By Steven Rosenbaum Click here for updates on this story TEXAS (KTVT) — Early voting in Texas for the 2024 election got off to a hot start Monday, with more than 840,000 people casting their ballots in person statewide. Data from the Texas Secretary of State’s office shows that 881,078 people voted early on Monday,
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Sanders Click here for updates on this story COOKEVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — To appreciate what you’ve achieved, sometimes it takes a visit to where it all began. A woman is proud to share an especially unique journey. “When I go on the mic, I picture my listeners as they’re driving in their cars,
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iranian government-linked hackers have researched and probed election-related websites in multiple US swing states, in a possible effort to discover vulnerabilities that could be used to influence the presidential election, Microsoft said in a report released Wednesday. Officials from multiple federal agencies are looking closely at the Iranian activity, a US official told CNN. The
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer MusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor the Grateful Dead as its 2025 Persons of the Year. It will recognize original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bobby Weir for their philanthropic efforts, their unique ability to foster community through concerts
Continue ReadingBy Nathalie Palacios, Mike Kinney, Crystal Cooper, Ram Guzman Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Sounds of the crowd, cheerleaders and school marching band are all expected at a Texas high school homecoming. “When I think of homecoming, I think of football, more of the American culture,” said Fort
Continue ReadingKTVT By Nathalie Palacios, Mike Kinney, Crystal Cooper, Ram Guzman Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Sounds of the crowd, cheerleaders and school marching band are all expected at a Texas high school homecoming. “When I think of homecoming, I think of football, more of the American culture,” said
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Swanson, Riley Moser Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say a man shot and killed one person and injured another in western Minnesota before being taken into custody following a domestic violence-related standoff on Tuesday afternoon in south Minneapolis. Police Chief Brian O’Hara says officers were called to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 97,000 people cast absentee ballots in person in Wisconsin on the first day they could. The high turnout on Tuesday led long waits at some polling places that were made worse by an overwhelmed computer system that clerks use to process ballots. Republicans and Democrats have been
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents, has died. He was 96. The Dominican Order in Peru announced on social media that the Catholic priest died Tuesday night at a convent in Lima. It did
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Doctors, nurses and activists in Antigua and Barbuda are fighting a colonial-era law that largely bans abortions, igniting a debate about women’s reproductive rights on the tiny twin-island nation. A top local court ruled this month that a legal challenge launched by a doctor and a nonprofit organization
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner has died weeks after being injured when the lawn mower he was riding plunged into an empty swimming pool at his home. Turner, who died Tuesday evening, was 76. The Republican lawmaker was known for his folksy manner that endeared him to constituents and
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The monitor overseeing the Trump Organization’s finances wrote in its latest report that Donald Trump’s company intends to create 25 new entities for products or hotel licensing deals. “The Trump Organization informed the Monitor that, contingent upon the execution of certain agreements, it intended to create 25 new entities for the
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Grab your passport and your sunscreen, Lonely Planet has just revealed its 30 must-visit destinations for 2025 as well as a brand-new rundown of top 10 travel trends. The travel publishing giant’s list is spread over cities, countries and regions, with Bansko in Bulgaria, Osaka in Japan and Edmonton
Continue ReadingBy Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story KENSINGTON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Joe Casey survived a mosquito bite that gave him Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). He says his family and community in New Hampshire have been critical to his recovery. Casey, 55, of Kensington, is now out of the hospital and recovering
Continue ReadingWBZ, FAMILY HANDOUT, GO FUND ME, CNN By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story KENSINGTON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Joe Casey survived a mosquito bite that gave him Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). He says his family and community in New Hampshire have been critical to his recovery. Casey, 55, of Kensington, is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has claimed in a speech that the European Union seeks to topple his government and install a puppet regime. It’s an escalation of open hostility toward the bloc by the member considered Russia’s closest ally. Orbán was marking Hungary’s national holiday commemorating a 1956
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday. Those 20 people were removed from the state’s voter rolls – which total 8.2 million
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump disputa la versión del ex secretario general de la Casa Blanca, John Kelly, de que advirtió al presidente antes de abandonar la Casa Blanca el año pasado que no contratara a un reemplazo que no le dijera la verdad o que sería sometido a juicio político. Kelly,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer McDonald’s worked Wednesday to reassure customers that its U.S. restaurants are safe as federal investigators tried to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the fast-food giant’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. McDonald’s pulled Quarter Pounders from one-fifth of its U.S. stores Tuesday as a result of the outbreak, which
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops have killed 19 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a shootout but suffered no casualties themselves. The Defense Department said late Tuesday the confrontation occurred in the northern state of Sinaloa, on the outskirts of the state capital, Culiacan. The state has been shaken by infighting between two factions
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