By ERIC TUCKER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday set a March 4, 2024, trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of airline passengers faced delays on Monday after Britain’s air traffic control system was hit by a breakdown that slowed takeoffs and landings across the U.K. on one of the busiest travel days of the year. More than three hours after it reported the “technical issue,”
Continue ReadingBLENDON, Ohio (AP) — Police officials in an Ohio suburb say officers shot and killed a pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting after she accelerated her car toward an officer trying to stop her. Twenty-one-year-old Ta’Kiya Young died Thursday in Blendon, outside Columbus. Police Chief John Belford says the officers were at a supermarket on an
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By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Irene Nasser, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Police in India are investigating a teacher after a video of her encouraging students to slap their 7-year-old classmate, who is Muslim, sparked widespread outrage in the country. The video of the incident, which took place in the Muzaffarnagar district in northern
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By Barry Neild, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Catherine Nicholls and Ben Brown, CNN London (CNN) — Air passengers across Europe faced delays on Monday on one of the summer’s busiest travel days after the UK’s air traffic control system suffered a “technical issue” resulting in restrictions on flights. Many travelers were left stuck on the ground desperately
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Fulton County court records on Monday show all 19 defendants have been scheduled for
Continue ReadingBy Steve Large Click here for updates on this story ROCKLIN, California (KOVR) — Backlash is brewing against a Rocklin school board president over her calls for “Christ-centered” parents to join school advisory committees. Her calls come as those new parent committees start helping select school curricula. Rocklin board President Julie Leavens Hupp posted on
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By Annie Gimbel, Erin Jones Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Dallas police made a wild discovery Friday in Oak Cliff… a tiger in an outdoor enclosure on a residential property. Police were executing warrants on Aug. 25 in an ongoing animal-cruelty investigation when they found the tiger. It was seized,
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a
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WLNY By Zinnia Maldonado Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — Identical twins Manuel and Emmanuel Zuaznabar broke through barriers to achieve their goal of becoming New York City firefighters, and now they’re sharing their story of success in hopes of inspiring the next generation. Coined the “Z brothers,” the 29-year-old,
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will call on lawmakers to pass legislation proactively protecting key provisions in the Affordable Care Act during a speech Wednesday where she’ll outline her legislative priorities for the second half of the year. Whitmer is directing that the plan include measures that
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KEZI By Noah Chavez Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY, Oregon (KEZI) — With evacuation orders in Douglas County following the sparking of several fires, shelters are beginning to open up for families in need of a place to stay. In Sutherlin, the rodeo grounds are being used to help with evacuating
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A new study says Alexa, Siri and other voice assistants could do a better job giving instructions on CPR to help bystanders respond in emergencies. Researchers asked voice assistants questions that might be posed by someone witnessing a cardiac arrest. Many of the responses from the voice assistants
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials are warning drivers of “potentially widespread fuel contamination” impacting gas stations across the state’s west coast as residents brace for Tropical Storm Idalia’s expected landfall later this week. In a Sunday alert, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said that gas purchased after 10 a.m. Saturday at
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Authorities say second man has died following a weekend shooting near a Louisville, Kentucky, restaurant and bar that also injured several other people. Police Maj. Shannon Lauder says officers arrived at the scene in downtown Louisville around 3 a.m. and found a man dead and five people who had been wounded.
Continue ReadingWBZ By Levan Reid Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The Soccer Unity Project in Boston is taking advantage of the fact that soccer is the universal game. “Over the last 15 or 20 years, soccer has become the most expensive sport in the country of the four most popular sports,”
Continue ReadingWBZ By WBZ News Staff Click here for updates on this story FALL RIVER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — An 8-year-old Worcester girl recently surpassed a milestone as she continues her quest to visit every town and city hall in Massachusetts. Ciara Barber, who visited the WBZ Morning Mix last month, started her journey July 1 to
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By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — My son’s eyes pooled like a melting glacier. We were in Churchill, a town of roughly 900 people nicknamed the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” in Canada’s Manitoba province. It was mid-August, and I’d pulled Nico out of his first week of first grade in Florida for a “Family
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is drawing the largest fine ever keeping passengers on delayed flights without giving them a chance to leave the plane. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday it fined American $4.1 million for more than three dozen violations of the so-called tarmac-delay rules, which
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of air travelers around the world faced delays on Monday after Britain’s air traffic control system was hit by a breakdown that slowed takeoffs and landings across the U.K. on one of the busiest travel days of the year. More than three hours after it reported
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