By Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man and woman are now facing charges after they stole cash while they posed as volunteers for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. According to the criminal complaint provided to KDKA, William Roberson and Diane Plymire had been posing as volunteers
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Emergency officials say at least 24 villagers have been killed while many more remain missing amid a frantic rescue effort after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria’s Niger State. The head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency in the state told The Associated Press on Sunday
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A man facing federal gun charges has challenged the constitutionality of a federal statute prohibiting convicted felons from having firearms. Mobile police arrested Anthony Lee Jackson, 36, of Mobile, in August last year after finding that he had a pair of
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SWEETWATER, Florida (WFOR) — Authorities are currently investigating an industrial accident that left a Miami-Dade line worker critically injured Friday morning. According to investigators from the Miami-Dade Police Department, Sweetwater Police officers responded to a loud explosion heard and a line worker injured behind
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Robin Roberts and Amber Laign are officially married. “An intimate, magical wedding ceremony in our backyard followed by a joyous reception…ohhhh the dancing!!” Roberts wrote on Instagram on Sunday, next to a photo of herself and Laign holding hands in their wedding gowns. “We are immensely grateful to all
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Nakano Click here for updates on this story SAUSALITO, California (KPIX) — The Marine Mammal Center is seeing an uptick in sea lions infected with a deadly disease. While it can be fatal to sea lions, it can also be deadly for your pet dog. For Bridgette Gras and James Waltz, their pup,
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A historic heat wave continues to stifle Phoenix — but the end may finally be in sight for residents of Arizona’s largest city. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high of 107 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday and 102 Fahrenheit on Tuesday. Meteorologists say Phoenix reached 112 Fahrenheit by early afternoon Sunday
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Few films have broken out like Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” has at the Toronto International Film Festival.” The film stars Jeffrey Wright as a sharp-witted author who’s told his books “aren’t Black enough.” “American Fiction” is a funny, jazzy riff on Black representation in books and
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The father of a Virginia student sexually assaulted in her high school bathroom has been pardoned for his actions while protesting the school’s handling of the case at a meeting two years ago. Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Sunday that he cleared Scott Smith of his disorderly conduct conviction. The
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Dieciséis estadios albergarán los partidos de una histórica Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026 que por primera vez se jugará en tres países en simultáneo y tendrá el formato de 48 participantes. La FIFA dio a conocer el año pasado la lista de las 16 ciudades anfitrionas que albergarán 80
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A video posted to social media in Manchester’s first week of school prompted safety concern from hundreds of parents. The video shows kids riding the school bus home, and it appears so crowded that some kids are sitting in the
Continue ReadingWBZ, KIM SHARP, CNN By Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A video posted to social media in Manchester’s first week of school prompted safety concern from hundreds of parents. The video shows kids riding the school bus home, and it appears so crowded that some kids
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — Shocking video shows a violent fight in a parking lot at Cesar Chavez High School on Thursday, Sept. 7 just after school let out for the day. One student was arrested and taken to San Joaquin County Juvenile Hall on Friday
Continue ReadingBy Laura Haefeli Click here for updates on this story DORCHESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Clouds rolled in towards Savin Hill Beach in Boston Saturday, bringing booms of thunder and blasts of lightning. “I heard that bolt of lightning. It was so loud,” says neighbor Kenneth Osherow. The sound shocked neighbors who knew instantly the lightning
Continue ReadingWBZ By Laura Haefeli Click here for updates on this story DORCHESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Clouds rolled in towards Savin Hill Beach in Boston Saturday, bringing booms of thunder and blasts of lightning. “I heard that bolt of lightning. It was so loud,” says neighbor Kenneth Osherow. The sound shocked neighbors who knew instantly the
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — A 25-year-old foreign student has been arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage including illegal eavesdropping through various technical devices. The PST domestic security agency told Norwegian media that the man was charged in court on Sunday with espionage and intelligence operations against the Nordic country. The man was arrested on Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — American surfer Caroline Marks won her first world title on Saturday, defeating Olympic champion and five-time world champion Carissa Moore. On her way to the World Surf League final, the 21-year-old defeated fellow American Caitlin Simmers and Australia’s Tyler Wright before taking on Moore in the gold-medal match. There,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes has decided not to run for Congress, in a race for a Long Island seat where several other Democrats are also vying to unseat the Republican currently in office. Hughes, an ice skater who took the top spot in figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics,
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and RICK BOWMER Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — It’s lunchtime at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District and a colony of sabethes cyaneus — also known as the paddle-legged beauty for its feathery appendages and iridescent coloring — find their way to Ella Branham. “They’re not very aggressive and
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Carey, Niamh Kennedy and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — The United States’ top general has warned Ukraine has just six weeks left before changing weather hampers its counteroffensive, even as Kyiv is signaling it could fight on into the winter. “There is still a reasonable amount of time, about 30 to
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