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By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — The last surviving female officer from the group of six women who made history at the Oklahoma City Police Department celebrated her birthday. Iona Braswell was one of the first female officers in OCPD. “It taught me not to be so
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six people were rescued from a fishing boat that ran aground on one of the Channel Islands off Southern California and spilled diesel fuel early Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. A vessel assistance service reported that the Speranza Marie ran aground at Chinese Harbor on Santa Cruz Island around 2
Continue ReadingBy Jason Barry Click here for updates on this story GOODYEAR, Arizona (KTVK) — Kate Theone works at the New Life Center Domestic Violence Shelter and has seen firsthand the difference this new dog park has on the women and children that stay here. “Having a space like this is definitely part of enhancing the
Continue Reading LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A teen boy found dead on a Southern California street 44 years ago has been identified as runaway whose disappearance was never reported, police said. The body was discovered in a residential neighborhood of Long Beach on June 3, 1978. Investigators were unable to identify the teen and he was
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has slowed its record pace of interest rate increases. But not by much. The bank decided Thursday meeting to hike rates by half a percentage point instead of three-quarters of a point after inflation fell unexpectedly in November. That’s still a
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s coalition government has fallen after losing a parliamentary no-confidence vote. In the country’s 150-seat parliament, 78 lawmakers, two more than 76 needed, voted to oust the three-party minority government of Prime Minister Eduard Heger on Thursday. President Zuzana Caputova will have to appoint a new prime
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will hold its final meeting Monday, wrapping up its year-and-a-half-long inquiry by asking the Justice Department to investigate potential crimes. The committee is expected to release its final report on Wednesday. The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, has said the committee
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified Thursday that he was with his girlfriend on the night of the crime, except for a few minutes when he stepped outside to sell drugs on a corner
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN A former Twitter manager convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia was sentenced on Wednesday to more than three years in prison. Ahmad Abouammo, a dual US-Lebanese citizen, was convicted earlier this year of six criminal counts, including acting as an agent for Saudi Arabia and trying to disguise
Continue ReadingBy Steve Rundio Click here for updates on this story LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (La Crosse Tribune) — La Crosse Police Department personnel have learned a lot about dealing with mental illness. Wednesday presented an opportunity for them to share that expertise. Captain Avrie Schott and Lt. Cory Brandl led a “Mental Health First Aid” training
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Thursday that the settlement amount is the largest environmental damage recovery
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Thursday that the settlement amount is the largest environmental damage recovery
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA HOLLY Click here for updates on this story MIRAMAR, Florida (WSVN) — Thieves left a bad taste in the mouths of two South Florida business owners who said the source of their livelihood has been taken from them. Speaking with 7News on Monday, Go Jerk owners Christopher Crooks and Xavian Mckenzie said someone
Continue ReadingBy MARISELA BURGOS Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — Dramatic surveillance video captured the moment a Miami firefighter pummeled a patient who had requested to be taken to the emergency room, and it’s not the first time the first responder has been in the headlines. In the security footage, obtained
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border. Title 42, as it’s called, has been used more than 2.5 million times to expel migrants since March 2020,
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Thursday following the latest signal from the Federal Reserve that interest rates will need to go higher than previously expected in order to tame inflation. The S&P 500 fell 2.2% as of 3:34 p.m. Eastern, with roughly 90% of
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Thursday following the latest signal from the Federal Reserve that interest rates will need to go higher than previously expected in order to tame inflation. The S&P 500 fell 2.8% as of 2:16 p.m. Eastern, with roughly 95% of
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By Michelle Watson, CNN The city of Virginia Beach has reached a $3 million settlement with the family of Donovon Lynch — a 25-year-old man who was fatally shot by a police officer last year — the city and the family said in a joint statement. Lynch died after he was shot in the torso
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN An Arkansas police officer was shot and killed Wednesday night while attempting to take a man into custody after a vehicle pursuit, according to a release from Arkansas State Police. A state trooper also sustained gunshot wounds in the incident after the shooting suspect barricaded himself inside a residence, police say.
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California utility regulators are set to vote Thursday on changes to the state’s booming rooftop solar market that they say will more evenly spread the cost of energy and help reduce reliance on fossil fuels in the evening. California has long led the nation in adoption
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