By Scott Reister, Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KCCI) — Des Moines’ Hoover High School football coach claims fans from Council Bluffs’ Thomas Jefferson High School threatened his players and used racial slurs after the game Friday night. The Des Moines and Council Bluffs school districts are now
Continue ReadingBy Phil Reed Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (KHBS) — A video sent to 40/29 by Arkansas State Police shows a man’s backpack bursting into flames after being tased by a state trooper with the Arkansas State Police. Thirty-eight-year-old Christopher Gaylor is in the hospital and expected to be ok.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US military conducted a successful test launch of a rocket with experiments for hypersonic weapons development at the Wallops Flight Test Facility in Virginia Wednesday. The rocket carried 11 different experiments designed to test and collect data for hypersonic weapons research to support the joint Army-Navy program,
Continue ReadingBy Jenyne Donaldson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A Maryland man who lost his thumb in a dog bite and never thought he’d get his dexterity back is recovering thanks to doctors in Baltimore. Doctors say dog bites in particular make lost limbs and fingers harder to reattach, but a
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Marseille paid the price for poor defending when it lost 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt but the last-place French team still has a chance of reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League. A win at home to Tottenham next Tuesday would seal a place in the knockout stage for the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN A sheriff in western Iowa says local, state and federal authorities are “actively investigating” in a rural area where a woman claimed her late father disposed of dozens of bodies of people he killed decades ago. “We are actively investigating this, and who wouldn’t?” Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope told CNN
Continue ReadingKETV By Chris Boyette, CNN A sheriff in western Iowa says local, state and federal authorities are “actively investigating” in a rural area where a woman claimed her late father disposed of dozens of bodies of people he killed decades ago. “We are actively investigating this, and who wouldn’t?” Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope told
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan advanced to the Champions League knockout stage and eliminated Barcelona in the process. Inter beat Viktoria Plzeň 4-0 to secure at least second spot in Group C with a match remaining. That consigned Barcelona to its second straight group-stage elimination even before it played
Continue ReadingBy WLKY Digital Team Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — More has been learned about the coal miner and his son caught on camera at the University of Kentucky’s Blue-White game that went viral. That picture really resonated with Coach John Calipari. He shared the picture of the man still
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid missed a penalty that was awarded after the final whistle as the Spanish club was eliminated from the Champions League following a 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen. Atlético twice recovered from a goal down against Leverkusen but needed to win to avoid its first group-stage exit for five years. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan is temporarily blocking the turnover of phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Kagan’s order Wednesday evening pauses anything from happening while an emergency appeal by GOP state chair
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of violating the constitutional rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs. Victor Hill had been suspended as Clayton County sheriff after his indictment last year. Prosecutors said
Continue ReadingBy KMBC 9 News Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A bridge under construction collapsed Wednesday afternoon in Clay County, killing one person. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said the collapse was reported at 1:44 p.m. at 148th Street and Shady Grove Road. The bridge spans Carroll Creek.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Cahill, a scholar of ancient languages and belief systems with a knack for popular storytelling who engaged history readers with such bestsellers as “How the Irish Saved Civilization” and “Desire of the Everlasting Hills,” has died at age 82. Travis Loller, a family friend and Associated Press writer, says that
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Tottenham had a last-gasp winner against Sporting Lisbon ruled out by VAR and had to settle for a 1-1 draw in the Champions League, meaning it faces a nervous final group game against Marseille to secure qualification to the round of 16. Harry Kane sparked huge celebrations when firing home deep into
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Ford and Volkswagen, two of the world’s largest automakers, are shutting down their joint effort to develop self-driving cars, the startup Argo AI. Ford said Wednesday that it had concluded that the large-scale profitable commercialization of self-driving cars was further out then expected. The company is still “optimistic” about a
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett wants to get his team’s offense going. He just wants to be smart about it. The Steelers are 31st in points and 30th in total offense through seven games. The inability to push the ball down the field is a big reason Pittsburgh is off to
Continue ReadingLAUREL, Neb. (AP) — A man charged with killing four people in a small northeast Nebraska town in August has been released from a hospital and moved to a jail. The Nebraska State Patrol says 42-year-old Jason Jones, of Laurel, was released from a Lincoln hospital and taken to a state Department of Corrections center
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The NBA has suspended Celtics forward Grant Williams for one game without pay for using inappropriate language and making contact with a referee. The league says he will serve the suspension when Boston hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. Williams was given a technical foul and ejected in the fourth quarter
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — “Kanye West, en medio de una polémica”. No importa cuándo leas esto. El popular rapero está en el ojo de la tormenta tras unos comentarios antisemitas que le costaron duras críticas y la pérdida de valiosos contratos, pero lo cierto es que este es apenas el último episodio de
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