By Stephanie Gallman, CNN If your parents name you “Adventure,” they probably hoped you’d do some adventurous things. Sam Adventure Baker understood his assignment. The Colorado 8-year-old sets out Tuesday to become the youngest person to reach the summit of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park. The journey is expected to take four days
Continue ReadingCNN By Stephanie Gallman, CNN If your parents name you “Adventure,” they probably hoped you’d do some adventurous things. Sam Adventure Baker understood his assignment. The Colorado 8-year-old sets out Tuesday to become the youngest person to reach the summit of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park. The journey is expected to take four
Continue ReadingBy JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say two Dallas hospital employees were fatally shot over the weekend by a 30-year-old man who opened fire after accusing his girlfriend who had just given birth of infidelity. Police say 45-year-old Jacqueline Pokuaa and 63-year-old Katie Flowers were killed in Saturday’s shooting
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Faster and more widespread testing for chronic wasting disease in deer is now possible, due to a new partnership between the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story NEWBERRY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A young child died after the father brought the child to the Upstate and then called the child’s mother and threatened to hurt the child, according to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office. Newberry County authorities said they got a 911
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian military vessels searching for a missing infant in a migrant boat capsizing have instead found four decomposed adult bodies. Italian news reports said the cadavers discovered Monday apparently are from some other shipwreck and not the one Saturday that capsized near an uninhabited islet off Lampedusa. In that capsizing, a couple
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Cotter Click here for updates on this story KEENE, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Two people are dead after a plane crashed into a building in Keene on Friday night, according to the Keene mayor. Keene Mayor George Hansel said the plane crashed shortly after departure from the Dillant-Hopkins Airport. The plane hit a
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The father of Harmony Montgomery, a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 but was not reported missing until late last year, has been arrested on a charge of second-degree murder, authorities said at a news conference Monday. The murder charge against Adam
Continue ReadingBy Lee Anne Denyer Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A man is in the hospital Saturday after the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said he led deputies on a chase from Highway 99 to an East Sacramento neighborhood where he crashed into two homes. Just before 4 p.m., deputies observed
Continue ReadingBy Erin Heft Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Hiking the American Discovery Trail, which runs from Delaware to California, a man named Clay Chapman is on a mission to raise awareness for cancer, specifically breast cancer. After losing both of his parents to different types of the disease, Chapman
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Mosley Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An Oklahoma City police officer admitted he took cocaine from cars while on the job. Investigators said Dean Forbes told them he took what he called “trophies” from abandoned and stolen cars while working as an OKC officer. He claimed he
Continue ReadingBy TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit claiming that Indiana’s state treasurer violated state law by awarding contracts worth more than $6 million to firms linked to her political supporters. The lawsuit was filed by a former top office staffer whom Treasurer Kelly Mitchell fired in 2014.
Continue ReadingBy TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit claiming that Indiana’s state treasurer violated state law by awarding contracts worth more than $6 million to firms linked to her political supporters. The lawsuit was filed by a former top office staffer whom Treasurer Kelly Mitchell fired in 2014.
Continue ReadingBy Paul Petitte Click here for updates on this story VAN BUREN, Arkansas (KHBS) — A Van Buren woman returned home Saturday after being on a respirator for over a year and was told she may not live, following a battle with COVID-19. Dubbed the ‘miracle patient’, Diana Pease was in a nursing facility in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Oct. 24, 2022, about Justice Department prosecutions related to China, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the 13 Chinese nationals charged in the last week by the Justice Department were all men. The defendants include men and women.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or muscle pain tended to have a greater antibody response following vaccination, according to new research. Having such symptoms after vaccination is associated with greater antibody responses compared with having only pain or rash
Continue ReadingBy Viviana Lopez & Steve King Click here for updates on this story LAKE WORTH, Florida (WPBF) — A pilot is expected to survive after executing a hard plane landing Sunday afternoon. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirms a single-engine Piper PA32 made a forced landing in John Prince Park in Lake Worth around 4:30
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story LITTLETON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Littleton High School football player got the surprise of her life before Friday’s game when her older brother, who serves in the Marines in Arizona, walked onto the field. Jenna Kivlin, 18 plays left guard on the offensive line, opening
Continue ReadingBy Cornell W. Barnard Click here for updates on this story SAN RAFAEL, California (KGO) — A new social justice art display went up in the North Bay on Saturday. The public art piece created by local youth was installed in the wake of controversy, near the scene of a violent confrontation surrounding a mural
Continue ReadingBy KGO Staff Click here for updates on this story ATHERTON, California (KGO) — Investigators say they have removed a car that was found earlier this week buried in the backyard of a multi-million dollar mansion in Atherton. SKY7 flew over the hole on Stockbridge Avenue Saturday afternoon where it was empty. But it is
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