By Nicole Crites Click here for updates on this story CHANDLER, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — Since the start of the school year, we have been tracking a concerning handful of teen suicides and attempts at Valley high schools. There were more suicides last year across America than any other year on record. It’s the second
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CNN By Mary Gilbert and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Idalia remained an active threat to the Southeast on Wednesday afternoon, but it has already left its mark on history, proving to be a once-in-a-lifetime storm for parts of Florida. Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 125
Continue ReadingBy Curadhan Powell Click here for updates on this story SPENCER COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — The Taylorsville Police Department took a suspect into custody accused of threatening a school in Spencer County on Tuesday. A letter was sent to parents by Spencer County Public Schools. It said that they had been made aware of a
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Even though President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was blocked by the Supreme Court earlier this year, his administration is moving forward with more targeted student debt cancellations allowed under existing programs. The Department of Education said Wednesday that it is canceling $72 million in federal student
Continue ReadingBy Destinee Patterson Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — For the students and staff on the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus, those scary hours in lockdown will not be forgotten – nor will the victim, Professor Zijie Yan. Now, students are turning to each other for comfort. Parents
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida (WESH) — A manatee took advantage of a Florida man’s flooded lawn after Hurricane Idalia tore through early Wednesday. A video taken by David Eisenhauer, of Port Charlotte, shows a manatee eating the grass on someone’s property that had been flooded by
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud, ruling that the former New York city mayor gave “only lip service” to complying with his legal obligations while trying
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers. Several high school sports reports written by an AI service called LedeAI and
Continue ReadingBy Erin Lowrey Click here for updates on this story PLAQUEMINES PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — An 18-year-old accused of purposefully hitting a Plaquemines Parish deputy with an ATV last year is due in court for trial on Wednesday. Reginald Hamilton’s trial begins with jury selection. The entire trial is expected to last about three days
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fighting has erupted in a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank between Palestinians and their own security forces. Palestinian authorities say a 25-year-old Palestinian was killed. The unrest on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing Palestinian police trying to reassert order in the restive territory. Meanwhile,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WBAL) — A portion of Spa Creek is closed Tuesday after a sewer pipe broke, spilling 300,000 gallons of sewage in an Annapolis neighborhood. City officials sent a statement to 11 News, saying the sewage spilled in the area of Heritage Court near
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Daniel Whelan has done it. The former Rancho Mirage football standout has earned a roster spot in the NFL and will be the starting punter for the Green Bay Packers. Earned not given. 💪💯Packers GM Brian Gutekunst on starting punter Daniel Whelan earning the starting job. 🦵🏈Thanks to @CodyWKrupp @fox11news for sending the goods! 🎙️🧀@KESQ
Continue ReadingBy Angela Williams Click here for updates on this story RICHLAND, Mississippi (WAPT) — Richland police said woman is accused of setting up a drug operation that involved selling narcotics at the drive-through window of a fast-food restaurant. Brandi Jo Luke was arrested Friday at the restaurant where she worked, according to a post on
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Police west of Toronto on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road. Halton Regional Police said they received a call around 6:15 a.m. reporting the bee crates had come loose from a truck and spilled onto Guelph Line,
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — About 1 in 4 women may experience irregular heartbeats after menopause, with insomnia and stressful life events being contributing factors, a new study has found. This health issue is known as atrial fibrillation or AFib, an irregular, quivering or often very rapid heart rhythm resulting from the heart’s upper
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Idalia tocó tierra como un peligroso huracán categoría 3 en el área de Big Bend, en el noroeste de Florida, la mañana de este miércoles. El ciclón tropical batió récords, mientras deja un rastro mortal de destrucción debido a los fuertes vientos, lluvias torrenciales y marejadas ciclónicas catastróficas. Huracán Idalia en Florida
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators are defending and praising a state Supreme Court justice for suing to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public comments that she says are protected by the First Amendment. They spoke on Wednesday at a Legislative
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CNN By Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Idalia weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday evening as it dumped heavy rain, unleashed strong winds and knocked out power in parts of southern Georgia and the Carolinas, just hours after pummeling Florida’s west coast and inundating communities there with floodwater. As the
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia. Almost 438,000 customers in
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 9/11 Commission, whose report was released on July 22, 2004. Facts The Commission was created to provide a “complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.” The official name of the 9/11 Commission is the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon
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