By Ben Simmoneau and Shaun Ganley Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — It wasn’t exactly the white glove delivery service Russell Sharp says he was promised when he bought more than $10,000 worth of appliances at the Home Depot in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Instead, he says, a Home Depot delivery driver
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Russia has met with imprisoned American Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year sentence on an espionage conviction that both Washington and Whelan dispute. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says that Ambassador Lynne Tracy traveled to the prison colony about 350 kilometers (220 miles) east of Moscow where
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Federal Police have shut down a publisher that sold books that praised Nazi ideology, seized hundreds of texts and arrested one person as part of what authorities characterized as a “historic seizure” of Nazi propaganda. Law enforcement officers seized around 230 books during Tuesday’s raids in the town of
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A group photo of about two dozen officers in tactical gear posing with escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante minutes after his capture Wednesday in southeastern Pennsylvania drew criticism from policing reform advocates and some members of the public. The moment of the photo was captured by a
Continue ReadingBy Claire Metz Click here for updates on this story NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — A 38-year-old South Carolina man who was bit in the face by a shark Tuesday morning has been released from the hospital. It happened just before 8 a.m., as the victim surfed in New Smyrna Beach. His shark encounter
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America The University of North Carolina has given the “all clear” after a campus lockdown over a report of an armed person. Chapel Hill Police have arrested Mickel Deonte Harris of Durham. He is suspected of confronting an employee at Alpine Bagel Cafe in the student union and threatening
Continue ReadingBy Debbie Worthen Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSL) — A smash and grab crime in Ogden over the weekend has a long-time tattoo shop asking for help. Legacy Tattoo sits on historic 25th Street in Ogden. The street is known for its night life. In fact, Sarah Arave, the manager
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court justices have begun mulling whether to convict defendants accused of storming top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore former President Jair Bolsonaro to office. First in line is 51-year-old Bolsonaro supporter Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira. In January,
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Senior Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — A federal appeals court has blocked federal prosecutors from obtaining a swath of cellphone records from a Pennsylvania Republican congressman who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s election defeat in 2020, in a ruling that could have dramatic legal implications that benefit federal lawmakers. The ruling
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top health official are directly contradicting federal health recommendations and warning residents against the new COVID-19 booster. DeSantis, who’s running for president, and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo discussed the vaccine with doctors Wednesday on a Zoom call livestreamed on X, the platform formerly
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have voted to restrict the public’s access to records about Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ travel and security. They backed away from a more far-reaching proposal to shield her administration’s records from release. The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Emma Coronel Aispuro, esposa del famoso narcotraficante Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, salió de una prisión federal este miércoles después de cumplir casi dos años por cargos de tráfico de drogas y lavado de dinero, le dijo a CNN un funcionario penitenciario. Coronel fue sentenciada a tres años de prisión y cuatro años
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The temperatures this weekend will be in the upper 80s to low 90s providing us with one more summer-like weekend before the fall season begins on the 22nd. Officially, this is the last official weekend of the Astronomical Summer as the Autumnal Equinox will occur on the 22nd of September just before midnight local time.
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Across the United States, the cost of car insurance is up 19% compared to a year ago, according to August’s Consumer Price Index report released on Wednesday. That’s the biggest annual increase since 1976. But in Florida, where extreme weather episodes are increasingly more prevalent and destructive,
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In an effort to help crew members who’ve lost their healthcare due to Hollywood strike-related shutdowns, several actors – including Adam Scott, Natasha Lyonne, Lena Dunham, John Lithgow and Bob Odenkirk, among others – are offering experiences to the highest bidder in the Union Solidarity Coalition’s new eBay auction.
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was kicked out of a “Beetlejuice” musical play in Denver on Sunday, according to security footage. The theater didn’t name Boebert, but a spokesperson said Wednesday that the video — which showed Boebert and a guest being escorted out of the
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story BAY MINETTE, Alabama (WALA) — This is the story of a Chevrolet Camaro. A very well-traveled 1968 Camaro. Baldwin County resident Thomas Hadley, who has owned the vehicle since 2016, got a surprise visit from the Alabama Department of Revenue last month after the Vehicle
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The Metro Nashville Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are working together to investigate several false threats made throughout the city recently. Recent hoax calls were made against the Nashville International Airport, a police precinct, the Hard Rock Cafe
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell swore in three members of the central bank’s governing board Wednesday, including Philip Jefferson as vice chair and Adriana Kugler to fill a vacant seat as the central bank’s first Latina governor. The officials, all appointed by President Joe Biden, aren’t
Continue ReadingCHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) — A fire at a northern Michigan paper mill has closed several roads and prompted city officials to tell residents to shelter in place, while state police warned people to stay away from the area. Plumes of thick and heavy black and gray smoke billowed Wednesday from the Tissue Depot property along
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