CNN By Eric Bradner and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance on Thursday defended Donald Trump’s false comments about Kamala Harris’ racial identity, saying that it was “totally reasonable” for his ticket mate to describe the vice president as someone who “pretends to be somebody different, depending on the audience she’s talking
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story CLINTON, Mississippi (WAPT) — The City of Clinton is reminding everyone to look both ways when crossing railroad tracks after a collision involving a United Parcel Service truck and a train. According to Director of Communications Marlee Price, the UPS truck was struck by a
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The Texas Tribune When a spate of wildfires tore across the Texas Panhandle in February and scorched 20,000 acres of Craig Cowden’s ranch near Skellytown, he decided he had had enough. Cowden took on a second unofficial job: looking for possible fire hazards on his family land, including checking on the electric lines that power
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to running an illegal gambling business, U.S. authorities announced Thursday. Mathew Bowyer’s business operated for at least five years in Southern California and Las Vegas and
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey says she is pressing Steward Health Care to adhere to a state Department of Public Health regulation that hospital owners must give 120 days notice before any medical facility can close in Massachusetts. Healey made the comment Thursday, a day after a bankruptcy judge allowed Steward’s decision
Continue Reading By Helena Arjona Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville-based nonprofit is helping disabled children in Peru. SOS and Medical Ministries International are partnering to fill a 40-foot container with medical equipment that will be shipped to Peru on Wednesday. The equipment includes hundreds of wheelchairs and walkers for
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Casas destruidas, saqueos y un deseo de venganza. Un exreservista de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) dio a conocer en entrevista con CNN una grave mala conducta por parte de las fuerzas israelíes en Gaza y una falta de disciplina en la estructura de mando. Yuval Green,
Continue Reading By Erin Holly Click here for updates on this story PORT ARANSAS, Texas (KRIS) — A shrimp boat, called “Second Chance,” washed ashore just north of Horace Caldwell Pier in Port Aransas around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning. The three adults and two dogs aboard the “Second Chance” boat were rescued. No injuries were reported. According
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Norma Galeana and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Alleged Sinaloa cartel cofounder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared Thursday in federal court in Texas for his latest hearing since his arrest a week ago in an intrigue-packed case centered on one of the world’s most powerful and deadly drug trafficking organizations. In the seven-minute
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — It’s as if Joyce Valencia could still hear Saint Oscar Romero’s voice. “I met him when I was a little girl,” the 61-year-old Salvadoran said. “We used to gather around our radio with our grandma to listen to him. And, even now, listening to him encourages us
Continue Reading By Giacomo Luca Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI, Ohio (WLWT) — A Greater Cincinnati coalition has lodged a civil rights complaint over the multi-billion-dollar Brent Spence Corridor Project, saying the project significantly impacts neighborhoods in Covington and Cincinnati. The $3.6 billion project will widen lanes interstate traffic lanes and build a double-decker
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KMBC) — Destiny Randle and Moses Bass could face life in prison after their 3-year-old son fell through a window and plunged eight stories to his death. The couple has been charged with endangering the welfare of their child. Randle and Bass appeared
Continue Reading By Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Robert Courtney, a former pharmacist convicted of diluting medications for thousands of patients, has been released early from prison. Courtney, 71, was released from a facility in Colorado and will be transferred to home confinement. Courtney, who admitted to diluting
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La liberación por Rusia del periodista del diario The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, del ex infante de Marina estadounidense Paul Whelan y de la periodista rusoestadounidense Alsu Kurmasheva es motivo de celebración. Los tres fueron liberados como parte de un amplio intercambio de prisioneros en el que también fueron liberados
Continue Reading Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city of Spokane, Washington, on Thursday, alleging that its anti-camping laws violate the state constitution. It is believed to be the country’s first such legal challenge since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that cities can enforce outdoor sleeping bans. The court’s landmark decision —
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A district attorney in North Carolina has concluded that law enforcement officers were justified in their use of deadly force against a gunman who killed four officers in April. Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather said in a report released Thursday that there was “no question” the officers were
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Protests erupted in multiple cities across Nigeria Thursday as frustrated citizens took to the streets, voicing their anger over increasing hunger and “bad governance.” The demonstrations are part of a larger wave of unrest spreading across Africa in places such as Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and now
Continue Reading AP National Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — It wasn’t the medal Katie Ledecky would’ve preferred. Still, it was good enough for the record books. On a night when Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh romped to another victory and Kate Douglass claimed a gold for the Americans, Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stellar career to
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The head of the new governing body that hopes to run the next Olympic boxing tournament says he strongly supports the IOC’s policies at the Paris Olympics. He urged those without deep understanding of gender identity issues to leave those discussions to medical professionals and scientists. World Boxing
Continue Reading By Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore suited up in a Terrapins jersey and went to football practice Wednesday in College Park. Moore led the football team in exercises and participated in team drills. “Get you a Governor that can ball,” the Maryland football
Continue Reading By Miyah Tucker Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Two juveniles were injured after a car crashed into a dance studio Thursday morning in Anne Arundel County, police said. Captain Jenny Macallair stated a 911 called was made around 8:47 a.m. reporting a vehicle drove into a dance studio on
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, Tami Luhby and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bipartisan tax package that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and restored some business tax benefits. The bill failed to advance in a procedural vote of 48-44, short of the 60 it required to succeed.
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KDKA) — A portion of Graffiti Pier in Philadelphia partially collapsed into the Delaware River on Wednesday morning, officials said. A video from a Ring camera shows the former public art space collapsing into the river. The U.S. Coast Guard said it received a
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has awarded two Ukrainian athletes with the Grand Vermeil Medal, the French capital’s highest distinction, as a move of solidarity amid the 2024 Olympics. Ukrainian rower Anastasiia Kozhenkova and diver Oleksii Sereda received the medal Thursday. Both have finished their competitions at the Olympics already. They
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — The driver who authorities say plowed his SUV into a Long Island nail salon Friday, killing four people and injuring nine others, told police he had consumed 18 beers the night before the accident, according to CNN affiliate WABC. Steven Schwally, 64, was intoxicated when he drove his SUV into Hawaii Nail & Spa. When
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the drunk driver who killed four people and injured nine more when he crashed his SUV into a Long Island nail salon was driving 78 mph at the time of the crash. Steven Schwally pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a 38-count indictment charging him with murder,
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — La gimnasta estadounidense Simone Biles lo volvió a conseguir: obtuvo una nueva medalla de oro este jueves, su segunda en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, ahora en la final individual femenina completa de la gimnasia artística. En cuatro rotaciones que nos entregaron una final épica, Biles terminó en el primer
Continue Reading TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says two Belarusian journalists who worked for news outlets that the country’s authoritarian government has declared extremist have been sentenced to prison terms. Viasna said on Thursday that reporter Ales Sabaleuski was sentenced to four years and cameraman Yauhen Hlushkou to three years. The convictions in a
Continue Reading EL PASO,Texas (KVIA)– Parents, faculty and students kicked off the back to school celebration at Andress High School. The back to school fiesta was the last of a series of events for the 2024-25 school year. El Paso ISD Superintendent Diana Sayavedra stopped by Andress, Chapin and Austin high school to meet with people in
Continue Reading AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. She looked to her husband Jonathan Owens in the stands. Lost in the moment. And maybe a touch frantic. The American gymnastics star knew she was trailing Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour through two rotations during the Olympic all-around final Thursday.
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