By Arielle Mitropoulos Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A woman was rescued from a trash truck Monday in Manchester after the truck picked up a bin she had fallen into, fire officials said. The driver of the truck saw the woman through a camera that was located inside
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 12 of the season: GEORGIA AMOORE, Virginia Tech The 5-foot-6 senior guard from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, returned from a head injury and had 24 points and 13 assists against Georgia Tech. Amoore followed that up with a 29-point
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Brown Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A breakthrough treatment is helping young kids living with a rare genetic disorder. One local family is calling it their “miracle.” Four-year-old Lucas loves a good play date at the park, but his favorite? Playing superheroes. From Superman, to Spiderman, to even
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Colleges won’t start receiving students’ financial aid data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, until the first half of March – more than a month later than expected. The delay, announced by the Department of Education Tuesday, is likely to frustrate students who
Continue ReadingBy Carolyn Conte Click here for updates on this story ALAMANCE COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — Parents in the Alamance-Burlington School System are raising money after a school said children will be excluded from a Valentine’s Day dance if they have lunch debt. “We do understand this may be disappointing to the community to hear
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Silverang Click here for updates on this story LOXAHATCHEE, Florida (WPBF) — A special needs pup will be representing South Florida and all shelter dogs at this year’s Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl taking place Feb. 11 at 2 pm. Mr. Bean is a papillon mix and is on Team Ruff in this year’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line of defense.” The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) was deployed by Navy destroyer the USS Gravely Tuesday night
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as the keystone of a complex ecosystem
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as the keystone of a complex ecosystem
Continue ReadingBy Kalea Gunderson Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Floodwaters forced people experiencing homelessness out of their encampments on Monday. One person had to be rescued over the weekend. Allegheny County’s Department of Health Services said water levels rose much more quickly than expected, overtaking encampments along the Mon Wharf. The
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister is vowing to boost employment, restore authority in schools and support workers including farmers who have been protesting for days across the country over their eroding incomes. Gabriel Attal, 34, gave his policy address to French lawmakers three weeks after he was appointed.
Continue ReadingBy Meredith Jorgensen Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Eagle-eyed Swifties might have noticed Taylor Swift wearing a custom diamond bracelet when she hugged boyfriend Travis Kelce after he and the Kansas City Chiefs earned a trip to the Super Bowl. That bracelet has a Susquehanna Valley connection. The designers
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Roberta Kaplan on Tuesday said allegations raised by Donald Trump’s attorney of a “mentor-mentee relationship” with the judge presiding over her client E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against Trump are “false” and “utterly baseless.” The comments came in a letter responding to Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, who on Monday accused the judge of overtly hostile
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he has no issue with Donald Trump being on state ballots as opponents of the former president work across the country to disqualify him from public office under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” “As far as I’m concerned, that’s fine,”
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago has been ordered jailed on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Chief Judge James Boasberg ruled Tuesday
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s envoy for the Western Balkans has urged Kosovo and Serbia to push ahead with faltering normalization talks before elections for the European Parliament in June. Miroslav Lajcak met with Kosovo’s top leaders in the capital Pristina for three hours on Tuesday after visiting Belgrade a day earlier. EU-facilitated
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Gov. Wes Moore has a new plan intended to fight poverty in Maryland. The governor’s ENOUGH Act calls on poor neighborhoods to come up with plans to lift the community out of poverty. In return, they would get the funding they need
Continue ReadingBy Sean Martinelli Click here for updates on this story EAST NAPLES, Florida (WBBH) — Most people who see Bob Helder play pickleball at East Naples Community Park have no clue he has Parkinson’s Disease. Other than a slight tremor of the hand or a twitch of the foot, the side effects on a typical
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Una saga de dopaje que continúa desde los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 2022 finalmente llegó a su fin este lunes. La patinadora artística rusa Kamila Valieva recibió una suspensión de competición de cuatro años y sus resultados desde el día de Navidad de 2021 fueron descalificados después de que el
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Last summer, after more than a decade of illness, Lawrence Faucette and his wife, Ann, faced the hard reality that the end of his life was near. He was 58 and had end-stage heart failure. Peripheral artery disease made him ineligible for a heart transplant. After a particularly
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