JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — City officials in Jackson, Mississippi, say residents must boil their drinking water due to water lines bursting in the frigid temperatures. City officials urged residents in a Christmas Day statement to “check your businesses and churches for leaks and broken pipes, as these add up tremendously and only worsen the problem.”
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is transferring from Clemson to Oregon State, he announced on social media. Uiagalelei entered the transfer portal two weeks ago after an up-and-down two seasons as Clemson’s starter. He has two years of eligibility remaining. “Next stop … Corvallis,” he tweeted Saturday, along with a picture showing himself
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is transferring from Clemson to Oregon State, he announced on social media. Uiagalelei entered the transfer portal two weeks ago after an up-and-down two seasons as Clemson’s starter. He has two years of eligibility remaining. “Next stop … Corvallis,” he tweeted Saturday, along with a picture showing himself
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN All of the people feared missing after an avalanche Sunday near the mountainous villages of Lech and Zurs in Austria have been found alive, according to the Austrian Press Agency (APA). Four have been injured, including one seriously, it reported. A final sweep of the area will be done on
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky pidió a los ucranianos que tengan “paciencia y fe” tras un desafiante discurso navideño después de que una ola mortal de ataques rusos golpeara la ciudad sureña de Jersón. Diez meses después de la guerra de Rusia contra Ucrania, Zelensky habló de perseverancia
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Linder Click here for updates on this story DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A family in Derry Township is mourning the loss of a loved one after a deadly fire on Christmas Eve. Bradenville Fire Chief Mark Piantine said they got the call right before 5 p.m. Saturday for a house fire off
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH KLIGER Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — As people woke up Christmas Day, worshipers from all over the world had already come to St. Patrick’s Cathedral for Christmas Day Mass. It was a frigid morning, but that didn’t stop faithful worshipers from coming to Christmas Day Mass, the
Continue ReadingSHALIMAR, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in the Florida Panhandle was fatally shot Christmas Eve during a standoff with a suspect who was being served a warrant. Timothy Price-Williams has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the killing Saturday of Cpl. Ray Hamilton in Fort Walton Beach. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL, KCBS) — The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland through Christmas Day due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban
Continue ReadingBy BARRY PETERSEN Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — All Megan Fante of Denver had was a kitchen and an idea. Now, Fante is making as many as 2,000 caramel apples a year that sell for $10 each. Her efforts have netted between $10,000 to $20,000 a year that she’s donated
Continue ReadingBy ALEX KELLER Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN (KTVT) — A Texas A&M student who went missing just over a week ago has been found dead in Austin, a spokesperson for his family announced on social media Saturday. According to police, Tanner Hoang, 22, of Flower Mound, was found deceased near the
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — At least seven people are wounded in shootings across the city over the Christmas weekend. The ages of the victims range from 17 to 55. In the first shooting of the holiday weekend, a 55-year-old man was struck in the hand by
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 16-year-old boy was shot in Baltimore City on Christmas Eve, police say. At approximately 7:11 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 1600 block of Bolton Street. When officers arrived at the location, they searched the area for
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Al menos 27 personas han muerto en el condado de Erie, Nueva York, como resultado de una tormenta invernal masiva que asoló gran parte de Estados Unidos en los últimos días, dijeron funcionarios del condado este lunes, lo que elevó el número de muertos en todo el país a 49. El número actualizado
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Rapper Meek Mill has paid bail for 20 women so that they can spend the holidays at home, according to the REFORM Alliance, an organization he launched in 2019 alongside Jay-Z. The women were incarcerated at Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia and were unable to afford bail, according to an Instagram
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts revealed the unvarnished truth in their own words this week. After back-to-back historically poor performances, they described it as embarrassing. On Monday night, nine days since allowing the largest comeback in NFL history, the Colts hope to deliver a memorable rebound performance on
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has refused to throw out criminal charges against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. The judge last week disagreed with Gillum’s assertions that he was the victim of selective prosecution because he was a Black candidate for governor. Gillum and a colleague were indicted earlier this
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Ehsan Popalzai, Sahar Akbarzai, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least half a dozen major foreign aid groups have said they are temporarily suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work. “We cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A dog abandoned at the San Francisco airport has found a forever home with a United Airlines captain, according to the San Francisco SPCA. A pup named Polaris had arrived to San Francisco with a traveler from an international destination. But the dog was abandoned at the airport when “the customer
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus drop-offs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The
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