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By Megan Viecelli Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WXMI) — Submariners make up a small percentage of the U.S. Navy; however, they are responsible for carrying out one of the most important missions—strategic deterrence. This service under the sea has been going on for 123 years and Grand Rapids native
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world. They argue that federal agencies failed to properly analyze health and environmental concerns for the project in southwest Alaska. Tribes from the communities of Kwethluk, Tuluksak and Bethel filed
Continue ReadingBy Jelia Hepner Click here for updates on this story NORTH CAROLINA (WRAL) — A student has been suspended for a year and could face additional consequences after authorities found a gun in his backpack on school grounds Wednesday morning. The discovery occurred at Sherwood Githens Middle School in Durham through a tip. The information
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The World Health Organization still does not have key data from China about the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak, putting the world in jeopardy, says Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the group’s Covid-19 technical lead and head of its program on emerging diseases. “The lack of data disclosure is simply inexcusable,” Van
Continue ReadingBy Lena Tillett Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — The siblings of Christal Lane are being moved to South Carolina, an upheaval that follows the 8-year-old’s beating death and concerns some who know them. Christal and her siblings were living with their grandmother in Nash County before the girl’s death
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Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — El Fondo Monetario Internacional advirtió esta semana sobre la “vulnerabilidad” de las denominadas instituciones financieras no bancarias, afirmando que la estabilidad financiera mundial podría depender de su resiliencia. El Banco de Inglaterra llamó la atención sobre el mismo asunto el mes pasado. Y los inversores mundiales encuestados por Bank of
Continue ReadingBy WXYZ Staff Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — Drivers along westbound I-94 were slowing down Wednesday morning after a German Shepherd got loose and ran onto the freeway. Good Samaritan Debbie Allen jumped into action and made sure the dog would not get hit and stay alive. She huddled against
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — The ruble has fallen against the U.S. dollar to the value it held just before Russia sent troops into Ukraine more than a year ago. The rate of 81.375 to the dollar at the end of Thursday’s trading continued a slow but steady decline that begin in mid-January. It reflects persisting concerns
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is outlining how it plans to use an infusion of $80 billion for improved operations. The agency is pledging to invest in new technology, hire more customer service representatives and expand its ability to audit high-wealth taxpayers. The money comes from the Democrats’ landmark climate
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues. The justices refused to disturb an appeals court order that made it possible for the girl, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to continue playing on
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday denied West Virginia’s request to let it fully enforce a state law that bans transgender women and girls from participating on public school sports teams consistent with their gender identity. In an unsigned order, the court denied West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey‘s emergency request to
Continue Reading STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former NBA guard Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges after he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop, police said. The episode started just before 10 a.m. Tuesday when several 911 callers reported “a male acting aggressively and in a bizarre manner” inside a juice shop in
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe. Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, ordered Mark Pomerantz to
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — China’s government has denied that there is any illegal fentanyl trafficking with Mexico and said it had not been notified by Mexico’s government of any seizures of the precursor chemicals used to make the powerful drug. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning made the comments Thursday in response to a question
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Authorities say the five people who were killed when a tornado barreled through their Missouri village were inside a mobile home or adjacent camper that were obliterated. The state highway patrol on Thursday released the names of those killed in the village of Glenallen, several of whom
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Bree Click here for updates on this story BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KSTU) — It’s the first week of April, but Kenny Kapp isn’t letting the Christmas spirit melt away. Seeing his Bountiful neighbors frustrated dealing with snow, he decided it was time to dig out the red suit. “With all the snow we’ve been
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After more than a decade without a new affordable housing project in Palm Springs, the Monarch Apartment Homes are set to provide much-needed relief. The community began construction in October 2021 and is now 50 percent completed. It is designed with Palm Springs’ iconic modernism style in mind, and it is named after the monarch
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A lawyer for jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. says the prosecutor in Kara-Murza’s closed-door trial for treason and spreading false information about the Russian military in Ukraine has called for a sentence of 25 years in prison. Kara-Murza is a journalist and prominent opponent of the Kremlin who has been
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Porter Click here for updates on this story HERRIMAN, Utah (KSTU) — An off-duty officer for the Granite School District was in the right place at the right time when he saved a man from a burning building in Herriman. Officer Philip Afonso was taking advantage of his day off on Saturday to
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 41-year-old Salt Lake City woman who died in a weekend ice climbing accident is being credited with saving the life of a fellow climber by pushing her out of the way when the ice fractured above them. Meg O’Neill and two others were climbing Raven Falls in northeastern Utah
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