MIAMI (AP) — A Las Vegas couple says they were removed from a plane and arrested at Miami International Airport after other passengers complained about the man’s bleeding head following a hair transplant surgery. Miami-Dade police say the 27-year-old man and 32-year-old woman had already boarded an American Airlines flight to Las Vegas on Tuesday
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal jury has decided the city of New Orleans owes $1 million to a teenage sexual assault victim who was befriended by a city police officer and further abused by him. New Orleans news outlets reported the verdict Wednesday in the case of an officer who authorities say pretended to
Continue Reading EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) — A 14-year-old Detroit-area girl and her 17-year-old boyfriend have been charged as adults with conspiracy to commit first-degree premeditated murder in a plot to kill the girl’s mother. The Macomb County prosecutor’s office says Thursday that the 17-year-old is accused of of entering the family’s Eastpointe home through an opened door
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — Lionsgate retiró el tráiler de la próxima película de Francis Ford Coppola “Megalopolis” después de confirmar que algunas reseñas de los críticos de cine incluidas en el avance eran inventadas. La película, un proyecto apasionante para Coppola, está protagonizada por Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf, Giancarlo Esposito y Grace VanderWaal. Se inspiró “vagamente
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By Pepper Purpura Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Metro area school districts are reporting thousands owed in lunch account balances as the first day of school approaches, spurring efforts to pay down balances before the start of school. Since the pandemic, child nutrition expert Kaitlyn Scheuermann said school
Continue Reading KCCI By Pepper Purpura Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Metro area school districts are reporting thousands owed in lunch account balances as the first day of school approaches, spurring efforts to pay down balances before the start of school. Since the pandemic, child nutrition expert Kaitlyn Scheuermann said
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier. Figures released Thursday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos and two online operations
Continue Reading 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 Iniguez,
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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.
Continue Reading 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
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