By KAITLYN NAPLES Click here for updates on this story NORTH CANAAN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Emergency crews have responded to reported small plane crash in North Canaan. CT State Police said it happened a little before 5:30 p.m. on Thursday in the area of West Main Street. State troopers, fire and EMS crews are on
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Biden administration is grappling with how to respond to China’s ramped-up aggression against Taiwan without accidentally starting a war, as bipartisan lawmakers pressure the President to get tougher on Beijing — and fast. Internally, assessments differ over how imminent the threat to Taiwan really is. The Pentagon’s
Continue ReadingBy ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Lawmakers and gun safety advocates are urging gun owners to turn in their unwanted firearms. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, along with the parents of Ethan Song and representatives from the Newtown Action Alliance, took part in a news conference
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Millions of families should soon receive their fourth enhanced child tax credit payment, which the Internal Revenue Service distributed on Friday. More than $15 billion was sent to families of roughly 61 million children, the Treasury Department and IRS said. Eligible households have received a total of more than $61 billion
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bucks general manager Jon Horst has signed a multi-year contract extension after helping Milwaukee win its first NBA title in a half-century. The move comes less than two months after the Bucks signed coach Mike Budenholzer to an extension. Milwaukee won the NBA Finals over the Phoenix Suns in six games to
Continue Reading By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer WATFORD, England (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer has promised to not miss another team flight. Meyer ended up embarrassing the franchise and drawing a public reprimand from owner Shad Khan the last time he did so after videos surfaced of the coach’s behavior in an Ohio bar.
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have signed Charlie McAvoy to a contract extension. They locked up their No. 1 defenseman for eight more years at a cost of $76 million. The 23-year-old McAvoy was fifth in Norris Trophy voting last year. He had five goals and 25 assists
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By Amanda Watts and Jason Hanna, CNN Nikolas Cruz intends to plead guilty next week to charges stemming from the February 2018 massacre at South Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — the deadliest high school shooting in US history — his attorney said Friday in court. The plea would come more than three and
Continue Reading NYON, Switzerland (AP) — An investigation into alleged racist abuse by thousands of children against a Black player at a Europa League game has been closed by UEFA for lack of evidence. Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara appeared to be booed by young Sparta Prague fans two weeks ago. The Czech club denied and pushed back
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By JO KEARNEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) — British Conservative lawmaker David Amess has died after being stabbed Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. A 25-year-old man has been arrested. The Essex Police force said officers were called to reports of a stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea
Continue Reading WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Colby College in the U.S. state of Maine is banning discrimination based on caste, a system of inherited social class. The private liberal arts college announced that it has revised its nondiscrimination policy to add caste to its list of protections for the campus community. The professor who led the push
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN A strike is looming but the work on TV OT continues. Here’s this week’s column: The bloody best of TV The next few weeks are poised to be a regular serial killer spree with the return of Netflix’s “You” and Showtime’s “Dexter” in the form of a reboot titled “Dexter: New
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Daniella Diaz, CNN A US Capitol Police officer was attacked on Friday morning by a woman carrying a baseball bat along First Street SW in Washington, Capitol Police said in a statement. The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. ET. When police approached the woman, she became agitated and raised her bat.
Continue Reading By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie, admits that she has felt terrified at times. But when the chance to work on “Encanto” came around she had no doubts. Castro Smith says the movie is a chance for
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By The Associated Press The Arizona Cardinals have acquired tight end Zach Ertz in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles. The undefeated Cardinals sent cornerback Tay Gowan and a 2022 fifth-round pick to the Eagles for the 30-year-old Ertz, a three-time Pro Bowler. Ertz had four receptions for 29 yards and a touchdown during Thursday
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Arizona Cardinals have acquired tight end Zach Ertz in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles. The undefeated Cardinals sent cornerback Tay Gowan and a 2022 fifth-round pick to the Eagles for the 30-year-old Ertz, a three-time Pro Bowler. Ertz had four receptions for 29 yards and a touchdown during Thursday
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Twitter se ha llenado de banderas rojas en las últimas semanas y hace parte de una tendencia que comenzó en esta red pero se ha trasladado a otras como LinkedIN y Facebook. Las banderas rojas (o redflags) se tratan de mensajes que indican peligro, algo dañino, tóxico o que
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Icard, CNN It’s 11 p.m. on a school night, and the light is still pouring out from under your teen’s door. You do some quick math. If they fall asleep … NOW … they’ll get just under 6.5 hours of sleep before they have to be up and out the door. That’s definitely
Continue ReadingBy CAMILA ORTI Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A northeast Portland senior community is the named defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit after two residents were found dead in their apartments during the June heat wave. The summer heat wave killed more than 100 people in Oregon- 54 of
Continue ReadingBy DREW MARINE Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — A Vancouver woman experienced a parent’s worst nightmare, after police said 24-year-old Khael Aguilar-McNamee attempted to kidnap her 5-year-old son Quentin. “He grabbed my hand and I smacked him,” Quentin said. His mom, Jennifer Crothers, said they were playing at Marshall
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