By Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story URBANDALE, Iowa (KCCI) — A cafe in Urbandale is keeping the memory of one of its most dedicated customers alive through music. An organ now sits in the corner of Douglas Cafe, thanks to the donation of Darlene Harvey’s daughters last week. Harvey was a
Continue ReadingBy Riley Conlon Click here for updates on this story DOTHAN, Alabama (WVTM) — A Dothan couple will soon mark a major milestone: their 80th wedding anniversary. According to CNN partner WVTY, Louise and George Dennis were high school sweethearts when they eloped back in 1944 without their parents’ permission. While the news was not
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler issued an order Saturday giving Musk, his team and the SEC a week to agree on a date
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Lang Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — A new species of fossil shark has been discovered in Alabama, a team of scientists announced Wednesday. The shark is a new species named Palaeohypotodus bizzocoi, for the late Dr. Bruce Bizzoco of Birmingham. He served as a dean at Shelton
Continue ReadingBy Audrey Biesk Click here for updates on this story NORTH CAROLINA (WXII) — A sibling set who both live in separate foster care placements desperately wants to get adopted together. Fourteen-year-old Timothy and 16-year-old Hannah don’t get to see each other often. They have lived apart for many years. “I’m just a little nervous,”
Continue ReadingBy Paul Van Osdol Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — An entrepreneur who is also the reigning Miss Pittsburgh is selling a product that she says could revolutionize sexual assault prosecutions: at-home rape kits. But some states have banned the kits, and some legal experts said the kits could make rape
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — As US allies reel from Donald Trump’s weekend comments encouraging Russia to attack European allies if they don’t meet NATO budget contribution goals, multiple former Trump advisers warn in my upcoming book that the former president will seek to formally withdraw the US from the NATO alliance if he
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(Update: adding comments from Urban Renewal Program manager, businesses) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — There are plans to revamp the rundown Village Squire Motel in Redmond into affordable workforce housing. The motel has been around for 60 years, but closed two years ago. Developers bought the motel a year ago, with plans to convert it into
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The most famous – and arguably the best – Super Bowl ad in history, the Apple “1984” ad, was nearly killed by the company for whom it was made. The 60-second ad, which announced the arrival of the groundbreaking Macintosh, shows a dystopian gathering of an audience
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican law enforcement agencies say they seized over 40 tons of methamphetamine at the biggest drug lab found during the current administration. The Mexican navy said Monday that the lab was located in Quiriego, a township in the northern border state of Sonora. It says the 91,000 pounds (41,310 kilograms) of
Continue ReadingBy Bob Hazen Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Disney says it plans to invest $60 billion into its theme parks around the world. This comes after the company’s top executives told investors that fewer people have been coming to Disney World this year than at the same time last
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Franciotti Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Looking for a different way to celebrate Valentine’s Day? This weekend, there’s a huge adoption event at Pimlico Race Course where people can find a new family member looking for love. Multiple Baltimore area animal rescues and shelters are coming together for
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press For the second year in a row, a religious Super Bowl ad campaign promised viewers that Jesus “gets us.” Two commercials shown Sunday night centered Jesus’ message to love your neighbors — even across ideological divides. In one, people of different races, classes and gender expressions have their feet washed,
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After a failed lunar landing mission last month, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft — developed by a separate company — to make the first touchdown on the moon for the United States in more than five decades. The lunar lander, nicknamed Odysseus, or Odie for
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story VALLEJO, California (KPIX) — A man on parole was arrested after he allegedly stole $900 worth of Lego sets, Vallejo police said Sunday. Vallejo officers were alerted on Friday to a burglary call from a store located in the 700 block of Admiral Callaghan Lane.
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A security guard fatally shot a driver who was allegedly trying to run people over in a Home Deport parking lot in South Los Angeles on Sunday. The shooting happened at around 1:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the hardware
Continue ReadingBy Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — Stanley’s past was as vibrant as its present. Before it was a bustling Aurora marketplace, it was home to some of the city’s brightest minds. Lifesaving technology was developed at Stanley Aviation and perfected with the help of animals. Aurora History
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — A WWII-era shipwreck was found in over 600 feet of water in Lake Superior, about 35 miles north of the Keweenaw Peninsula, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced. The shipwreck society and researcher Dan Fountain announced the discovery of the Arlington,
Continue ReadingBy Kelsy Mittauer, Doug Dunbar Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — It was a murder case that captivated the world: the grisly stabbing deaths of OJ Simpson’s ex-wife and her boyfriend. It happened in 1994 and while the case remains officially unsolved, a man in North Texas has spent the
Continue ReadingBy LOUISE DIXON Associated Press On Valentine’s Day, why not express love on your fingernails? Julie Kandalec is a celebrity manicurist who notes some fun new trends. She says that traditionally, Valentine’s nails were simple — solid red, a simple pink heart or a French manicure. Thanks to social media, there are now lots of
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