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By Ben Tsujimoto Click here for updates on this story ROYALTON, New York (The Buffalo News) — When Kevin McCabe noticed a jagged crack in his driveway at 7620 Tonawanda Creek Road Wednesday morning that extended about 60 yards, wrapping through his backyard abutting Tonawanda Creek and along the edge of his just-finished barn, the
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — Stanley and Stevie are quite literally two birds of a feather. They do everything together. From nesting to preening, these two African penguins live a life of love. Stanley and Stevie are two male penguins in Racine Zoo, and
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors and Lockheed announced last year they were teaming up to work on a new lunar rover that would carry astronauts and their gear on the moon. Now the companies say they could develop a whole lineup of vehicles for work on the moon and that these could be
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The next bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix said Friday that he will strive to be open when it comes to investigations of sex abuse, though he said he’s not yet caught up on the status of abuse claims in a diocese that serves roughly
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot with a high-powered rifle on an Oakland street in broad daylight, police said. The boy and another person were walking when someone shot them Thursday, Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said in a video posted on Facebook. “When you have a 16-year-old child that is
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PRAGUE (AP) — Police say a record amount of cocaine was seized in a banana shipment for supermarkets in the Czech Republic. They say 840 kilograms (1,852 pounds) of cocaine were discovered in cardboard boxes with bananas by employees in the supermarkets in two northern towns. Czech police are now searching other stores in the
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities on the Gulf coast of Mexico say the bodies of seven men have been found dumped on a roadway in the Huasteca region, long popular among tourists. Prosecutors in San Luis Potosi state said late Thursday the bodies did not appear to be from the township of Aquismon, and may
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press State inspectors say a troubled Iowa center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities failed to monitor the fluid intake of a 30-year-old resident who died in February due to dehydration. The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals has fined the Glenwood Resource Center $10,000 after inspectors found that
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was told the same thing over and over, by his campaign team, the data crunchers, and a steady stream of lawyers, investigators and inner-circle allies: There was no voting fraud that could have tipped the 2020 presidential election. But in the eight
Continue Reading YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A U.S. government panel has renamed a Yellowstone National Park mountain that had been named for a military officer who helped lead a massacre of Native Americans. The National Park Service announced Thursday that Mount Doane will now be called First Peoples Mountain after the unanimous vote by the
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Britney Spears lució un elegante vestido de Versace a medida para casarse con el entrenador personal y modelo Sam Asghari en una ceremonia íntima a las afueras de Los Ángeles el jueves. La princesa del pop completó su atuendo nupcial con un impactante velo de satén y una gargantilla blanca en
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has canceled a planned July trip to Africa on doctors’ orders because of a knee problem. The Vatican said the July 2-7 trip to Congo and South Sudan would be rescheduled “to a later date to be determined.” Francis has used a wheelchair for
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The first transgender state legislator elected in Kansas is not seeking reelection. Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Byers, of Wichita, said Friday that she is moving to Texas so that she and her wife can take care of her wife’s aging parents. Byers was elected in
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Angered by the unrelenting toll from gun violence, tens of thousands of people are expected at rallies this weekend in the nation’s capital and around the United States demanding that Congress pass meaningful changes to gun laws. The second March For Our Lives rally will take place
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said the high-profile summer hearings of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection are “about democracy itself,” stressing that it’s important for Americans to understand what transpired. “It’s important the American people understand what truly happened and to understand that
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN GOP Rep. Liz Cheney wore a pin to honor US Capitol Police and had a “protector” figurine with her during Thursday’s high-profile hearing convened by the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, serves as vice chair of the committee and played a
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In President Joe Biden’s estimation, the U.S. is in a strong position to overcome the worst inflation in more than 40 years. But so far, inflation just keeps getting the better of the U.S. economy and of the Biden administration. The president’s policies,
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In President Joe Biden’s estimation, the U.S. is in a strong position to overcome the worst inflation in more than 40 years. But so far, inflation just keeps getting the better of the U.S. economy and of the Biden administration. The president’s policies,
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In President Joe Biden’s estimation, the U.S. is in a strong position to overcome the worst inflation in more than 40 years. But so far, inflation just keeps getting the better of the U.S. economy and of the Biden administration. The president’s policies,
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By Peter Nickeas and Ray Sanchez and Laura Ly, CNN A police officer was “justified in his use of force” and not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Lyoya, the officer’s lawyer said at an arraignment Friday. Lyoya, a Black man, was shot to death on April 4 by Christopher Schurr, a
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