By WLKY Digital Team Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville woman celebrated an incredible milestone this weekend. On Saturday, Effie Nipper turned 103-years-old. Dozens of her family members and friends came out to help her celebrate. When asked what her secret was for living such a long life,
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BOURNE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — The Cape Cod Canal was closed for more than five hours while a female North Atlantic right whale and her calf were escorted as they swam through the canal. A spokesperson for the Massachusetts Environmental Police department said the canal was
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN One maker said it is responding to high demand for the morning-after pill, after the US Supreme Court last year ended a constitutional right to abortion, by speeding up availability of the emergency contraceptive in retail stores and introducing a new two-count pack. Julie launched as a one-step tablet of emergency
Continue ReadingBy Ted Wayman Click here for updates on this story MEDFORD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — The members of the Boston Marathon team running in memory of 2013 bombing victim Krystle Campbell gathered in Campbell’s hometown of Medford on Saturday and met with the University of Massachusetts students they are helping by taking part in the big
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The manufacturer of eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of serious bacterial infections in the US, including at least three deaths, did not follow proper protocol to prevent contamination of its products, according to an inspection report published Friday by the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA
Continue ReadingALBURGH, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say an autopsy has determined that a 60-year-old spectator who died after being involved in a brawl at a middle school basketball game in late January died of an acute cardiac event. Police say Russell Giroux, of Alburgh, died Jan. 31 at a St. Albans hospital over two
Continue ReadingBy Quanecia Fraser Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Usually, you hear reports of package thefts a lot around the holidays. But one Omaha woman fell victim in the month of March. Vanessa Papesh’s Ring camera was rolling as a thief took four packages from her porch. And it’s affecting
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Bairin and Joseph Ataman, CNN Residents of Paris have voted in favor of banning rental electric scooters from the French capital. Almost 90% of those who turned out on Sunday for a referendum organized by the Paris mayor’s office voted for the ban. The turnout was very low, however, with only 7.46% of
Continue ReadingBy Julian Paras Click here for updates on this story NEW MEXICO (KOAT) — The one-year anniversary of recreational cannabis has people feeling good. Officials say it’s boosting the economy, and local dispensaries say expectations have been shattered. Both agree the ceiling for this industry in New Mexico has been raised. “New Mexico has been
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — A 8.336 metros de profundidad sobre el lecho marino, un pez caracol joven se convirtió en el pez filmado a más profundidad hasta ahora por científicos durante una sonda en el abismo del norte del Océano Pacífico. Científicos de la Universidad de Australia Occidental (UWA, por sus siglas en inglés) y de
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York regulators have approved 99 new provisional licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries. The state is trying to speed up the rollout of a legal market that had been impeded by a court ruling. A federal court ruling last fall put retail licensing on hold in some regions, including Brooklyn and
Continue ReadingBy Rick Karle Click here for updates on this story PLEASANT GROVE, Alabama (WVTM) — Pleasant Grove, Alabama’s George Hamilton started his birthday celebration early. Hamilton turned 101 on Palm Sunday, and he did exactly what he did 80 years ago. He gave back to others. Hamilton picked out a blue shirt and a pinstriped
Continue ReadingBy Josh Copitch Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — With the return of humpback whales to California’s coasts, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has implemented a commercial Dungeness crab fishery closure along the California coast. The affected zones are 3-6 (Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the U.S./Mexico border). The
Continue ReadingBy Torstein Rehn Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY BAY, California (KSBW) — Rare footage of orcas attacking adult grey whales was captured in Monterey Bay on Thursday. Evan Brodsky caught the attack with a drone while at sea with Monterey Bay Whale Watch. Brodsky said he counted more than 30 orcas, often
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German arm of EY has been fined 500,000 euros after acting as the auditor for collapsed payments company Wirecard and barred from auditing certain kinds of companies for two years. Germany’s APAS accounting oversight body said Monday that it imposed the fine for breach of professional duty in auditing Wirecard.
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The attacks and accusations between Barcelona and Spanish league president Javier Tebas are far from over. The latest spat has prompted the club to ask for Tebas’ resignation after a report said the league gave false evidence against Barcelona to prosecutors in the refereeing scandal involving
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Big-4 accounting firm EY has been banned from auditing companies of public interest in Germany for two years over its failures as the auditor of Wirecard in the years before the digital payments company’s staggering collapse. Germany’s auditor supervisory authority APAS said Monday that it had imposed sanctions on the auditor
Continue ReadingWEVV By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Parts of the Midwest and South devastated by catastrophic tornadoes will have almost no time to recover before another round of dangerous storms takes aim at hard-hit areas. At least 32 people were killed after an onslaught of tornado-spawning storms Friday obliterated houses, ripped roofs off buildings,
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Certainly, Jim Nantz could fill an evening weaving tales of the great games and buzzer-beaters he’s had the privilege to see, and call, over a storytelling career that made his the voice of March Madness for nearly four decades. But when asked about his favorite moments
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the
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