By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn’t exist. The establishment of the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law was supposed to be a capstone achievement for Louisiana College, which administrators boasted would
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Oklahoma County deputies arrested a 29-year-old man who was found passed out in his car at a green light with his child in the back seat over the weekend. The sheriff’s office released body camera video of the arrest, showing
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian state agency Tass says a Russian court has ordered a Russian-American journalist to remain in jail ahead of trial rather than be released to house arrest. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, was taken into custody on Oct. 18. She faces charges of
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Internal emails shown at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial reveal that when he tried to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014, investment bankers doubted the NFL would allow it but encouraged him to stay in the running. The internal emails were aired in court on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Police are investigating after shots were fired early Tuesday morning into a northwest Oklahoma City home. The incident happened shortly before 6 a.m. in a neighborhood on Western Avenue between Hefner and Britton roads. Police told KOCO 5 that the drive-by
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — When the first gene therapy for the rare, debilitating disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy was conditionally approved earlier this year, it was hailed as a seminal moment for patients and their families — an opportunity to try to slow the progression of a disease that robs kids of their ability
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday. Lawrence Faucette, 58, was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically
Continue ReadingVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A power company’s plans for an enormous offshore wind farm off Virginia’s southeast coast have received key federal approval. Dominion Energy got what’s called a favorable “record of decision” on Tuesday from the federal regulators. They had reviewed the project’s potential impact on the environment, among other factors. Dominion is
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Jacob Lew as ambassador to Israel, filling the key diplomatic post as the country is fighting a war with Hamas. Lew, a treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, was confirmed 53-43. He has promised to stand side by side with Israel’s leaders
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Nelson Click here for updates on this story CACHE COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — A Cache County man uses his skills as a mechanic to give a special Christmas gift to some families in his community. Since 2016, Jason Hansen has been repairing used cars to give them to families who need an updated
Continue ReadingBy Bob Evans Click here for updates on this story BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KSTU) — A beloved World War II veteran and Utah resident is being remembered by family and friends as a man who loved his country after his recent death. Jury Toone of Bountiful died just before his 99 birthday while being surrounded by
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More elevator riders in North Carolina soon won’t see the eyes of the state labor commissioner staring back at them. Commissioner Josh Dobson had followed longtime predecessor Cherie Berry’s practice of printing his photo onto elevator inspection certificates. But Dobson told WRAL-TV his photo is being eliminated to make way for
Continue ReadingBy Amy Nay Click here for updates on this story BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KSTU) — A man in Bountiful has transformed his backyard into a haunted forest and invites the public to check it out — if they dare. “Oh, it’ll scare ya!” Doug Butts said of the walk from his backyard down a ravine and
Continue ReadingNAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer who shocked a shoplifting suspect three times with a stun gun, including when the man was on the ground apologizing, has been charged with assault and cruelty. Naugatuck Officer Nicholas Kehoss turned himself in to state police on Monday after an arrest warrant was issued, state police
Continue ReadingBy Jaurdyn Johnson Click here for updates on this story BARKER, New York (WKBW) — In Barker, there are few places for the community to shop for clothes at an affordable price, so guidance counselor Alison Finitz and social worker Leah Riley opened the Care Closet. “We see what they need. We could shop for
Continue ReadingBy Michael Schwartz Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (WKBW) — “It’s the worst it’s ever been with glass, garbage, dog feces, and today I found a needle on the ground.” Darlene Errington, of Buffalo, emailed 7 Problem Solvers looking for help to address debris on Bailey Avenue between Seneca and
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that civilians in southern Lebanon were injured this month when Israeli forces hit a border village with shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition. The organization said it verified three other instances of Israel’s military dropping white phosphorus
Continue ReadingBy MIKE DARNAY Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The cause of death for former Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans has been revealed to be from complications due to chronic alcohol use. Haggans died at the age of 46 in June in Fort Collins, Colorado and the Larimer County Coroner’s Office was
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, Sam Fossum and Manu Raju, CNN In the latest indication that Republican senators are deeply divided over tying aid for Ukraine to Israel funding, Sen. Lindsey Graham said it would be a “huge mistake” to separate the two after listening to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify before
Continue ReadingBy NICK CALOWAY Click here for updates on this story TEANECK, New Jersey (WCBS) — Kyle Hewlett and his mom, Gina Gilmore, have a lot to be thankful for. Hewlett’s critical care team at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey saved his life after he suddenly went into cardiac arrest. On Monday, Hewlett,
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