By KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, California (KABC) — A 467-pound pumpkin was donated and delivered by an Escondido couple to a pair of orphaned bear cubs at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center, officials said Tuesday. The pumpkin stopped growing in September, and the couple delivered
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Cordero Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Two months after a man accused of road rage was sentenced to 5 years in prison, several of his alleged victims are expressing anger over his plea deal and are calling for legislative reform. On Tuesday, four women sat alongside attorney
Continue ReadingBy LEZLA GOODEN Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A West Oakland gas station was left an absolute mess after a wild burglary where thieves used a backhoe to tear into the storefront. The ampm gas station, off of 889 W Grand Ave., is the latest Oakland business targeted by
Continue ReadingBy Eric Resendiz Click here for updates on this story PALMDALE, California (KABC) — Homicide investigators are looking into the death of a toddler in Palmdale. Deputies responded to a rescue call just after 5 p.m. Tuesday at a house on East Avenue P-15, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. When they arrived,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Hayes Click here for updates on this story ENCINO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Human body parts were found inside a bag Wednesday morning in Encino, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The discovery was reported to police around 6:15 a.m. near Ventura Boulevard and Rubio Avenue. The call originally described human remains inside
Continue ReadingBy C.C. McCandless Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (WRAL) — A teen who reportedly shot an RTC bus passenger and dropped his gun at a preschool is going to be charged as an adult with attempted murder and several other felony counts. Tshaun Rucker, 16, appeared in Clark County Justice
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH CAROLINA (WRAL) — A minivan carrying a mother and her three children was struck by a full sized pickup truck Wednesday morning in Johnston County. A child was ejected from the van when the cars crashed on Smith Road between Clayton and Four Oaks.
Continue ReadingBy ALEXUS DAVILA Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — After months of debate about banning dozens of books from Caroll County Public Schools, the Board of Education will make a vote Wednesday. Back in August, nearly 60 books were challenged for their content and removed from school libraries. Challenging a
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A suspect who was taken into custody in last month’s killing of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll has been released, the suspect’s lawyer said Saturday. Detroit Police Chief James E. White had announced Wednesday a suspect was in custody, but said details of the investigation will
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announced the investigation Wednesday. She said it will focus on numerous allegations from residents in Lexington, a community
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville district attorney is calling on the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution. The move follows the Tuesday arrest of 29-year-old Shaquille Taylor in the shooting of an 18-year-old Belmont University student. Taylor was previously charged with three
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Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to examine data from the CDC’s 2023 PLACES report and identified counties with the most physically active adults.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in Brazil have arrested two people to foil an alleged attack, which the Israeli Prime Minister’s office said was planned by Lebanese militia Hezbollah. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that the thwarted attack on
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Bruce Willis’ daughter Tallulah Willis is sharing an update regarding her dad’s health after the “Die Hard” actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) earlier this year. “He has a really aggressive cognitive disease, a form of dementia that’s very rare,” Tallulah said on Wednesday’s episode of the “Drew Barrymore Show,”
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is riding high after his reelection victory in Republican-leaning Kentucky. He says his party can overcome America’s deep divisions by trying “to lead with compassion” and improving the lives of the people who elect them. Beshear won a second term on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines in their homeland to fight on Moscow’s side in the war. RIA Novosti reports the POWs swore allegiance to Russia when they joined the battalion, which
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A jury is set to decide the perjury case against a former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore. Jurors heard attorneys’ closing arguments on Wednesday in the trial of former state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby. The judge presiding over the trial said she expects jurors to
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company. The newly unsealed
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Four California men linked to the “Three Percenters” militia movement have been convicted on charges including conspiracy and obstruction for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Erik Scott Warner, Felipe Antonio Martinez, Derek Kinnison, and Ronald Mele were found guilty on Tuesday after a trial in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Hundreds of Azerbaijani soldiers have paraded through the capital city of the Karabakh region that came under full control of Azerbaijan in September after a lightning rout of ethnic Armenian forces. Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said in an address at the parade in Khankendi on Wednesday that “we showed the whole
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