By PETER ROSEN Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — It’s estimated Americans will throw out more than 200 million pounds of perfectly good turkey meat this year, most of it after Thanksgiving. Statistics like that prompted a Utah business executive to leave her career a few years ago
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — An argument over free-ranging pigs in one Western North Carolina town led to a shooting and now a minimum 23-year prison sentence for one man. District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced on Monday that a Jackson County jury returned
Continue ReadingBy Peter Salter Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Three Nebraska deer hunters were shot by members of their own hunting parties over the weekend, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reported. On Sunday, the last day of Nebraska’s rifle-deer season, a 20-year-old Indianola man was seriously injured
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Freshman Kiki Rice scored 18 points and Gina Conti added 16 to help No. 20 UCLA hold off Marquette 66-58 in overtime to win the Battle 4 Atlantis championship. Chloe Marotta scored 15 points to lead the Golden Eagles, and Jordan King had just
Continue ReadingUNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Sun hired Stephanie White to be their new head coach on Monday. White succeeds Curt Miller, who left to coach Los Angeles last month. She has a combined 15 seasons of experience as a player and coach in the WNBA, most recently as the head coach of the Indiana
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a University of New Mexico student conspired with two other students and a teenage girl to lure a visiting New Mexico State University basketball player onto campus, leading to a shootout that left the UNM student dead and the player wounded. The investigation of the weekend shooting continues Monday.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Mark Parsons has been named the new head coach of the Washington Spirit, returning to the team he led from 2013 to 2015. Parsons most recently served as head coach of the Dutch women’s national team. He parted ways with the team in August after it failed to defend its title
Continue ReadingBy Bryant McCray Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — On Nov. 8, 9-year-old Essence Collier from Racine saved her classmate from choking. Collier, a 4th grader at Fratt Elementary School, was having lunch with the rest of her classmates when she noticed her friend was choking on a chip. “Trying
Continue ReadingBy Dylan Fearon Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Thanksgiving is just around the corner and there are people who desperately need help. Some people don’t know where their next meal is coming from and Connecticut Foodshare is trying to change that. They have boxes stuffed with turkeys thanks to
Continue ReadingBy FOX 12 Staff Click here for updates on this story GRASS VALLEY Oregon (KPTV) — The town of Grass Valley is under an evacuation notice until at least Monday morning, due to a fire in a hemp manufacturing plant that started Sunday afternoon, according to the Sherman County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. Just after
Continue ReadingMEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Aviation authorities say a small plane has crashed in a neighborhood in the central Colombian city of Medellín, killing eight people on board. They say the aircraft crashed Monday after taking off from the Olaya Herrera Airport. The victims were identified as six passengers and two crew members. It was not
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Al menos 16 personas resultaron heridas y una perdió la vida luego de que un automóvil atravesó una tienda de Apple en Hingham, Massachusetts, según informó este lunes el fiscal del condado de Plymouth, Tim Cruz, en una rueda de prensa. La policía identificó a Kevin Bradley, de 65 años, de
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s government has introduced legislation to ease the European Union’s strictest anti-abortion law and allow the procedure in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk. It is taking action after a headline-grabbing case involving an American tourist who miscarried and was airlifted
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a University of New Mexico student conspired with two other students and a teenage girl to lure a visiting New Mexico State University basketball player onto campus, leading to a shootout that left the UNM student dead and the player wounded. The investigation of the weekend shooting continued Monday.
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Auditors in Iraq have uncovered a massive scheme in which a network of businesses and officials embezzled some $2.5 billion from the country’s tax authority, despite layers of safeguards. The scandal poses an early test for Iraq’s new government, which was formed late last
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Auditors in Iraq have uncovered a massive scheme in which a network of businesses and officials embezzled some $2.5 billion from the country’s tax authority, despite layers of safeguards. The scandal poses an early test for Iraq’s new government, which was formed late last
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Fischer Click here for updates on this story CHANNELVIEW, Texas (KTRK) — A man was shot to death inside his bedroom in Channelview overnight and investigators are working to figure out what led up to the shooting. Harris County sheriff’s deputies said the man’s father called 911 after hearing gunshots. Investigators are relying
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Colombian government and the South American country’s largest remaining guerrilla group have resumed peace negotiations, breaking a roughly four-year hiatus during which the rebels have expanded the territory where they operate. Neighboring Venezuela on Monday hosted representatives of the National Liberation Army and the government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two people survived a small plane crash on Sunday after losing power in northwest Harris County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The video above is ABC13’s 24/7 livestream. Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies said the call came
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Kyung Lah, CNN Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates was moved to an undisclosed location on Election Day due to threats to his safety, his spokesperson on Monday confirmed to CNN. Gates, a Republican, plays a prominent role in administering elections for Arizona’s largest county. During the midterms, he
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