By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US population has gotten older in the past two decades, with more aging adults and fewer children under the age of 5, new Census Bureau data reveals. From 2000 to 2020, baby boomers and millennials – the largest age groups in the United States in 2020 – continued to
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mountain lion studied by biologists in wilderness areas near Los Angeles has given birth to three healthy kittens, the National Park Service said Thursday. The three females estimated to be a month old were found May 18 nestled in a patch of poison oak in the Simi Hills area about
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) — Every dog has its day. For one dog in New Jersey, that day came with a cap, gown and… a college diploma. A service dog named Justin received a diploma alongside his owner, Grace Mariani, on Monday from Seton
Continue ReadingBy Eyewitness News Click here for updates on this story LIVINGSTON, New Jersey (WABC) — One Montclair State University graduate missed her graduation ceremony Tuesday because she was in the hospital. Kianda Wilchcombe gave birth two weeks earlier than expected, so she missed out on all the graduation festivities. As such, the maternity staff at
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By Adam Beam SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators say the state is unlikely to experience electricity shortages this summer after securing new power sources and a wet winter that filled the state’s reservoirs enough to restart hydroelectric power plants that were dormant during the drought. The nation’s most populous state normally has more than enough electricity
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have widened their case against members of a small polygamous group that resides near the Utah-Arizona border, detailing its leader’s sexual encounters with children he took as wives in new charges filed earlier this month. A grand jury accuses Sam Bateman of recording the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s bid for a second term begins with a wide advantage over his declared opponents for the Democratic nomination, but he faces headwinds among the overall public from declining favorability and a widespread view that his reelection would be more negative than positive for the
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By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say drugs laced with fentanyl that killed one person and caused three more to overdose were purchased at a bar owned by a state lawmaker. Republican state Rep. Rob Brooks has owned the bar located just north of Milwaukee since 2007.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a bid to keep President Joe Biden out of the White
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Jamaican man who volunteered for the Royal Air Force and flew bombing missions in World War II was remembered at his funeral as a dignified, gracious, quiet man with an old-school charm. Former flight Sgt. Peter Brown died alone in his London home in December at
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BURBANK, California (KABC) — A Burbank police officer jumped into action to reunite a horse with its owner after the animal ran away. Officers responded around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to the area near Riverside Drive and Mariposa Street after a caller saw the horse with
Continue Reading By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) — The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March. The Central American natives, seized from a smuggler at Miami International Airport, are being raised by the Rare
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story STUDIO CITY, Los Angeles (KABC) — A Starbucks store in Studio City has removed its seating for customers due to safety concerns. A sign on the door of the store, located on Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue, says it’s a temporary move. It’s not clear
Continue Reading By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, for more hours on school nights and in expanded roles, including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14. The efforts to significantly roll back labor rules
Continue Reading PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals,” commonly referred to as PFAS, saying they have caused significant harm to the state’s residents and natural resources. Neronha faulted the companies for engaging in what he described as “a massive and widespread campaign
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner has died at age 83. She teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” She was
Continue ReadingBy Julie Dunmire Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WXMI) — Heather Hendriksen is the kind of person who believes showing up for people when it matters most is what matters the most. Which is why she shows up to court for her employees, so much so, she says the local
Continue ReadingBy FOX 17 Click here for updates on this story SOUTH HAVEN, Michigan (WXMI) — This year’s annual Memorial Weekend Pancake Breakfast in South Haven will benefit the family of a fallen Paw Paw firefighter. Lt. Ethan Quillen of the Paw Paw Fire Department died while responding to a downed power line during an ice
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