By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Digital technology is used to allow actors Tom Hanks and Robin Wright to appear younger in their new film “Here,” but Hanks said he has no problem with aging. The 68-year-old actor talked to People magazine recently ahead of the movie’s world premiere at AFI Fest in Los
Continue ReadingBy Brittney Verner Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour brought an estimated $200 million economic boost to New Orleans this past weekend, according to city leaders. The three sold-out shows at the Caesars Superdome and a five-day merchandise sale event drew thousands of fans, many of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of news organizations has asked a Texas appeals court to order the release of state Department of Public Safety records of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Wednesday’s hearing was the latest dispute over what records should be made
Continue ReadingTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The longtime music director at a northern Michigan church says he was fired just a few months before retirement. Fred Szczepanski says officials learned that he was in a same-sex marriage. The firing has angered members of St. Francis Church in Traverse City and led to sidewalk protests by the
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan & JoBeth Davis Click here for updates on this story PLEASANT VALLEY, Missouri (KMBC) — The Clay County Sheriff’s Office took an armed suspect into custody overnight after he barricaded inside a Pleasant Valley home following an alleged domestic assault. Officers from both Claycomo and Pleasant Valley were originally called to the
Continue ReadingBy Eva Andersen, Nate Sylves Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Dozens of Philadelphia high school seniors cast their ballots at the City Hall satellite election office on Tuesday, the last day for registered voters to apply for early voting. They were joined by hundreds of classmates across 19 different Philadelphia
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a supernova was seen glittering in the night sky for six months in 1181, it was so bright that Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded it as a “guest star” in the Cassiopeia constellation. Now, astronomers using the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, or KCWI, at the W. M. Keck
Continue ReadingBy Mallory Anderson Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — One Aurora Health Care nurse’s life has changed drastically in the last two years. Tiffany Young is now a cancer survivor, a chemotherapy nurse, and a triathlete. For 17 years, Young has helped patients navigate tough medical diagnoses. Then, in 2021, at
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(update: adding video, comments from Boys & Girls Club, Les Schwab) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Just in time for snow and ice, one of the Boys & Girls Club of Bend’s Ford Transit vans is getting some top-notch new winter tires during a live installation demonstration Wednesday afternoon at the Les Schwab Tires store on
Continue ReadingBy Magdala Louissaint Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — Two Alabamians are featured in a this year’s national campaign by Advancing Sight Network to celebrate recipient’s and donors’ families. November will soon serve two purposes for U.S. Army Veteran Josie Evans, Veterans Day and National Eye Donation Month. “It makes
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story LAURENS COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) put an area of Laurens County on alert Tuesday after a rabid skunk was reported, officials said. The skunk was found near Graden and Calf Barn roads in Ware Shoals, health
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators believe the man who set the incendiary devices at ballot boxes in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators believe the man who set the incendiary devices at ballot boxes in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Three Massachusetts utilities and a transmission line developer have agreed to pass along $512 million in added costs to Massachusetts ratepayers for an electric transmission project in western Maine. The power transmission line will allow Canadian hydropower to reach the New England power grid. The project’s cost grew from
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — In many ways, Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle didn’t start on this day 50 years ago at 4:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. ET). Nor did it start seven weeks prior when the fighters arrived in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Voters in a Southern California city are going to decide this November whether residents who aren’t U.S. citizens can vote in local elections. Santa Ana is a city of about 310,000 in Orange County, southeast of Los Angeles. It would be the first city in California to allow
Continue ReadingGREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America. Naomi Whitehead attained that status after Elizabeth Francis of Texas died on Oct. 22. Whitehead lives in a senior care community in Greenville West Salem and says she never smoked or drank alcohol. She was
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris maintains a narrow advantage in two of the three “blue wall” states that collectively represent her clearest path to an Electoral College victory over former President Donald Trump, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. In Michigan, Harris
Continue ReadingBy Ross Ketschke Click here for updates on this story GOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire (WMUR) — If election season had a flower, it would likely be the campaign sign. They pop up in yards and on curbs every election cycle, sometimes by the dozen. Andy Brown of Goffstown is not running for office, but he does
Continue ReadingWMUR By Ross Ketschke Click here for updates on this story GOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire (WMUR) — If election season had a flower, it would likely be the campaign sign. They pop up in yards and on curbs every election cycle, sometimes by the dozen. Andy Brown of Goffstown is not running for office, but he
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