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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business If you’ve ever wanted to high-five someone in your group texts, you may soon be in luck. A new “Pushing Hand” gesture that looks like a high-five is on the shortlist of potential new emojis to be released later this year. Also included: a shaking face, a knob of ginger,
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner Charles McClelland will become the first representative from a historically Black college, university or league to chair the Division I men’s basketball committee when he takes over next year. The NCAA announced Thursday that McClelland, who has been with the SWAC since 2018, would be vice chair this
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner Charles McClelland will become the first representative from a historically Black college, university or league to chair the Division I men’s basketball committee when he takes over next year. The NCAA announced Thursday that McClelland, who has been with the SWAC since 2018, would be vice chair this
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By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system, investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board said two
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI, JOSH BOAK, and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid stood side-by-side Thursday and declared they would not allow Iran to become a nuclear power. They parted ways, though, on how to get there. Biden, in a joint news conference after a
Continue ReadingBy ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Finding true love in the form of a four-legged friend just got a bit easier at a Broward animal shelter. On average, Broward County Animal Care and Adoption in Fort Lauderdale has about 100 or so sweet and friendly dogs waiting
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — There’s a renewed push to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City. Elected officials, advocates and community leaders are set to rally Thursday in front of City Hall. They’re expected to announce proposed legislation that would phase out the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Police can now confiscate ATVs and dirt bikes operated illegally on public roads in Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill amending the current law. This has been a growing issue in Philadelphia. “This bill’s swift passage and enactment
Continue ReadingBy ADAM DUXTER Click here for updates on this story EAGAN, Minnesota (WCCO) — Police say someone lit off a firework inside an Eagan movie theater during a screening Tuesday night, injuring several people. The city’s police department was called to Emagine Eagan around 8:25 p.m., inside a theater that was showing the movie “The
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — At the 7-Eleven in Santa Ana, there is a small memorial for Matthew Rule, who was shot and killed while protecting a homeless veteran. Written on a photo frame in the middle of a modest memorial, his mother left
Continue Reading GRUNDY, Va. (AP) — Rains that swiftly flooded a remote corner of Southwest Virginia washed out roads, tore homes from their foundations and left people scrambling to find loved ones in areas where phone service was knocked out completely. Authorities feared the worst on Wednesday as they were inundated with calls from people who said
Continue ReadingBy BRYANT MCCRAY Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A local school undergoing a redevelopment project unearthed some antique and unique findings. CBS 58 takes us to Neeskara Elementary School in northwest Milwaukee where project developers had a blast from the past. “Yeah, complete surprise,” said Heather Dietzel, sustainability project
Continue ReadingBy SHAIN BERGAN Click here for updates on this story GRANDVIEW, Missouri (KCTV) — Authorities are trying to figure out what caused an early Thursday morning fire that severely damaged a Grandview church. Crews responded at 12:33 a.m. to Impact Church, on the southeast side of Main Street and U.S. 71 Highway in Grandview. When
Continue ReadingBy JAMES FELTON and JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Experts continue to investigate the cause of a spill in the Flint River. Substances found in the water have been traced back to one local chemical company, but the state is still looking into the possibility other sources
Continue ReadingBy MATT WOODS Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Kolby L. Kristiansen of Wildwood was indicted by a grand jury after around 400 pounds of meth was found in a storage unit that Kristiansen was using. Drug-sniffing K-9s alerted authorities to Kristiansen’s storage unit on June 29. Then, a
Continue ReadingBy PAULINA AGUILAR Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An unfortunate event for a couple visiting Portland for the first time; their cars were broken into while visiting Multnomah Falls. Zachary Smith, his girlfriend Cora Buechner, and her sister were taking in Portland’s beauty. They arrived at the falls on
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — A 12-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly attacking another boy with a machete at Kalakaua Middle School, in the Kalihi area, in June. The alleged attack occurred around 5:30 p.m. on June 23. According to the report by the Honolulu Police
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and RAF CASERT Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Belgium are commemorating the deadly floods that hit a year ago and warning that countries must improve climate disaster prevention plans. High-profile memorials took place Thursday to pay tribute to the more than 230 people who lost their lives on July 14-15,
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Republican Party will consider 31 resolutions at its three-day convention, including one already adopted by Texas Republicans that President Joe Biden isn’t the legitimate leader of the country. Another calls for not recognizing “imaginary identities,” a resolution aimed at transgender people. Multiple resolutions at
Continue ReadingBy MARCY JONES and ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story NAUGATUCK, Connecticut (WFSB) — A family in Naugatuck said they experienced unimaginable grief when their loved one was left for dead in front of his own home. They said 42-year-old Joel “Brandon” Guth was defending his property on Tuesday after he caught
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