By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — At the start of the year, content creator Jess Stone was enjoying an epic motorcycle journey around the world with her beloved dog on the back of her bike and her husband Greg riding behind them. But within months, everything had changed. In March, Greg was hit by a
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Kalentek, Olivia Schueller and Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 14-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head after getting his hands on an unsecured firearm at a home in Watertown, police said. It happened around around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at a home on
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story LEDYARD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A woman upset with being at a group home in Ledyard is accused of smashing workers’ vehicles. Anesis “Starr” Wilson-Jones, 18, was charged with first-degree criminal mischief. Police said the incident happened at a group home on Church Hill Road on
Continue ReadingBy KCTV Staff Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — Officials at the Johnson County Executive Airport confirmed that there were no injuries in a single aircraft crash Sunday afternoon. Around 1 p.m., an unidentified pilot flying alone in a Cessna 182 was approaching Runway 18 of the Executive Airport when
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal from an anti-abortion group known for releasing secretly recorded footage of abortion providers, leaving in place a lower court ruling that went in favor of Planned Parenthood. The anti-abortion group had argued that
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British media are reporting that a second British police force is looking into sexual offenses allegedly committed by actor and comedian Russell Brand. The BBC, PA news agency and others reported that Thames Valley Police was taking a fresh look at allegations previously made by a woman against Brand between 2018 and
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Clergy sexual abuse survivors have unveiled a proposed new church law calling for the permanent removal of abusive priests and superiors who covered for them. The global advocacy group End Clergy Abuse is seeking to draw attention to the ongoing scandal in the Catholic Church and the failure
Continue ReadingPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia has barred three environmental activists from traveling to Sweden next month to receive the prestigious Right Livelihood Award. A copy of a letter from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s chief prosecutor said in response to a travel request from the members of the group Mother Nature
Continue ReadingBy Soyoung Kim and KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A woman was stabbed, and a suspect was later arrested for attempted murder on Friday in southwest Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. PPB said just before 8:30 a.m. Friday, officers responded to a hospital for a
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Tuareg rebels in Mali say they have captured another military base from the army in the country’s north, as fighting intensifies. Attaye Ag Mohamed, spokesman for the Azawad armed movement, says the rebels seized the military base in the city of Bamba between Timbuktu and Gao
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A Spanish nightclub ravaged by a fatal fire on Sunday was ordered to close in 2022 because it lacked a proper license, prompting questions over why authorities had not shut down the venue where more than a dozen people died. Officials issued a closure order for the nightclub in
Continue ReadingBy Lucas Sellem Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A man was charged with assault after he allegedly punched a hospital worker that was bringing him food. According to the Creve Coeur Police Department, Cody Hess was a patient in the Emergency Department at Mercy Hospital on Sept. 26.
Continue ReadingBy Lorena Estrada, Ruben Rosario, Franklin White Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WSVN) — A South Florida woman is pleading for the public’s help in finding the man who, she said, broke into her apartment and took off with valuables, money and, most painful of all, her beloved pet. The 25-year-old victim
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson Click here for updates on this story CAMDEN, Tennessee (WSMV) — Fishermen casting their line in a pond near Camden this weekend made an alarming discovery when they hooked a homemade bomb, according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a report of a “suspicious item” over the weekend. When
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead after a suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park, officials said. Rescuers were first alerted to the incident around 8 p.m. Friday after receiving “an alert from an inReach/GPS device indicating a bear attack,” the national park said in a statement. The
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — In a story originally published Oct. 2, 2023, The Associated Press reported that The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation stepped back last year from financially supporting the rollout of GSK’s malaria vaccine. The foundation ended direct financial support for the shot’s development in 2015.
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after leaving her walker on the ground and making a tandem jump in northern Illinois. “Age is just a number,” Dorothy Hoffner told a cheering crowd moments after touching the ground Sunday at Skydive Chicago
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Border Patrol apprehended more than 200,000 migrants crossing the US-Mexico border unlawfully in September, according to a Homeland Security official, marking the highest total this year and underscoring the ongoing challenges for the Biden administration amid mass migration in the region. Federal authorities are grappling with a new
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman’s request to undo a ruling that allowed the House January 6 select committee to access emails he said were shielded by attorney-client privilege. Eastman had asked the Supreme Court to reverse
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The highest mortgage rates in more than two decades are keeping many prospective homebuyers out of the market and discouraging homeowners who locked in ultra-low rates from listing their home for sale. The combination of elevated rates and low home inventory has worsened the affordability
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