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By Kourtney Williams Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — he Southern Decadence Festival is a big deal here in New Orleans. This event has been idle since 2019 says former grand marshal Toby Lefort and he’s excited to see it come back. He says it’s a big financial boost for
Continue ReadingBy Matt Flener Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A proposal championed by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and opposed by tenants’ rights groups to change criteria for developer tax incentives and define affordable housing will move forward to the full city council after a vote on Wednesday. Another
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Dodge, famous for offering cars with big and powerful V8 engines, is phasing out some of its iconic, gas-powered muscle cars in favor of electric power. To ease fans into this new era, the company has opted to mimic some muscle car sensations — including shifting gears
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story AMES, Iowa (KCCI) — A house in Ames is severely damaged after a fire engulfed the structure Sunday, according to the Ames Fire Department. Six pets died in the fire. Ames firefighters responded to a structure fire at 1202 Garfield Ave. When firefighters arrived, they
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The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah high school athletics association secretly investigated a female athlete — without telling her or her parents — after receiving complaints from the parents of two girls she had defeated in competition questioning whether the girl was transgender. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Utah
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects who ransacked a 7-Eleven and threw merchandise at the store’s clerk after motorists staged a street takeover outside earlier this week. A large crowd gathered early Monday as several cars drove recklessly at an intersection in the Harbor Gateway
Continue ReadingBy Ross Adams Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A former Jackson police officer has been sentenced to prison. Anthony Fox was convicted on culpable negligence manslaughter charges in the 2019 death of George Robinson, 62. Hinds County Circuit Judge Adrienne Wooten sentenced Fox to 20 years in prison, but
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities arrested 28 people linked to a South Los Angeles street gang Thursday on suspicion of federal racketeering, narcotics, extortion and firearms offenses. Ten suspects remain at large. Members and associates of the gang, called the Eastside Playboys, were arrested as part of six grand jury indictments that stemmed from a
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A young child remains in critical condition after he fell from a window at an apartment building in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Police said first responders were called to 12 American Legion Highway at 3:17 p.m. for a call that a
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Turkey’s leader and the U.N. chief met in Ukraine with President Volodymr Zelenskyy on Thursday in a high-powered bid to ratchet down a war raging for nearly six months. But little immediate progress was reported. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for his role in an international romance fraud scheme, according to authorities in Arizona. Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that 47-year-old Onovughe Ighorhiohwunu, of Kennesaw, received a 130-month prison term last week for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Ighorhiohwunu was
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A top executive at former President Donald Trump’s family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall. Allen Weisselberg,
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El congresista Héctor Ventura, jefe de la Comisión de Fiscalización del Congreso de Perú, citó para la próxima semana al jefe de la Casa Militar del Palacio de Gobierno para que responda por la supuesta pérdida de los registros de las cámaras de seguridad “el día que la Fiscalía y
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Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. honored local boxing legend Librado “Lee” Espinoza at the Coachella Valley Boxing Club today. A crowd gathered to honor Lee Espinoza, who is known as Coachella’s own “godfather of boxing”, as the Hall of Fame inductee received a Congressional Record of his life story from Congressman Ruiz, MD. Lee Espinoza is
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business CNN’s “Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter” is coming to an end. The company announced Thursday that it is ending the media analysis show that has aired in various iterations for 30 years. Its last episode will be this Sunday. “As a result Brian Stelter will leave the company,” a CNN
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, lamentó el jueves el asesinato del hijo del alcalde del municipio de Celaya, en el estado de Guanajuato, ocurrido el miércoles por la tarde a manos de un comando armado. De acuerdo con autoridades federales y estatales, Guillermo Mendoza, hijo de Javier Mendoza
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has canceled its weekly “Reliable Sources” show on the media after three decades on the air, and said Thursday that its host, Brian Stelter, is leaving the network. The show will have its last broadcast this Sunday. “Reliable Sources,” and its host, appear to
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would have what proponents call the nation’s most sweeping law to seal criminal records if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation sent to him Thursday by state legislators. The bill would automatically seal conviction and arrest records for most ex-offenders who are not convicted of another
Continue ReadingBy Tommie Clark Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Volunteers led a community walk in west Baltimore that is part of a renewed effort to address the city’s vacant and abandoned homes. Wednesday marked the sixth neighborhood walk of its kind in west Baltimore, and the first in Edmondson Village.
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Violent thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds in France and Italy have left at least eight people dead. The winds uprooted trees and ripped away a restaurant roof on Thursday. The French weather service says the storm produced gusts of more than 220 kph (136 mph)
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