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By WBZ Digital staff Click here for updates on this story SWAMPSCOTT, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The seawall under Mission On The Bay, a waterfront restaurant in Swampscott, collapsed on Thursday afternoon. SkyEye footage showed that the seawall had fallen away under the restaurant on Humphrey Street. Swampscott fire and police responded and evacuated the building.
Continue ReadingBy TRACY GLADNEY Click here for updates on this story HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas (KTBS) — A former Linden-Kildare CISD head basketball coach has been charged with two counts of indecency with a child. The Hughes Springs Police Department arrested Karlton Rashad Davis, 30, on Wednesday. “The allegations were made outside of our district and did
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A six-year-old girl is the latest victim of gun violence in Shreveport. Police say the child was outside playing with her siblings when she got caught in the crossfire of a rolling gunbattle. Her injuries are described as life-threatening. Her name
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is leading a rally Friday after Wall Street’s most influential stock reported a better profit than feared. Stocks of beaten-down banks are also leaping to recover a smidgen of their sharp losses from a brutal week. The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in afternoon
Continue ReadingBy Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Dogs and their owners often have a strong, special bond. That rings true for one Henderson County man who went toe-to-paw with a bear to protect his best friend. For more than 30 years, John Koerber, along with his wife
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s energy minister has announced plans to ease bureaucratic hurdles for solar power as the country set a new record for photovoltaic installations during the first quarter. Europe’s biggest economy added 2.7 gigawatts of solar power capacity during the first three months of 2023. That puts Germany on course to beat the
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By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Skinner has become the latest horse to be scratched from the Kentucky Derby. Trainer John Shirreffs said Friday the California-based colt has an elevated temperature. With the defection of Skinner, the field for the 149th Derby on Saturday is down to 19 horses. The scratch
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CNN By Sara Smart, CNN A father has been charged after punching a 63-year-old umpire during a high school baseball game in central Florida, authorities said. During a game on April 18 at Liberty High School in Kissimmee, the father of a player approached the umpire — a disabled veteran — and “knocked him out”
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-right movement in Spain that is opposed to Muslims and immigrants has found a home on Twitter. The informal movement often references the Reconquista, the successful effort by Christians to retake Spain from its Muslim rulers in the Middle Ages. Accounts linked to the group have
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-right movement in Spain that is opposed to Muslims and immigrants has found a home on Twitter. The informal movement often references the Reconquista, the successful effort by Christians to retake Spain from its Muslim rulers in the Middle Ages. Accounts linked to the group have
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BEIRUT (AP) — An Egyptian politician residing abroad and planning to run in the country’s presidential elections says two of his uncles and a group of friends and supporters have been detained in recent days. Ahmed Altantawy, a former member of parliament declared his intention to run for the country’s highest office in March. He
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Emert Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — More than 20 states have restricted or banned THC, but North Carolina isn’t one of them. We’re talking about hemp and hemp compounds that create an intoxicating buzz. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized them nationwide, but the DEA still considers
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials say a European judicial team has questioned Lebanon’s caretaker finance minister. Friday’s questioning of Youssef El Khalil is part of a probe by a delegation from France, Germany, and Luxembourg related to corruption probes of the country’s Central Bank governor. Central Bank Governor Riad
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials say a European judicial team has questioned Lebanon’s caretaker finance minister. Friday’s questioning of Youssef El Khalil is part of a probe by a delegation from France, Germany, and Luxembourg related to corruption probes of the country’s Central Bank governor. Central Bank Governor Riad
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III surprised cheering fans who started gathering outside Buckingham Palace on Friday, a day ahead of his coronation, as final touches were made in preparation for an occasion that London hasn’t celebrated in 70 years. People in the crowd screamed his name as Charles stepped
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday. WHO’s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee discussed the pandemic on Thursday at its 15th meeting on Covid-19, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concurred that the public health emergency of international
Continue Reading By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans who qualified for free tax services — but were instead deceived into paying TurboTax for their returns — will soon get settlement checks in the mail. In a settlement last year, TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. was ordered to pay $141 million to some
Continue Reading By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans who qualified for free tax services — but were instead deceived into paying TurboTax for their returns — will soon get settlement checks in the mail. In a settlement last year, TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. was ordered to pay $141 million to some
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising resilience despite rising interest rates, chronically high inflation and a banking crisis that could weaken the economy. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, matching a 54-year low, the
Continue Reading By Jean Casarez, CNN Chemical tests for blood were done on over 60 reddish brown stains at Bryan Kohberger’s apartment in Pullman, Washington, on December 30, hours after he was arrested in northeastern Pennsylvania, according to newly released legal documents. Documents show a reddish/brown stain on an “uncased pillow ” as well as a “brown
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