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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe Earendel, the most distant star ever detected. Earendel is so distant that the starlight glimpsed by the Webb telescope was emitted within the first billion years of the universe. The universe is estimated to be about 13.8 billion years
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — An explosion caused a four-unit apartment building in Denver to partially collapse, sending one person to the hospital with minor injuries. The Denver Fire Department said Friday that natural gas was the suspected cause, but officials continued to investigate Thursday evening’s blast. It left a pile of rubble on the
Continue ReadingBy Orko Manna Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCRA) — People in Northern California with family members who live on the Hawaii island of Maui are heartbroken by the destruction caused by this week’s wildfires. KCRA 3 spoke to Rocklin residents Beau and Charlene Figueiroa, who both grew up on Maui and
Continue ReadingBy JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The state of Texas is questioning the legal rights of an “unborn child” in arguing against a lawsuit brought by a state prison guard who says she had a stillborn baby because of working conditions. She says prison officials refused to let her leave work for more
Continue ReadingBy Ayron Lewallen Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — A mother is struggling to move forward after her plan to better her life for her family went up in smoke following a house fire. Tiara Singletary is trying her best to give her child the best life she can. She
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle. Personal Birth date: August 17, 1944 Birth place: New York, New York Full name: Lawrence Joseph Ellison Father: Adoptive – Louis Ellison, accountant; Birth – Italian-American air force pilot Mother: Adoptive –
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WYFF) — Deputies are asking the public for help finding a man with a limp who’s been stealing rent money from affordable housing communities. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office released security video and photos Thursday of a man wearing a ball
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Judge revokes bail for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses in his fraud case.
Continue ReadingBy JD Franklin III Click here for updates on this story GUILFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — A Triad woman is in custody and is facing multiple charges, including human trafficking, authorities say. On Aug. 7, Guilford County deputies arrested 36-year-old Ashley Greene after she took explicit photos of a minor and posted them online,
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Sasso Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — He’s the alligator captured in the Kiski River by a couple of kayakers after a week-long search. Now, Chomper the gator is bringing in new attention to a local animal rescue site. “He’s the most high-profile animal we’ve ever gotten in,” said
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — David Weiss, the Donald Trump-appointed US attorney who on Friday was named a special counsel leading the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, has decades of experience as a federal prosecutor. The appointment marks another dramatic development in the long-running probe into Hunter Biden,
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Mitropoulos, Ray Brewer Click here for updates on this story CHELSEA, Massachusetts (WMUR) — A man accused of killing his mother in New Hampshire signed a waiver of extradition on Thursday. James Coe, 20, is being held in Massachusetts on a fugitive-from-justice warrant out of New Hampshire in the killing of his mother,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Tinker and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey was spotted at shelters on Maui visiting with people displaced by the wildfires and bringing much needed supplies this week. “Mahalo Nui Oprah for following through! She returned with cots, pillows, and toiletries for the people in the shelter in Wailuku. She even spent
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — College campuses across the country will be filling up in the coming weeks as the fall semester gets underway. It can be a stressful time for students learning to balance their course loads with extracurricular activities — leading some to take ill-advised shortcuts, like letting
Continue ReadingBy Norah Hogan Click here for updates on this story MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (WMTW) — With the wildfires in Maui now 80% contained as of Thursday, islanders are left to grapple with devastating losses. Maine native Matt Brunk is helping with the recovery efforts. “We’re going to be in this for the next week at
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An American red cross volunteer came to the desert to walk us through supporting the people in Maui. Fire devastation on Maui is causing people to lose family members and all their belongings as homes are burned to the ground. Susan Tovey says she has been volunteering for fourteen years and has never seen devastation
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Osting, Alex Suckow Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Jefferson County Public Schools has canceled classes for the remainder of the week amid a bus “disaster.” The district of 96, 000 kids scattered school start times and changed bus routes this year to try and prevent bus issues.
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Like a scene out of a horror movie, Michelle Lespron returned to her Tucson, Arizona, home to find a snake had set up camp in her toilet. “I’d been gone for four days and was looking forward to using my own restroom in peace. I lifted up the lid and he
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump-appointed US attorney who is investigating Hunter Biden has been given special counsel status after plea talks between the Justice Department and the president’s son fell apart. The prosecutor, David Weiss, asked Attorney General Merrick Garland for the new authority after
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El secretario de Justicia Merrick Garland anunció este viernes que el fiscal estadounidense nombrado por Trump que está investigando a Hunter Biden ha recibido el estatus de “fiscal especial”. Esto le da al fiscal principal, David Weiss, más poderes que un fiscal estadounidense típico. Weiss solicitó este martes ser elevado a
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