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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A woman is accused of shooting her husband in the stomach, but Fort Bend deputies still have not said if she will be charged. The shooting happened at about 4:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of Stafford Springs
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By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — After a slow start to the season, Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson has turned it around and is sizzling at the plate. His team is following suit. Swanson hit two home runs and the Atlanta Braves built a big lead early before holding off the San Francisco
Continue ReadingCNN, KOAT By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The final vote was 65 to 33 with 15 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the measure,
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed Justice Clarence Thomas opened the floodgates for all sorts of gun safety laws to be challenged in federal court. The 6-3 Supreme Court decision striking down a type of gun carry restriction embraced by only six states, will have the effect of making all sorts of regulations all across the country vulnerable
Continue Reading The Associated Press NFL Hall of Famer Hugh McElhenny, an elusive running back from the 1950s has died. He was 93. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said in a news release that McEhlenny died of natural causes on June 17 at his home in Nevada, and that son-in-law Chris Permann confirmed the death. Elected
Continue ReadingBy Ana Maria Cañizares, Daniela Gonzalez-Roman, Jorge Engels and Karol Suarez, CNN At least four people have died amid ongoing protests against the government of Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, according to Ecuadorian authorities. Scores of police officers have been injured and more than 100 people have been arrested, authorities also said. Thursday marks the eleventh
Continue ReadingBy Charly Edsitty Click here for updates on this story SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — An undercover Harris County Precinct 4 operation resulted in the rescue of a 7-year-old girl from a home being used for prostitution, according to Constable Mark Herman. The child was found to be living in “horrible conditions,” Herman said. Photos released
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — In a story published June 20, 2022, about the growing dangers to homeless people of heat fueled by climate change, The Associated Press mischaracterized how a seasonal forecast map is produced by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University. The climatologists involved are not volunteers and the forecast
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The San Francisco Giants acquired Willie Calhoun on Thursday, sending outfielder Steven Duggar to Texas for the outfielder who was the main return for the Rangers when they traded pitcher Yu Darvish five years ago. San Francisco also receives cash in the deal. It will
Continue Reading FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a coyote that attacked a 2-year-old child at a Southern California park this week, police said Thursday. The attack happened Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. at Mile Square Park in the city of Fountain Valley southeast of Los Angeles, police said in a statement. “The attack was
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DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will get to stay at Love Field, the airport closest to downtown Dallas. The city council this week approved a settlement that will pay Alaska Airlines to let Delta use one of its gates. Southwest Airlines dominates traffic at Love Field, and it has long wanted to remove Delta
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elected officials in a rural Nevada county decided Thursday to postpone until Friday certifying results of the 317 votes cast in their jurisdiction during the state’s June 14 primary election. The decision in Nevada comes a week after lawmakers in a Republican-leaning rural New Mexico county
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to destroy more than 3 million dried blood spots taken from babies and kept in storage, a partial settlement in an ongoing lawsuit over consent and privacy in the digital age. At the state’s direction, hospitals have routinely pricked the heels
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iowa delegation promised changes to its caucus after 2020’s meltdown. New Hampshire’s brought giftbags. The Nevada team argued that racial diversity should trump tradition. Sixteen states and Puerto Rico are jockeying for early slots on a new Democratic presidential primary calendar, offering presentations for party bosses
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday proposed strengthening protections for transgender students under Title IX and overhauling controversial Trump-era guidance on how schools should handle sexual assault cases. The new rules would clarify that Title IX’s protections against discrimination apply to sexual orientation and gender identity and that preventing someone from participating
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MIKE CORDER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels,
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MIKE CORDER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels,
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee is hearing from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks. The hearing Thursday is bringing attention to a memorably turbulent
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British police on Thursday charged two Nigerians, including a politician, with conspiring to bring a child to the U.K. in order to harvest organs. Ike Ekweremadu, a 60-year-old district senator and lawyer, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, are accused of conspiracy to arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view
Continue Reading By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SIGHISOARA, Romania (AP) — The European Union has announced that it has granted EU candidate status to Moldova, a poor non-NATO Eastern European country bordering war-torn Ukraine, which likely won’t enjoy the perks of full bloc membership for years to come. Along the road, Moldova will need to enact reforms
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