By Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Police are investigating after shots were fired early Tuesday morning into a northwest Oklahoma City home. The incident happened shortly before 6 a.m. in a neighborhood on Western Avenue between Hefner and Britton roads. Police told KOCO 5 that the drive-by
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — When the first gene therapy for the rare, debilitating disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy was conditionally approved earlier this year, it was hailed as a seminal moment for patients and their families — an opportunity to try to slow the progression of a disease that robs kids of their ability
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By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors had to convince the judge to let their breathing expert tell the jury what happens to a person who is held face down with pressure
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday. Lawrence Faucette, 58, was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically
Continue ReadingVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A power company’s plans for an enormous offshore wind farm off Virginia’s southeast coast have received key federal approval. Dominion Energy got what’s called a favorable “record of decision” on Tuesday from the federal regulators. They had reviewed the project’s potential impact on the environment, among other factors. Dominion is
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Deion Sanders wants someone to reimburse his team for the items that went missing from the Colorado locker room while the Buffaloes played No. 20 UCLA at the Rose Bowl over the weekend. His suggestion? The NCAA. Maybe the Rose Bowl, too. “That don’t make no sense when you’re
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Deion Sanders wants someone to reimburse his team for the items that went missing from the Colorado locker room while the Buffaloes played No. 20 UCLA at the Rose Bowl over the weekend. His suggestion? The NCAA. Maybe the Rose Bowl, too. “That don’t make no sense when you’re
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Lawyers sparred Tuesday over former President Donald Trump’s relationship with the mob that attacked the Capitol, an important point in a Colorado lawsuit seeking to bar him from the 2024 ballot under the rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution. Still to come: arguments over whether the
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Nelson Click here for updates on this story CACHE COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — A Cache County man uses his skills as a mechanic to give a special Christmas gift to some families in his community. Since 2016, Jason Hansen has been repairing used cars to give them to families who need an updated
Continue ReadingBy Bob Evans Click here for updates on this story BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KSTU) — A beloved World War II veteran and Utah resident is being remembered by family and friends as a man who loved his country after his recent death. Jury Toone of Bountiful died just before his 99 birthday while being surrounded by
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More elevator riders in North Carolina soon won’t see the eyes of the state labor commissioner staring back at them. Commissioner Josh Dobson had followed longtime predecessor Cherie Berry’s practice of printing his photo onto elevator inspection certificates. But Dobson told WRAL-TV his photo is being eliminated to make way for
Continue ReadingBy Amy Nay Click here for updates on this story BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KSTU) — A man in Bountiful has transformed his backyard into a haunted forest and invites the public to check it out — if they dare. “Oh, it’ll scare ya!” Doug Butts said of the walk from his backyard down a ravine and
Continue ReadingNAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer who shocked a shoplifting suspect three times with a stun gun, including when the man was on the ground apologizing, has been charged with assault and cruelty. Naugatuck Officer Nicholas Kehoss turned himself in to state police on Monday after an arrest warrant was issued, state police
Continue ReadingBy Jaurdyn Johnson Click here for updates on this story BARKER, New York (WKBW) — In Barker, there are few places for the community to shop for clothes at an affordable price, so guidance counselor Alison Finitz and social worker Leah Riley opened the Care Closet. “We see what they need. We could shop for
Continue ReadingBy Michael Schwartz Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (WKBW) — “It’s the worst it’s ever been with glass, garbage, dog feces, and today I found a needle on the ground.” Darlene Errington, of Buffalo, emailed 7 Problem Solvers looking for help to address debris on Bailey Avenue between Seneca and
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that civilians in southern Lebanon were injured this month when Israeli forces hit a border village with shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition. The organization said it verified three other instances of Israel’s military dropping white phosphorus
Continue ReadingBy MIKE DARNAY Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The cause of death for former Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans has been revealed to be from complications due to chronic alcohol use. Haggans died at the age of 46 in June in Fort Collins, Colorado and the Larimer County Coroner’s Office was
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Jacob Lew as ambassador to Israel, filling the key diplomatic post as the country is fighting a war with Hamas. Lew, a treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, was confirmed 53-43. He has promised to stand side by side with Israel’s leaders
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