LONDON (AP) — An urgent manhunt has been launched for a British soldier awaiting trial on terror-related charges, who escaped from a prison in southwest London, the country’s counterterror police said Wednesday. Police said Daniel Abed Khalife, who has been accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and of violating Britain’s Official Secrets
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — The NYPD has released new images of a man accused of a hate crime assault in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Police say the man in the photos yelled anti-Asian remarks at a man, then hit him with a stick repeatedly before
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops have brought their complaints about the Vatican’s diplomatic neutrality in Russia’s war on their country to the Holy See itself. They told Pope Francis in person on Wednesday that his words praising Russia’s imperial past had pained the Ukrainian people. The 86-year-old pope
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Roku stock soared higher on Wednesday after the streaming service announced it would lay off 10% of its workforce – about 300 people – in an effort to cut costs. Roku said that in addition to the layoffs, it would slow its pace of hiring, consolidate
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — Police are investigating a crash in Queens that killed a man and seriously injured his wife and young grandchildren. Officials say the crash happened at 260th Street and 73rd Avenue around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The man, 67-year-old Sam Amorese of
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The contempt of Congress trial against Peter Navarro started in earnest Wednesday morning, with dueling opening statements from prosecutors and the defense. The former White House trade adviser “acted as if he was above the law,” Justice Department attorney John Crabb told the jury. “But he
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey (WABC) — The first day of school can be an emotional time for students, parents and teachers, including one teacher in New Jersey who is back in the classroom with some new energy, and a new kidney. Tuesday marked the start of
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America A coalition of environmental groups is suing Utah’s government, saying the state has failed to stop the Great Salt Lake from shrinking at an alarming pace. Organizations including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity say that upstream water has been diverted for decades to farmers
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Senior Western officials are visiting the United Arab Emirates to discuss sanctions as concerns mount over goods being exported to Russia that could potentially be used in Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Representatives from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union arrived in the Gulf
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HARBOR CITY, California (KABC) — Two people were shot and killed Monday night while they sat in a car with their 1-year-old baby in the backseat, police say. The shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. in the 1000 block of West 253rd Street, according to the
Continue ReadingBy WXYZ Digital Staff Click here for updates on this story INKSTER, Michigan (WXYZ) — Michigan State Police are on the hunt for a man accused of murdering his mother in Inkster on Labor Day. The incident happened Monday on Glenwood Street near Central Street, east of Middlebelt Road. Investigators say 25-year-old Joshua Hill allegedly
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the weekend, intense rain and flooding stranded more than 70,000 people at Burning Man in the Nevada desert. It’s the latest example of how extreme weather, exacerbated by climate change, impacted major North American attractions this summer. The largest theme park companies — Six Flags (SIX),
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly Craig Click here for updates on this story EASTPOINTE, Michigan (WXYZ) — Tuesday at noon, Shelly Palazzolo got an unexpected knock at the door and when she answered it, there was a couple standing on her porch holding a bouquet of balloons. “Hi, my name is Kathryn and this is my husband, Adam,”
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department and the Department of the Navy announced a streamlined application process on Wednesday for qualifying veterans who were exposed to toxic water at the Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune to receive financial settlements from the government. The new process is an effort to speed up
Continue ReadingBy Brett Kast Click here for updates on this story WARREN, Michigan (WXYZ) — When you’re a business across the street from an auto factory, you live and die by the United Auto Workers union. Motor City Sports Bar & Grill in Warren is no different. “After work, they come by, hangout, have a few
Continue ReadingJack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have found four Roman swords and a shafted weapon known as a pilum dating from 1,900 years ago in a cave near the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The rare cache of weapons was found in the En Gedi Nature Reserve, preserved in wooden and leather scabbards,
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A third Democratic candidate has announced that she’s running for a western Wisconsin congressional seat held by freshman Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in one of the presidential battleground state’s swing districts. Former La Crosse County Board Chair Tara Johnson on Wednesday announced her candidacy. She
Continue ReadingHARWINTON, Conn. (AP) — A 59-year-old Connecticut man has been seriously injured after being attacked by a bull at the farm where he was working. Family members tell Hearst Connecticut Media that a bull in heat attacked Randy Janquins on Friday at a farm in northwest Connecticut. Janquins was putting several cows back into a
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had put “politics ahead of his job” by declining to meet with President Joe Biden during the Democrat’s weekend visit to survey Hurricane Idalia’s damage in DeSantis’ state. “Your job as governor is to be the
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