By David Schuman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A mother had her son’s expensive, specialized wheelchair stolen while shopping for groceries. After WCCO shared their struggle, a family stepped up and offered hope through a heartbreak of their own. The Sauer family were strangers to Tamika Williams until Wednesday, when
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What’s the good trout spots? What lakes were recently stocked? NewsChannel 21’s Noah Chast has this week’s Fishing Report.
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A white police officer handcuffed a Black child outside his Michigan home in an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time,’” the Lansing Police Department said Friday. The department posted the explanation on Facebook after cellphone video circulated on social media showing the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three former Republican political operatives have agreed to pay over $50,000 in restitution and penalties for their roles in operating a fake charity tied to the East Palestine train derailment. Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the settlement with Michael Peppel, Isaiah Wartman and Luke Mahoney. His investigation found Peppel
Continue ReadingBy CNN (CNN) — The federal government has gone into disaster response mode after wildfires destroyed Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii earlier this week. President Joe Biden issued a federal disaster declaration on Thursday and promised to send whatever is needed to help the recovery. “We’re working as quickly as possible to
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La jueza de distrito de EE.UU., Tanya Chutkan, marcó este viernes la pauta sobre cómo presidirá el caso de subversión electoral contra Donald Trump, durante una audiencia que se centró en los límites a la manera en que el expresidente puede manejar las pruebas que le entregarán los fiscales. En ese
Continue ReadingCNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The devastating Maui wildfires, which have killed dozens of people and displaced thousands more, has cost at least $1.3 billion in damage to 3,088 residences, according to a recent preliminary estimate from CoreLogic. CoreLogic, a research firm that assesses property data, found that the vast majority
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WINNIPEG, Canada (AP) — The Native American Journalists Association announced Friday it is changing its name to the Indigenous Journalists Association in an effort to become more inclusive and strengthen ties with Indigenous journalists worldwide. “We need young, Indigenous people to be telling stories in their own
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press Prosecutors in Utah have declined to file charges against a Salt Lake City police officer who shot and badly wounded an unarmed 13-year-old boy with autism almost three years ago. The shooting happened after officers responded to a woman’s 911 call for help when her son had
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez are pledging $100 million dollars to recovery efforts in Maui, Sánchez announced Friday on her Instagram account. “Jeff and I are heartbroken by what’s happening in Maui,” Sánchez wrote. “We are thinking of all the families that
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los arqueólogos han descubierto un pueblo de Teotihuacan de 1.500 años de antigüedad en la Ciudad de México, completo con grandes concentraciones de cerámica y tres entierros humanos, según informó el Instituto Nacional de Historia y Antropología de México. Las excavaciones realizadas entre marzo y junio sacaron a la
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate; Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Former Vice President Mike Pence, a Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn. __ CBS’ “Face
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Next week, crews will be treating the groundwater at the CTS Superfund site on Mills Gap Road in Asheville. Additional in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) treatment for groundwater at the site is scheduled to start the week of Aug. 14 is
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Lindblom Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — People came together in the Lents neighborhood Thursday night to address concerns from residents who say their properties are dropping in value. Community members are blaming the drop on what they call ongoing problems with those experiencing homelessness in the area
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Alabama Department of Corrections reports an escaped inmate serving a 10-year sentence for robbery has been recaptured in Mobile. Kent Woods, 36, was an inmate at ADOC’s Mobile Community Based Facility, from which he was reported as an escapee on
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A Milwaukee woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday, Aug. 11, for the death of her 10-year-old daughter. A jury found Henrietta Rogers, 48, guilty of first-degree reckless homicide after officers found the body of 10-year-old Jada Clay in a
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the tone for how she would preside over the election subversion against Donald Trump in a hearing Friday focused on what limits would be placed on how the former president can handle the evidence prosecutors will be
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are still scrambling to find a path forward with less than two months until the government runs out of funding, as the right wing of the GOP conference is still insisting it needs to see more spending cuts in order to support a series
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of a man charged with killing at least three women found dead on New York’s Long Island is living a “surreal nightmare.” That’s according to her lawyer, who spoke to reporters Friday. Rex Heuermann was charged last month in the deaths of three women
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a plan to spend 1 trillion reais (nearly $200 billion) on infrastructure, energy and transportation over the next four years in a bid to boost economic growth and employment in Latin America’s largest nation. The Growth
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