By Abby Wray Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — The Salvation Army, Evergy, and Vornado are making sure Wichitans keep cool this summer with free fans that were given away on Tuesday. “I’m excited to get a new fan you know,” said Schena Martiz. Martiz is a mother of 4
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Two Baltimore Police Department employees could lose their jobs and another 10 face lesser disciplinary actions for their responses to a July 2023 mass shooting at a neighborhood block party that left two people dead and 28 more injured. Baltimore police announced Thursday that they plan to discipline 12 department
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — An international roaming outage is leaving customers of the three major US mobile carriers in the dark, making it difficult or impossible for American customers who are currently out of the country to make calls, send messages and use data. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon confirmed to CNN that
Continue ReadingBy T.J. Wilham Click here for updates on this story NEW MEXICO (KOAT) — Alleged drunken drivers are not having their driver’s license suspended even though state law requires a mandatory six-month suspension even if they are arrested for the first time. It’s because New Mexico law enforcement officers are not showing up to driver’s
Continue ReadingBy Leon Purvis Click here for updates on this story OBERLIN, Kansas (KAKE) — Questions are circling about a flying object in the skies over northwest Kansas. It appears to be some type of balloon. Some experts say it looks eerily similar to the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the US last year. The
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Former Pro Bowl NFL wide receiver Randall Cobb and his family escaped unhurt after a blaze erupted at their home in Nashville, Tennessee. Cobb’s wife, Aiyda, said the family was “lucky to be alive,” as she detailed what had happened on her Instagram account. “The Tesla charger caught on fire
Continue ReadingBy Eli Higgins Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — There are big changes coming to Wichita this year, and firework tent owners are hoping it will mean more sales than ever. It’s one of the busiest days of the year for firework tent owners like Teresa Lybarger. After doing it
Continue ReadingBy Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KOAT) — Delaney Davis and her wife Valorie lost their home in the South Fork Fire. Davis underwent a life-threatening procedure, out of the country, when they received the news from her mother, Sharon, while in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Davis has suffered
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Broderick Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Tennessee State Parks are providing new all-terrain wheelchairs at state parks! You may remember this story from last summer, where our Cole Johnson showed how the wheelchairs were helping those at Radnor Lake State Park. The new additions announced this week
Continue ReadingBy Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — In April, Tennessee lawmakers unanimously passed Jillian’s Law, which goes into effect Monday, July 1st. The new law was inspired by unimaginable grief. “Let me assure you, there is nothing worse than losing a child. It leaves a giant hole in
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Hauser Click here for updates on this story GILES COUNTY, Tennessee (WTVF) — It’s been about a month and a half since strong storms tore through the mid-state. For some communities, the recovery is just beginning. In a small town in Giles County, the May 8 severe weather left two brothers devastated: one
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell the platform, or face a ban, is an unconstitutional measure that restricts speech and makes it impossible for users to associate on the app. The legal brief, submitted late Wednesday to a federal
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Walgreens cerrará un número considerable de sus aproximadamente 8.600 establecimientos en todo Estados Unidos, en un intento de restablecer el negocio de la cadena farmacéutica, que atraviesa dificultades. La empresa no anunció el número concreto de tiendas que cerrará, pero dijo este jueves que está planeando cierres “significativos” de tiendas de bajo
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Alessandra Ferri, one of the world’s most celebrated dramatic ballerinas, takes the stage Friday at the Metropolitan Opera House to channel Virginia Woolf, logic dictates it will be her last dance appearance. It’s not merely that she’s 61 — albeit dancing exquisitely — and sharing a stage
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company. Some advocates blame the marketing efforts behind the powerful prescription painkiller for opening the doors to an opioid epidemic that has only deepened in recent years. Sackler family members have stopped
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a controversial settlement that would have sent billions of dollars to treatment programs and victims of the nation’s opioid epidemic but also shielded the Sackler family from future lawsuits despite the fact that it made its fortune selling
Continue ReadingBy Ross Adams Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A lawsuit filed by a former Jackson Public Works Department official will be heard in federal court this week. U.S. District Court judge Kristi Johnson seated the eight-person jury on Monday in the trial for the civil lawsuit filed by former
Continue ReadingBy Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — True to his theatrical form, Thom Browne’s fall 2024 couture show opened with spectacle. Men grasping a rope battled for supremacy in a staged game of tug of war at the hallowed “Musée des Arts Décoratifs” gallery in Paris, where the American designer riffed off the upcoming Olympic
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Willie Nelson is expected to return to his tour soon after canceling several performances, citing “doctor’s orders.” Nelson, who turned 91 in April, was not yet able to return to the stage, however, on Wednesday night. “Willie Nelson will not be performing at tonight’s show in Virginia Beach,” a
Continue ReadingBy Megan Matthews Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — What once was a semitrailer is now a grocery store on wheels. The Kroger Mobile Market is equipped with a refrigerator, air conditioning, and even baskets with which to shop. It aims to provide more food options to communities like Fairdale,
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