By Pepper Purpura Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Metro area school districts are reporting thousands owed in lunch account balances as the first day of school approaches, spurring efforts to pay down balances before the start of school. Since the pandemic, child nutrition expert Kaitlyn Scheuermann said school
Continue ReadingKCCI By Pepper Purpura Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Metro area school districts are reporting thousands owed in lunch account balances as the first day of school approaches, spurring efforts to pay down balances before the start of school. Since the pandemic, child nutrition expert Kaitlyn Scheuermann said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier. Figures released Thursday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos and two online operations
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says it has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avert the foreclosure of their historic hotel as he runs for U.S. Senate. The Greenbrier resort came under threat of auction after JPMorgan Chase sold a longstanding loan to
Continue ReadingKCRA By Carolina Estrada Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Rodents are not uncommon in Sacramento. And during hot temperatures, residents might spot rats more frequently. The Sacramento Canines Rat Annihilation Team (SCRAT) is a group of urban ratters that hunt for rodents around the city with their dogs. Emily
Continue ReadingBy Carolina Estrada Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Rodents are not uncommon in Sacramento. And during hot temperatures, residents might spot rats more frequently. The Sacramento Canines Rat Annihilation Team (SCRAT) is a group of urban ratters that hunt for rodents around the city with their dogs. Emily Iniguez,
Continue ReadingBy Anahita Jafary Click here for updates on this story SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Red tape is blocking off the area where an attempted heist took place in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon. DeVons Jewelers in San Joaquin County’s Lincoln Village suffered thousands of dollars in damages after two suspects unsuccessfully smashed its
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona man who was being sought for allegedly making threats against former President Donald Trump has been arrested, according to law enforcement. Ronald Syvrud, who is accused of threatening to kill Trump in multiple social media posts over the past couple of weeks, was taken
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced. The 5-4 order came after emergency
Continue ReadingBy Tom Garris Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A group of teens from New Hampshire are thousands of miles away in an effort to help Ukrainian children impacted by the war with Russia. “Our goal is just to kind of be the positive, happy, fun people that come
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando era niño y veía películas estadounidenses en Tailandia, el único sueño de Jack Titus era convertirse en estadounidense. Después de que el modelo lo hiciera realidad hace unos años con su traslado a Las Vegas, desarrolló un nuevo sueño: parecerse más a un estadounidense. Y para él, eso significaba unos
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Coleburn Click here for updates on this story HENRICO COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — Brett McCray has sold jewelry and antiques at his store Need-Ful Things & More on Pemberton Road in Henrico for the past seven years. “It was my dream,” said McCray. “I have five stars. I mean, people love me and
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Holmes Click here for updates on this story CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — A Chesterfield woman says she’s hit a dead end trying to get help after having a check worth thousands of dollars stolen from her mail. For years, Wanda Bass has paid her business’s quarterly taxes through the U.S. Postal Service.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — More than 100 northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo hopped back into the wild last week, thanks to a collaborative effort to save one of the last remaining Northwest populations of this endangered species. The frogs hatched from eggs collected by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife earlier this
Continue ReadingBy Scott Sutton Click here for updates on this story MARTIN COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — No one was hurt after an Amtrak train smashed into a semi on the tracks near Indiantown, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. The collision occurred Thursday morning near the intersection of Southwest Warfield Boulevard and Southwest Amaryllis Avenue.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has started its homework assignment of coming up with a comprehensive bill to guide energy policy in a rapidly growing state and amid a quickly changing power-generation world. The Special Committee on South Carolina’s Energy Future met for the first time Thursday and heard from
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Mustangs to the Rescue, a local equine rehabilitation and rescue organization, is working alongside professional horse trainers to domesticate rare feral horses
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades ambushed a police convoy in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding several others. Punjab police say the attack happened in the Rahim Yar Khan district on Thursday as the officers were patrolling a deserted area in search
Continue ReadingBy Leondra Head Click here for updates on this story CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (WTKR) — Chesapeake parents have just a few days to find a new daycare after learning Childtime daycare will be closing Friday, August 23. The center has been hit with several violations in the last few years, putting their operating license in doubt.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gun rights activists are vowing to pursue repealing a gun bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey. The new statute includes a ban on hard-to-trace “ghost guns” and adds requirements to obtain a gun license. Gun rights advocates call the measure an “historic attack” on civil rights.
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