By Michaila Franklin Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — After three weeks of damaging storms, A1 Discount Tree and Lawn owner Silas Richmond Jr. said his team is working around the clock to get trees off of people’s homes. Crews worked to cut up and remove a large pine tree
Continue ReadingBy Fred Cowgill Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON, Kentucky (WLKY) — Churchill Downs is wrapping up its Spring Meet, which was moved to Ellis Park in western Kentucky after the death of 12 horses. The move appears to have paid off, with a much improved safety record at the track in Henderson,
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — As Ford shifts to producing more electric vehicles, it expects to lay off a number of employees, mostly engineers, in North America over the coming days. The company would not confirm any specific number of employees involved. “This is related to the Ford+ growth plan we introduced
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The 2023-24 NHL season opens on Oct. 10 with a tripleheader headlined by the Vegas Golden Knights raising their first Stanley Cup banner. The league and its 32 clubs released the 1,312-game regular-season schedule Tuesday. The puck drops again with the Nashville Predators facing off against the Tampa Bay Lightning, followed
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Murrow Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A local McDonald’s employee had an extraordinary day of work last month after being gifted a winning lottery ticket worth $10,000. Unique Murphy, who works at the McDonald’s chain restaurant in Redan, Stone Mountain, won big when her supervisor gifted her
Continue ReadingBy Paul Van Osdol Click here for updates on this story EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WTAE) — Norfolk Southern said it has reached a milestone in the cleanup of East Palestine: the removal of contaminated soil beneath and between the railroad tracks where the February derailment occurred. The railroad said it has removed more than 73,000
Continue ReadingBy Steve King Click here for updates on this story FORT PIERCE, Florida (WPBF) — Family and friends of a young man who’s recovering from severe burns 10 years later are raising money for his medical bills. Wpbf 25 News has been speaking with Demetrius Gollett and his family throughout his recovery process over the
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Workers in the fields of computer science, real estate, finance and insurance experienced the greatest bumps in working from home during the first years of the pandemic, while it barely budged for laborers in occupations like stockers, truck operators and order fillers. That’s according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal prosecutors said in a court filing that they to want dismiss convictions for wire fraud and to resentence a former high-ranking Atlanta city official. Mitzi Bickers is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence stemming from an investigation into corruption at City Hall. Bickers, who served as
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — After living a parent’s worst nightmare, a young couple is beyond excited to finally take their little bundles of joy, home. “Seeing them well and alive, it’s a miracle,” said Cristal Alvarez, the mother. “It was really scary for us
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A white SUV appears to have fallen into a large sinkhole along Ponce De Leon and Penn Avenue. The sinkhole reportedly opened on Tuesday just before 3 p.m. Drivers on the road should plan to use caution and avoid the area.
Continue ReadingCNN By Kit Maher and Shawna Mizelle, CNN CNN (CNN) — Miami mayor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez indicated in an interview on Tuesday that he was unfamiliar with the plight of Uyghur Muslims, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in China whose treatment has been the subject of worldwide condemnation for years. In
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine House has voted again to allow later abortions in some circumstances, putting the proposal one final vote away from going to the governor for her signature. The 73-69 vote in the House Tuesday evening capped an emotional day that included demonstrators singing hymns in
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a controversial legal theory that would’ve given partisan state lawmakers nearly unchecked power over US elections. Former President Donald Trump and his staunch allies used the now-rejected “independent state legislature” theory to justify their attempts to overturn the 2020 election. And many Trump critics
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Nicolas Coster, a veteran actor known for his work on the daytime dramas “Santa Barbara” and “Another World,” died Monday, his daughter announced in a Facebook post. He was 89. “It’s with great sadness that I am posting this to my father’s book page,” Dinneen Coster wrote. “Nicolas Coster
Continue ReadingHAZARD, Ky. (AP) — A community college in eastern Kentucky says Bluegrass musician Bobby Osborne has died. He was 91. Bobby Osborne and his brother Sonny made up “The Osborne Brothers,” and their version of the song “Rocky Top” in 1967 became an official state song of Tennessee. For several years Bobby Osborne taught at
Continue ReadingBy Joe Vigil Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — FOX5 anchor and reporter Joe Vigil received a horrible phone call while working at a television station in Oklahoma in 1995. A friend of his in Iowa told him something “bad” happened to his friend Jodi Huisentruit. Twenty-eight years later,
Continue ReadingBAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — Spanish player Rebeka Masarova has upset fifth-seeded Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-2 but Liudmila Samsonova survived a scare to reach the quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open. Second-seeded Samsonova needed 2 hours, 37 minutes to beat Czech player Linda Noskova 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 at the grass-court tournament. Samsonova awaits the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN, TERRY CHEA, CALEB DIEHL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees and undergrowth. Yet one year
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko claims he convinced Russian leader Vladimir Putin not to “destroy” the Wagner group and its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, talking up his role in halting the mercenaries’ military insurrection that caused crisis in Russia at the weekend. Lukashenko on Tuesday described his view
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