By Graham Cawthon Click here for updates on this story SAVANNAH, Georgia (WJCL) — On Tuesday, the Chatham County Police officer who discovered part of a missing toddler’s remains at a landfill testified at the murder trial of Leilani Simon. Simon is accused of killing her 20-month-old son Quinton Simon and disposing of his body
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting. With less than two weeks before Election Day, a resurgence in conspiracy theories and misinformation about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil say a 45-year-old man barricaded himself in a house and killed his father, brother and a police officer in an hours-long shootout before he himself was fatally shot. Nine other people were injured. The incident near Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital Porto Alegre
Continue ReadingBy Nick Bohr Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A suspected drunken driver going the wrong way on the interstate nearly struck a vehicle containing Vice President Kamala Harris Monday night in Milwaukee. WISN 12 News obtained video from about 8:20 p.m. Monday showing the driver getting onto I-794 at St.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Jerusalén (CNN) — Cuando las fuerzas israelíes mataron al dirigente de Hamas Yahya Sinwar en Gaza la semana pasada, muchos dentro y fuera de Israel esperaban que pudiera ser el momento en que el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu declarara una victoria y redujera la operación en Gaza con la esperanza de conseguir un
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a largely positive audit released Wednesday, the Oregon Secretary of State Audits Division found the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV)’s data system for vehicle licensing and registration works well to accurately assess, collect and transfer fees and data. That data system is the Oregon License Issuance and Vehicle
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — A polarizing murder case against Karen Read in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is back in court, this time over dozens of rubber ducks that have appeared around the town of Canton. An ardent Read supporter pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of witness intimidation, harassment and
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It is official. Lana Del Rey and alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene did marry in Louisiana last month. After a few weeks of speculation about the status of their relationship, Del Rey and Dufrene’s marriage license was signed and returned to the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top election official says several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens voted in a past election or registered to vote despite being ineligible. The announcement comes with just two weeks until 2024 ballots will be tallied. A spokesperson says elections officials compared the state’s registered voters
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are pretty rare for well known restaurant chains, but they do happen. This week, an outbreak of E. coli food poisonings linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and 10 who were hospitalized. McDonald’s has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A top European Union official has refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and Albania to process some migrants in centers set up in the tiny Western Balkan country, saying only that it was being closely monitored. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local prosecutors have charged one pro-Palestinian protester with assault while not filing charges against 10 other people who barricaded themselves inside an administrative building at the University of Minnesota. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says on Wednesday that a 23-year-old woman has been charged with fourth-degree assault and was released
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ted Danson is showing that it’s never too late to say “I’m sorry.” On this week’s episode of Danson’s Sirius XM podcast, he apologized to his former “Cheers” co-star Kelsey Grammer for letting a decades-old argument get in the way of their friendship. “I feel like I got stuck
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — It’s a stance flamingos and other feathered species usually take, but seeing how long you can balance on one leg can be a good test of your health, according to a new study. By testing how long people ages 50 and older could hold a one-legged stance, researchers found
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As former President Donald Trump turns to the final days of his campaign for a second term in the White House, some of his ex-aides are trying to get into another building in Washington: the Supreme Court. Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is urging the justices to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A sheriff’s official says a suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way passed within feet of Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade following a campaign stop this week in Wisconsin. Harris had just wrapped up a rally in a Milwaukee suburb on Monday evening when her motorcade passed a car
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CRESCENT, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest on Wednesday further reduced the temporary emergency fire closure area on the Crescent Ranger District for the Red Fire near Crescent Lake, which remains 3,060 acres and is 30% contained. Access to Forest Service Road 60 around Crescent Lake has reopened, including all recreation residences. A temporary
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A nongovernmental group says an explosion in a packed Kabul market has injured 11 people, including some children. The source of Wednesday afternoon’s blast was not immediately clear and nobody from the Taliban was available for comment about the incident. The humanitarian group Emergency NGO, which runs a surgical center in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The debate over Kentucky’s school choice ballot measure has become a test of influence for Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sen. Rand Paul. Both have appeared in TV ads and headlined events to press their case on the November ballot question. The measure is Kentucky’s most hotly debated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A set of newly filed lawsuits by people who claim they were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile detention and treatment facilities makes more than 200 people who have launched such cases since May. A law firm said Wednesday it filed claims on behalf of more than 60 people. They’re
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