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By KETV Staff Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A car crashed into a house near 108th and Fort streets early Monday morning. “It sounded like thunder in our living room,” homeowner Bill Gray told KETV NewsWatch 7’s Alex McLoon. Gray and his wife were woken up by the crash
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A California man has pleaded guilty to running a $50 million fraud scheme using websites that advertised high returns on certificates of deposit. Allen Giltman of Irvine, California pleaded guilty by videoconference Wednesday to two counts of conspiracy. The U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey says that over an eight-year span,
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By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Tennessee House Republican lawmaker has apologized for losing his temper and being ejected from watching a high school basketball game after getting into a confrontation with a referee. Video footage of the game appears to show Rep. Jeremy Faison make either
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By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Tennessee House Republican lawmaker has apologized for losing his temper and being ejected from watching a high school basketball game after getting into a confrontation with a referee. Video footage of the game appears to show Rep. Jeremy Faison make either
Continue ReadingBy Laura Terrell Click here for updates on this story PELLA, Iowa (KCCI) — Some people want a controversial book banned from the Pella Public Library. There was a heated debate over the topic at the city council meeting Tuesday night. Banning controversial books is a topic popping up in many school districts across Iowa,
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Major League Soccer has approved the sale of Real Salt Lake to David Blitzer and Smith Entertainment Group. Blitzer also has an ownership stake in the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Smith Entertainment Group also owns the NBA’s Utah Jazz. The deal includes Rio Tinto Stadium,
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster on Wednesday to include children as young as 12, at least five months after they finish the primary vaccine series. On Monday, the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine boosters
Continue Reading By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian health officials have announced that vaccination of children between the ages of 5 and 11 will begin in January, without the demand for prescriptions from doctors the government had previously signaled. The government’s guidelines come almost three weeks after the health regulator authorized use of
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Part of a roadway on Sauvie Island has collapsed due to water damage, according to Multnomah County officials. A short section of Northwest Reeder Road has been reduced to one lane in the 26200 block, which is on the east
Continue Reading By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Keegan Murray has gone from overlooked recruit out of high school to the nation’s leading scorer. The sophomore forward is coming off a 35-point game in Monday’s 80-75 win over Maryland. That performance prompted Terrapins’ interim coach Danny Manning to call Murray a first-round
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press Parents who send their children to a day care center in Arlington, Texas, will be able to breathe easier after the city refused to let a major energy company drill more gas wells a few hundred feet from the center’s playground. The Arlington City Council voted 5-4
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid and Barcelona have struggled to start their Copa del Rey campaigns with wins at minor rivals. Madrid needed two late goals to beat Alcoyano 3-1, which one year before had stunned the powerhouse 2-1 in the same round-of-32. Ousmane Dembelé and Ferran Jutglà scored
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Baumer Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — St. Louis CITY SC has named its first-ever head coach! Bradley Carnell is a retired defender who was named the team’s head coach Wednesday morning. “I am grateful to be a part of the St. Louis CITY family, a team where
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL, not surprisingly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, has looked into other potential sites for next month’s Super Bowl. That’s not unusual because the league does so every year. But with Los Angeles the site for this year’s title game, and restrictions increasing for attendance at
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Alexandra Ferguson Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — El piloto de un avión de combate F-35A de Corea del Sur realizó un “aterrizaje de vpanza” de emergencia en una base aérea este martes después de que su tren de aterrizaje funcionara mal debido a problemas electrónicos, dijo un portavoz de la Fuerza Aérea de Corea
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s launch last week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reported to be its most formidable yet, may have been a less advanced weapon than previously believed, according to a South Korean military official. The official, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said South Korean
Continue ReadingBy Vickie Welborn Click here for updates on this story Many, Louisiana (KTBS) — The body of a Many woman gunned down 35 years ago as she worked as a clerk at a local convenience store was exhumed Tuesday in the hopes of finding new information that could lead to her killer. The brutal shooting
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police say the father of a New Hampshire girl who authorities believe was last seen in 2019 at age 5, but who wasn’t reported missing until the end of last year, has been arrested on several charges. Thirty-one-year-old Adam Montgomery was arrested on a second-degree assault
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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russia-led military alliance says it will dispatch peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the country’s president asked for help in controlling protests that have escalated into violence, including the seizure and setting afire of some government buildings. Protesters in Kazakhstan’s largest city stormed the presidential residence and
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russia-led military alliance says it will dispatch peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the country’s president asked for help in controlling protests that have escalated into violence, including the seizure and setting afire of some government buildings. Protesters in Kazakhstan’s largest city stormed the presidential residence and
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