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By Andrew Mollenbeck Click here for updates on this story NORWALK, Iowa (KCCI) — Call it a house of cars. A home near Norwalk has the regrettable distinction have having been hit by three vehicles in the last two years. An additional five vehicles have crashed into other parts of the property during the same
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Nielsen Click here for updates on this story ROWLETT, TX (KTVT) — Every morning, like clockwork, you’ll find Abril Anguiano on the corner of Dexham and Covington in Rowlett. She’s holding a whistle, and a big red stop sign. “It’s pretty cool seeing [my school] 15 years later, coming back to my old
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has ruled that a statue of Christopher Columbus can remain in south Philadelphia, reversing a decision by city officials to have it removed. The explorer became a focus of protesters after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. Common Pleas Court Judge Paula Patrick said last year’s
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have added a prominent independent election monitoring group to its registry of “foreign agents,” a move that is part of a relentless government crackdown on independent media and activists ahead of the September parliamentary election. It is the second time that Golos, Russia’s leading election
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A major Southern California water agency has declared a water supply alert for the first time in seven years and is asking residents to voluntarily conserve. The Los Angeles Times reports that the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California took the step Tuesday, hoping to lessen the need
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A major Southern California water agency has declared a water supply alert for the first time in seven years and is asking residents to voluntarily conserve. The Los Angeles Times reports that the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California took the step Tuesday, hoping to lessen the need
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Workers and residents in Flagstaff were assessing damage and clearing away debris Wednesday from a flood caused by historic levels of rain that fell on a burn scar from a wildfire two years ago. The storm Tuesday caused damage to an unknown number of homes and buildings. Water and mud flowed
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney for 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment said Wednesday that he and some of his clients have spoken to the FBI about the case. Tony Buzbee told The Associated Press that the FBI
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Garth Brooks is putting his live music party on hold. The country superstar on Wednesday said he’s canceling the next five stops on his tour, the last of which was supposed to take place on October 9. “In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling behind us. Now, watching this
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A newspaper editor friend of former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was hit Wednesday with state cyberstalking charges in New York, seven months after Trump pardoned him in a similar federal case just before leaving office. Manhattan prosecutors accused Ken Kurson, the New York
Continue ReadingBy Drew Gardner Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Khadija Shojae came to the United States for school nine years ago and ended up staying for political asylum. Now, she’s helping translate for other refugees settling in Louisville. She was only supposed to be in the United States for one
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Camille Seaman no necesitó el informe de la ONU de este lunes para saber que la Tierra se está calentando a un ritmo vertiginoso. Lo ha visto con sus propios ojos. La fotógrafa lleva visitando la Antártida de forma intermitente desde 2004, trabajando en barcos de expedición de empresas como National
Continue ReadingBy Raquel Ciampi Click here for updates on this story OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — The School Resource Officer who slammed a Black student to the ground in Osceola County will not face criminal charges, state attorney Monique Worrell announced. Officials with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office were sent video of the incident with the
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney for 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment said Wednesday that he and some of his clients have spoken to the FBI about the case. Tony Buzbee told The Associated Press that the FBI
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Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Many overwhelmed hospitals, with no beds to offer, are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to far-flung states for treatment. The surge in the delta variant of the virus, combined with low vaccination
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Many overwhelmed hospitals, with no beds to offer, are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to far-flung states for treatment. The surge in the delta variant of the virus, combined with low vaccination
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press A woman who pulled off a road to change drivers during a trip with her father and three young children was knocked unconscious and arrested by two Northern California sheriff’s deputies, who then lied about the encounter to responding paramedics and on official reports, according to a federal lawsuit filed
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN The R&B singer R. Kelly was a “predator” who used his celebrity status to lure victims to be abused, a prosecutor said in opening statements of his federal trial in New York Wednesday, calling him the center of a criminal enterprise that operated for decades. “This case is about a predator,”
Continue Reading By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Washington next week to discuss Iran as well as Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians, the White House said Wednesday. The long-expected visit with Israel’s new prime minister will take place Aug. 26 amid tensions with
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