By BRENDA TEELE Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The water at the Shreveport Water and Treatment Plant is normally brown, the same color as Cross Lake until it’s filtered and treated with ozone. “We are working diligently, and I think pretty smartly until it’s done, although we started basically
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say 30 people have died and 35 others are missing in a city in southeastern China after days of heavy rains tied to a tropical storm. The death toll rose sharply Thursday from a previously reported four deaths in villages in the city of Zixing in Hunan province. Chinese
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Defending all-around Olympic champion Suni Lee dazzles with her uneven bars routine as she chases a second consecutive medal in the women’s all-around gymnastics event.
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Highlights from the first round of the Olympic men’s golf event at Le Golf National.
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Canyon Barry is following in the footsteps of his Hall of Fame father, Rick Barry, who was one of the best — and most unique — free-throw shooters of all-time.
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — While most Olympic divers sitting poolside at Paris’ Aquatic Center are anxiously twiddling their thumbs, one athlete has been twiddling a pair of knitting needles. Tom Daley, the 30-year-old Team GB diver who won his fifth Olympic medal earlier this week, has unveiled his latest achievement: a handknitted Paris
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Highlights from Scottie Scheffler’s opening round at Le Golf National, where he shot 67 to open the Paris Olympics.
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France’s defense was sensational yet again and Gabby Williams provided more than enough scoring punch as Les Bleus moved to 2-0 with a win over Nigeria.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say the teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot in his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in May was shot to death this week near Atlanta. The killing of Senior Airman Roger Fortson made global headlines in May. Now, the family is grieving
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Italy rolled right past Netherlands and into the quarterfinals with a dominating straight-sets win
Continue ReadingMANORVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a cab driver was killed and his passenger was injured when a commuter train hit the taxi at a grade crossing on Long Island. The crash happened at about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at a Long Island Rail Road crossing gate in Manorville. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says cabbie Daniel
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Giovanni De Gennaro of Italy posted a flying run in the men’s K-1 final to take home the gold medal with a time of 88.22.
Continue ReadingBy Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Being a parent is tiring, no doubt about it. Add balancing a career, a household, plus maybe being a single parent without support or a caregiver to ailing parents, and burnout is practically guaranteed. Before you know it, mothers and fathers find themselves at their doctor’s office with symptoms
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El ejército de Israel dijo que uno de los autores intelectuales de los ataques del 7 de octubre, el jefe militar de Hamas, Mohammed Deif, murió en un ataque que llevó a cabo en el sur de Gaza el mes pasado. La afirmación de la muerte de Deif se produce un
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will join an effort to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026. They’re highlighting the initiative’s attempts to build bipartisan momentum in an era of extreme political polarization. The former presidents and first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush will serve as honorary national co-chairs of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A group of lawyers say Zimbabwe police have arrested 18 political activists in what has been criticized as another clampdown on opposition by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration. State security agents removed four of the activists from a plane at an airport in the capital, Harare, on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — An Army soldier stationed at Schofield Barracks on Oahu has been charged with producing and distributing child pornography. According to court documents, from July 2023 to June 2024, Tyler Ray Daughtry produced and distributed child pornography in Hawaii and elsewhere. Federal investigators
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Follow along as Simone Biles and Suni Lee compete in the women’s all-around final in Paris.
Continue Reading Follow along as Simone Biles and Suni Lee compete in the women’s all-around final in Paris.
Continue ReadingAP National Writer GARHMUKTESHWAR, India (AP) — They were found in gutters, on streets, in bushes. They were boarded on trains, deserted in hospitals, dumped at temples. They were sent away for being sick or outliving paychecks or simply growing too old. By the time they reached this home for the aged and unwanted, many
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