AP Medical Writer The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the life-saving drug starting next month. But experts say the changes could fall flat if states and methadone clinics fail to act. The new federal rules allow stable patients to take home a month’s worth
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport woman and her mother were arrested after allegedly kicking in the door of an apartment and assaulting the resident during a home invasion on Saturday. Police responded to the call, identifying at least two suspects involved in the incident,
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — In her short life, Ava Agbayani was in and out of Kapiolani hospital after being born premature alongside her twin, Kailee. Her father Tyson said he owes the twins lives to their nurses. “They’re the whole reason they came home,” he said.
Continue ReadingBy Jeremiah Estrada Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — The Coast Guard rescued three men off the coast of Honolulu from their sinking fishing boat on Thursday. The Coast Guard helped three men after water entered their fishing boat nine miles off from Honolulu Harbor. Their boat started to sink and
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her mother. Scribner announced Friday that the Indian author and activist’s “Mother Mary Comes to Me” will be released in September 2025. Roy, best known for her Booker-winning novel
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Wells Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A 19-year-old Milwaukee man is going to prison after a reckless crash that killed a pregnant woman earlier this year. Akol Riak will spend 14 years in prison for killing 32-year-old Monique Stewart and her unborn baby in a car crash. She
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Three Mile Island, the site of worst nuclear disaster in the United States, is reopening and will exclusively sell the power to Microsoft as the company searches for energy sources to fuel its AI ambitions. Constellation Energy announced Friday that its Unit 1 reactor, which closed five
Continue ReadingBy Freya Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Applying makeup is a powerful ritual, deeply ingrained into our souls. Many little girls (or boys) have a story about the first time they dared to swipe their mother’s red lipstick across their lips or brush blue eyeshadow onto their eyelids. In Ancient Egypt, makeup was believed to appeal
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Cedar Point announced Thursday that it will open the “tallest, fastest and longest” tilt roller coaster in North America next year. The new coaster, the Siren’s Curse is 160 feet tall, will have a top speed of 58 mph, 13 weightless
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Winfrey Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Detroit Public Schools Community District is combating chronic absenteeism by helping students clean their clothes. It’s a new program that calls for the installation of washers and dryers in more than 100 schools across the district by the end of 2024.
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing the alleged victims of the former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al Fayed, say the late billionaire was a “monster” whose crimes were “enabled” by the high-end department store. At least 37 women have accused Al-Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, of sexually assaulting them,
Continue ReadingMAZAN, France (AP) — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there for almost a decade has apologized for comments that appeared to downplay the case. Louis Bonnet, the mayor of Mazan in southern France, said he understands his remarks to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that align with religious values. State school voucher programs are not the driving reason, but they are making the start-up process easier, pastors and Christian education experts say. In Florida, Ohio and other states, there is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Florida pastor Melvin Adams knows a few hours of church programming every week is no match for the more than 30 hours children spend at secular schools, absorbing lessons that he says run counter to their family’s Christian beliefs. Like other theologically conservative pastors in Florida and beyond, he decided his Nazarene church
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Can you tell what ingredients went into your lunch today? Whether or not you can easily identify the contents of your meal may affect your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research. Packaged foods, soda, chips, hot dogs, chicken nuggets and ice cream all fall under
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new tourist stop in Washington is offering visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office. It’s a life-sized replica decorated just like President Joe Biden’s Oval Office, right down to the weathered family Bible on a side table. Unlike the real Oval Office, tourists can go
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN London (CNN) — Scientists in the United Kingdom have stored the entire human genome on a “5D memory crystal,” in the hope that it could be used in the future as a blueprint to bring humanity back from extinction. The crystal, which was developed by a team of researchers at the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast Asian countries often using forced labor, a Philippine senator who led an investigation into the centers said Friday. The U.N. human rights office has said that such gangs
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. The Israeli
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices. The move, announced Friday, came after Ukrainian intelligence services and the military said the app was being widely used by Russia for cyberattacks. An exception to the
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