By Rachael Perry Click here for updates on this story ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Florida (WPBF) — The St Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 33-year-old man for attempting to kidnap a teen girl at a local gas station. It happened Monday night at the 7000 block of US 1 outside a BP gas station in
Continue ReadingBy Megan Mellado Click here for updates on this story KISSIMMEE, Florida (WESH) — Christine and Ernesto Tagle aren’t strangers to Disney. They’ve been pass holders for years and go to the theme parks often, but this last trip looked a little different than the others. “Never had he had any issue or instance of
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Asheville was touted as a climate haven, a place to escape the worst ravages of extreme weather. But Hurricane Helene’s deadly path of destruction reveals this North Carolina city, like any in America, was never safe — it’s just that memories are short and the reach
Continue ReadingBy Matt Barcaro Click here for updates on this story GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A Canadian man is facing charges after police say he used a sword to damage property in downtown Gettysburg Sunday night. Pennsylvania State Police said Raymond Bondy of Alberta, Canada, slashed 10 tires and broke four vehicle windows while heavily intoxicated.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The Des Moines home of Dave and Jean Nelson is full of their late son Joe’s artwork. Recently, they added to that collection. It all goes back to a phone call Dave Nelson received out of the blue about three
Continue ReadingBy Krista Tatschl Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Tenants at Independence Towers and Quality Hill Towers in Kansas City have initiated a rent strike, demanding safer living conditions. Residents, who pay around $830 in rent, have reported enduring dangerous conditions for years. They have informed the Federal Housing
Continue ReadingKMBC By Krista Tatschl Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Tenants at Independence Towers and Quality Hill Towers in Kansas City have initiated a rent strike, demanding safer living conditions. Residents, who pay around $830 in rent, have reported enduring dangerous conditions for years. They have informed the Federal
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Whelan Click here for updates on this story FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — A bull shark was spotted in a local lake, and experts think Hurricane Helene might have something to do with it. Laila Moreira took videos of a shark swimming around the southeastern end of Lakes Park on Sunday. FGCU experts
Continue ReadingWBBH, PRIME EPOXY WORKS LLC, MAP PHOTO, SUSANNAH COGBURN, CNN By Rachel Whelan Click here for updates on this story FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — A bull shark was spotted in a local lake, and experts think Hurricane Helene might have something to do with it. Laila Moreira took videos of a shark swimming around
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts couple have been indicted on suspicion of casting ballots in New Hampshire despite living outside the state. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced last week that the two each face three felony counts of wrongful voting, The indictments accused them of voting multiple times in Concord despite living
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Wiles, Jr. and Matt Reed Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — An investigation is underway following the latest derailment of an MBTA Green Line trolley in Cambridge on Monday evening. MBTA officials tell Newscenter5 that the NTSB is stepping in and taking over the investigation into the derailment
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Dianne Gallagher, CNN New York (CNN) — The devastation in North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene could have serious implications for a niche — but extremely important — corner of the tech industry. Tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the outskirts of Spruce Pine, a town of less
Continue ReadingCAMPBELL, Wis. (AP) — A massive fire at a western Wisconsin recycling facility is finally out. The blaze broke out at Omaha Track in the town of Campbell on French Island, just outside the city of La Crosse, around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The facility grinds up scrap railway ties and other materials into chips that
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Saoirse Ronan is having a big fall with two major films coming to theaters. First is “The Outrun,” an adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir of alcoholism and recovery that she stars in and produced alongside her husband Jack Lowden. It opens in theaters Friday. Next is Steve McQueen’s highly anticipated “Blitz,” in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En los días posteriores al ataque de Hamas a Israel el 7 de octubre, el temor a una guerra regional se disparó. Se pensaba que el conflicto no se limitaría a Gaza: Hezbollah atacaría a Israel desde el norte, los hutíes desde Yemen y los grupos iraníes desde Iraq. Israel se
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas. At issue is Section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, better
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to strangling his cellmate to death in Baltimore’s jail two years ago. The plea entered Tuesday concludes the prosecution of a case that raised significant questions about operations in the detention center and the city’s backlogged court system. Thirty-five-year-old Gordon Staron was charged with first-degree murder in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court has rejected Alex Murdaugh’s request to throw out his 40-year sentence for stealing from clients and his law firm. The disgraced South Carolina lawyer said it was a decade longer than what prosecutors had recommended. The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal, saying
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene dumped heavy rain on a mountainous region hundreds of miles away from the coast. Some residents who live in the Appalachian Mountains were surprised they faced such a severe threat from flooding — and climate change is making that threat worse. The landscape adds to the problem.
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Javier Bardem was no longer comfortable being silent on Gaza. The Spanish actor spoke out about the Israeli-Hamas conflict upon accepting an award at the San Sebastian Film Festival last week. In his nuanced remarks, Bardem condemned the Oct. 7 attacks as well as the “massive punishment that the Palestinian population is
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