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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Americans looking to buy or rent a home have had a rough year. Rents are up by double-digit percentages in some cities. Meanwhile, buying a home is the most unaffordable it has been since the mid-1980s. Mortgage rates have surpassed 6% and home prices remain just off the record highs
Continue ReadingBy Beccah Hendrickson Click here for updates on this story LINDENWOLD, New Jersey (WPVI) — A South Jersey teacher is changing the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in his community by giving them the gift of books. Lindenwold High School English teacher Larry Abrams started the nonprofit “Book Smiles” to donate gently used
Continue ReadingBy Walter Perez Click here for updates on this story DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A controversy has erupted at Lenape Middle School in Bucks County over how teachers must address their students, specifically students who don’t identify with their gender at birth. The controversial district-wide policy became an issue at the middle school recently when
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts (WCVB) — When someone found a Purple Heart from World War II, Ben Quelle, director of Veteran Services in Attleboro, thought it would be easy to find its rightful owner. But the search has turned into a mystery. Quelle started with a few
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed investigators say they have turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military — including rape, murder and pillage — over the nearly two-year war on Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The Commission of Inquiry on Ethiopia, working
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By SARA BURNETT and JOHN HANNA Associated Press HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Governors’ races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections. But this fall, the nation’s political future hangs just as much on governors’ mansions as it does on Capitol Hill. With abortion rights, immigration policies and democracy itself
Continue ReadingBy Fletcher Keel Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Two Cincinnati men have been charged with federal crimes after allegedly illegally flying drones over professional sporting events, the Department of Justice says. According to the DOJ, a federal grand jury has charged two men, 24-year-old Dailon Dabney and 38-year-old Travis Lenhoff,
Continue ReadingBy Toni Yates Click here for updates on this story BARNEGAT LIGHT, New Jersey (WABC) — A couple’s big wedding on the Jersey Shore turned into a giant catastrophe after the second floor of a building where 200 people had gathered began to cave in. Cassidy and Brian Gagliardotto had planned for years to make
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Smith Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A Lancaster County man charged in a 1975 homicide is expected in court on Thursday. The preliminary hearing is for David Sinopoli, who was arrested in July at his East Hempfield Township home. Police said Sinopoli stabbed Lindy Sue Biechler, 19,
Continue ReadingBy Kemberly Richardson Click here for updates on this story CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn, New York (WABC) — A baby boy with a rare and life-threatening condition underwent an emergency procedure the moment he was born. And thanks to a team of highly skilled doctors at NYU Langone, little Aydin is celebrating his first birthday. What
Continue Reading FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — California temporarily banned insurance companies Thursday from dropping customers in areas affected by recent wildfires, a day after evacuation orders were lifted for residents near a two-week-old blaze that’s become the largest in the state so far this year. Several days of sporadic rain helped firefighters reach 60% containment on the
Continue Reading FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — California temporarily banned insurance companies Thursday from dropping customers in areas affected by recent wildfires, a day after evacuation orders were lifted for residents near a two-week-old blaze that’s become the largest in the state so far this year. Several days of sporadic rain helped firefighters reach 60% containment on the
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Wednesday night the La Quinta city council voted to nix the controversial Coral Mountain Resort project. You can read the full story here. Today we’re hearing reaction from the community to the council’s decision after a long battle over this project. Alena Callimanis is one of the original members of the La Quinta Residents for
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Larissa Chavez Chaidez is running for the east valley seat on the College of the Desert Board of Trustees. On Thursday, she filed a complaint with the State Assembly against her incumbent opponent, board chair Ruben Perez, of getting paid illegally for his State Assembly job while working his COD job. Perez holds two positions.
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts man says a version of the state flag that he designed years ago was used on the brochures given to migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard last week. William Bodine, of Pittsfield, said he redesigned the flag on PowerPoint during
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story CYPRESS HILLS, Brooklyn, New York (WABC) — Investigators believe a body found stuffed into two suitcases in an apartment in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn is that of a 22-year-old woman. Residents of the building reported a foul smell and told security the woman had not been
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story CARNEY, Maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore County police identified a husband and wife who were charged after Tuesday’s discovery of a suspicious package that prompted the evacuations of schools and homes. Joseph Vickery, 43, was charged with several possession of explosive device-related charges. He was also
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Minor Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The case of “M.H.” a 14-year-old who was caught by Elkhart police with a handgun after trespassing, is likely to get a second chance in the Indiana Supreme Court due to a loophole in the law. “If it’s wrong for an adult
Continue ReadingBy WDSU Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The Louisiana Department of Health is urging people to take precautions outside after new data revealed the state has the fourth-highest rate of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease in the country. The data comes from a recent publication from the Centers
Continue ReadingBy Divine Triplett Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis woman was sentenced to over 7 years in prison for carjacking a Lyft driver and armed robbery. During Oct. 2020, court documents say Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were investigating a series of robberies involving Lyft drivers and two young
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