BEIRUT (AP) — An unknown gunman opened fire outside the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Lebanon, but a spokesperson say no one was hurt. The embassy spokesperson said small-arms fire was reported in the vicinity of the entrance late Wednesday but the facility was safe. Earlier this year marked the 40th anniversary of a bombing
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Usery Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A man from Slovakia appeared in a St. Louis courtroom on Wednesday after being accused of pandemic loan fraud. Mark Ethan Jermain, aka Arsene Millogo, is accused of submitting fraudulent paycheck protection program (PPP) loan applications from April 26, 2020
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Mount Juliet man said he went to the movies with his wife at a local theater. The next morning, they woke up with dozens of bed bug bites, now Michal Steplowski said Regal Cinemas refused to cover their losses. It
Continue ReadingBy Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A former bridal store owner has been charged for allegedly defrauding customers who bought thousands of dollars of merchandise from her store. On Friday, Sept. 15, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald charged 58-year-old Nadica Ristivojevic, of West Bloomfield, with four
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich. The descendants of Fritz Grünbaum
Continue ReadingBy Hope Dean Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The family of a Fulton County Jail inmate who died in custody last year is preparing to file a potential lawsuit, according to a legal statement. The family’s lawyers have announced a 30-day window for the county’s commissioners and sheriff to
Continue ReadingBy Hope Dean Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Flames are now “under control” after a gas leak caused a large blaze near a southwest Atlanta gas station, officials said. The fire erupted not far from a Chevron gas station at 2050 Sylvan Road around 10:30 a.m. Nearly two and
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Cassidy Hutchinson, the former Trump White House aide, claims in a new book that Rudy Giuliani groped her backstage at the rally that preceded the former president’s supporters’ insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The 27-year-old Hutchinson, whose bombshell testimony provided a key moment in
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (KCTV) — A 42-year-old inmate associated with a white supremacist group pled no contest on charges connected to a 2019 stabbing of another prisoner at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Lee B. Jacobs was found guilty on a count of attempted aggravated battery and
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A 25-year-old Chickasaw man was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail Wednesday after confessing to committing 82 vehicle burglaries around Mobile County, according to authorities. Dakwon Oliver was interviewed by Mobile County Sheriff’s Office investigators, to whom he confessed in 14
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Several arrests have been made in connection to a chaotic vigil the day after a fatal motorcycle crash in West Allis, according to police. Hundreds of people swarmed the area near 92nd and Arthur Friday, Sept. 15 after a motorcyclist
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Wells Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — According to the National Diaper Bank Network, 47% of families reported diaper need this year. In Milwaukee County, a nonprofit organization has made it their mission to ensure diapers are accessible. Milwaukee Diaper Mission’s largest fundraiser this year took place at the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — ¿Es Taylor Swift más poderosa que Google? Su base de fans, conocida como Swifties, podría serlo. Para aquellos que no lo saben (y los que sí lo saben también), Swift está regrabando sus álbumes antiguos bajo la aclaración “Taylor’s Version” (Versión de Taylor), junto con pistas inéditas de cada uno. Taylor
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — PETA said it’s “cracking open some cold ones” after Anheuser-Busch said it’s ending the practice of cutting the tails of Budweiser’s iconic Clydesdale horses. Budweiser has featured the horses, with their ubiquitous white feathered legs, in its ad campaigns for decades, from the holidays to the Super
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The last Republican who lost a general election for Mississippi governor is endorsing the Democratic nominee this year. Democrat Brandon Presley released a statement Wednesday from former U.S. Rep. Mike Parker, who said he is choosing Presley over Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. Parker said Presley
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Al menos 58 personas fueron detenidas arbitrariamente en Venezuela entre enero de 2020 y agosto de 2023, concluyó la Misión de Determinación de los Hechos sobre Venezuela del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas. De acuerdo con el cuarto informe que la Misión presentó este miércoles en Ginebra,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — After several years of skyrocketing winter heating costs, millions of Americans are expected to finally get a little relief this coming season — if they heat their homes with natural gas, that is. Natural gas heating, which is used by just under half of US homes, is
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En los sótanos de Orikhiv, las tropas ucranianas no se mueven de los muros. Aunque están bajo tierra, las potentes bombas rusas que caen a diario podrían derrumbar todo lo que hay sobre ellos, por lo que los bordes de su mundo subterráneo son más seguros. Piensa en este riesgo, y
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Quavo, who lost his nephew and fellow Migos member Takeoff to gun violence last year, is turning his grief into action. The Grammy-nominated rapper and philanthropist joined forces with the Community Justice Action Fund to meet with members of Congress in Washington, DC on Wednesday for a panel
Continue ReadingBy MARK VANCLEAVE and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — What would Bob Ross think? The artist who brought painting to the people, with works completed for PBS viewers in less than a half-hour with little more than a large bristle brush, putty knife and plenty of encouragement, certainly wouldn’t have envisioned one of
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