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By Lauren Martinez Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — FOX5 is hearing from Ukrainian refugee teenagers enrolled at local schools who are getting ready to start a new chapter with a new language. Rada Rudenko fled Ukraine in April with her husband and stepdaughter Sophie. The move felt temporary
Continue ReadingBy Maddie White Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — With his rapidly growing startup BRINC Drones, one young Las Vegas engineer is now taking on the challenge of responding immediately to catastrophes anywhere across the globe, and he’s doing it by donating drones and resources. This month, the 22-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday added three destinations to its “high” risk category for travel, including an Eastern European country known for its mountains, thick forests and folklore culture. Romania is the most notable travel destination to receive a Level 3, “Covid-19 high”
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story KATY, Texas (KTRK) — Business owners in Katy’s Asiatown believe the same person is responsible for burglarizing yet another restaurant and breaking its windows, making it the fourth night in a row. Com Tam Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant, located in the 23100 block of Colonial Parkway,
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to end a cornerstone Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, a pro forma act that has drawn attention amid near-total silence from the White
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The manager of Laredo Taqueria says new residents from nearby townhomes threatened to sue the restaurant because the smoke was going into the windows and making their furniture smell like fajitas. ABC13 partners at the Houston Chronicle reported the taqueria’s attorney
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired left-handed reliever Garrett Cleavinger from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor league outfielder Germán Tapia. The Rays said Monday that Cleavinger, who spent parts of the past three seasons in the majors with the Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies, will report to Triple-A
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Fili Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — North Omaha leaders call for an end to gun violence after a deadly shooting in the area. Omaha police said it happened around 2:30 Sunday morning near 22nd and Lake streets. Davonta Williams, 31, was killed and two other people were
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia cities and counties have reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug distributors. The cities and counties accused the distributors in a lawsuit in state court of fueling the opioid epidemic. The companies are AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. The funds will be distributed over 12
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia cities and counties have reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug distributors. The cities and counties accused the distributors in a lawsuit in state court of fueling the opioid epidemic. The companies are AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. The funds will be distributed over 12
Continue ReadingBy KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — The death of at least one person who died in a fire at a Kansas City apartment complex last week has been ruled a homicide. Police have been investigating a fire at the Vivion Oaks apartments near North Oak Trafficway
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury has convicted a man in the 2016 death of an Albuquerque girl who was strangled, dismembered and set on fire in the bathtub of her mother’s apartment on her 10th birthday. The jury deliberated less than four hours Monday before returning with guilty verdicts on all charges
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City and four states that had filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service announced a settlement Monday in which the agency agreed it would destroy packages of cigarettes sent illegally to the United States from other countries. The city and California had initially filed the lawsuit in 2019,
Continue ReadingBy KOCO Staff Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A dog died after four mobile homes caught fire Monday morning in northwest Oklahoma City. The fire sparked around 10:45 a.m. at a mobile home park near Northwest 10th Street and Ann Arbor Avenue. Oklahoma City Fire Department officials said four
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A man convicted of kidnapping a woman and raping her for several days in his Charlestown apartment learned Monday he will spend the next several decades in prison. Victor Pena, 42, was charged with kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape for
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least one Palestinian has been killed and another wounded during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin. Israeli forces have carried out regular operations into Jenin in recent months that the military says are aimed at dismantling militant networks in the
Continue ReadingBy Kacey Buercklin Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The New Orleans Fire Department has reported that the abandoned naval base on 4400 Dauphine Street was on fire on Sunday morning. The fire was a 1-alarm fire, and NOFD is on the scene securing the fire. The naval base in
Continue ReadingBy Kate Merriman Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — The removal of an 80-year-old elm tree in Harrisburg got underway Monday. City leaders said the tree is dangerous. The roots and branches are covering multiple buildings around Clinton, Green, Penn and Harris streets. Some branches fell during a storm about
Continue Reading Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has unveiled a proposed a new Official Secrets Law to replace one enacted under the late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco. The current law allows information to be kept secret forever, but the new legislation would set declassification terms ranging from four to 50 years. That is in line with
Continue Reading By NOAH BERGER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press YREKA, Calif. (AP) — Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that was among several menacing thousands of homes Monday in the western U.S., officials said. Hot and gusty weather and lightning storms threatened
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