By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KCRA) — Two Modesto children are safe following a home invasion in a residential area on Tuesday morning, the police department said. Police were dispatched to a house in the area of North McClure Road and Clogston Way around 8 a.m. after a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KHIRBET KARKUR, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza returned to a hero’s welcome tinged with a bitter reality. Much of the small village he calls home is targeted for demolition. Qaid Farhad Alkadi is one of Israel’s 200,000 Bedouin Arabs, a poor and traditionally nomadic minority that has a complicated
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the Labor Day holiday weekend approaches amid a late-summer warmup, Central Oregon fire officials reminded the public Wednesday that wildfire danger is still high and Stage 2 Public Use Fire Restrictions remain in effect across public lands in the region. Here’s Central Oregon Fire Management Service’s full announcement: Despite recent
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El fútbol de las ligas europeas recién dio el silbatazo inicial a la temporada 2024/2025 en agosto, pero los equipos ya se preparan para el máximo torneo del continente: la Champions League. Y no se trata de cualquier edición, sino del debut del nuevo formato de la Champions, que tendrá un
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open tennis tournament will stay on ESPN through 2037 under a 12-year contract that starts in 2026. The network and the U.S. Tennis Association announced the agreement Wednesday. The year’s last Grand Slam event began on Monday and runs until Sept. 8. The new deal expands ESPN’s streaming rights
Continue ReadingBy Kilee Thomas Click here for updates on this story ELK CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture is investigating what killed dozens of horses at a rodeo stock contracting business. Beutler & Son Rodeo Company supplies horses to rodeos all across the country and it has for nearly a century. Now, the
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — As long as Travis Kelce keeps making his girlfriend Taylor Swift laugh, Adam Sandler and his family will keep cheering them on. Sandler gushed about his family’s love for the popstar on Wednesday’s episode of Kelce’s podcast “New Heights,” telling the football star that Swift not only “means so
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Comme Click here for updates on this story NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — A New Smyrna Beach couple is headed to Washington, D.C., this week to receive a Medal of Courage at the Ukrainian Embassy for their son, who died last year. This award recognizes military personnel who fought for Ukraine, like
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Namibia is planning to kill more than 700 wild animals, including elephants, zebras and hippos, and distribute the meat to the people struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with its worst drought in 100 years. The animals set to be culled include 83 elephants, 30 hippos,
Continue ReadingBy Tony Atkins Click here for updates on this story OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A failed vote means the plan to bring volunteer chaplains into Osceola County Public Schools won’t be moving forward for now. The room was packed Tuesday night as the board voted against the proposal. For 90 minutes, the board listened…
Continue ReadingBy Kennedi Cooper Click here for updates on this story BRANDON, Mississippi (WAPT) — People in the city of Brandon are clinging together after losing a community favorite. The Dark Zone haunted house burned down Saturday after going up in flames. According to Jerry King, division chief of training, the Brandon Fire Department received a
Continue ReadingBy Curadhan Powell Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville school called police Wednesday morning after a decapitated chicken was found outside. A little before 9 a.m., LMPD Fifth Division responded to St. Raphael The Archangel Catholic School on Lancashire Avenue. That’s off of Bardstown Road in the Gardiner
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AP Health Writer At least nine people have died after being infected with listeria from eating Boar’s Head deli meats tied to a massive recall last month. Five new deaths were reported in five states: Florida, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee and New York. Federal health officials announced those deaths on Wednesday. They had previously
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille says that Haitian forces working with police sent from Kenya have launched a joint operation to oust criminal gangs from one of the roughest neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital. Conille spoke Wednesday at a hospital in Port-au-Prince where three Haitian policemen were recuperating after being
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El presidente de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador dijo en la conferencia matutina de este miércoles que la relación con Estados Unidos y Canadá continúa, y recalcó que su “pausa” es en las relaciones con los embajadores de dichos países en México. “La relación con los gobiernos continúa,
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Garcia, a U.S. Open semifinalist two years ago, is drawing attention to the problem of cyberbullying in tennis, particularly by people who bet on matches. Garcia wrote on social media on Wednesday after her first-round loss at the Grand Slam tournament that harassing messages hurt players and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Workers breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time in more than a century as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Crews used
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Associated Press Workers breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time in more than a century as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Crews used
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.” Questioned by reporters Wednesday, DeSantis worked to distance himself from the plan, which he called “half-baked.” The proposal
Continue ReadingHORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Workers are breaching key dams on the Klamath River, which will let salmon swim freely for the first time in a century.
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