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By BRITTANY BREEDING Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Veterans in Shreveport and Bossier had the opportunity to do something many thought they’d never do again – take flight. Thanks to Dream Flights that happened Tuesday at the Shreveport Downtown Airport. “Jesus, it was great,” said Bruce Anderson, who served
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press When “Chelsea Lately” aired its final episode on E! in 2014, Heather McDonald, a staff writer and regular panelist on the show, needed a new gig. As a stand-up comedian, her performance schedule wasn’t as consistent as a full-time job — then she heard about a fellow comic who launched
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press When “Chelsea Lately” aired its final episode on E! in 2014, Heather McDonald, a staff writer and regular panelist on the show, needed a new gig. As a stand-up comedian, her performance schedule wasn’t as consistent as a full-time job — then she heard about a fellow comic who launched
Continue ReadingBy ED KOMENDA and LINDSEY WASSON Associated Press JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger onto the mint-green exit card. And a photograph was snapped of his frightened face. Paul Tomita was four. It was July 4, 1943. Independence Day at Minidoka, a camp in the
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials would be able to process absentee ballots the day before an election under a bill scheduled for a vote in the state Assembly on Tuesday. The Republican-backed measure is meant to make election night easier for local clerks and ensure that
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By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Newly obtained police body-camera footage shows a Colorado police officer in his third day on the job fatally shoot a man attempting to flee in a suspicious vehicle. The officer, Erik Hernandez, 34, was indicted in June by a Weld County grand jury on a charge
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A former math teacher at Madison High School, Robert Burnette was arrested on 47 felony charges on May 24, 2022. According to authorities, Burnette’s arrest took place after he was caught taking photos and recording students. Last month, News
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Consejo de Relaciones Islámico-Estadounidenses (CAIR, por sus siglas en inglés) documentó un “espantoso” aumento de las denuncias de incidentes de prejuicios antiárabes y antimusulmanes en el mes transcurrido desde la escalada de violencia entre Israel y Hamas, anunció este jueves la organización. El mayor grupo de defensa de
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is still largely stuck in neutral Thursday following its big recent swings. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading and seems to be on track for a fourth straight quiet, mixed day. It’s been listless this week, coming off a sharp
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden, the president’s son, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Overstock’s former CEO Patrick Byrne, accusing him of publishing false statements claiming Biden sought a bribe from Iran. Byrne, according to the lawsuit, published false statements in June claiming Biden was “reaching out to the Iranian
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — An off-duty US Park Police officer fatally shot a fellow officer at a gathering inside a Virginia apartment over the weekend by “unintentionally” pulling the trigger on a firearm he thought was unloaded, police said. Alexander Robinson Roy, 25, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and initially was held at
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM and VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AP) — During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada, Julia Cardinal lost a riverside cabin that was many things to her: retirement project, gift from from her husband, and somewhere to live by nature,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police say a student with a weapon is suspected of having severely injured another student at a school in the country’s southwest. German news agency dpa says the suspect, a teenager, was detained as part of a large-scale police operation in the town of Offenburg. The injured student was treated by
Continue ReadingBy Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (KETV) — Lincoln police arrested a 44-year-old man who had an apparent pipe bomb. Officers were called to the U-Stop near S 27th Street on Monday night for a report of a man bothering customers outside, Lincoln police said. Police found Christopher Bouwens,
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas hotel workers union reached a deal with MGM Resorts International, the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip, on the heels of its breakthrough agreement with Caesars Entertainment, saying the agreement provides significant raises and safety improvements. The Culinary Workers Union announced the
Continue ReadingBy JD Franklin III Click here for updates on this story DAVIDSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with multiple child sex crimes, according to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation was initiated on Oct. 26 after the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Two students from Pittsburgh’s Brashear High School were taken to the hospital Wednesday after school officials said they ingested an “unknown edible candy.” A spokesperson for the district tells Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 four students were involved in the incident. An
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — An economic grouping that includes several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey has held a summit in Uzbekistan, and leaders of member countries have vowed to further expand trade and economic ties. Members of the Economic Cooperation Organization, who met on Thursday in Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent, discussed plans
Continue ReadingBy Jossie Carbonare Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — Gabriel Glushien, 19, is facing DUI Manslaughter after hitting and killing a man in Wellington in March of 2023 while under the influence. In his first appearance in front of a Palm Beach County judge on Wednesday, Glushien was
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Alabama has scheduled the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, an alternative to lethal injection, its Republican governor said. Kenneth Eugene Smith’s execution by lethal injection was abruptly canceled in November after the state couldn’t properly set the IV line before the warrant for execution
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