By Jonah Gilmore Click here for updates on this story YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming (KETV) — An Omaha man and his wife are stuck in Montana as floods rage in Yellowstone National Park, leaving people trapped. Max Ridgway said what he’s seeing is like something out of a movie and he never thought a simple
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers The first COVID-19 shots for U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers moved a step closer Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisers gave a thumbs-up to vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for the littlest kids. The outside experts voted unanimously that the benefits of the shots
Continue ReadingBy Lee Anne Denyer Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The owners of Super Taco Mexican Restaurants in Sacramento and Elk Grove are sharing their experience with vandalism and burglary after one of their restaurants was hit twice in one week. “It’s been a week of madness,” said Julian Cervantes,
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Cryptocurrency is having a terrible week. And it’s only Wednesday. Still, long-term investors are shrugging off the extreme drops in the a value of digital coins and the breakdown of the exchanges that make them available to investors. Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, dropped to near $21,000 Wednesday. It’s
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By Alyse Jones Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Oklahoma families are caught in the middle of a fight between an insurance company and a local hospital group. United HealthCare no longer has a contract with OU Health. Now, families have to look for new places to go for care
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By Ariana Jaso Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — On Tuesday, dozens of Salinas residents flooded the building during the Salinas City Council meeting. People voiced their concern and made their message clear— they don’t want homeless housing put into their neighborhoods. Salinas resident Eduardo Torres said to city leaders,
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Bradley Cooper is opening up about his past drug and alcohol abuse and shared who helped him through some tough times. Cooper said when he was feeling lost and dealing with addiction early in his career, it was fellow actor Will Arnett who helped him recover. During a conversation on Arnett’s podcast
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Tensley and Nicole Chavez, CNN The recent arrests of 31 people accused of planning to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho might be perplexing to some, but White supremacy goes beyond just intolerance for certain racial groups. White supremacy has long been bound up with rigid views about gender, masculinity and sexuality.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to establish an infectious disease crisis management agency to better prepare for future pandemics. Kishida, marking the end of the current parliamentary session with weeks to go until July 10 national elections, says Japan has managed to significantly slow
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Bill Kirkos, Topher Gauk-Roger and Stella Chan, CNN Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, officials in the Southern California city said. “They were essentially ambushed while trying to keep a family safe,” El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona said. The officers
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By Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story New Mexico (KOAT) — New Mexico Top Organics-Ultra Health along with six medical patients have filed a class-action lawsuit against seven insurers in New Mexico. The lawsuit was filed for a failure to cover medical cannabis costs. The lawsuit seeks, “a determination that medical cannabis
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By KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KMBC) — There was a happy reunion Tuesday for a Lawrence boy and his scooter after it was stolen over the weekend. On Sunday, 7-year-old Brantley’s Lightning McQueen scooter was taken from outside the Walmart while his family was inside. Brantley is autistic
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN James Patterson, the best-selling crime and mystery novelist, apologized for saying that White men are kept from getting writing jobs due to “racism.” Patterson, who recently co-authored a book with Dolly Parton and this month published his autobiography, made the initial comment in an interview with the UK’s Sunday Times. Patterson said
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Independent booksellers are growing in number and becoming more diverse. Membership in the American Booksellers Association currently stands at just over 2,000. That’s its highest total in years and more than 100 over the previous summer. Dozens of new stores are owned by people of
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini have asked for both men to get 20-month suspended prison sentences. Blatter and Platini had faced sentences of up to five years for financial wrongdoing and forgery but actual jail
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell and Joe Sutton, CNN Extreme heat is forecast again for a large swath of the US on Wednesday, testing power grids and leaving nearly 100 million people from Michigan to northern Florida under heat warnings and advisories. Temperatures could soar as much as 20 degrees above average, pushing heat indexes well
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By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A devastating discovery on Milwaukee’s south side. Family members are grieving after crews recovered the body of a 10-year-old boy near Pulaski Park. The boy was swept into a drainage tunnel near 27th and Loomis. His father, and a Good Samaritan who
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Automakers have reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas. That’s according to new statistics from U.S. safety regulators. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cautioned Wednesday against using the numbers to compare automakers. The agency says it
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn and David Goldman, CNN Business After nearly 27 years, an iconic Microsoft product is finally being put to rest. Internet Explorer 11 is now incompatible with Microsoft products, as announced by the company in a blog post Wednesday. The move comes over a year after Microsoft first announced its intention to phase
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN They may have ended their engagement decades ago, but Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt still have love for each other. The former couple sat down for a chat that was published on Paltrow’s Goop site. In honor of Father’s Day, Paltrow brought up her late father, TV director Bruce Paltrow,
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