KCRA By Carolina Estrada Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Rodents are not uncommon in Sacramento. And during hot temperatures, residents might spot rats more frequently. The Sacramento Canines Rat Annihilation Team (SCRAT) is a group of urban ratters that hunt for rodents around the city with their dogs. Emily
Continue Reading By Anahita Jafary Click here for updates on this story SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Red tape is blocking off the area where an attempted heist took place in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon. DeVons Jewelers in San Joaquin County’s Lincoln Village suffered thousands of dollars in damages after two suspects unsuccessfully smashed its
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By Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona man who was being sought for allegedly making threats against former President Donald Trump has been arrested, according to law enforcement. Ronald Syvrud, who is accused of threatening to kill Trump in multiple social media posts over the past couple of weeks, was taken
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced. The 5-4 order came after emergency
Continue Reading By Tom Garris Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A group of teens from New Hampshire are thousands of miles away in an effort to help Ukrainian children impacted by the war with Russia. “Our goal is just to kind of be the positive, happy, fun people that come
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando era niño y veía películas estadounidenses en Tailandia, el único sueño de Jack Titus era convertirse en estadounidense. Después de que el modelo lo hiciera realidad hace unos años con su traslado a Las Vegas, desarrolló un nuevo sueño: parecerse más a un estadounidense. Y para él, eso significaba unos
Continue Reading By Caroline Coleburn Click here for updates on this story HENRICO COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — Brett McCray has sold jewelry and antiques at his store Need-Ful Things & More on Pemberton Road in Henrico for the past seven years. “It was my dream,” said McCray. “I have five stars. I mean, people love me and
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Holmes Click here for updates on this story CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — A Chesterfield woman says she’s hit a dead end trying to get help after having a check worth thousands of dollars stolen from her mail. For years, Wanda Bass has paid her business’s quarterly taxes through the U.S. Postal Service.
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AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes donated $5 million to Texas Tech, his alma mater, on Thursday to help fund a $242 million renovation of the south end zone of Jones AT&T Stadium and the Dustin R. Womble Football Center. The school in Lubbock, Texas, said it would name
Continue Reading By Scott Sutton Click here for updates on this story MARTIN COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — No one was hurt after an Amtrak train smashed into a semi on the tracks near Indiantown, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. The collision occurred Thursday morning near the intersection of Southwest Warfield Boulevard and Southwest Amaryllis Avenue.
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two thieves swiped a ceremonial sword and a bullhorn from the office of St. John’s University Coach Rick Pitino, a spokesperson for the Catholic institution in the New York City borough of Queens said Thursday. Brian Browne said the theft happened Tuesday night shortly before 8 p.m. at the
Continue Reading Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades ambushed a police convoy in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding several others. Punjab police say the attack happened in the Rahim Yar Khan district on Thursday as the officers were patrolling a deserted area in search
Continue Reading By Leondra Head Click here for updates on this story CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (WTKR) — Chesapeake parents have just a few days to find a new daycare after learning Childtime daycare will be closing Friday, August 23. The center has been hit with several violations in the last few years, putting their operating license in doubt.
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gun rights activists are vowing to pursue repealing a gun bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey. The new statute includes a ban on hard-to-trace “ghost guns” and adds requirements to obtain a gun license. Gun rights advocates call the measure an “historic attack” on civil rights.
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed a controversial part of its recent verdict about the minority Ahmadis, apparently yielding to criticism from religious groups and clerics who had threatened nationwide protests. Thursday’s ruling was quickly praised by the Islamists who had earlier sought the resignation of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Esa for his
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads are expected to soon start rolling their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute. After Canadian National and CPKC failed to reach new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union by an overnight deadline early Thursday,
Continue Reading By Rushaad Hayward Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WMAR) — When you look at art, it should make you feel something. Especially art that isn’t in a frame or on a shelf. Jessy DeSantis hopes their work invokes a sense of joy. They just created a mural at Wolfe Street Academy
Continue Reading By Ryan Dickstein Click here for updates on this story BEL AIR, Maryland (WMAR) — After more than two years, justice for the family of Kayla Hamilton. Her killer on Wednesday pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to 70-years behind bars followed by five-years of supervised probation. On July 27, 2022, Hamilton’s
Continue Reading Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A local official says armed men killed at least 13 farmers in an attack in north-central Nigeria. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred in the state of Niger on Wednesday. Akilu Isyaku, a local government official, told a radio station that local herders and kidnappers
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By Tierney Sneed and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to revive parts of a Republican-backed Arizona law that could have barred thousands of voters from casting a ballot in the November presidential contest or voting by mail, but it permitted other controversial requirements of that law to take effect.
Continue Reading Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the challenge of deterring America’s adversaries should be “front and center” for the next president. McConnell advocated for maintaining a strong military and support for allies, especially in war-torn Ukraine. He made the comments in a speech Thursday in his home state of
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a favorable opinion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recent polls show, as allies of Donald Trump urge the independent presidential candidate to drop out and endorse the former Republican president. Americans have grown more negative about Kennedy in recent polls. Some polls
Continue Reading Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital Thursday placed the divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate under house arrest for 30 days, as prosecutors investigate a sprawling new case that involves allegations of human trafficking of minors and sex with a minor. The Bucharest Tribunal’s decision comes a day after prosecutors detained
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a 28-year-old Virginia mother who has been missing for over three weeks, has been charged with concealing a body in connection with her disappearance, which has received an outpour of community attention and prompted authorities to conduct hundreds of interviews and execute 10
Continue Reading Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says a state trooper who fatally shot a man at a psychiatric hospital in November shortly after the man killed a security guard was justified in using deadly force. The trooper, Nathan Sleight, fired at John Madore on Nov. 17 after Madore fatally
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Daniela Larreal Chirinos, a five-time Olympic cyclist who represented Venezuela over the course of a decade, has died. She was 51. Authorities in Las Vegas say she was found dead in her home Aug. 15 after a worried friend called for a welfare check. The coroner’s office says it is investigating
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Roughly seven months after setting sail for the US military’s troubled temporary pier mission off the Gaza coast, three US Army boats are expected to have to be hauled back to the US by contracted civilian vessels behind schedule, raising more concern about the state of the Army watercraft at the center
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections after she says she received a letter from a board investigator asking her to remove a “ballot selfie” from a post on X. The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Thursday. The lawsuit says Susan Hogarth voted
Continue Reading AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases. They found that only a few had a real impact — and those that did usually required someone to pay a price. The study
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As the need for effective global climate action becomes ever more urgent, a “first-of-its-kind” analysis has identified policies around the world that have done the most to rein in planet-heating pollution — with some surprising results. Researchers from several European climate institutions analyzed the effectiveness of 1,500
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