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By KCTV Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The City of Shawnee reported four firefighters were recovering in a hospital following a house fire Tuesday night. During a house fire near Grove and Silverheel streets just after 9 p.m., there was a collapse while firefighters were in the
Continue ReadingBy Russell Kinsaul Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Detectives with the Illinois State Police (ISP) are investigating a fatal head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver. The accident happened Saturday morning around 6:30 a.m. on the entrance ramp to southbound I-255 at State Street in East St. Louis.
Continue ReadingBy KCTV Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — If you aren’t familiar with ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning,’ by the end of the summer you may be. The new Amy Poehler-produced TV show is coming to Kansas City and will begin filming in the coming months.
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Passengers traveling on an Emirates flight to Brisbane, Australia were stunned when they noticed a huge hole in the side of the aircraft while they were disembarking. Those on board the Airbus A380 from Dubai to the Australian city became aware of the damage as they exited the plane following the roughly
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — An investigation is underway in Independence regarding what caused a fire on July Fourth that damaged six apartment units and destroyed several cars. A city spokeswoman said it’s not clear yet whether fireworks sparked the fire at The Cedars apartments and
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Boris Johnson’s scandal-ravaged premiership was dangling by a thread on Thursday as he battled efforts to force him from office even as a growing number of government ministers urged the beleaguered British Prime Minister to resign. The United Kingdom woke on Thursday morning to more than 50 members
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Bankhead Tunnnel in downtown Mobile is closed in both directions this morning following a single-vehicle accident involving an 18-wheeler. The end of the trailer split and broke off when the rig struck the tunnel entrance at the west side. Mobile
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MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian official has warned the U.S. that it could face the “wrath of God” if it pursues efforts to help establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia’s action in Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin and former Russian president, denounced the
Continue ReadingBy Jessob Reisbeck Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — It’s been just over seven months since one of the worst tragedies in southeast Wisconsin history. Six people killed and more than 60 were hurt after a man drove his SUV through the Waukesha Christmas parade. Since then, we’ve heard from
Continue Reading AMSTERDAM (AP) — Several environmental groups have launched legal action against Dutch airline KLM over advertisements that promote flying as a sustainable form of travel. The Netherlands-based campaigners said they think the lawsuit is the first to challenge alleged “greenwashing” by the airline industry. The groups claim KLM violated European consumer law by misleading customers
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JACKSON, Calif. (AP) — Favorable weather early Wednesday aided the fight against a wildfire in California’s Gold Country that has forced evacuations in two counties. The Electra Fire had burned 6.4 square miles (16.6 square kilometers) of rural terrain but it was now 40% contained without any buildings burned, the California Department of Forestry and
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published July 5, 2022, about President Joe Biden’s visit to Ohio on Wednesday, The Associated Press erroneously reported that it would be Biden’s fourth visit to the state as president. It will be his sixth.
Continue Reading By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A deadline is fast approaching for teachers, librarians, nurses and others who work in public service to apply to have their student loan debt forgiven. New figures from the U.S. Department of Education show 145,000 borrowers have had the remainder of their
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Kaitlan Collins and Pamela Brown, CNN Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the January 6 committee to participate in a transcribed interview behind closed doors on Friday, multiple sources told CNN. Cipollone will be appearing under subpoena. A source familiar with his thinking says Cipollone
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Google honored barrier-breaking comedian Charlie Hill, the first Native American comic to appear on national TV, with a Doodle on what would’ve been his 71st birthday. When Hill was a young comic in the 1970s, he refused to deign to racist stereotypes of Native Americans. Rather, his material addressed bigotry toward
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs in May as the economy has shown signs of weakening, though the overall demand for workers remained strong. Employers advertised 11.3 million jobs at the end of May, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly 11.7 million in April. Job
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CNNEE (CNN) — La senadora Tammy Duckworth le dijo a CNN que estaba en el centro de operaciones de emergencia de Highland Park cuando la policía informó al alcalde sobre el hallazgo de un niño de dos años y medio que quedó huérfano tras el tiroteo masivo de este lunes cerca de Chicago. “Fue sacado
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN By his father’s final act of heroism, Aiden McCarthy survived Monday’s carnage at a July Fourth parade in suburban Chicago. But the 2-year-old now is left to grow up without either of his parents — an orphan of America’s bane of mass shootings. Kevin McCarthy, 37, and his wife, Irina, 35,
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Boring Company has launched a way for customers to pay for rides on Loop, its Las Vegas transit system, with the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Loop consists of passengers traveling in Tesla vehicles that are driven by humans at about 35 mph, a significantly scaled-down version of founder Elon Musk’s original
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Your bad, Taika Waititi. The “Thor: Love and Thunder” director told Rolling Stone he forgot about his film’s star, Natalie Portman, being part of the “Star Wars” franchise. According to Waititi, his initial conversation with Portman went like this: “Natalie said to me, what do you do next? And I
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