By Averie Klonowski Click here for updates on this story GRANTSVILLE, Utah (KSTU) — After a bit of a skeleton decoration scandal in Grantsville last year, the city has taken it upon itself to embrace Halloween decorations this year. The city asked businesses to put out their best skeleton decorations this year. And soon, residents
Continue Reading KSTU By Averie Klonowski Click here for updates on this story GRANTSVILLE, Utah (KSTU) — After a bit of a skeleton decoration scandal in Grantsville last year, the city has taken it upon itself to embrace Halloween decorations this year. The city asked businesses to put out their best skeleton decorations this year. And soon,
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By Eric Bradner and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is highlighting former President Bill Clinton’s comment Sunday that Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s death “probably wouldn’t have happened” if migrants, including her alleged killer, had “all been properly vetted.” Clinton’s remark came as he lambasted Trump for scuttling a bipartisan
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought has come to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back to China, a new pair of bears arrived late Tuesday morning. The three-year old
Continue Reading By WTVD Staff Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — Raleigh Police announced an arrest in a 1998 sexual assault case. RPD said 58-year-old David Lee Toney has been charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping, assault inflicting serious bodily injury and attempted first-degree sexual offense in the decades-old cold case. All
Continue Reading CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN Dujiangyan, China (CNN) — Two giant pandas are on their way from China to Washington’s National Zoo, kicking off a much-awaited return of the beloved bears to the American capital. Bao Li and Qing Bao, both three years old, left the giant panda research base in Dujiangyan, a city near
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is the favorite to win the Southeastern Conference men’s basketball championship this season, led by preseason player of the year Mark Sears. The Crimson Tide, ranked second in the AP’s preseason Top 25, are coming off the program’s first Final Four run. The SEC released preseason All-SEC teams and predictions
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A mission to study one of the solar system’s most promising environments that may be suitable for life has lifted off. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft — designed to explore its namesake, Jupiter’s moon Europa — launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Monday at 12:06 p.m. ET from NASA’s
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A mission to study one of the solar system’s most promising environments that may be suitable for life has lifted off. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft — designed to explore its namesake, Jupiter’s moon Europa — launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Monday at 12:06 p.m. ET from
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, Paula Newton and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Canada announced the expulsion of six Indian diplomats Monday, including the high commissioner, after the police accused agents of the Indian government of being linked to homicides, harassment and other “acts of violence” against Sikh separatists in the country. Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Expect to see fewer promotions at Starbucks. The coffee chain is scaling back promotional offers through its mobile app to get customers to pay full price for its coffees and teas, the Wall Street Journal first reported Monday and confirmed by CNN. The move is part of
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — At least half a dozen new lawsuits were filed Monday against musician and producer Sean Combs, accusing him of sexual assault against men, women and a 16-year-old boy. The suits were all filed anonymously by John Doe and Jane Doe plaintiffs in federal court in the Southern
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Hurricane Milton passed through Florida days ago, but the devastating storm is still causing chaos at gas stations. Hundreds of gas stations in Florida still don’t have gas, including roughly half of the stations in the hard-hit Tampa area. Floridians who are fortunate to access working gas
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by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersOctober 14, 2024 A former top prosecutor in the Walmart mass shooting case who has criticized District Attorney Bill Hicks has been subpoenaed by the defense to testify at a hearing into allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. Defense lawyers for mass murder suspect Patrick Crusius issued a subpoena on Oct. 3
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The Sahara does experience rain, but usually just a few inches a year and rarely
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Associated Press Florida’s government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters. The group promoting the ballot measure says the state is attempting to “silence voters.” The state contends that the ad is false and dangerous and that the
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian health ministry says a bus crashed and overturned on a highway in northeastern Egypt, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others. Students from the Suez-based Galala University were on board. Local media reported they were returning from their classes to their dormitory in Ain Sokhna resort, using the new Galala
Continue Reading Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson has contributed $1 million to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s political action committee. Adelson’s money is being used to fuel Kemp’s Hardworking Americans PAC, which is aimed at helping former President Donald Trump tap into a state where the Republican finds himself in a close battle
Continue Reading TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Three teen-aged boys have been arrested after a group of juveniles were accused of taking over a section of a hospital in Texarkana, authorities said. The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department responded Sunday to an emergency call from the Riverview Behavioral Hospital where several patients, described as unruly, had begun a riot
Continue Reading CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump suggested using the military to handle what he called “the enemy from within” on Election Day, saying that he isn’t worried about chaos from his supporters or foreign actors, but instead from “radical left lunatics.” “I think the bigger problem are the people from
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders. A naval ship departed on Monday with 16 men — 10 from Bangladesh and six from Egypt — who were rescued at sea after departing from Libya. Italy’s
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By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Air travelers have become all too accustomed to flight delays and cancellations lately. Air traffic controller shortages caused major issues during the US government shutdown, triggering the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate flight cuts. While those cuts have been lifted, the busy holiday season could spell more disruptions, particularly
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza have been arrested in a sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange. The protesters chanted “Let Gaza live!” and ”Up up with liberation, down down with occupation!” in front of the stock exchange’s landmark building in lower Manhattan on Monday. None
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America DALLAS, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing a little-known Democratic challenger who thinks he can sway conservatives frustrated by her extremism. Early voting started Tuesday in Georgia, where retired Army general and farmer Shawn Harris is challenging Green in an overwhelmingly Republican district. Harris says Greene is
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy. At least six lawsuits were filed against Combs in federal court in Manhattan, adding to a growing list of legal claims against the indicted
Continue Reading By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 14, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston, brace yourselves for a spooky, sky-high Halloween extravaganza at Lone Star Flight Museum! On Saturday, October 19th, 2024, the aviation museum opens its doors to welcome all the little witches, wizards, and superheroes to a unique,
Continue Reading Associated Press ELLENTON, Fla. (AP) — Florida counties hard hit by Hurricane Milton are returning to a semblance of normalcy with power being restored to most areas, gas stations reopening and students returning to school this week. Still, some neighborhoods remained without power Monday, and neighborhoods with many severely damaged homes and business will take
Continue Reading By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 24, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston Style Magazine was on the scene, and what a night it was! On Sunday, October 5th, the seventh annual Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association (HPFFA) Charitable Foundation Gala lit up the Royal Sonesta in the heart
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that they could be targeted by a militia, officials said, as the government response to Helene is targeted by runaway disinformation. The threats emerged over the weekend.
Continue Reading By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 14, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The dawn of autonomous trucking has finally arrived, revolutionizing transportation across the globe. As technology catches up to the sci-fi fantasies of self-driving vehicles, the race to develop the most efficient, safe, and scalable autonomous trucks is
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