Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About 2 ½ years after he was arrested on the charges in a sprawling gang and racketeering indictment, Young Thug was released from custody Thursday evening. It was a remarkable development in a trial
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Starting Friday, Oregon Health Plan members with specific health conditions may qualify for new, first-in-the-nation benefits to keep their current housing and access other housing services. The housing benefits include rent assistance for up to six months, utility set-up and payments for up to six months, home modifications and upgrades for
Continue ReadingBy Collin Leonard Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSL) — Police on Thursday named the man who died in a hit-and-run crash earlier in the week and also arrested a suspect. The man was found unconscious Wednesday about 5 p.m. in a parking lot near 7th Street and Washington Avenue, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state park in North Dakota containing the name of a Civil War-era general who led attacks against Native Americans has been renamed. Sully Creek State Park is now Rough Rider State Park. The park contains horse corrals and trails in the rugged Badlands near Medora. State Parks and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A video purporting to depict voter fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday as they warned that foreign efforts to undermine faith in the integrity of next week’s elections may persist long after votes have been cast. The announcement that
Continue ReadingBy Ricardo Tovar Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KSBW) — A Monterey man will run seven marathons in seven days across seven continents starting November 15 to support a local nonprofit. “The reason I’m partaking in the great world race of these 7 marathons in 7 continents and 7 days is
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Ross Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND, Ohio (WEWS) — It will be more than 30 years before a Parma teenager could walk free. Thursday, a Cuyahoga County judge handed down a life sentence to Steven Sopko, with a possibility of parole after 31 years. The now 17-year-old did not react
Continue ReadingBy Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — For many people, prime numbers have faded into the background since distant grade school days. However, for Luke Durant, a 36-year-old former Nvidia programmer, prime numbers became an all-consuming passion. He devoted nearly one year and invested a considerable sum of his own money to uncover the world’s largest
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The wet weather will continue through the day Saturday and linger into Sunday. Temperatures will be mild enough in the afternoon to support mostly rain from Lava Butte North and a wintry mix at times south of Lava Butte. The rainfall will be off and on with some waves of rain a bit more robust
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — More than 30,000 Boeing workers will vote again Monday on whether or not to end a crippling seven-week strike. The result of that vote will have significant implications not just for them, but for the company, global travel and the broader economy. The deal
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story TEXAS COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The medical examiner’s office released an official cause of death for the two Kansas mothers who disappeared and were murdered earlier this year in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley went missing on March 30 after driving to
Continue ReadingBy Matt Flener Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Othel Moore Jr. could barely move his body in his final moments. Newly released video shows the 38-year-old Missouri inmate was strapped into a full-body restraint system, commonly used in jails and prisons across nearly every state, called The WRAP.
Continue ReadingBy Gladys Bautista Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — A mother is grieving the loss of her son after he died from his injuries following a hit and run over the weekend. Vanessa Riggs said her 13-year-old son Braylen Hardy was doing what he loved when it happened. “That was
Continue ReadingBy Gail Paschall-Brown Click here for updates on this story PALM BAY, Florida (WESH) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and a mother are demanding justice for Thomas Farley, who they claim was paralyzed after an encounter with Palm Bay police. The family is questioning a Palm Bay police officer’s use of force. “He didn’t
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — When Alex Cooper, the popular podcaster behind “Call Her Daddy,” released her widely discussed interview with Democrat Kamala Harris last month, she revealed she had invited the vice president’s Republican opponent, Donald Trump, to appear on her show as well. “If he also wants
Continue ReadingBy Emily Maher Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Boston University hosted their annual pumpkin drop on Wednesday. Students gather at the Metclaf Science Center where other students drop pumpkins off the roof of the fourth story of that building and observe as they fall to the ground and smash. “That
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Fitzgibbon, Sera Congi, Phil Tenser Click here for updates on this story NEEDHAM, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Drought conditions across Massachusetts are expanding and worsening, with conditions in part of the state now considered severe. Because of the forecast for warm weather, dry conditions and gusty winds, the National Weather Service issued a red
Continue ReadingBy Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Eating a slice of New York pizza, taking a stroll in Central Park and hustling down the busy sidewalks of Manhattan are all quintessential elements of New York City life that many a tourist dreams of doing. For many locals, jaywalking — crossing the street without regard for traffic
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Eva Longoria is being praised as one of the people who made the “John Wick” franchise possible, and she now says she didn’t fully realize at first what she was doing. In an interview with Business Insider, Longoria talked about investing in the 2014 hit movie after the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — One man running the TCS New York City Marathon this weekend is sure to inspire anyone to get up and run — and keep pushing until the end. Ido Simyoni was diagnosed with a rare type of bone tumor at the
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