By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A Georgia resident died from a rare brain infection they likely got from swimming in a freshwater lake or pond, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. They said the infection the person died from is called Naegleria fowleri. The
Continue ReadingSAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man allegedly stabbed a woman to death in the San Francisco Bay Area and then posted a video of the slaying to Facebook. The gruesome footage helped police track down the suspect Wednesday. Mark Mechikoff was arrested about 30 miles south of where the victim was found
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El canal de Panamá va a limitar el tránsito de buques por las nuevas esclusas a 32 por día, una medida preventiva implementada por primera vez para ahorrar agua y que se suma a la restricción de calado a 13,4 metros, lo cual se aplicará en los próximos 10 meses,
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — John Edd Thompson, the longtime chief meteorologist for FOX10 News until he retired in 2009, suffered an attack at a gas station in Mobile on Tuesday – the same day he turned 81. Thompson, who retired in 2009, said he had
Continue ReadingWEST BATH, Maine (AP) — Defense attorneys in Maine may mount an insanity defense for a man who police say confessed to killing his parents and their friends before firing at people on a busy interstate highway. Joseph Eaton entered pleas of both not guilty and not criminally responsible to multiple charges including four counts
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to staging her own kidnapping and triggering a 49-hour-long search, turned herself in and has been charged with making false reports. The 26-year-old is being charged with falsely reporting to law enforcement officers and falsely reporting an
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As Texas bakes under a sweltering heat dome this summer and people crank their air conditioners, the state’s energy demand has smashed records. But the power has stayed on and prices haven’t spiked tremendously. Thank wind and solar, energy experts say. “Renewables have been performing very well this summer,
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 Conference issued a statement aimed at stability after Colorado became the third school in a year to announce plans to leave. The nine schools remaining for the 2024-25 season were largely silent Friday. Colorado on Thursday announced it would join the Big 12 beginning in 2024,
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River belonged to a man connected to an investigation into the deaths of eight migrants. Akwesasne police said Friday that the coroner’s office identified the man as a 30-year-old local resident who had been missing since March. Casey Oakes’ boat
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Mar-a-Lago employee referenced in the superseding indictment adding major accusations against former President Donald Trump and a new co-defendant to the case has been identified by two people close to the investigation as Yuscil Taveras, an information technology worker. Taveras oversaw the surveillance camera footage
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Friday they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Carlee Russell was charged with false reporting to
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be put on pause due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air as planned in September. A person familiar with the postponement plans but not authorized to speak publicly pending an official announcement confirmed the delay Friday. No information about
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In the fifth and final part of our week-long salute to retiring NewsChannel 21 Chief Meteorologist Bob Shaw, we hear from his wonderful family about their fond memories of how his local notoriety touched their lives. Bon voyage, Bob!
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NFL players compete all offseason and through training camp to make the active roster of their current team or perhaps elsewhere. Staying there isn’t easy. Especially with injuries a constant factor in such a physical sport. When the regular season begins, each team can have up to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este jueves sorprendió una revelación respecto de visitas a enfermos en el periodo de aislamiento obligatorio por el covid-19 en Argentina. Sylvia Brunoldi, presidenta de la Liga Argentina de Protección al Diabético (LAPDI), sacó a la luz un dato inesperado en el marco de un encuentro en el Centro Cultural
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El ministro del Interior de Ecuador, Juan Zapata, confirmó en declaraciones al medio local Teleamazonas que un funcionario de la Policía Nacional aparece en un video, que se volvió viral, junto a miembros de una banda criminal en una cárcel de Guayaquil. “Es confirmado, es un agente policial. Se ha
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government statistics agency says it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census work last year. The assistant director of the National Statistics Institute told a congressional committee that workers also were forced to hire criminals in order to carry out census interviews. Susana Pérez Cadena said
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” sold at auction Friday for $125,000. Alda held onto the boots and dog tags for more than 40 years after the show ended but decided to
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is “fine” since he froze up midsentence during a press conference on Wednesday. And now his office is trying to tamp down speculation that he might not fill out his term as leader because of his health.
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind projects are suing New Jersey and the Danish wind energy developer Orsted over a lucrative tax break the state approved for the company. They say the law is illegal because it was written to benefit only one entity. Protect Our Coast
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