By Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A woman is facing federal charges after security agents discovered more than a dozen shirts soaked with methamphetamine inside of her luggage at LAX in nearly-November. According to court documents from the United States District Court, Myah Saakwa-Mante, a student
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AP Media Writer Chris Wallace says he’s leaving CNN after three years and, at age 77, is eager to see what a transformed media environment has to offer. “When I look at the media landscape right now, the people who are going independent, whether it’s podcasting or streaming, that seems to be where the action
Continue Reading By Laurie Perez Click here for updates on this story VENTURA COUNTY, Minnesota (KCAL, KCBS) — Nearly a week after the destructive Mountain Fire destroyed more than a hundred buildings and torched tens of thousands of acres of brush in Ventura County, firefighters are defending their response to the blaze as some residents return to
Continue Reading By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — For nearly 80 years, the remains of Kansas City native Elvis Spotts, a Merchant Marine wiper during World War II, lay buried on a remote island in the South Pacific. Spotts, who served as a mechanic on the SS Cape
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Update: Officials say all lanes are now back open. There is no word if anyone was injured in the collision. KVIA DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — Dona Ana County officials warn a “multiple-vehicle crash” is blocking all lanes at the intersection of NM 478 and Ohare Road right now. Officials explain on social
Continue Reading By Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story AMES, Iowa (KCCI) — A central Iowa couple is reflecting on the meaning of military brotherhood this Veterans Day, especially after a recent loss. Ron and Donna Fennema live in Ames. In October, Donna Fennema’s father, Sgt. Roland “Swede” Henry Meyer, died. He was 91
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Associated Press After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe. President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged during his most recent campaign to oppose a ban on the short-form video
Continue Reading By Katelyn Smith Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A man high on PCP and hallucinating jumped out of moving car, leaving it to crash into a home, before he tried to break into another house, Manheim Township police say. The incident happened Nov. 4 on the 400 block
Continue Reading By Bryce Oselen Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — Research shows that 82 percent of individuals released from state prisons were rearrested at least once following their release. Matt Bostic is the chaplain for the Birmingham Squadron and the vice president of Life House University, an organization created to help
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador international soccer player Marco Angulo has died at the age of 22, the Ecuadorian Football Federation said in a statement. “The Ecuadorian Football Federation expresses its deepest sympathy over the death of Marco Angulo, who with his talent and dedication defended the colours of our country at every
Continue Reading By Tony Atkins Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A Central Florida mother is raising concerns after her 13-year-old daughter was among the many people across the country who received a racist mass text message this week. The message, which shocked both Autumn McKnight and her mother, claimed that
Continue Reading Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia governor-elect Republican Patrick Morrisey will be sworn in Jan. 13. Morrisey, who has served as West Virginia’s attorney general since 2013, addressed the media on Tuesday for the first time since his Nov. 5 victory speech. He won his race against Democrat Steve Williams, the mayor of
Continue Reading By Michelle Meredith Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Troy Edwards’ dream of making a living with his new grapple truck was shattered when it was stolen in broad daylight. “Somebody wanted it more than I did,” Edwards said. Edwards bought the gigantic grapple truck just weeks ago, hoping
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Kum & Go, the Midwestern gas station chain that gained national fame for the immature snickers its name often receives, is making a change. Maverik, a rival chain that bought Kum & Go in 2023, announced that it’s in “process of rebranding Kum & Go stores, with
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy. Since Election Day, investors have sent prices zooming for stocks of banks, fossil-fuel producers and other companies expected to benefit from Trump’s preference for lower tax rates
Continue Reading Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — In 1965, a Norwegian woman gave birth to a baby girl in a private hospital. Seven days later she returned home with a baby. When the baby developed dark curls that made her look different from herself, Karen Rafteseth Dokken assumed she just took after her husband’s mother. It
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El secretario de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana de México, Omar García Harfuch, informó este martes que una de las 10 personas que fallecieron en el hecho de violencia reportado el sábado en un bar de Querétaro, en el centro del país, “está relacionado con una célula delictiva”, que también integraría
Continue Reading The Texas Tribune When Victoria Elizondo first went to see a doctor about her symptoms at Legacy Community Clinic, a low-cost clinic in Houston, she didn’t know what was wrong with her but she knew something wasn’t right. Her hands would shake uncontrollably, her heart would beat fast even while resting and she suffered from
Continue Reading Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot three planes and the United Nations also Tuesday temporarily suspended flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country. Bullets hit a Spirit Airlines plane when it was about to land
Continue Reading By Luana Munoz Click here for updates on this story POLK COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A local firefighter’s quick action at SeaWorld over the Fourth of July weekend saved the life of a newborn baby from Polk County. Sarah Love, her husband and their six children, including their newborn son Lincoln, were enjoying a day
Continue Reading AP Technology Writer Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago. The expansion comes eight months after Waymo began offering rides in Los Angeles
Continue Reading By Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — Hennepin County will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit following the death of Lucas Bellamy. Lucas Bellamy was an inmate at the Hennepin County Jail at the time of his death in July 2022. The settlement is believed to
Continue Reading Associated Press SALEM, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has granted prosecutors a 30-day extension in which to bring formal charges against the driver accused of killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, while they were cycling in August. The judge granted the extension for prosecutors to indict Sean M. Higgins
Continue Reading By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story MENOMONIE, Wisconsin (WCCO) — An 84-year-old Owatonna man was arrested last week for a murder that took place 50 years ago in western Wisconsin. On Monday afternoon, Dunn County investigators and a New Jersey genealogy lab discussed what it took to track down Jon K.
Continue Reading QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has left 15 dead and 14 injured at Ecuador’s largest prison. The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has been the site of frequent riots and mass killings. Prison officials provided few details about what triggered the violence Tuesday but said security forces had been
Continue Reading By Dan Snyder and Casey Kuhn Click here for updates on this story LAWNSIDE, New Jersey (KYW) — It was last Thursday when Dawn Hines got a call from her neighbor, telling her that someone had vandalized her fence in Lawnside, New Jersey. But Hines was shocked when she saw a photo the neighbor sent
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in Minnesota say a man shot and killed by police was being sought in the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man killed as 36-year-old Mychel Allan Stowers. He was shot Saturday in St. Paul. Two officers involved in the shooting
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James” has received yet another literary nomination. Everett’s reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, $5,000 honors for fiction and nonfiction presented by the American Library Association. “James” already is a finalist for the National Book
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases emerging in the newest data. Overall, CDC scientists say, there’s evidence that the nation’s STI epidemic may be slowing
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing’s most immediate problem – an eight-week strike by 33,000 workers – is over. But its more serious problems – ongoing massive losses, quality and safety problems – are as bad as ever, and could even get worse. The last of those strikers return to work on
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