By Meghan Danahey Click here for updates on this story MILLS RIVER, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man in Mills River is passionate about fungi and he loves to share his mushroom knowledge. In 1999, Greg Carter – we will call him “Johnny Mushroom Spore’ – was looking for unique Christmas gifts for friends and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even in a year when media layoffs seem a daily part of the news, the firing of three Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists in a single day was a gut punch. The McClatchy chain of 30 newspapers said it would no longer run editorial cartoons. Experts say
Continue ReadingBy FOX 12 Staff Click here for updates on this story CANNON BEACH, Oregon (KPTV) — The beach at Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach is closed due to a cougar sighting Sunday morning, police said. The Cannon Beach Police Department said on Facebook to avoid the beach around Haystack Rock. It is closing down the
Continue ReadingBy KCAL-NEWS STAFF Click here for updates on this story TORRANCE, California (KCAL) — A gardener suffered serious injuries when he picked up an unlit firework last weekend while working in Torrance, losing most of one of his hands, several fingers on the other and a portion of his vision. Hector Mayoral, 37, had just
Continue ReadingBy SANDRA MCNEILL Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Police in Dearborn are asking for the public’s help in locating the heartless thief who pushed a child off his bike while he was riding it – then peddled away. Officials said it happened on July 13 near 14541 Michigan Ave,
Continue ReadingTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — European leaders and Tunisia’s president have announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. The leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the European Commission on Sunday made their second visit to Tunis
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD RAMOS, SADE BROWNE Click here for updates on this story WOODLAND, California (KOVR) — Crews responded to a large house fire in Woodland on Saturday. The fire was burning on Lincoln Avenue and spread to two nearby homes. Two homes were engulfed in flames and a third one sustained heavy damage after it
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The audience at Ed Sheeran’s concert in Detroit on Saturday lost themselves in the music when Eminem showed up for a surprise hometown performance. In videos posted to Sheeran’s Instagram page on Sunday, the singer keeps the surprise close to the chest by telling his audience he wanted to
Continue ReadingBy WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story PIERZ, Minnesota (WCCO) — A teenage driver hit and gravely wounded a deputy directing traffic near a music festival in central Minnesota Saturday night, authorities said. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 17-year-old boy was driving north on Highway 25 when he struck a
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A First Amendment group sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others on Thursday over the state’s TikTok ban on official devices. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Texas by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, a free speech group in New
Continue ReadingYOUNGSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a couple checking out a barking dog on their northwestern Pennsylvania property led to the capture of a homicide suspect who had used bed sheets to escape from jail. Thirty-four-year-old Michael Burham was recaptured Saturday, nine days after he fled the Warren County jail by climbing on exercise equipment,
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Monica De Leon Barba, a United States citizen who was kidnapped last November while walking home in Mexico, is being transported to the US after her captors set her free, according to FBI authorities in San Francisco. “The FBI is pleased to announce that Monica De
Continue ReadingBy RYAN HUGHES Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Police officers and many people across the city are mourning the loss of a Philadelphia police officer who died while on duty Friday night. Her grieving husband spoke to CBS News Philadelphia about her legacy. Dennis Smith was consoled Saturday by family,
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Poland say two men have died in a shooting in a restaurant in the Polish city of Poznan. A spokesman for Poznan police, Andrzej Borowiak, said the incident took place in the hotel restaurant garden on St. Martin street, in Poznan Old Town, an area popular with tourists. Borowiak
Continue ReadingBy ALEXIS WAINWRIGHT Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — Amid negotiations with UPS union employees, the company is taking preemptive actions to keep the packages moving. It’s planning to train non-union employees in case driver’s go on strike to make sure deliveries on goods and medications are not impacted. In
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A tsunami advisory issued after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska late Saturday has since been canceled, officials said. The earthquake hit offshore about 55 miles southwest from Sand Point, Alaska, at a depth of 13 mi. on Saturday around 10:48 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy CBS MIAMI TEAM Click here for updates on this story LAUDERHILL (WFOR) — Lauderhill police are investigating after two separate shootings left one person dead and four others injured. The first incident happened Friday around 10 p.m. in the area of the 5300 block of NW 18 Street. Police are investigating after a juvenile
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press Many questions remain about what led a gunman in Fargo, North Dakota, to open fire on police as they were responding to a traffic crash. One officer was killed and two others were critically wounded before the gunman was killed by a fourth officer. The shooting happened Friday afternoon along
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El tenista español Carlos Alcaraz logró la hazaña: derrotó este domingo al favorito Novak Djokovic y con ello ganó el primer título de Wimbledon de su carrera. Alcaraz se impuso al serbio Djokovic en una emocionante final que se fue hasta el quinto y último set. El campeonato de
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said. Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during
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