By Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Asheville Police Department’s therapy dog, Officer Kora, is the 2024 winner of the First Responder Paws Therapy Dog Award. This national award by FHE Health was awarded to Kora after almost 8,500 people voted for their favorite therapy dog
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the federal government. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law later Saturday morning. The passage of the package came after President-elect Donald Trump torpedoed a bipartisan agreement struck earlier
Continue ReadingPor EFE “El 47”, de Marcel Barrena, con 14 nominaciones y “La infiltrada” de Arantxa Echevarría, con 13, son las favoritas para la 39 edición de los Premios Goya del cine español, seguidas por “Segundo premio”, de Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez (11) y “La habitación de al lado”, de Pedro Almodóvar (10). Sin embargo,
Continue ReadingPor Matt Egan La Corporación Federal de Seguro de Depósitos (FDIC, por sus siglas en inglés) fue creada durante la Gran Depresión para restaurar la confianza en un sistema financiero sacudido por la quiebra de miles de bancos. Actualmente, en una época de desconfianza en el Gobierno, la FDIC se destaca entre los reguladores bancarios
Continue ReadingBy TRACY GLADNEY Click here for updates on this story NEW BOSTON, Texas (KTBS) — A New Boston mother has been convicted for child neglect and failing to protect her children from sexual abuse from her husband. Brittany Barnes, 38, agreed to a plea deal that sentenced her to 40 years. The Bowie County District
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spotted seven new examples of a cosmic phenomenon known as dark comets that could help scientists determine whether the celestial bodies helped deliver vital elements like water to Earth early in the planet’s history. The discovery doubles the known number of these mysterious celestial objects across our
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, Manu Raju and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. The report is now expected to be made
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — A shortlist of Oscar contenders in ten categories has been revealed. “Emilia Pérez” leads among films with potential nominations in six categories. “Wicked” follows with four. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 17, with the ceremony set to take place on March 2. Below
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer The last meteor shower of the year — the Ursids — peaks Sunday, a few days before Christmas. While usually not as bright as the Geminids, the Ursid meteor shower can yield surprises. “The Ursids are generally a sparse meteor shower,” producing about 5 to 10 visible meteors per hour under ideal
Continue ReadingThe killing of a senior Russian general in a bombing outside his apartment building in Moscow was the boldest assassination yet of a top military officer and it again brought the war in Ukraine to the streets of the capital. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — Ilana Gritzewsky is fighting a battle against time to save her boyfriend from Hamas captivity. While there appears to be progress toward a deal to free the remaining captives in phases, Matan Zangauker would likely not be released in the first stage since he is a young man.
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian navy speedboat has crashed into a ferry carrying over 100 people to a popular tourist destination off Mumbai, killing at least 13 people. A navy statement says 99 ferry passengers were rescued. They were on their way to Elephanta Island when the speedboat circled and collided with the ferry
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Poland is selling up to 1,000 metric tons (1,102 tons) of its frozen butter reserves to bring down surging prices ahead of presidential elections in May. The government’s strategic reserves agency announced the butter auction Tuesday, citing significant increases in butter prices worldwide that it blamed on a
Continue ReadingBy Jeremiah Estrada Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A 68-year-old e-bike rider is in critical condition after getting hit by a car on Kapiolani Boulevard and Waialae Avenue. Honolulu EMS responded to the man who was struck in the Kaimuki area near Market City Shopping Center. A 38-year-old male driver
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — They clustered around water taps, rare sources of electricity and each other. Four days after the strongest cyclone in nearly a century ripped through the French island territory of Mayotte off the coast of Africa, survivors recalled the horror of the storm that caught many by surprise. Associated Press
Continue ReadingBy Jeremiah Estrada Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — UPDATE – 12/17, 6 P.M. Kamaka Air CEO David Hinderland addressed the plane crash with the following statement: “We are not releasing the names of the pilots until family members have had a chance to process this tragedy. We hope the media
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country. That’s after they pleaded guilty to charges stemming from deadly 2002 bombings in Bali and agreed to testify against the alleged ringleader of that and other attacks. The move leaves just 27
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Writers ST. LOUIS (AP) — Capybaras are having a big moment. The world’s largest rodent is the latest in a long line of “it” animals to get star treatment during the holiday season. Shoppers can find plush capybaras, capybara slippers, capybara bath bombs and capybara phone cases. Tiny versions of the semi-aquatic South
Continue ReadingBy Emilee Fannon Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Hundreds from the Madison community gathered for a candlelight vigil at the state Capitol to grieve and begin processing Monday’s deadly school shooting that left two victims dead and several injured. The vigil, hosted by the Boys and Girls Clubs of
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story MUSKEGON, Michigan (WWJ) — A 32-year-old man was arrested after police say he stabbed the president of a company he worked for Tuesday morning in West Michigan. According to Fruitport police, officers were called to Anderson Express Inc. in Muskegon for a report of a
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