 2021 that directed the heads of all federal agencies to submit proposals for their
Continue Reading By Erin Miller Click here for updates on this story HAMPTON, Virginia (WTKR) — Imagine going into a store, picking something off the shelf, and leaving with it for free. In most cases, that’s not reality — unless you are a service member shopping at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The base is one of many across
Continue Reading WTKR By Erin Miller Click here for updates on this story HAMPTON, Virginia (WTKR) — Imagine going into a store, picking something off the shelf, and leaving with it for free. In most cases, that’s not reality — unless you are a service member shopping at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The base is one of many
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal for a shared silver medal after she was disqualified from an Olympic final for missing weight has been rejected by the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Paris. The court announced the decision Wednesday. The Indian Olympic Association’s President, P.T. Usha, expressed shock and
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By Maya Davis, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency. WHO convened its emergency committee amid concerns that a deadlier strain of the virus, clade Ib, had reached four previously unaffected countries in Africa. This strain had previously been contained to the Democratic Republic of
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La Piedra del Altar de Stonehenge, que se encuentra en el corazón del antiguo monumento en el sur de Inglaterra, probablemente fue transportada a más de 700 kilómetros desde lo que hoy es el noreste de Escocia hace casi 5.000 años, según una nueva investigación. Los hallazgos de un
Continue Reading By Brady Caskey Click here for updates on this story EMMETT, Idaho (KIVI) — The community of Emmett came together Tuesday night at a benefit concert to raise money for firefighters and those impacted by the Paddock Fire. Local bands played at the Emmett City Park Band Shell for hours, collecting donations from the community.
Continue Reading AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA said Wednesday it’s still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space Station until early next year and send their troubled Boeing capsule back empty. Rather than flying Boeing’s Starliner back to Earth, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would catch a ride on SpaceX’s
Continue Reading By Craig Smith Click here for updates on this story MARANA, Arizona (KGUN) — A father kept calling for any sign an ambulance crew was able to save his two year old daughter after hours in a hot car. That’s part of what police body camera video shows in the case of Christopher Sholtes—-who’s facing
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In the United States 36 million children are exposed to double the number of heatwaves compared to 60 years ago, and 5.7 million are exposed to three times as many, according to a new UNICEF analysis. Using a comparison between the 1960s and the 2020-2024 average, the analysis issues a
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