By Felix Cortez Click here for updates on this story FELTON, California (KSBW) — A tree boring beetle previously restricted to the southeastern part of the country has now been detected in the western states, including the Felton area in the Santa Cruz mountains, raising concern among firefighters and foresters. “Over time, it can result
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which is slightly more recent than previous estimates for the mating. Modern humans emerged in Africa hundreds of thousands of years
Continue ReadingBy Peyton Headlee Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The owner of a small business is looking for help after a man broke into her restaurant over the weekend, causing damage that will cost thousands of dollars to repair. It happened at Jim-Denny’s on 12th Street in downtown Sacramento early
Continue ReadingBy Adam Roberts Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — Fayetteville police are looking for a man who said he had an explosive to rob a bank Wednesday morning. The man went into Centennial Bank on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at about 11:30 a.m. He showed the teller an
Continue ReadingBy Zoie Henry Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — The Milwaukee County Zoo debuted its remodeled Humboldt penguin exhibit on Wednesday. It’s the first upgrade since the penguins came to the zoo in the 1980s. The popular attraction is bigger than ever. Walking through the Milwaukee County Zoo entrance, a
Continue ReadingBy Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story RUMFORD, Maine (WMTW) — A couple inches of snow fell in Rumford Monday night and Tuesday morning, but in parts of the community, people noticed brown or tan snow falling from the sky. The town said Tuesday there was a malfunction at the paper mill
Continue ReadingWMTW, VIEWER PHOTOS, CNN By Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story RUMFORD, Maine (WMTW) — A couple inches of snow fell in Rumford Monday night and Tuesday morning, but in parts of the community, people noticed brown or tan snow falling from the sky. The town said Tuesday there was a malfunction
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Here is a timeline of events that began with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was killed by police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next. Rutte told the Carnegie Europe think-tank in Brussels it is “time to shift to a wartime mindset” and that people should gird
Continue ReadingBy Emily Maher, Veronica Haynes, Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story SHREWSBURY, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Shrewsbury police are investigating after a student was grabbed by an “older” man as she walked home from school Monday evening. The 16-year-old junior took the late bus home from Shrewsbury High School and was dropped
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The nearly 3 million rivers that weave across the world are experiencing rapid and surprising changes, with potentially drastic implications for everything from drinking water supplies to flood risks, according to a new study. Scientists mapped the flow of water through every single river on the planet, every day
Continue ReadingTaylor Galgano, CNN Era la mitad de la jornada laboral de Jenna Gerwatowski en la floristería local en Newberry, Michigan, cuando recibió una llamada de un número desconocido. La mujer, que ahora tiene 23 años, no suele responder llamadas de números desconocidos, pero dice que decidió contestar esta vez, en mayo de 2022. Para su
Continue ReadingBy Addie Meiners Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — It’s been just more than a year since Kentucky Harvest launched its “food rescue hero” app. Thanks to the work of volunteers like Bobbie Scofield, 2.1 million pounds of food was able to be rescued from going to waste. “I’ve been
Continue ReadingWLKY By Addie Meiners Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — It’s been just more than a year since Kentucky Harvest launched its “food rescue hero” app. Thanks to the work of volunteers like Bobbie Scofield, 2.1 million pounds of food was able to be rescued from going to waste. “I’ve
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — An Oakland County woman is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from a vulnerable adult. Tracie Green, 64, of South Lyon, is charged with two counts of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult of $50,000 or more but less than $100,000 and
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Perlman, Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — A funeral will be held Thursday for fallen Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, who was shot last month while in the line of duty. A police procession will leave from Village Hall to the Apostolic Church of God
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday seeking to end their marriage. Online court records indicate Emily Borgwardt filed a petition in Dodge County Circuit Court
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The first guest invited to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange in 1956 wasn’t a company executive, a politician or a celebrity. It was a 10-year-old boy, Leonard Ross, who received the honor by winning a television quiz show. Since then, business titans, political giants and global film stars
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Kering has announced that Louise Trotter has been named creative director of the Bottega Veneta fashion house. She will succeed Matthieu Blazy. Trotter arrives from the French brand Carven, where she has been creative director since February 2023. She will join Bottega Veneta at the end of January 2025. As a designer,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Massachusetts man shimmied down the chimney. But he wasn’t filling up stockings. Fall River police say the man fled from detectives onto a rooftop by channeling “the essence of the seasonal icon” but ended up getting wedged inside a chimney Tuesday night. Body cam video from the Fall River Police Department shows
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