By Andy Pierrotti Click here for updates on this story Savannah, Georgia (WANF) — This summer, Damon Mullis plans to cruise up and down the Ogeechee River on his 10-foot aluminum Jon boat in search of fish deep below. The plan isn’t to eat the fish, but to test them for a cancer-causing toxin called
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Si te encantan los sándwiches y no te gusta mucho tu nombre, Subway tiene una oferta para ti. Esta semana, la cadena de comida rápida anunció que un cliente afortunado que cambie legalmente su primer nombre a “Subway” será recompensado con sándwiches “Deli Hero” gratis de por vida. El concurso estará
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer COLFAX, Iowa (AP) — It’s become easy to say that “small-town America” is slowly dying. That opportunities for young people have dried up, just like businesses and main streets, and that the only way of life involves life in a big city. But the reality is many small towns
Continue ReadingBy Tori Cooper Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — When most people think of Piedmont Park murders, they think of the latest brutal stabbing of Midtown resident Katie Janness and her dog Bowie two years ago. The gruesome murder still haunts the community today as the killer remains on the
Continue ReadingBy Will Maetzold Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — A 16-year-old arrested for the death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a Beaverton creek last year can be tried as an adult. Daniel Gore, now 17, has been in Washington County juvenile custody since being charged with
Continue ReadingBy Martin Goillandeau, Sharon Braithwaite and Oleg Racz, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner are moving towards a thin strip of land between Poland and Lithuania, Poland’s prime minister says, who warned they could pose as migrants to cross the border. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Hal Scheurich Click here for updates on this story FOLEY, Alabama (WALA) — The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) put a hold on issuing medical cannabis business licenses June 16, 2023. This was just four days after that same it announced the winning applicants. The stay on licenses came about after several companies complained
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Pres PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Not long ago, Marine Col. Jennifer Nash, a combat engineer with war deployments under her belt, made a vow to fellow officers as they headed to a dinner in Atlanta: She would get two new recruiting contacts by the end of the evening. She
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights groups representing plaintiffs in a high-profile congressional redistricting case are urging a federal court in Alabama to reject a controversial new map crafted by the Republican-dominated legislature, saying it perpetuates a violation of the nation’s landmark voting rights law. In a late-night court filing Friday, the NAACP
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Madonna’s self-titled first album was released 40 years ago this week. In a social media video she shared on Thursday, the pop culture icon marked the anniversary by dancing to “Lucky Star,” the fourth single from her 1983 debut album, which was also her first top-five Billboard hit in
Continue ReadingCNN, WSOC By Carrington Peavy and Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — Another break or crack has been found on a North Carolina amusement park ride, weeks after the roller coaster was shut down when a visitor spotted a crack in a steel support pillar, state officials say. The discovery of the additional “weld indication” was
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity said this week
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — “I lost my only baby I have no other child of my own to give a hug to,” said Celeste Cummings, mother of 15-year-old Raul Rios. The family of one of those gun violence victims — remembering his life with a balloon
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — According to We Energies, there are about 59,000+ customers without power at this moment, due to the overnight storms. They are working hard to restore power after the storms brought winds of more than 70 miles per hour. So far, they have
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Typhoon Doksuri has brought heavy rainfall to several regions in northern China, including the capital Beijing, after lashing the Philippines and Taiwan where it caused dozens of deaths and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate. The provinces of Hebei and Shandong are also among those affected, Chinese state news
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El premio mayor de Mega Millions se disparó a más de mil millones de dólares después de que ningún boleto ganador acertara los seis números sorteados el viernes por la noche, dijo la lotería. Los números del viernes por la noche fueron 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 y un Mega Ball
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tucked at the bottom of the Alps, Évian-les-Bains was a picture of calm on Saturday afternoon as drizzles of rain cast light ripples across nearby Lake Geneva. Yet beneath the surface, the charming spa town is crackling with excitement. If France’s Celine Boutier can achieve her dream on Sunday,
Continue ReadingTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man whose 2-year-old daughter died after going days without food while he was passed out drunk has been sentenced to nearly 57 years in prison. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sentence ordered Friday was the maximum that could be imposed after Jeffrey Exon was convicted in April of
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels’ effort to lay the groundwork for a centrist third-party presidential ticket in 2024. Nixon gives the bipartisan organization another prominent ally amid concerns from Democrats that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help
Continue ReadingDHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh’s capital have clashed with supporters of the country’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The violence broke out Saturday as the opposition party organized sit-in protests at all the entry points to Dhaka. They demand that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down and
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