By Ethan Humble Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A Sunday morning flight from Des Moines to Indiana was a special one for Vietnam veteran Harry Holland. Holland did two tours in Vietnam after joining the army in January of 1970. He said he served as an air traffic
Continue ReadingFENTRESS, Texas (AP) — Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane. The three-term Republican governor skydived Monday for the first time, completing a tandem jump from about 8,000 feet above the suburbs between Austin and San Antonio. He was joined on the plane by 106-year-old World War II veteran
Continue ReadingBy Scott Heidler Click here for updates on this story BREVARD COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Amy Siewe is probably not who you would expect to be the self-proclaimed python huntress. She recollected the trip that sparked it all. “Wow, I’ve got to go down and see what is happening with these pythons. So I went
Continue ReadingBy Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story DENMARK, Maine (WMTW) — A woman from the Oxford County town of Denmark is accused of killing two people, including her grandmother and partner. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Fuller Lane at about 2 p.m. Saturday to check on two people who
Continue ReadingBy Todd Coyne Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, B.C. (CTV Network) — Warning: This story is about a child who died by suicide and may be disturbing to readers. Mounties in northern British Columbia are investigating after a 12-year-old boy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following an apparent case of online
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should check on it before the end of the week. Under Google’s updated inactive-account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven’t
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This month, Bola Gbadebo visits the Culver School District, to highlight the importance of the Academic Success Club and science classes at Culver High School, as well as a second-grade class focused on medieval themes. Mid Oregon Credit Union is providing this month’s One Class at a Time recipients a sum of $1,000.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Cotter Click here for updates on this story PLAISTOW, New Hampshire (WMUR) — An Army veteran jumped into action after a car crashed into his front yard in Plaistow on Saturday. Home surveillance video shows the moment a car went flying over a rock wall and crashed into a yard on Forrest Street
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Joseph Ataman and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — For more than six weeks, the conditions in which the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas were being held in Gaza were virtually unknown to the outside world. But testimony from some of the hostages released by the militant group in recent days is now
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Enticed by deep discounts, Americans are expected to celebrate Cyber Monday by spending a record-setting $12 billion online shopping. Black Friday sales were strong –- especially online –- providing the latest evidence of resilient consumer spending in the face of a host of challenges. Despite elevated borrowing
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a national budget for the next three years that increases spending by around 25% and reportedly devotes a record amount to defense as the the country’s military operation in Ukraine drags on. The budget foresees spending in 2024 of 36.6 trillion rubles with an expected deficit
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government is urging people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. At least 76 people have died and 40,000 displaced from their homes since the rains began
Continue ReadingBy Eva McKend, Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to attend the Tuesday memorial service for his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, in Atlanta, his grandson told CNN – a tribute that will also be attended by all of the living former first ladies. The former president is
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself. Lawyers for the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Award-winning entertainer Jason Aldean announced Monday that after 40+ sold out headlining shows in 2023, he’ll be hitting the road again in 2024, extending his Highway Desperado Tour, including a concert on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater. The tour will be starting July 11 at Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
Continue ReadingBy WRAL News Staff Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL News) — A Winston-Salem man has been arrested after he followed a woman home, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. On Sunday, deputies said they responded to a report on Kenbridge Drive in Clemmons regarding a suspicious person. Officers said
Continue ReadingBy WRAL News Staff Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL News) — The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that four people found shot to death in the woods of rural North Carolina on Sunday morning were victims of a triple-homicide, followed by a suicide. Captain Eric Pope says deputies were
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow its state abortion ban that imposes penalties on doctors who perform abortions to take full effect despite federal requirements for emergency room doctors. The case comes to the high court more than a year after the justices overturned a constitutional right to abortion, altering the landscape of abortion
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — Patience and persistence paid off for an animal rescue worker who was determined to help one specific dog. ‘Red’ moved to a foster home on Saturday after a two-year wait. Until now, Red had been living at the humane society
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A horse was on the loose Sunday after it broke free from its carriage driver. Police say the horse ran into four parked cars while on the loose around 3 p.m. near 55th Street and 12th Avenue. The trouble started
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