By Shawna Khalafi Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — On Friday, a monsoon storm tore through the Las Vegas Boat Harbor at Lake Mead, causing significant damage. The storm was separate from Tropical Storm Hilary, which moved through the area on Saturday. “We’ve seen some pretty bad storms here,
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have declared the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights group an extremist organization. The move Wednesday against Viasna — founded by imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, comes amid a yearslong crackdown on dissent in Belarus and exposes anyone involved in its
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s police commissioner says a police officer who shot and killed a driver sitting in his car last week is being suspended and will be fired. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Wednesday that Officer Mark Dial will be suspended with intent to dismiss him in 30 days for refusing to cooperate in
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on the Biden administration to reject Colombia’s request for extradition of a former warlord after he was named a peace envoy in the South American nation. Salvatore Mancuso completed a 12-year cocaine trafficking sentence in 2020 and has been
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A Rochester, New York, woman who spent 25 years in prison for murder before being exonerated will be laid to rest Friday. Betty Tyson died last week in a Rochester hospital following a heart attack. Her sister confirmed the death Wednesday and said Thomas was 75 years old and had
Continue ReadingTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will require school districts to offer free menstrual products for grades six through 12 under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Wednesday. Murphy, a Democrat, said in a statement that the measure is aimed at promoting equity “at every level” in the state. “When students can’t access the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to move toward trial, prosecutors announced Wednesday, raising the possibility that criminal proceedings stalled for over 1 ½ years could resume soon. In a court filing, they wrote that experts
Continue ReadingBy JESSE ZANGER, ALI BAUMAN Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police who were investigating a potential kidnapping in Queens Tuesday have arrested the mother of the 5-year-old. Kimberly Pijuan, 30, faces charges of acting in a manner injurious to a child. The NYPD scoured Jackson Heights for hours Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The mother of a Miami girl who has been missing since late last year was accused two years ago of abandoning her in a hospital. On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert for four-year-old Carolina Rodriguez
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Tuesday, the Redmond City Council approved the formation of a Tourism and Lodging Advisory Committee, Ordinance No. 2023-05, to advise councilors on issues pertaining to the strategic use of the statutorily required investment of City Transient Lodging Tax dollars in tourism and tourism-related activities. The committee will be comprised of
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A hard-working TSA dog who serves at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas has been named a finalist for the agency’s “Cutest Canine” contest. According to TSA, Dina is a three-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer and works with her handler
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL, KCBS) — A dump truck full of dirt and concrete was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in an Arcadia intersection, causing road closures in the area as cleanup and an investigation are underway. The accident happened around 9 a.m. Wednesday at Santa Anita
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Young Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY (KCNC) — Four books centering around LGBTQ themes are facing calls to be banned from Douglas County Libraries. The controversy surrounds a picture book called “The Hips on The Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish,” and three young adult books: “All Boys Aren’t
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Deep-sea octopuses are typically solitary creatures that inhabit frigid waters in one of Earth’s most challenging environments. The 2018 discovery of thousands of the eight-legged cephalopods about 2 miles below the ocean’s surface flummoxed and fascinated marine scientists in equal measure. The consortium of octopuses clustered around a hydrothermal vent
Continue ReadingBy Orla Pentelow (CNN) — In the ever-shifting fashion sphere, where trends wax and wane with the changing seasons, one particular change has caught the eye of experts of late: a gradual decline in popularity of high heels. When was the last time you spotted a teetering stiletto? Once synonymous with elegance and sophistication, the
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Dallas police arrested a man Monday, who is in connection with an aggravated assault. 30-year-old Aaron Contreras is one of two men who were seen posing as maintenance workers at the Oak Cliff apartment complex Saturday evening. They told Ethan Rodriguez they
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin es el fundador del grupo Wagner, una organización mercenaria en las sombras que ha combatido en Ucrania y en otros lugares del mundo. Prigozhin fue alguna vez un aliado cercano del presidente ruso Vladimir Putin, pero el líder del Kremlin ahora ha prometido castigar a quienes estén involucrados en
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health care facilities in Oregon will be allowed to return amputated body parts to patients for cultural, spiritual or religious reasons under a new law supported by tribes, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The bill, which takes effect on Sept. 24, was spearheaded by St. Charles Health System and leaders of the
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health care facilities in Oregon will be allowed to return amputated body parts to patients for cultural, spiritual or religious reasons under a new law supported by tribes, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The bill, which takes effect on Sept. 24, was spearheaded by St. Charles Health System and leaders of the
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are trying to prohibit the use of expensive, sham lawsuits to deter criticism by news outlets and members of the public. Their proposal reacts to Republican state Sen. Cory Tomczyk’s ongoing lawsuit against the Wausau Pilot & Review, a local news site
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