LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of Marilyn Monroe have won a battle to preserve her mark on Los Angeles and are a step closer to seeing a towering statue of the silver screen icon remain in Palm Springs. The Los Angeles home where Monroe briefly lived and died has been declared a historic cultural monument,
Continue ReadingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A female capybara has arrived at a Florida zoo as part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the large South American rodents. Iyari, a 10-month-old capybara, went to the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in May from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. She’s in
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — As we hurtle headlong into summer, we’re dully aware six months’ worth of new content has already hit our streaming platforms and our feeds this year – and in some rare cases, even gotten us out of the house and into a movie theater. While consensus seems to be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Patricia Kobylski remembers when there were plenty of people in her eastside Detroit neighborhood. There aren’t as many anymore. On Monday, Mayor Mike Duggan has announced Kobylski’s neighborhood as one of three that will receive solar arrays on what is now acres of vacant land. The city is looking to
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced a sweeping series of charges Thursday against nearly 200 people accused of participating in health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion. More than 190 defendants, including 76 doctors, nurse practitioners and other licensed medical professionals, were charged over two weeks in federal courts
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Michigan woman has been ordered to stand trial in a crash that killed two siblings and injured several other people who were at a boat club to celebrate a child’s birthday. Marshella Chidester was bound over Thursday to Monroe County Circuit Court on two counts of second-degree murder and other charges in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What would be the nation’s largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas has won approval from a federal commission. Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass 2 project was approved with little discussion by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during a livestreamed meeting Thursday. The project still needs Department of Energy approval.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MONONA COUNTY, Iowa (KETV) — A levee on the Little Sioux River in Monona County broke on Tuesday. Monona County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook Tuesday afternoon announcing the levee failure. The levee is at Peter’s Park along the Little Sioux River. Another levee in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s most comprehensive aerial wildlife survey found about 6 million antelope — a figure that would make it the world’s largest land mammal migration. The government and the nonprofit African Parks teamed up to carry out the survey in spring of last year.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions. The court delivered a 6-3 procedural ruling that left key questions
Continue ReadingBy Cameron Sibert Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An office building on Britton Road in Oklahoma City was an indication of how destructive the storms were on Tuesday, when hurricane-type winds moved through the area. The building suffered extensive damage to its roof, windows were blown out and metal
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray the costs
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — A woman and two children died on Tuesday after a man intentionally set their mobile home trailer on fire, according to the Stockton Police Department. A manhunt is now underway for the person believed responsible. Officers were called to the fire
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ever wonder what it’s like to go to a party hosted by Beatles legend Paul McCartney? Well, late night host Jimmy Kimmel scored an invite and has the intel. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host and his wife Molly McNearney – who is also the executive producer and co-head writer
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story POPLAR, California (KCRA) — A family of seven beavers was released into a southern Sierra Nevada watershed earlier this month, in a move reminiscent of historical ways tribes conserved water. On June 12, the Tule River Tribe, in partnership with the California Department of Fish
Continue ReadingBy Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — She made it! Ultra-marathon open-water swimmer Katie Pumphrey, a Maryland native, swam 24 miles from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday as part of a “Bay-to-Baltimore” history-making event. The swim started at Sandy Point State Park at
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Duarte Mendonca and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Seven people were killed and at least five more injured when an international train and a bus collided in southwestern Slovakia on Thursday afternoon, the country’s emergency services said. The cause of the crash remains unclear and investigation is ongoing, according to the emergency
Continue ReadingBy Breana Ross Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN PARK, Maryland (WBAL) — The Chesapeake Arts Center looks to expose Anne Arundel County communities to art through new Art Exchange Box program. Inside the Chesapeake Arts Center, people can find beautiful galleries with pieces of all shapes and sizes hanging on the walls.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon wants to hold additional hearings on Donald Trump’s attempts to challenge key evidence in his classified documents case and will allow the former president’s lawyers to question witnesses about the investigation and search of Mar-a-Lago. On Thursday, the Florida-based judge said in a new order that
Continue ReadingALTON, Ill. (AP) — A giant sinkhole has swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play. But no injuries were reported after the sinkhole opened Wednesday morning. “No
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