By JESSICA MACAULAY Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial (PVVM) was targeted in an act of vandalism that their board believes occurred sometime within the last four to five days. The Memorial sent out a release detailing the destruction as “perhaps the most significant damage in
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Scientists say in a new study that they’ve established a direct link between greenhouse gas emissions and polar bear cub survival. They believe it overcomes a legal roadblock in the Endangered Species Act that prevented the federal government from considering climate change when evaluating projects like oil and gas drilling.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A vaccine that prevents meningococcal B infection may also be protective against the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, according to an Oregon Health Authority study published Thursday in the scientific journal JAMA Network Open. The study found that mass vaccination campaigns prompted by group B meningococcal virus outbreaks at the University of Oregon
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Idalia caused billions of dollars in damage, but the price tag won’t be nearly as high as other major hurricanes, Moody’s Analytics said Thursday. According to preliminary cost estimates from Moody’s, Hurricane Idalia caused between $12 billion and $20 billion in damage and lost output. For context, Hurricane
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story New Caney, Texas (KTRK) — An 18-wheeler was split in half on Thursday during a crash involving a train in New Caney, SkyEye video shows. The crash happened at about 8 a.m. on a railroad track on Loop 494 in Montgomery County. The 18-wheeler appears
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding $7.5 million to the Warm Springs Housing Authority to construct additional housing units, which will expand available housing options to Tribal families in Warm Springs. “It’s critical that Tribal families have affordable,
Continue ReadingBy Jiovanni Lieggi Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 10-year-old had to do the unthinkable and stab a man authorities said was assaulting the child’s mother. On Wednesday, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies responded to a call of a man stabbed in the leg at an
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story Raleigh-Durham (WRAL) — Authorities arrested a man Wednesday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport for allegedly raping a child younger than 15 years old, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office announced. Vincent Theodore Ramos, 39, of Southern Pines, is charged with one count of felony statutory rape of
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story CARY (WRAL) — A day care is being evacuated and streets are closed in Cary due to a gas leak on Thursday morning. Kilmayne Drive near Maynard Road and Kildaire Farm Road is closed from stoplight to stoplight after a 4-inch gas line was hit.
Continue ReadingBy Mason Carroll Click here for updates on this story GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — The Hualapai Tribe has secured thousands of acre-feet of water a year with an act signed by President Joe Biden in 2022. Hualapai tribe members celebrated Wednesday, at Grand Canyon West, decades’ worth of work to get
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Cortez Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — A Mesa police officer was in the right place at the right time to help save a baby in need. Authorities say Mesa Officer Shaquille Perez was dealing with an uncooperative passenger on the light rail when a mother ran
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW KOZAK Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Farm fresh tomatoes, perfectly purple peppers, fine rippened melons and crispy greens — what more could you ask for? In the heart of West Philadelphia, Mill Creek Urban Farm is thriving and providing fresh produce to the community. “This right here creates
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — It’s time for Europe’s biggest soccer clubs to go head-to-head again and the draw for this season’s Champions League group stages didn’t disappoint in producing some mouthwatering fixtures. Every year there is a so-called ‘group of death’ and this season it appears to be Group F that will be
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story WOODSIDE, Queens (WABC) — An off-duty police officer was shot in the leg in Queens on Wednesday afternoon in what is being investigated as a possible road rage incident. The officer was shot at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and 70th Street just before 1
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows is facing another legal challenge. The ACLU is suing a local district attorney who is warning Blount County Pride organizers that he intends to enforce the new statute. A federal judge in Memphis has ruled the ban
Continue ReadingBy Darla Miles Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — Mayor Eric Adams and other New York City leaders plan to hold a rally Thursday, calling on the federal government to help asylum seekers get access to work permits and education. Governor Kathy Hochul met with the White House Chief of
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story TRIBECA, Manhattan (WABC) — Subway riders came together Tuesday night to help a woman who had been shoved onto the subway tracks in Tribeca. Officials say she was pushed just after 11 p.m. at the Chambers Street station. Bystanders rushed to save the 34-year-old woman
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes because of the wildfires. The People’s Fund of Maui announced Thursday will give $1,200 a month to adults who are not able to return to
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy visiting Beirut says Washington is looking into possibilities for solving a decades-old border dispute between Lebanon and Israel. Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, spoke in Beirut nearly a year after he brokered a deal on the maritime border
Continue ReadingBy JERMONT TERRY Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Fired-up residents raised their voices Wednesday night at a contentious meeting with city leaders in Hyde Park. The city wants to house hundreds of asylum seekers at a motel in the area – but many residents who packed the meeting Wednesday night
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