By Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story SKOWHEGAN, Maine (WMTW) — Two long-lost friends from the Army have just reconnected here in Maine. Ron Dumont, 72, of Skowhegan, and Richard Hightower, 73, of Bastrop, Texas, served together in the 43rd Artillery Delta Team in Blankenheim, Germany, in the 1970s. Dumont is related
Continue Reading By Erica Finke Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Shattered glass, boarded-up windows and drywall riddled with bullet holes: that’s the destructive aftermath of a shootout between police and a wanted man Thursday morning. A man who didn’t want to be identified shared the pictures with 12 News showing at least
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MARENGO, Ill. (AP) — A bull that escaped from an Illinois farm spent hours on the run before men on horseback finally lassoed the beast in a scene straight out of the Old West. The bull was captured Thursday evening after the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office warned in a Facebook post that “there is a
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By Amanda Davies and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Team USA star Oksana Masters was told by Paralympic officials that she needed to “cover up my Ukrainian heart stickers” before competing, the 19-time Paralympic medalist disclosed to CNN in an interview Friday. The Ukrainian-born para athlete told CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies that the alleged demand
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — To Erin Tridle, it felt as though the universe paved the way for her to meet the love of her life years before their actual meeting. “There was a lot of happenstance, fate, whatever you want to call it, that played into this,” is how Erin puts it to
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have levied a $33,000 fine on sports betting company bet365 for taking wagers on events in which the outcome was already known, and on games that were not approved for betting. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement revealed Wednesday that the company had numerous
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump plans to ban mortgages for undocumented immigrants, he said in a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday. Trump claimed the measure would help address housing affordability because a “flood” of people entering the country illegally are pushing up housing costs, but
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — The city of Paris wants to pay tribute to the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue in her honor. The proposal was announced by city mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday and will be discussed by elected city officials in October. Cheptegei died on Thursday at a Kenyan
Continue Reading By Zoie Henry Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — From Milwaukee to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Green Bay Packers fans at home and abroad are gearing up for the first NFL game in the country. 12 News spoke with a lifelong fan who is headed to Sao Paulo for the Packers’ first
Continue Reading By Megan Mellado Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Christian and Laurie Campbell are calling for change after they say a SWAT team with the Orlando Police Department raided their home in 2020, following what they say were false allegations that they were involved in an online chat about exchanging
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Estados Unidos ha detectado un aumento de la actividad militar rusa alrededor de cables submarinos clave y cree que Rusia ahora podría ser más propensa a llevar a cabo posibles operaciones de sabotaje destinadas a inhabilitar una pieza crítica de la infraestructura de comunicaciones del mundo, dijeron dos funcionarios estadounidenses
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CNN By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Jeremy Herb and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump lashed out at E. Jean Carroll and several other women who have accused him of sexual assault following a hearing in New York where the former president’s attorneys tried to convince a federal appeals court that he should
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after appearing in court for an appeal of a decision that found him liable for sexual abuse, Donald Trump stepped in front of television cameras Friday and brought up a string of past allegations of other acts of sexual misconduct, potentially reminding voters of incidents that were little-known or
Continue Reading By Dacia Johnson, Bob Hazen Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Her name is Macy and she spends her time comforting others. The therapy dog and her handler, Bear Berman, are heading to Georgia to help those who survived the deadly school shooting earlier this week. “Our mission is strength
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WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit park with baseball fields and picnic tables had an unusual addition this week. There was an open casket containing the body of a 97-year-old woman who used to live in Warren, Michigan. Police in Warren got calls from curious residents, especially after a photo was posted Tuesday on
Continue Reading By Emily Arseneau Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) — During an early morning call on Sept. 1, an El Paso County man confessed to a 911 operator that he had murdered his wife, Jian Chan. According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO), the victim’s body was discovered
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — What’s to say about a show featuring Mormon mom TikTok influencers, a sex scandal and Ben Affleck’s cousin? Plenty. Buckle in for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” which debuts Friday on Hulu. The series follows current and former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Continue Reading By Michael Logerwell Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) — A Douglas County Judge sentenced Matthew Krob to 12 years to life. Krob was previously found guilty on seven charges concerning a sexual assault at a resort in Larkspur in 2022. Krob is the former town attorney in Florence and
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By Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN (CNN) — While school administrators and parents focus on phone bans in schools as kids head back to school — and rightfully so — we also need to pay attention to the other places where phone use (and overuse) occurs. As a therapist who works with teenagers, I routinely hear from
Continue Reading By Karla Sosa Click here for updates on this story PARK COUNTY, Colorado (KRDO) — A Park County man is in the hospital after his cabin exploded. “He heard a boom in the back of his room like a big boom. So he went to go investigate to see what was going on. And he
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency says, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden’s signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — It’s early September – what should be the busiest stretch of hurricane season. Forecasters predicted this one was going to be bad: storm after storm, the most bullish forecasts on record. Instead, the Atlantic Ocean is enveloped in a rare and strange calm that has flummoxed forecasters and
Continue Reading By Jeramie Bizzle Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — An Illinois couple is celebrating big after winning $3 million in an instant scratch-off game, lottery officials announced on Friday. The couple bought the winning $30 “Titanium Black 7s” ticket at the Volume Liquors store at 382 Northwest Highway in Cary, Illinois
Continue Reading By Todd Feurer, Chrissy Amaya Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A missing cat from Chicago recently was found wandering around on the property of an animal sanctuary in Florida. Volunteers at Ladybug Farm Sanctuary in Odessa, northwest of Tampa, noticed the roaming cat had a collar. So they scanned her,
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When scientists attached a tag to a pregnant porbeagle shark in October 2020 to learn more about the creature’s habitat, they didn’t expect their tracker to capture evidence of how large sharks hunt one another. But when the tracker registered some unexpected activity in March 2021, the scientists realized
Continue Reading Ivonne Valdés (CNN Español) — Luego de más de una semana de bloqueos que afectaron las principales vías de Colombia, en protesta por el alza de precios del diésel, los representantes de las bases de los transportadores de carga llegaron a un acuerdo con el Gobierno de Gustavo Petro que permitió levantar el paro de transportistas
Continue Reading Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he was involved in sexual misconduct. In a statement released early Friday evening, the presidential palace said Lula considers the keeping the minister in his position to be unsustainable considering the nature
Continue Reading By Rebekah Nelson Click here for updates on this story POLK COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — A Polk County attorney was arrested after he was accused of depleting a client’s trust at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Jason Penrod was arrested last night on a first-degree felony charge of grand
Continue Reading By Christine Stanwood Click here for updates on this story GLENDALE, Arizona (KNXV) — On November 15, 2023, a Valley veteran and father of two was shot in the head while he was street preaching in Glendale. For months, Hans Schmidt has been recovering from the shooting — and now he’s ready to share his
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — US Steel is threatening to shutter a number of mills if the Biden administration blocks its sale to would-be Japanese buyer Nippon Steel. But another rival, Cleveland Cliffs, is offering to buy those mills from US Steel if President Joe Biden stops the deal. This week US
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