By Anvar Ruziev Click here for updates on this story FORT MYERS BEACH, Florida (WFTX) — The Margaritaville Resort is pushing back against a recent order from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to remove televisions from their “License to Chill” bar to comply with sea turtle protection regulations. Concerns are that the light
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials have announced a second confirmed case of the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus in the state. A second confirmed case of the virus in a horse was also announced Thursday. The human case is a woman in her 30s. Both were exposed in the area of Plymouth
Continue ReadingBy WFTX Digital Team Click here for updates on this story NAPLES, Florida (WFTX) — UPDATE 2:17 PM The Naples Police Department has released the police report regarding the arrest of Mayor Heitmann. According to the police department’s report, a sergeant responded to the scene of a possible intoxicated driver claIming to be the mayor
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry has signed a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors for the 2026-27 season, one in which the NBA’s all-time 3-point leader and Olympic gold medalist will earn nearly $63 million. The team announced the signing Thursday. ESPN first reported the agreement was in place, and Curry’s agent, Jeff Austin
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story CHINO, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Police discovered a Hello Kitty bag loaded with fentanyl when they arrested a man wanted in connection with a string of thefts in the Chino area. According to a post from the Chino Police Department on Facebook, officers were patrolling the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors in the first criminal trial linked to New Hampshire’s sprawling child abuse scandal have begun deliberations in the case of a former youth detention center worker charged with repeatedly raping a teenage girl two decades ago. Sixty-two-year-old Victor Malavet is one of nine men charged in connection with
Continue ReadingBy Katie Houlis, Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey (WCBS) — Two people were injured in a boat explosion at a New Jersey marina Wednesday afternoon. Old Bridge Township Police said officers were sent to the Raritan Marina just before 3:30 p.m. Video from Chopper 2 shows firefighters
Continue ReadingBy Mikenzie Hammel Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — One vacation rental in downtown Sheboygan Falls looks nothing like it did two weeks ago. The floors are stripped down to their foundational wood, half the kitchen appliances are missing from the kitchen, and the furniture and decorations have been
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A wrongfully convicted Texas man who spent 34 years in prison for a killing in the 1980s was exonerated Thursday, saying that while he couldn’t get those years back, he was happy and moving forward. “I’m just excited that this day has finally come,” said Benjamin Spencer, 59. A Dallas County judge granted
Continue ReadingBy Ali Bauman Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A mother in Brooklyn is desperately seeking answers after her son’s body was found in a branch of the East River. He is the third person found dead there after leaving nearby nightclubs in the past year. Damani Alexander’s body
Continue ReadingHealth officials say two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says Thursday that a third person in that state also has been hospitalized because of the mosquito-borne illness. The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center in Illinois
Continue ReadingBy Eva Andersen, Nate Sylves Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — For the first time in years, students at Gloria Casarez Elementary School in Kensington are staying cool and comfortable in their classrooms, thanks to newly installed air conditioning units. The upgrades mean the school no longer has to dismiss students
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Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The use of cannabis and hallucinogens “stayed at historically high levels” among both younger and middle-age adults in the US in 2023, according to the latest survey from Monitoring the Future, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan since 1975 and funded by the National Institutes of Health. “The
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A murder suspect on the lam for months fell through the ceiling of a Memphis home as authorities closed in on him, the US Marshals Service announced this week. The 20-year-old suspect, Deario Wilkerson, was wanted on an arrest warrant for first-degree murder and reckless endangerment with a deadly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has lost twice in his battles to stay on the presidential ballot in some states and get off of it in others. North Carolina’s elections board refused to take him off that state’s ballot Thursday, with a majority saying it was too late for him
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El asalto de Israel a Gaza desde el ataque del 7 de octubre dirigido por Hamas ha matado a más de 40.000 personas, según las autoridades palestinas, lo que ha provocado la condena internacional. Pero a sólo 100 kilómetros de distancia, otra gran escalada de violencia también se ha estado produciendo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restarting an immigration program that allows migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to come to the United States. The administration said Thursday that it’s now including “additional vetting” of their U.S.-based financial sponsors following fraud concerns. The Department of Homeland Security had suspended the program
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La Unión Europea no reconoce la legitimidad del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, quien se adjudicó la victoria en las disputadas elecciones presidenciales de julio, dijo el jueves el máximo diplomático de la UE, Josep Borrell. “No podemos aceptar la legitimidad de Maduro como presidente electo. El consejo decidió que Maduro
Continue ReadingBy Joe Brandt Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KDKA) — About a dozen people were rescued from the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia early Thursday morning after a boat involved in a party started taking on water, police said. Philadelphia police said they received a 911 call just before 12:30 a.m. from someone
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