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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Artificial intelligence tools for creating fake video, audio and other content will likely give foreign operatives and domestic extremists “enhanced opportunities for interference” as the 2024 US election cycle progresses, the Department of Homeland Security said in a recent bulletin distributed to state and local officials and obtained by
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy and Carter Williams Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — A welfare check led to a tragic discovery over the weekend. Salt Lake police say Samuel Bean Owen, 34, shot and killed his 6-year-old son in their home, 31 W. Van Buren Ave., before turning the gun
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The law signed Tuesday makes South Carolina the 25th state to restrict or ban such care for minors. The governor announced the signing on social media. The law bars
Continue ReadingBy CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says one of its flights hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and descended 6,000 feet in about three minutes. Authorities say a British man died, possibly after a heart attack, and several people were severely injured. The flight from London to Singapore was diverted
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Two women who disappeared during a drive between Kansas and Oklahoma amid a contentious custody battle were found dead inside a freezer buried in a cattle pasture leased by one of the five suspects in their killings, according to newly released search warrants. Affidavits in the case say the
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli communications minister orders return of seized camera equipment to AP after blocking its live video of Gaza. Earlier Tuesday, two senior Biden administration officials said the U.S. had privately urged the Israeli government to reverse its decision. Israeli officials accused the news organization
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The bodies of four men and two women have been found strangled and dumped in a pile in Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said Tuesday that the bodies were found late Monday with their hands tied behind their backs. The identities of the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue “very shortly,” comments that he later said were misinterpreted. The comments, made during an interview with a Pittsburgh television station, suggested that a future
Continue ReadingBy John Dodge Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — In what could be described as trapping lightning in a bottle, a suburban Chicago family spotted an extremely rare blue-eyed cicada. Greta Wallgren Bailey said that her daughter found it in Wheaton on Monday. She took photos of the unique insect batting
Continue ReadingBy Tristyn Stoop Click here for updates on this story TUPELO, Mississippi (WTVA) — A Tupelo family has had their house hit by a car, again. Sunday morning, Tupelo Fire and Police were called to 2300 Marion Street for a vehicle versus house. Serena Winn’s parents’ house was hit by a car, leaving a hole
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A chance for parole was delayed this week for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case slaying of her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986. Stephanie Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old nurse
Continue ReadingBy Enjoyiana Nururdin, M.A. Click here for updates on this story LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WKOW) — A Wisconsin man was charged by the United States of America for crimes relating to inappropriate AI-generated images of children, the Department of Justice released Monday evening. Steven Anderegg, 42, of Holmen, Wisconsin, was arrested on four counts relating
Continue ReadingBy Remi Monaghan Click here for updates on this story SHELBY, Michigan (WXMI) — Benona Shores Golf Club played host to a golf marathon on Monday. Raising money for First Tee, an organization that gets west Michigan kids introduced to the game of golf and also gives them information on how to become caddies at
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Perlman Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Cook County judge on Tuesday ordered two suspects charged in a murder-for-hire plot in the death of a Bridgeview man to be held in custody until trial. Police and prosecutors say Agnieszka Rydzewski convinced her co-worker and secret lover, Anthony Calderon,
Continue ReadingBy Terry Camp Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WJRT) — Body camera footage from the Midland Police Department shows the moments when officers discovered a woman living inside the Family Fare supermarket sign in April. The 34-year-old woman seemed very nonchalant about the situation and she was very cooperative when police
Continue ReadingBy Tom Dougherty Click here for updates on this story HADDONFIELD, New Jersey (KYW) — The ask may be more special than the dance for two New Jersey high school students. Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper recently helped Haddonfield Memorial High School senior Jake Portella with his “promposal.” In a viral video, Harper and
Continue ReadingBy Chorus Nylander Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KVOA) — In this evolving world many people turn to their phones to get food or groceries delivered to their door. The apps providing those services typically promise a robust verification process to assure the drivers are vetted and who they say they
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Cote Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Minnesota (KIMT) — Council President Brooke Carlson kicked Molly Dennis out of Monday night’s meeting after interrupting city staff several times. Dennis attempted to ask city staff if they track unpaid parking tickets numerous times during a discussion about collections on unpaid parking tickets.
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up inspections of water facilities that may be vulnerable to cyberattacks, the agency said Monday, citing an increase “in frequency and severity” of cyberattacks on the nation’s water plants. “EPA inspectors have identified alarming cybersecurity vulnerabilities at drinking water systems across the
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Deffenbacher, Ryan Bonham Click here for updates on this story EUGENE, Oregon (KEZI) — A 52-year-old man confronted by witnesses as he raped a homeless woman in downtown Eugene earlier this year has been found guilty of first-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced today to more than six years in prison, according to
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