By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Welcome Wren Alexander Stephens, the fourth child of John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. The baby was born June 19 via surrogate. The couple announced his arrival Wednesday on Instagram. “We want to say thank you for this incredible gift you have given us, Alexandra,” they wrote of
Continue ReadingBy Kellina Djanfa Wanteu Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, North Carolina (WXII) — Two people are charged with child abuse and animal cruelty, according to Lexington police. Officers said they conducted a welfare check at a home on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday. Officers found a 9-year-old and 5-year-old girl abused
Continue ReadingBy Claire Metz Click here for updates on this story FLAGLER COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Body camera video shows Det. Daniel Malta questioning 57-year-old Timothy Toporek after the deputy finally got him stopped. Investigators say Toporek was driving north in the southbound lanes of US-1 at about 65 miles an hour and heading into the
Continue ReadingMOORPARK, Calif. (AP) — An Amtrak train carrying nearly 200 passengers struck a county water truck and derailed on Wednesday in Southern California, critically injuring the truck’s driver, authorities said. Three of the train’s seven cars went off the tracks following the collision in Moorpark, said Ventura County Fire Department Captain Brian McGrath. Fourteen people
Continue ReadingBy David González Click here for updates on this story GARDEN GROVE, California (KABC) — The family of a man who was severely beaten while on the job in Garden Grove is seeking help identifying the suspects involved. Carlos Ayala’s vicious attack has left his entire family traumatized. His daughter Sara said her 54-year-old father
Continue ReadingBy Molly Ormsbee Click here for updates on this story TICONDEROGA, New York (WPTZ) — The Essex County Health Department (ECHD) has issued an alert about a woodchuck that tested positive for rabies. Officials say a DEC officer was alerted by a resident of a woodchuck acting aggressively. The officer arrived in the area with
Continue ReadingBy Felix Cortez Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — A Salinas mother of three who was talking about leaving Salinas for Reno to escape an abusive relationship was murdered before she could make the move. The accused killer is her estranged boyfriend and the father of two of the children
Continue ReadingBy Jaysha Patel Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro and the Los Angeles Unified School District are teaming up to help care for the many sea lions that have gotten sick from a toxic algae bloom. Sea lions and dolphins have been
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A firefighter from Georgia and two fathers who drowned while trying to save their children are among at least 10 recent victims of dangerous rip currents along Gulf of Mexico beaches stretching across Florida’s Panhandle to Mobile, Alabama. Many of the deaths happened on days
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Four times as many Kansans changed their gender on birth certificates and driver’s licenses this year ahead of a new state law that prevents residents from identifying themselves differently than the sex assigned them at birth. State health department figures show an average of 58
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter was “blatantly psychotic” and believed he should have been rewarded with medals and a parade for the attack, a forensic psychologist who examined him last year testified at his death penalty trial on Thursday. “He tried not to express this very much,
Continue ReadingBy ARLEIGH RODGERS and TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison. Court documents released Wednesday say Richard Matthew Allen allegedly told his wife in an April 3 phone call that
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un planeta similar a Júpiter, ubicado a 520 años luz de la Tierra, sería un sobreviviente improbable de una violenta transición de su estrella. El planeta gaseoso se conoce como 8 UMi b y recibió el nombre de Halla después de que inicialmente lo descubrieran astrónomos coreanos en 2015. Halla, considerado
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kai Havertz has completed a move across London by joining Arsenal from Chelsea in a deal reportedly worth 65 million pounds ($82 million). Arsenal said the Germany international had joined on a “long-term contract.” The forward becomes Mikel Arteta’s first signing of the summer after
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office is giving the world a concerning look at the U.S. government’s ledgers. And it’s a picture of ever higher deficits, greater government spending and tax revenues that only begin to increase when existing tax cuts expire. The nonpartisan agency estimates in its latest
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says climate change is turning major snowfalls into more extreme rain over mountains, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year and long-term water shortages. Using rain and snow measurements since 1950 and computer simulations for future climate, U.S. government scientists
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Computer glitches. Staffing shortages. Awful weather. Holiday crunches. So many things can cause a flight to be delayed or canceled. And this July 4 weekend is already a record breaker. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.88 million people at airport security checkpoints on Friday, setting an all-time
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Hart Click here for updates on this story ARCO, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Two people are behind bars after allegedly accepting over $445,000 for construction work they never completed. Ross Boocks, 43, and Kristine Oetting, 43, are each charged with 11 counts of felony grand theft by false promise. On April 29, 2022, a
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook, says he will no longer upload to the platform and will instead depend on the Telegram app to get his message across. Until now, he has used Facebook for
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil winger Antony says he did not assault an ex-girlfriend who reported him to police for alleged domestic violence. It was the first time the 23-year-old Manchester United player publicly addressed the accusations. Antony said on his social media channels that he had just given his testimony to Brazilian police. The
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