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By Andrew Christiansen Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Sitting in his wheelchair, junior at Catalina Foothills High School Ethan Bennett was pushed onstage by his partner Lily Rhodes. While he can move around, he can’t walk or talk. Connected to his wheelchair is his augmented communication device, a tablet
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El viernes pasado en la corte de Indio se declaró no culpable un sujeto acusado de llevarse artículos con valor de $10 mil dólares y un carro durante un robo en una casa de Rancho Mirage. Fue mediante un cateo en la casa de Damian Robinson de 48 años ubicada cerca de la calle Date
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated press NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are motivated by her passion to use her platform to promote diversity in all the spaces she inhabits. The first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet
Continue ReadingBy AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract. Citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them. That contract was shattered Saturday when hundreds of Hamas militants breached Israel’s defenses from the Gaza Strip, pouring in by
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Muñiz Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — William Vavra has been around hot air balloons since he was a kid, and Balloon Fiesta is an event his family doesn’t miss. “It’s something that I have been so excited for. I have had this marked on my calendar
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CNN By Nadeen Ebrahim (CNN) — The shock Hamas incursion into Israel was of a scale and sophistication that was previously considered unthinkable. Hamas attackers came by land, sea and air, overwhelming Israeli defenses, and killing more than 900 people in the country, both troops and citizens. The level of planning that would have been
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s bruised right shoulder remains a sore spot for the Cleveland quarterback and the Browns. Watson didn’t practice Monday, and it’s not yet known if he’ll play Sunday against unbeaten San Francisco. As his teammates returned from their bye week and practiced, Watson, who
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Humble Click here for updates on this story ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — One Ankeny mom has written and released a child-friendly book for her daughters about her battle with cancer. Lisa Lund, 33, was diagnosed with stage-four lymphoma the day the United States declared COVID-19 a national emergency in 2020 and has been
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the shadow of a deadly earthquake in Morocco that caused nearly $12 billion in damage, the world’s most powerful economic policymakers said they would focus on Africa as they work to grow and stabilizing the global economy during times of war, inequality and climate change.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Mankowitz Click here for updates on this story LEHIGH ACRES, Florida (WBBH) — A giant pile of roofing materials and nails was dumped on Martineau Circle in Lehigh Acres. Nails like those also ended up in people’s tires on Cleveland Avenue in Fort Myers. “I just heard crunchiness going, and I’m like, oh
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — U2 paid tribute in song on Sunday to those killed by Gaza militants at a music festival in Southern Israel over the weekend. During their performance at The Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bono dedicated their song “Pride (In the Name of Love)” to the hundreds killed in
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — U2 paid tribute in song on Sunday to those killed by Gaza militants at a music festival in Southern Israel over the weekend. During their performance at The Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bono dedicated their song “Pride (In the Name of Love)” to the hundreds killed
Continue ReadingBy Gage Goulding Click here for updates on this story FORT MYERS Florida (WBBH) — A group of women brutally beat a teenage barista while she was working at a Dunkin’ Donuts coffee shop in the Whiskey Creek community of Fort Myers Friday afternoon. The 19-year-old girl was so badly hurt that she needed to
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s attorney general is calling for the government to act against largely peaceful protesters, which have taken to the streets for weeks demanding her resignation for what they say are clear attempts to undermine their nation’s democracy. Protests broke out in Guatemala two weeks ago following one of the most tumultuous
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The military wing of the militant Hamas group says it will kill one Israeli civilian captive any time Israel targets civilians in their homes in Gaza “without prior warning.” Abu Obeida, the spokesman of the Qassam Brigades, said in an audio released Monday night
Continue ReadingCNN, HOUSE TV, POOL, CHAIM SMIERC By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans remain badly divided over their two choices for speaker in the aftermath of the ouster of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership – and are bracing for the possibility that neither House Majority Leader Steve Scalise nor
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN and MORGAN LEE ANCHORAGE, Alaska Native Americans celebrated their history on Monday with events across the country marking Indigenous Peoples Day, from a sunrise gathering in Minneapolis to a rally at the Maine Statehouse and traditional dancing, music and food in Arizona and Alaska. The ceremonies, costumed performers and speeches came two
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Longtime environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he’ll run for president as an independent and drop his Democratic primary bid, adding a wrinkle to a 2024 race heading toward a likely rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Speaking
Continue ReadingBy Karli Olson Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — The tarmac at the Hillsboro Aero Academy is normally a training ground for young pilots with dreams of hitting the skies. But on Sunday, it was a memorial for one of those pilots who died Tuesday. A plane crash in Newberg
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s opposition leader Donald Tusk tells viewers of state TV that he is a regular person, just like them, as he spars with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in an energized debate in which each tried to sway undecided voters, days before a crucial parliamentary election. Since
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