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By LEZLA GOODEN Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A West Oakland gas station was left an absolute mess after a wild burglary where thieves used a backhoe to tear into the storefront. The ampm gas station, off of 889 W Grand Ave., is the latest Oakland business targeted by
Continue ReadingBy Eric Resendiz Click here for updates on this story PALMDALE, California (KABC) — Homicide investigators are looking into the death of a toddler in Palmdale. Deputies responded to a rescue call just after 5 p.m. Tuesday at a house on East Avenue P-15, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. When they arrived,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Hayes Click here for updates on this story ENCINO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Human body parts were found inside a bag Wednesday morning in Encino, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The discovery was reported to police around 6:15 a.m. near Ventura Boulevard and Rubio Avenue. The call originally described human remains inside
Continue ReadingBy C.C. McCandless Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (WRAL) — A teen who reportedly shot an RTC bus passenger and dropped his gun at a preschool is going to be charged as an adult with attempted murder and several other felony counts. Tshaun Rucker, 16, appeared in Clark County Justice
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH CAROLINA (WRAL) — A minivan carrying a mother and her three children was struck by a full sized pickup truck Wednesday morning in Johnston County. A child was ejected from the van when the cars crashed on Smith Road between Clayton and Four Oaks.
Continue ReadingBy ALEXUS DAVILA Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — After months of debate about banning dozens of books from Caroll County Public Schools, the Board of Education will make a vote Wednesday. Back in August, nearly 60 books were challenged for their content and removed from school libraries. Challenging a
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Washington (CNN) — Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester is set to retire from her post next year, the bank announced Wednesday. Mester, one of the US central bank’s most “hawkish” voices, is finishing her term on June 30, 2024. Hawkish is a term used to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announced the investigation Wednesday. She said it will focus on numerous allegations from residents in Lexington, a community
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville district attorney is calling on the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution. The move follows the Tuesday arrest of 29-year-old Shaquille Taylor in the shooting of an 18-year-old Belmont University student. Taylor was previously charged with three
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians living in the heart of Gaza’s largest city said Wednesday they could see and hear Israeli ground forces closing in from multiple directions, accelerating the exodus of thousands of civilians as food and water become scarce and urban
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Federal Police in Brazil say they’ve foiled a terror plot and arrested two people in Sao Paulo state. An official with information about the plot says that the two suspects were recruited and financed by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. The official spoke on condition
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Bruce Willis’ daughter Tallulah Willis is sharing an update regarding her dad’s health after the “Die Hard” actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) earlier this year. “He has a really aggressive cognitive disease, a form of dementia that’s very rare,” Tallulah said on Wednesday’s episode of the “Drew Barrymore Show,”
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is riding high after his reelection victory in Republican-leaning Kentucky. He says his party can overcome America’s deep divisions by trying “to lead with compassion” and improving the lives of the people who elect them. Beshear won a second term on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines in their homeland to fight on Moscow’s side in the war. RIA Novosti reports the POWs swore allegiance to Russia when they joined the battalion, which
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Preston Mattingly was promoted Monday to the Philadelphia Phillies’ assistant general manager for player development. A son of former New York Yankees great and current Toronto Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly, Preston Mattingly was hired by the Phillies in September 2021 to run the club’s player development system. Mattingly spent five
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys signed receiver Martavis Bryant to their practice squad Wednesday, ending a five-year absence from the NFL for a player who has been suspended three times. Bryant last played in 2018 with the Raiders before they moved from Oakland to Las Vegas. He was indefinitely suspended over substance-abuse violations
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic governors across the country are sending a joint letter to leaders in Congress calling for additional funds for security at places of worship. The call comes as concerns rise over potential threats against Jewish and Muslim communities motivated by the Israel-Hamas war. Other national leaders,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Hundreds of Azerbaijani soldiers have paraded through the capital city of the Karabakh region that came under full control of Azerbaijan in September after a lightning rout of ethnic Armenian forces. Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said in an address at the parade in Khankendi on Wednesday that “we showed the whole
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINE FOREBACK Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — An Anne Arundel County woman has been arrested and charged after she allegedly set her elderly mother’s house on fire. Laurie Canavan is facing attempted murder and arson charges after a home on Carroll Street in Churchton caught fire early on
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