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By Talia Clarke Click here for updates on this story KENNEBUNK, Maine (WMTW) — The daughter of a Maine police chief is sharing her journey from opioid addiction to recovery in hopes of helping other Mainers. “It was so fast from fun to not fun anymore that I was trapped at that point,” Kaitlin MacKenzie
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Record-breaking Central (Iowa) quarterback Blaine Hawkins and North Central receiver Andrew Kamienski highlight The Associated Press Division III All-America team released Friday. Hawkins also won the Gagliardi Trophy as the nation’s top Division III player after setting an NCAA record with 63 touchdown passes. North Central (Iowa)
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story SMITHVILLE, Missouri (KCTV) — The Missouri Department of Conservation rescued an injured bald eagle this week at Smithville Lake. Officials say the bald eagle was not shot and did not have broken wings, but blood tests are being performed to see if it’s suffer from
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s treasurer is exploring legal options with the state attorney general in the state’s large investment in a smartphone spyware company — a firm that has been denounced by human rights groups, the U.S. government and tech giants. In 2017, the Oregon Investment Council unanimously committed
Continue ReadingBy KELSEE WARD Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Vietnam veteran Jim Jeneral is reunited with his beloved Corvette after having to sell it due to hard times. Jeneral said the car has been in his family since the day it left the factory, that was 36 years ago. Now
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UPDATE: The child was found and reunited with his parents, police confirmed. The Palm Springs Police Department has put a call out to the community to get information on the whereabouts of a young child seen walking alone. Police said a black male child, approximately four years old, wearing a green shirt and blue pants
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By ANGELO FICHERA and SOPHIA TULP Associated Press Jake West was a seemingly healthy 17-year-old before he collapsed during football practice and died of sudden cardiac arrest. It happened in 2013, years before the coronavirus pandemic — but that hasn’t stopped headlines about his death from being misappropriated in a widely shared video seeking to
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los 17 misioneros de Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) que fueron tomados como rehenes en Haití por la pandilla 400 Mawozo regresaron a salvo, informó David Troyer, director general de Christian Aid Ministries, en un comunicado este viernes. Un avión con bandera estadounidense salió de Haití con los rehenes restantes liberados este
Continue Reading FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Time is of the essence for the Salvation Army in New Mexico now that the Grinch has thrown a wrench into the group’s holiday toy program. A van loaded with $6,000 worth of toys set to be passed out to hundreds of children on Monday was stolen this week from a
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press All the former hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group kidnapped in Haiti have been flown out of the country after a two-month ordeal and are “doing reasonably well.” That’s according to a statement Friday by the head of Christian Aid Ministries, the Ohio-based missions organization. David Troyer,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Dezenski, CNN Here are the must-read lines from the top story of each day this week. Monday January 6 panel unveils text messages to Meadows: “Donald Trump Jr., Fox News personalities and lawmakers unsuccessfully implored then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 6 to get President Donald Trump to stop the
Continue ReadingCNN By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump, in a newly released interview, claimed that Jewish Americans “either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel,” while also suggesting that evangelical Christians “love Israel more than the Jews in this country.” Trump’s comments are the latest in a series of controversial remarks he has
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has gotten into a testy exchange with media host Charlamagne Tha God, defending President Joe Biden from questions over roadblocks to passage of his social spending package. Harris sat for a taped interview with Charlamagne airing Friday night on Comedy Central’s “Tha God’s
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — English Premier League managers will meet on Monday to discuss the worsening COVID-19 situation which has already wiped out half of the weekend games and sidelined star players. Five of the 10 scheduled matches this weekend are off. The total postponed in the past week is nine. Outbreaks at clubs underscore the
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright said she’s sorry it happened. Kim Potter was the last witness Friday before the defense rested in her trial. She’s charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death during an April 11 traffic
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Aerospace giant Boeing says it’s suspending a company vaccination requirement for all U.S.-based employees. The Seattle Times reports the company adopted a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in October to ensure compliance with the federal executive order that required all employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated. The mandate faced opposition from a vocal
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are taking flight in their own extended-range, wide-body jet, complete with the team’s cardinal logo on the tail. The Cardinals said Friday that they have purchased a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, joining the New England Patriots as the only NFL franchises with their own large planes. The team will
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are taking flight in their own extended-range, wide-body jet, complete with the team’s cardinal logo on the tail. The Cardinals said Friday that they have purchased a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, joining the New England Patriots as the only NFL franchises with their own large planes. The team will
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The U.S. military’s new Southern Command Gen. Laura Richardson says she’s focused on strengthening military relationships with South American countries despite fraught politics. Richardson is the highest ranking female in the U.S. Army and was in Denver on Friday to speak at a graduation ceremony
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif (AP) — A lawyer for former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Friday capped off his attempt to convince a a jury to acquit her of fraud charges by likening her final days running the troubled blood-testing startup to a captain valiantly trying to save a sinking
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