By Rachel Law Click here for updates on this story TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (WTHI) — A common saying is that it’s the people that make the place. That’s how 83-year-old volunteer Bill Youman is for Meals on Wheels. He’s just one of many volunteers that make an impact on the lives of those he meets.
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — “God I love Texas Roadhouse,” began one thread on Reddit, with over 1,000 upvotes. “Texas Roadhouse never disappoints,” began another, with over 5,000 votes. A third touted the “incredible value.” If there’s anything Americans love, it’s cheap meat. So business is booming at Texas Roadhouse and LongHorn
Continue ReadingBy Toby Mohr Click here for updates on this story EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (WQOW) — People in the Chippewa Valley and around the world took to the radio waves this weekend preparing for how they can help when disaster strikes. For enthusiasts like Philip Spratt, amateur radio started out as a hobby. “My dad was
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Monday marked the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court reversing the 1973 Roe V. Wade ruling that crated a federal right to an abortion, leaving the decision now up to the states.
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is investigating whether to impose a surtax on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles. A 30-day consultation on the issue will begin July 2 to counter what Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday is a clear effort by Chinese companies to generate a global oversupply. Canada’s move comes weeks after
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Mindy Kaling is now a mom of three. Kaling shared the happy news on Monday, which was also her 45th birthday, writing on her Instagram page that she gave birth to a baby girl named Anne in February. “She’s the best birthday present I could’ve ever imagined,” Kaling wrote
Continue ReadingBy Cameron Burnett Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Crews continued battling a large fire at a recycling facility in Park City on Monday. The Sedgwick County Fire District 1 said several companies were still at the scene of the pallet fire outside Evergreen Recycle. Since the fire began Sunday,
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of Kenyan police officers are leaving for Haiti, where they will lead a multinational force against powerful gangs. The deployment is controversial. The government of Kenyan President William Ruto is defying a court’s ruling calling it unconstitutional. And critics have expressed concern about the long
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A hiker missing for 10 days has been found safe in the mountains in Northern California. Lukas McClish left the rural community of Boulder Creek for a hike on June 11 and was reported missing June 16. The 34-year-old man was found Thursday after witnesses heard someone yelling for help.
Continue ReadingBy Nick Nelson Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — The man arrested for first-degree murder in connection to a Father’s Day barbecue shooting that left one person dead is now wanted by police. Police arrested Eric Gonzalez-Guittierez following a deadly shooting on Father’s Day in north Riverside and he soon
Continue ReadingBAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — A small plane has made an emergency landing on the beach on New York’s Fire Island and the two people on board were uninjured. Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Tammy L. Jones says the single-engine Piper PA-28 landed in Atlantique at 12:15 p.m. A Suffolk County police spokesperson says no one
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is expected to announce Tuesday it is sending an additional $150 million in critically needed munitions to Ukraine. This is according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to provide details that have not
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A Sisters nonprofit, Romeo’s Joy , is bringing love and companionship to seniors with disabilities in an unusual way – through animatronic pets. They provide them to seniors with dementia, Alzheimer’s or mental and physical disabilities who need companionship but can’t care for a living pet.
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Wilson Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — If you think the summer heat’s tough on your lawn, imagine having hundreds of scorched acres that you depend on for your livelihood. That’s the challenge seventh-generation farmer James Michael Byrd, who grows tobacco, cotton, and corn in Bunn Level
Continue ReadingBy WTVD Staff Click here for updates on this story CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (WTVD) — The UNC-Chapel Hill professor, who called out school administrators for launching an apparent investigation and secretly recording his classes, has been let go. Larry Chavis taught economics at UNC for 18 years. Back in May, he spoke with Eyewitness
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris is telling voters Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. While President Joe Biden is sequestered at Camp David
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday, at Place Vendôme in Paris, Anna Wintour and her team launched the third installment of Vogue World — this time a theatrical celebration of French fashion and sport, in honor of the upcoming Olympics Games. On the eve of the city’s prestigious Haute Couture shows, famous faces
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin are seeking to scuttle an involuntary manslaughter trial against the actor-producer in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust.” Baldwin’s lawyers argue in a motion seeking to dismiss the charge that the firearm in the shooting was heavily damaged
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated 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
Continue ReadingBY ABBY SEWELL AND MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, particularly as cease-fire negotiations have faltered. Such
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