By WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Two people are facing felony charges, after an Indiana State Police trooper was killed when he was hit by a stolen vehicle suspected car thief ran over an Indiana State Trooper just west of Indianapolis. Around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, Trooper Aaron Smith
Continue ReadingBy JAMAICA PONDER Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A picture’s worth a thousand words, so one local photographer decided to make a whole film. Lawrence Agyei spent a whole summer with the South Shore Drill Team to tell their post-COVID comeback story. “I used to see them perform every summer
Continue ReadingBy WBZ-NEWS STAFF Click here for updates on this story NEWTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Newton boy has the honor of representing Boston in LEGO’s Mini Master Model Builder competition this summer. Kellan Rietdyk loves creating funny buildings, monuments and full-scale cities out of LEGO bricks. He’s already decided he wants to be an engineer
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A woman convicted of throwing a Molotov cocktail into a Southern California bank after becoming angry over the wait for a teller was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday, federal officials said. Teranee Millet, 35, threw the firebomb into a bank in Torrance following a dispute with
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer Frustrated by an “appalling counterproposal” earlier this week, the head of the union representing 340,000 UPS workers said a strike is imminent and gave the shipping giant a Friday deadline to improve its offer. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters walked away from negotiations Wednesday, demanding that UPS give its
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Style and substance rarely intersect in fashion. In fact, some of the most stylish garments in public memory were woefully impractical. The emerald Versace jungle print dress that Jennifer Lopez wore to the 2000 Grammy awards? It may have been the inspiration for Google Image Search, but it had
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian police on Thursday said they believe the man filmed while engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend last week on the ancient Roman Colosseum is a tourist who lives in Britain. The identification was made using photographic comparisons, Italian Carabinieri said in a press release. The statement did not
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from Myanmar say airstrikes carried out by the country’s military on two villages in the north-central region killed nearly a dozen civilians, including a Buddhist monk and a child. Villagers and the head of a local pro-democracy group said Tuesday’s attacks on Nyaung Kone and Kyarsi
Continue ReadingBy CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A deep lineup led by Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson has the Atlanta Braves one homer away from matching their most prolific month in franchise history. The Braves enter Friday night’s series opener against the Miami Marlins with 55 home runs this month, one shy
Continue ReadingBy KCAL-NEWS STAFF Click here for updates on this story MOORPARK, California (KCAL) — Crews worked through the night and continued Thursday morning to clear a derailed Amtrak train after its collision with a truck in Moorpark the day before. The passenger train crashed into an irrigation truck while pulling seven cars on Wednesday, causing
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL has suspended three players indefinitely for violating the league’s gambling policy and a fourth was sidelined for six games. Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of the Indianapolis Colts along with free agent Demetrius Taylor received indefinite suspensions through at least this season for betting
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — For a decade now, the world has had highly effective medications for hepatitis C infections. In the United States, they’ve mostly been sitting on the shelf, according to a new study. These drugs, called direct-acting antivirals because they block proteins the virus needs to copy itself, have been hailed as
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — “Qué linda sorpresa que haya sido elegido Martino”, aseguró en 2013 Lionel Messi cuando supo que el Tata sería su nuevo entrenador en el FC Barcelona. Diez años después, jugador y técnico están otra vez juntos, embarcados en un nuevo desafío: volverán a compartir vestuario en el Inter de
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The risk of getting sick from E-coli, salmonella, listeria and other foodborne germs rose to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. “Progress in reducing (intestinal) infection incidence was not observed during 2022, as influences of the COVID-19 pandemic subsided,” the CDC
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Associated Press takes a look at some of the top women at Wimbledon in 2023. Play in the year’s third Grand Slam tournament begins on the grass courts of the All England Club on Monday. The field is led by top-ranked Iga Swiatek. She
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Madonna, musician and actress. Personal Birth date: August 16, 1958 Birth place: Bay City, Michigan Birth name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Father: Silvio Ciccone, engineer Mother: Madonna (Fortin) Ciccone Marriages: Guy Ritchie (December 22, 2000-November 21, 2008, divorced); Sean Penn (August 16,
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer The U.S.-based 11th Hour Racing Team has won the around-the-world Ocean Race. A jury awarded the hobbled sloop the equivalent of a second-place finish in a leg it couldn’t complete because of a crash that wasn’t its fault. The World Sailing International Jury awarded the Newport, Rhode Island, team
Continue ReadingBy WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story DULUTH, Minnesota (WCCO) — One tiny home in Duluth has a not-so-tiny price tag. Tiny homes are usually a lower-cost option in the housing market. But a one-bedroom, one-bathroom home is listed at a shocking $195,000. Outside there is a patio and a grill. Inside
Continue ReadingBy WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Minnesota (WCCO) — A woman’s body was found in a vehicle submerged in a retention pond Wednesday afternoon in Rochester. Police say the discovery was made on the 4000 block of 19th Street Northwest, and it appeared that the vehicle had been in the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal prosecutors arrested three investors on Thursday on insider trading charges related to a deal to take former President Donald Trump’s media business public. According to the indictment, the three individuals together made more than $22 million in October 2021 by illegally trading on
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