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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Derek Hough’s wife Hayley Erbert is recovering after emergency surgery. The “Dancing with the Stars” judge shared on social media that Erbert, who is also a professional dancer, had fallen ill. “At the end of last night’s tout performance in Washington, D.C., my wife Hayley became disoriented and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting higher Friday as Wall Street weighs how to read a report showing the U.S. job market isn’t slowing as much as expected. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in morning trading, close to extending its weekly winning streak to six. The Dow
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a “green-city” in the United Arab Emirates has run into realities and largely missed its mark. It offers a cautionary tale about the risk of overblown environmental ambition even for an oil-rich,
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Here’s a Hollywood ending that President Joe Biden wants to bring to life: an incumbent facing tough polling numbers and questions about his advanced age overcomes a brash opponent to win a second term at the White House. With strikes by writers and actors now over, Biden
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Here’s a Hollywood ending that President Joe Biden wants to bring to life: an incumbent facing tough polling numbers and questions about his advanced age overcomes a brash opponent to win a second term at the White House. With strikes by writers and actors now over, Biden
Continue ReadingBy Paulina Aguilar Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Effective Dec. 6, gay and bisexual men are now allowed to donate blood under new Food and Drug Administration guidelines. Bloodworks Northwest has updated its processes to align with new FDA guidance easing restrictions on donations by men who have sex
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win. Putin still commands wide support after nearly a quarter-century in power, despite starting
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient plant fossils that puzzled scientists have turned out not to be plants after all, new research has revealed. Instead, the small round shapes bearing a leaflike pattern were once the shells of baby turtles that lived during the time of dinosaurs. Scientists have nicknamed the turtle species “Turtwig,”
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A court hearing is underway in suburban Detroit as a judge hears from families and surviving victims of the Oxford school shooting. Ethan Crumbley could be sentenced to life in prison Friday. He also could receive a shorter term with an opportunity for parole. The 17-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Connor McCarthy Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The family of a 40-year-old man found dead in a rain-flooded Portland creek say he cared for those around him and loved his son and family more than anything. Sean Struckman’s body was found Monday in Johnson Creek during the atmospheric
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — La Secretaría General de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) expresó que ante la “urgencia y gravedad” sobre lo que consideró una “postura agresiva del régimen de Maduro” hacia Guyana, en el caso de la disputa por el Esequibo, reafirma y respalda la solicitud de una reunión del Consejo Permanente del
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s defense minister has threatened massive retaliatory missile strikes on “the heart and head” of North Korea in the event of provocation, as the rivals escalate their rhetoric over their respective spy satellite launches in recent days. The South Korean warning on Friday came
Continue ReadingBy Justin Andrews Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Dawn Chapman lives near the West Lake Landfill and is now furious her efforts to secure funding for families potentially exposed to nuclear radiation has failed. “This was the wrong decision and I watched you all be champions for your
Continue Reading Paulina Nares (CNN) — Bradley Cooper puede añadir “sandwichero” a su currículum. La estrella de la película “Maestro” les dio a algunos neoyorquinos un auténtico regalo con unos philly cheesesteaks y, por supuesto, con él mismo, mientras trabajaba en una “foodtruck” o gastroneta de comida en West Village este miércoles. Cooper preparó y sirvió sándwiches
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — More St. Louis City employees are coming forward with allegations of discrimination and unfair wages. This comes after a First Alert 4 report regarding a federal lawsuit filed by nine sanitation workers against the city. Forestry department tree trimmers and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Friday as Wall Street weighs how to read a report showing the U.S. job market isn’t slowing as much as expected. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in early trading and potentially on track for its first losing week in the last
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves. Bannings continued to soar in the U.S., the Middle East war impacted everything from authors events to the National Book Awards and numerous authors took legal action in
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — An Independence pastor admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with two young girls, according to court documents. Prosecutors charged Virgil L. Marsh with one count of first-degree statutory sodomy and two counts of first-degree child molestation involving two girls under the
Continue ReadingBy Jill Macyshon, Noushin Ziafati Click here for updates on this story WINNIPEG, TORONTO (CTV Network) — For eight years, Tareq Abuznaid has called Canada his home. His parents work here. His siblings go to school. But now, he fears he’ll become a statistic. The 19-year-old said he and his family who, except for his
Continue ReadingSIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa helicopter pilot is back in the air, two weeks after a waterfowl smashed through the windshield of his chopper and knocked him for a loop. Pilot Troy McCormick told KCAU-TV that he’s lucky he wasn’t hurt worse on Nov. 23 when what he believed was a duck came
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