By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A father was sentenced to 33 to 66 years in prison for the death of his 3-year-old daughter who officials said was abused in Oakmont. Jose Eduardo Salazar-Ortiz was found guilty of third-degree murder in Bella Rae Seachrist’s death after a non-jury
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. With an updated vaccine still months away, this summer bump in new hospitalizations might be concerning, but the number of patients is
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ciara and Russell Wilson’s family is growing. On Tuesday, the singer posted a video debuting her belly bump in silhouette on her verified Instagram account quoting lyrics from her song with Chris Brown titled “How We Roll.” “You look at me like that again, we make another kid,”
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gently holding a baby hummingbird between her hands, Catia Lattouf says, “Hello, cute little guy. Are you very hungry?” It’s the newest patient at her apartment in a toney section of Mexico City where she has nursed hundreds of the tiny birds back to health over
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Miami-Dade police and Miami police divers are searching the murky waters of a lake in Doral were investigators believe as many as 30 cars are sunk on the bottom. Just after 10 a.m., a wrecker pulled the first car out of
Continue ReadingBy Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old who shot his teacher in January later boasted in a conversation with a school employee that “I shot that b[ ] dead,” according to unsealed redacted search warrants. The documents obtained from CNN affiliate WTKR describe what happened after first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner was shot on
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero has signed a new measure to prohibit alcohol sales after certain hours in the capital of Puerto Rico, renowned for its all-night partying. He says he was “morally convinced” it was the right thing to do. The new code
Continue ReadingBy LARRY SEWARD Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A couple discovered an iguana in their toilet. Neither knows how it got there but wants others to know how to avoid a fright hard to forget. Inside the Collins’ wooden fence beyond the synthetic lawn, the couple hoped iguanas hate,
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Willie Perry Jr., a Chicago disc jockey known as “DJ Casper” and creator of the iconic “Cha Cha Slide” dance, has died. He was 58. Perry was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, and his wife confirmed his death Monday in a statement to WLS-TV. “Casper was a fun-loving, giving person,” his wife,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Court records say the teenage cousin of the gunman responsible for the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has been arrested after his family told police he was trying to buy a gun and “do the same thing.” Police in San Antonio took 17-year-old Nathan James Cruz into custody
Continue ReadingBy AINSLEY VETTER Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The Philadelphia Fire Department created the new AR-3 response unit to serve physical and behavioral health crises. The unit is a partnership between the Fire Department, Managing Director’s Office and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS). “This innovative
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Este domingo 19 de noviembre los argentinos deberán definir quién será su próximo presidente en un balotaje. ¿Cuándo hay veda electoral y qué se prohíbe durante este período? Te contamos. La veda electoral comienza 48 horas antes del día de las elecciones. Durante ese período, la ley establece que está prohibido:
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Colorado from enforcing a new law raising the age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21. U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer issued a preliminary injuction regarding the law Monday following a legal challenge by a gun rights group. In a ruling
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By SPENCER WILSON Click here for updates on this story VICTOR, Colorado (KCNC) — Just south of Cripple Creek sits the Colorado town of Victor, a mining town with sprawling mountain landscapes and rolling hills. Now, one of those hills also includes “Rita, the Rock Planter.” “Rita is next to an old gold mine that
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey (CNN) — Get ready for Megan Fox, the poet. The debut poetry collection by the “Jennifer’s Body” actress titled “Pretty Boys are Poisonous,” is set for release in November. Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, will publish. According to the official synopsis, Fox “shows fans her wicked humor through a
Continue ReadingBy ASHLEY SHARP Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR) — Loud booms could be heard night after night in rural East Davis, waking some neighbors from their sleep and prompting many to call county supervisors to ask for a solution. “It sounded like gunshots, maybe shotguns,” said neighbor Michael Perrone, who
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, Devon M. Sayers, Ryan Young and Eric Levenson, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) — Arrest warrants have been issued for three men involved in the chaotic brawl at a riverfront dock in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday that was captured on video and involved an array of punches, a chair to the head and
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Texas man whose body was found in Utah’s Arches National Park is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes, family members said Tuesday. James Bernard Hendricks, 66, of Austin, had been hiking in the park and likely became disoriented from
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLARITA, California (KCAL) — Residents in Santa Clarita are working up a sweat with a new set of stairs that were recently installed at Santa Clarita Central Park. Veronica Cervantes is one of the residents and when she saw the 172 set of stairs,
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy-winning performer Ciara is expecting her fourth child, her third with husband and Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson, a representative for the singer confirmed to The Associated Press. Ciara broke the news in a video announcement on her Instagram, revealing her pregnant silhouette in
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