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By Haley Britzky, CNN The US will begin training Ukrainian forces on how to operate Abrams tanks next month as it seeks to get them on to the battlefield against Russia before the end of the summer. Thirty-one US M1A1 Abrams tanks — the size of a Ukrainian tank battalion — will be sent by
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them. In the first month of the pandemic in 2020, a 25% increase in overall ingestions occurred among children under 6 years old in the United States, according to the study
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By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN An Indiana woman has been indicted on a federal hate crime count in a racially motivated attack on an Indiana University student of Chinese descent, the US Justice Department said Thursday. Federal prosecutors said the indictment from the federal grand jury in Evansville, Indiana, alleges Billie Davis, 56, attacked the victim
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks remained listless in afternoon trading Friday, as Wall Street closed out a quiet week highlighted by a batch of mostly mixed corporate earnings reports. The major indexes drifted between small gains and losses for much of the day. The S&P 500 was up less
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will join business, political and philanthropic leaders, as well as celebrities, including Hugh Jackman and John Legend, for this year’s edition of the Global Citizen NOW conference in
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Jamie Foxx is making progress, according to his friend Martin Lawrence. Foxx has been hospitalized in Georgia since April 11 after he experienced a “medical complication,” his daughter Corrine Foxx shared in a post on social media last week. She did not detail what occurred, but added her father was “on his
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By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Lee Cronin set out to make the latest installment of the “Evil Dead” franchise, he knew he wanted to bring a fresh angle to his version of the iconic horror series while still giving winks and nods throughout to his source material. “I didn’t
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN After no major annual meteor showers for months, the Lyrids are here to end the drought. Known as one of the oldest-recorded meteor showers, the Lyrids are expected to produce 10 to 15 meteors per hour for three nights centered around its peak of 9:06 p.m. ET on Saturday, according to
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A judge denied bond Friday to a man accused in the 2017 White supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, citing allegations the man continued to participate in antisemitic incidents after the infamous event at the University of Virginia. Albemarle County Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell said he “can’t believe” the defendant, Tyler
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM Oregon (KPTV) — A Marion County grand jury unanimously determined that lethal force was lawful nine days after an Oregon State Police trooper shot and killed a carjacking suspect on Interstate 5 outside Salem. The grand jury heard testimony from 12 witnesses, autopsy results,
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri (KCTV) — A suspicious RV fire in the 1200 block of SW Morningside left one person dead Friday morning. The Blue Springs Police Department and Central Jackson County Fire Protection District said they were on the scene investigating and found the dead
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A judge Thursday sentenced a former neurosurgeon to 25 years in prison for the high-speed accident that cut short the life of a young woman who was training to be a doctor. Mobile County Circuit Judge Ben Brooks told Jonathan Pishoi
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia and Omar Jimenez, CNN A candidate for superintendent of a Massachusetts school district says he had his contract rescinded after he used the word “ladies” in an email — and another candidate pulled out of consideration after controversial Facebook posts about women’s sports surfaced. Vito Perrone tells CNN that he sent an
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Mallory Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — UPDATE: MAWSS sent an update Thursday night regarding the sewer leak on Neshota Drive. “Update-contractor-caused force main leak at 1601 Neshota Dr. has released four million gallons of wastewater into a tributary to Dog River. The force main leak has been
Continue ReadingBy Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The City of Milwaukee’s independent Fire and Police Commission approved a long-debated new policy that will regulate the release of MPD video of critical incidents. MPD must now show families relevant video within 48 hours of a critical incident, and the video
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing is set to launch a program on Saturday, April 22 aimed at training and retaining sexual assault nurse examiners in Wisconsin, where there is a notable shortage. Funded by a U.S. Department of Health and
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Prizont-Cado Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years in the death of a local pastor — 12 years in prison, followed by six years of extended supervision, Thursday afternoon. Jose Silva plead guilty in February to homicide by intoxicated use of
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — After cutting U.S. vehicle prices four times this year, Tesla raised the cost overnight on its slow-selling more expensive models. The hike could be an effort to appease investors, who dumped shares of Tesla on Thursday after its earnings and profit margins dropped due to previous price cuts. Investors also expressed concerns
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN New information is coming to light as to what led prosecutors to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin. A source familiar with the case told CNN that the possibility of modifications to the firing mechanism of the gun was learned by the special prosecutors overseeing the case in New
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Hillcox, Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Arson. Bumbling bishops. A jilted spouse banging on the abbey door. These may sound like plot lines from “Days of Our Lives,” but they are actually moments that have punctuated British coronations throughout history. Coronations at Westminster Abbey go back almost one thousand years. They
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