CNN, WPLG By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the dead as Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, who was in the helicopter, and an unnamed adult woman who
Continue ReadingBy RAYMOND J. CROWLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Aug. 28, 1963, AP reporter Raymond J. Crowley went to the National Mall and chronicled the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which went on to become one of the most famous political rallies in U.S. history. Writing in the language and style used
Continue ReadingPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A medical rescue helicopter has crashed near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, leaving two people injured. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said one of its fire-rescue helicopters crashed near the Pompano Beach Airpark on Monday morning. In a statement, the office said two people were hurt. It did not give their conditions or
Continue ReadingKYW By Madeleine Wright Click here for updates on this story SHARON HILL, Pennsylvania (KYW) — It was exactly two years ago Sunday that an 8-year-old girl leaving a high school football game was mistakenly killed by police gunfire. The family of Fanta Bility is now creating a foundation in her honor. “She was a
Continue ReadingKDKA By Erika Stanish Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Fayette County family is recovering after an EF-2 tornado flipped over their home on Friday morning in Smithfield Township. The tornado ripped through the area on Friday morning with winds hitting up to 120 miles per hour and snapped thousands
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds rare agreement across partisan lines and in this case President Joe Biden is the unifying figure, though not the way he would prefer to be. A hefty 77% in the AP-NORC poll say Biden is too old to be effective
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A group that promotes the Cantonese language has shut down after Hong Kong authorities said a fictional essay depicting a decline in liberties in the city on the group’s website violated the national security law. It’s the latest example of the city’s erosion of freedom of
Continue ReadingKMOV By Alex Gaul Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Braving strong storms that blanketed the St. Louis metro Saturday morning, thousands came out to Tower Grove Park to celebrate a time-honored tradition. The St. Louis Festival of Nations began its two-day run Saturday, bringing together vendors, performers and
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly in morning trading on Wall Street Monday as markets shift their attention from the Federal Reserve to more corporate and economic reports. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to keep upward momentum from its first winning week since July. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingBY CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The mother of the Spanish soccer federation president has started a hunger strike in a church in southern Spain in defense of her son, who is under fire for kissing a player during the recent Women’s World Cup awards ceremony. Ángeles Béjar, mother of suspended federation president
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s rail workers will not go on open-ended strikes after less than 50% of union members voted for all-out strike action. A vote of 75% in favor would have been necessary. The ballot was preceded by months of so-called “warning strikes,” lasting for hours or days, a common tactic in German wage
Continue ReadingWCCO By Adam Duxter Click here for updates on this story FALCON HEIGHTS, Minnesota (WCCO) — If you visit the Dairy Building at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, you’re likely to find more than a cold ice cream treat. Near the back of the building, Gerry Kulzer is hard at work each day of the fair
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer It’s five months into the regular season and all 30 Major League Baseball managers who started the year with their respective teams are all still employed. That’s fairly rare but not totally uncommon. The ax could be coming soon. Here’s a look at some of the managers who are
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — In a story published August 26, 2023, about genetic testing in newborns, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of Dr. Paul Kruszka of GeneDx. The AP also erroneously stated the title of Dr. Jon Davis, who is the chief of newborn medicine at Tufts Medical Center, not chief of neonatology at
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Even as Ukrainian forces have breached the first line of Russian defenses on part of the southern front, soldiers taking part in the counteroffensive have revealed just how difficult it is to make more than incremental gains in the face of complex and multi-layered fortifications. Ukrainian
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Members of a Canadian First Nation have held a spiritual ceremony at a Scottish museum to begin the homeward journey of a totem pole stolen almost a century ago. The 11-meter (36-foot) pole is being restored by the National Museum of Scotland to the Nisga’a Nation in northern British Columbia. It is
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as markets shift their attention from the Federal Reserve to more corporate earnings and economic reports. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in early trading Monday. The Dow rose 274 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.8%. U.S. stocks broke a three-week
Continue ReadingBy Leqi Zhong Berkeley, California (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. In the pottery classroom at the North Berkeley Senior Center, Josie Adler shapes lumps of clay into works of art. Carving knives, awls,
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Adele stopped her show Saturday night in Las Vegas to scold a security guard who was “bothering” an audience member. According to video of the incident shared on social media, Adele was in the middle of singing “Water Under the Bridge” and stopped the music to ask what was
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — La FIFA, el organismo rector del fútbol mundial, suspendió provisionalmente este sábado al presidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, por besar a la jugadora española Jennifer Hermoso después de la final del Mundial del pasado domingo. Luis Rubiales fue informado de la decisión de la FIFA
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