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By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KMBC) — One Olathe woman who collected nearly $15,000 to help citizens in Ukraine with humanitarian relief has made a trip to the country. She says the relief is helping. In the last week, Paige Barrows, a volunteer from Olathe, Kansas, has seen
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CNN By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Bill Cosby is being sued by Victoria Valentino in a new civil lawsuit claiming decades-old allegations of sexual assault, that her attorney shared with CNN and said it was filed in Los Angeles on Thursday. Shortly after meeting Cosby in 1969, Valentino claims she and a friend had
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 90,000 hedge trimmers are being recalled because of a laceration hazard that has caused multiple injuries. That’s according to a notice posted Thursday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Chervon North America is recalling about 85,000 of its EGO Power+ Model HT2410 Cordless Brushless Hedge Trimmers sold in the
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By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee is set to crown a champion, with 11 finalists gathering Thursday night in a convention center ballroom outside Washington to demonstrate their mastery of Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged dictionary. The bee has undergone many changes as a result of an eight-way tie
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Arizona officials announced Thursday the state will no longer grant certifications for new developments within the Phoenix area, as groundwater rapidly disappears amid years of water overuse and climate change-driven drought. A new study showed that the groundwater supporting the Phoenix area likely can’t meet additional development demand in
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Armie Hammer will not be charged after a long investigation of a woman’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her in 2017, Los Angeles prosecutors said. Hammer said on Instagram after a long public silence that “I look forward to beginning what will be a
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News Channel 3 has learned four more victims have come forward claiming the Desert Hot Springs man charged in a sexual assault in Palm Springs earlier this year also hurt them. Hakan Isik, 56, of Desert Hot Springs appeared in a Banning Courtroom Wednesday morning for a felony settlement conference. We originally reported that one
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel is finally moving out of his monthly perch at Madison Square Garden. The singer-songwriter says he will conclude his residency in July 2024 with his 150th lifetime performance at the venue. “It’s hard to believe we’ve been able to do this for 10 years,” Joel said at a news
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking water plume erupted from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, and the James Webb Space Telescope was watching when it occurred. Beneath the thick, icy crust of Enceladus is a global saltwater ocean. Previous missions like Cassini have spied plumes jetting for hundreds of miles between cracks — dubbed “tiger
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BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation will hold a weekend of mourning for the 15-year-old player who died after a post-match brawl at an international youth tournament last weekend. “This incredibly sad and shocking act at a soccer tournament for juniors leaves us speechless,” federation president Bernd Neuendorf said Thursday. “It is the ultimate
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder this week after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges, authorities said. In 2018, Rick Chow confronted a shoplifter
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday a plan to cover a new class of Alzheimer’s disease drugs if they receive full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration – and with some limitations. Alzheimer’s drugs that slow the progression of cognitive decline will be covered
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden tripped on a sandbag and fell as he completed handing out diplomas at the US Air Force Academy commencement in Colorado on Thursday. Biden appeared fine afterward, walking without assistance to his seat in the stands. He was seen smiling and jogging toward his vehicle
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to comply with a voter ID requirement mandated by voters in November. The vote came on the last day of the 2023 legislative session and despite a filibuster effort by conservative Sen. Julie Slama, who was the only lawmaker
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal jury in Florida has awarded $63.5 million to a pair of businessmen who claimed a city of Miami commissioner used his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner’s political opponent. Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo was found civilly liable Thursday of violating the First Amendment rights
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The man who attacked US Rep. Angie Craig in her Washington, DC, apartment earlier this year pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting the Minnesota Democrat and two metro police officers who attempted to arrest him after the incident. Kendrid Hamlin, who has a lengthy criminal history
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los responsables de la OTAN se encuentran en una carrera contrarreloj para evitar la vergüenza de ver cómo la alianza incumple su propio objetivo declarado de admitir a Suecia antes del 11 de julio. Tanto Suecia como su vecina Finlandia declararon su intención de unirse a la OTAN a través de
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is famous for its ancient sites. But the country’s Culture Ministry says the oldest of them all, dating to the time of modern humans’ hominin ancestors, has been discovered in an open coal mine in the southern Megalopolis area. The find announced Thursday would drag
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday thanked U.S. Air Force Academy graduates for choosing “service over self” but said they now have the “great privilege” of leading in a world that will only get more confusing in the years to come. His appearance was punctuated by
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A 37-year-old woman suspected of fatally shooting her husband in their Coachella home re-entered not guilty pleas to felony charges today. Cindy Gicela Parra of Coachella was charged with one felony count each of murder, assault with a deadly weapon to cause great bodily harm and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, according to court
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