By Hannah McDonald Click here for updates on this story CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — When there’s widespread flooding or a tornado does serious damage, the state or FEMA often help cover costs. When a sinkhole forms, that’s not typically the case, although there’s really nothing you can do to prevent one. I got a news
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A pro-Israel super PAC that helped defeat one member of the congressional group called the Squad is pushing to oust another — Missouri’s Cori Bush. Bush has been a vocal critic of how Israel responded when attacked by Hamas in October, calling Israeli retaliation an “ethnic cleansing campaign.” The
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Hungary dominated Japan 17-10 for an easy victory in men’s water polo pool play.
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It takes physical and mental power to go out and compete with the best athletes in the world over and over. Beyoncé is ready to see Simone Biles put it all on the line again.
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — True to their word, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team showed up to see Simone Biles at the Paris Games. Several members of the Olympic squad — Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Jrue Holiday among them — were in Paris on Thursday night to watch the women’s
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The qualifying rounds of BMX racing were held on Thursday. American Allise Willoughby finished in the top-3 spots. The finals will be Friday. Teammate Daleny Vaughn also advances to the semifinals.
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The suspect accused of killing four people and injuring nine others during a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store has been charged with additional counts of attempted murder. Travis Eugene Posey, 44, now faces four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder, according to online
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Explosions in secretive underground nuclear facilities. Cyber-attacks. Top scientists poisoned. Natural gas pipelines sabotaged. All these and more have been blamed on Israel in its shadow war with Iran. And the latest accusation, that Israel is behind the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, only expands
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The Chinese women’s volleyball team defeated France to advance to the quarterfinals.
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After 120 years, the U.S. women’s foil team — Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Jackie Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub — defeated Italy, 45-39, to win the country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in a team fencing event.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Patricio Ballados Villagómez, subjefe de la misión del Centro Carter en Venezuela, dijo a Gabriela Frías de CNN que “es incongruente” que el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) tenga las actas suficientes para declarar a un ganador de la elección presidencial y vaya a entregarlas al Tribunal Supremo de Justicia para
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Russia carried out a historic prisoner exchange Thursday when two dozen detainees, including former US Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, were released as part of a sweeping deal that involved at least seven countries.
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B has filed for divorce from her husband, Migos’ rapper Offset. A representative for Cardi B confirmed the filing to The Associated Press. On Instagram, Cardi B did not directly comment on the news of her divorce, but posted a photo of her on a rooftop, holding
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A full recap of Olympic basketball on Aug. 1, including the U.S. in action against Belgium and Satou Sabally carrying Germany with a huge performance vs. Japan.
Continue Reading A full recap of Olympic basketball on Aug. 1, including the U.S. in action against Belgium and Satou Sabally carrying Germany with a huge performance vs. Japan.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has been arrested on hate crime charges in the vandalism of the homes of the Brooklyn Museum’s leaders during a wave of pro-Palestinian protests. Police say 28-year-old Taylor Pelton was arrested Wednesday on charges of criminal mischief and criminal mischief as a hate crime. Police say Pelton
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Italian paddler Giovanni De Gennaro put down a flying run that held up against all of the favorites in the men’s K-1 kayak slalom final.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report For America MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Two couples who sued an Alabama hospital and in-vitro fertilization clinic where their embryos were accidentally destroyed have dropped their wrongful death lawsuit. They didn’t explain why they chose to drop their joint lawsuit. The case became a flashpoint in the debate over abortion when the Alabama
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former FBI agent has been sentenced to life behind bars for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. Judge Jimmy Pool sentenced Christopher Bauer on Thursday following his June conviction on charges of first-degree sodomy and sexual abuse of a child under 12. The Alabama state police hired Bauer even
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s historical society has struck a deal that will allow it to take control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks located on a golf course east of Columbus. The settlement announced Thursday ends long-running litigation. But it does not disclose the sum Ohio History Connection will pay to buy
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