By Jossie Carbonare Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — A park honoring our veterans and first responders is in the works in Tradition. It’s called Stars and Stripes Park and will be located along Southwest Village Parkway. On Thursday, city leaders in Port St. Lucie and developers from
Continue ReadingBy Louis Mian and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The trial of Andrew Tate, a self-proclaimed “misogynist” online influencer accused of human trafficking and rape, can go ahead, a Romanian court said Friday. Tate was indicted in June along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian citizens on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming
Continue ReadingBy Brian Johnson Click here for updates on this story OAK GROVE, Missouri (KMBC) — The city of Oak Grove swore in an all-women mayor and board of aldermen, marking the first time this has occurred in Jackson County. “These women at this time in history decided to step up,” said Mayor Dana Webb. “I
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster film “Twister.” When he was hired to direct “Twisters,” storming theaters on July 19, he knew one thing was non-negotiable: They needed to shoot
Continue ReadingCLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket. Authorities say Friday that 31-year-old Noor Noel Kestou was arrested Saturday. He was brought back
Continue ReadingBy JULIA DIAS CARNEIRO Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fire tore through a small hotel in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre early Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 11, authorities said. The fire broke out in the early hours in the three-story building, which provided affordable housing in
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Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press One of the demands of antiwar protestors on college campuses is for their schools to divest their endowments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Endowments are the holdings and investments that universities and some nonprofits manage as a kind of perpetual savings account. Georges
Continue ReadingBy Kayla James Click here for updates on this story MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (KCCI) — A program in Marshalltown that brings human service providers and police officers together is getting people who dial 911 the direct help they need. The Marshalltown Police and Community Team, also known as MPACT, is an intervention program used in the
Continue ReadingBy Khiree Stewart Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The clock could be ticking for TikTok in the U.S. A provision in a package of legislation signed by President Joe Biden Wednesday would ban the popular social media app in the States, unless its Chinese owner sells the company to a
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal safety regulators said they are investigating whether Tesla’s massive recall in December of essentially all of its vehicles on US roads was sufficient to fix the safety threat posed by its “Autopilot” feature. The recall of 2 million Tesla vehicles was ordered by the National Highway
Continue ReadingBy Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A Catonsville woman accused of plotting to destroy Baltimore’s power grid with her alleged neo-Nazi boyfriend is facing a new charge. Federal officials said Sarah Beth Clendaniel and alleged co-conspirator Brandon Clint Russell plotted to take out five substations. According to the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US government has asked leading artificial intelligence companies for advice on how to use the technology they are creating to defend airlines, utilities and other critical infrastructure, particularly from AI-powered attacks. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that the panel it’s creating will
Continue ReadingBy Eric Schucht Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Firefighters rescued a turtle Thursday morning from a fire at an abandoned two-story house in South Natomas, the Sacramento Fire Department said. Firefighters were dispatched around 8:30 a.m. to the scene at the 1000 block of Garden Highway. Upon arrival they
Continue ReadingBy Addison Kliewer Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — For the second time in two playoff games, an Oklahoma City Thunder fan nailed a half-court shot. Oklahoma City resident Eli Walch had one chance to win the MidFirst Bank Half-Court Shot contest, and he did. Along with the roar of
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Actress Sophia Bush has come out as queer, a year after announcing that her short-lived marriage had ended. The 41-year-old star of “One Tree Hill” has opened up about her love life in an intimate feature-length magazine article. Writing in Glamour, she described the cold feet she experienced before tying
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Poppy Harlow, the longtime CNN anchor who most recently co-helmed “CNN This Morning,” announced Friday that she will exit the network. “The nearly two decades since have been a gift,” Harlow wrote in an email to colleagues. “I have been inspired by you and learned so much from you
Continue ReadingBy Christl Dabu Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — When Gen-chan arrived at a zoo in Japan in 2017, no one questioned whether the then-five-year-old hippopotamus was a boy. The person in charge of the Mexican zoo where Gen-chan initially lived said the hippo was male and import documents also
Continue ReadingBy Genevieve Beauchemin Click here for updates on this story MONTREAL (CTV Network) — “Bombshell, indeed,” Montreal actress Erika Rosenbaum said of the New York Court of Appeals decision throwing out the conviction of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Rosenbaum is among the Silence Breakers, a group of women who came forward after allegations of
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so. Blinken made the comments to CNN’s Kylie Atwood in an interview
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