By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before using aircraft to scope out the area around a person’s home with binoculars or cameras with zoom lenses. The decision released Friday comes in a case that dates to 2012. Alaska
Continue ReadingBy Ana Melgar and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty Friday of drug trafficking by an American jury after a two-week trial in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors had accused Hernández, 55, of conspiring with drug cartels during his tenure as they moved more than 400 tons
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Jason Morris, Nick Valencia and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is already facing a charged legal battle to bar her from prosecuting the election subversion case she brought against former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen allies in Georgia. Now, she’s facing at least two new
Continue ReadingBy Mackenzie Lofgren Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Sen. Gene Dornink found himself apologizing after referring to a female Delta pilot as a “stewardess” during a sick and safe time amendment hearing on Tuesday. Following her testimony where Laura Haynor identified herself, Dornink (R-Brownsdale) began by asking her, “What does
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days. It is a reversal of current law that Republicans and some Democrats have been
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Over a busy, 60-day legislative session, Washington state lawmakers made strides to address the opioid crisis and ban a controversial policing practice with bipartisan support, but fell short in getting some of the most progressive bills across the finish line. The short session, which marked Jay Inslee’s
Continue ReadingBy y Ginger Allen, Lexi Salazar, Katie Standing Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — A local family will likely never look at gift cards the same way again after they became victims of an increasingly popular scam. They’re now out tens of thousands of dollars and it all started
Continue ReadingBy Rohan Mattu Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A Baltimore man has been charged in the death of Jamal Barney, a former Loyola men’s basketball standout found dead in a vacant home last year. Dayrel McFarland, 28, is charged with first-and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and other
Continue ReadingBy Emily Pofahl Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — One person is dead, and three people are injured after two crashes within six hours at a Milwaukee intersection. According to Milwaukee police, drivers blowing through red lights caused both crashes. Neighbors living and working around Sherman Boulevard and Villard Avenue said
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Hilyard Click here for updates on this story RACINE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WISN) — An emaciated dog mystery is unfolding in Racine County. On Saturday night, just before midnight, a Caledonia police sergeant spotted an extremely skinny 18-month-old dog wandering through traffic near Northwestern Avenue and Rapids Drive. That’s technically in Racine, right on
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, weeks after the agency lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support following Israeli allegations against some of its staffers in Gaza. Canada was one of 16 countries that temporarily halted future payments. Israel accused
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story KISSIMMEE, Florida (WESH) — A Florida man has been charged with murder now that the child he severely injured 10 years ago has died. According to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to Siesta Lane in Kissimmee in December 2012 for a report
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Melissa Alonso and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado jury has awarded $3.76 million to a grandmother whose house was damaged and ransacked after Denver police relied solely on Apple’s “Find My” app and stormed the wrong home, according to court documents. Ruby Johnson, now 78, still suffers from “severe physical
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The sunny and crisp pattern will be changing over to a snowy pattern over the weekend. Each of the next several days the region will be adding new snow to the mountains. There will be a series of snowy days ahead as the region returns to a wet/snow regiment. The snow will be steady until
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The House has approved legislation that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn’t divest from the popular social media platform, escalating the fight over the hot-button issue. The TikTok legislation, which was included in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel, could become law
Continue ReadingBy Bob Hazen Click here for updates on this story ST. CLOUD, Florida (WESH) — Starting on Tuesday morning, law enforcement swarmed a home in a St. Cloud neighborhood just east of Canoe Creek Road. A man who neighbors say was known as “Santa” was arrested in a Homeland Security raid as part of a
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A school district in Southern California has approved changes to a policy that required school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change pronouns at school. The updated policy passed by the Chino Valley Unified School District board removes mentions of student
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — A floating pier and causeway that will be used to deliver critical humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza is expected to take at least one month or possibly as long as two for the US military to build and become fully operational, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Wegovy’s not just for weight loss anymore. The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicine’s label, making it the first weight-loss drug to also be cleared to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death in
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The short-lived dry spell that brought us a few days of dry and crisp conditions is coming to an end. The region will now be dealing with several waves of light precipitation. The temperatures today will be mild and that will lead to a wintry mix scenario over the weekend and into next week. Central
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