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By LEKAN OYEKANMI and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A barge carrying fuel drifted away from the tugboat pulling it and crashed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas, causing the span to partially collapse and cutting off the only road to Pelican Island. The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that the coupling
Continue ReadingBy Jocelyn Schifferdecker Click here for updates on this story OSAGE COUNTY, Oklahoma (KAKE) — A sheriff in Oklahoma still says serial killer, Dennis Rader is hit top suspect in the disappearance of 16-year-old Cynthia Kinney. Kinney was last seen at Osage Laundry on Kiheka Ave. in Pawhuska Oklahoma in 1976. The sheriff has been
Continue ReadingBy Cameron Burnett Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — A federal grand jury in Wichita returned separate indictments charging two former employees of the U.S. Postal Service with stealing the content of mail. According to court documents, Alexa Garner-Cavender, 36, of Wichita, is charged with four counts of theft of
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday premiered his self-financed opus “Megalopolis” at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a wildly ambitious passion project the 85-year-old director has been pondering for decades. Reviews ranged from “a folly of gargantuan proportions” to “the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.” But
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urielblanco (CNN) — El arte es subjetivo. Y aunque muchos artistas anhelan compartir su trabajo con el mundo, no hay garantía de que el público lo entienda, o incluso le guste. Ese parece ser el caso de un cuadro del artista indígena Vincent Namatjira: un retrato de la persona más rica de Australia, la magnate
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Cote Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Minnesota (KIMT) — Jessica Olson started her business Life with Extra Heart to support parents like herself with children with disabilities. Through yoga, art, and meaningful conversations, Olson hosted her first retreat over Mothers Day Weekend. The relaxing getaway allowed parents to connect with
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke past the 40,000 threshold Thursday for the first time ever, fueled by an encouraging inflation report. The blue-chip index briefly crossed the key threshold in morning trading before falling back below the line in the afternoon to close at 39,869, down
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Borrasso Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania state constable shot and killed a dog after it attacked another dog in Carrick. Keyraa Rudolph and her daughter, Rionna Ivy, are still stunned. Their 2-year-old pit bull, Milo, was shot and killed by the constable in front of Ivy’s
Continue ReadingBy Wyatt Williams Click here for updates on this story ROTHSCHILD, Wisconsin (WAOW) — A Central Wisconsin fire chief is under investigation for alleged child enticement. Riverside Fire District’s Fire Chief Rob Bowen will remain on paid leave for the time being Bowen currently sits in the Marathon County Jail after police arrested him on
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KOVR) — A bank employee in Lodi has some big bragging rights. He’s never missed a day of work in his 47 years on the job and now he’s getting ready to retire. Always busy with phone calls, and meetings, 75-year-old Bill Bruneel
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Mosquitos collected in two Coachella Valley cities have tested positive for West Nile virus, prompting increased efforts to reduce transmission, officials say. The virus was found in two samples gathered from mosquito traps in Mecca, one near the intersection of Buchanan Street and Avenue 68 and the other near the intersection of Lincoln Street and
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jessica Biel is the author of a new children’s book focused on destigmatizing and normalizing the conversation around menstruation. “A Kids Book About Periods” is “designed to inspire positive conversations between children and adults,” according to an official synopsis, and was inspired by Biel’s own personal experience getting her
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger has asked the judge to stop Trump’s courtroom “guests” from coming in midtestimony. In a sidebar held out of earshot of reporters Thursday before former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen returned to the stand, Hoffinger told Judge Juan Merchan that on Tuesday, some defense guests entered with their security
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm sued the baseball players’ association Thursday, asking for a restraining order against the union that would allow it to keep working with the company’s clients — a roster it says now includes NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. Rimas Sports, under
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Abbott announced the pardon just a few minutes after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles announced that
Continue ReadingBy Cecilio Padilla Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A West Sacramento restaurant will be closed for a few days after it was struck by a car early Thursday morning. The scene was on E. Lake Road, just off of Interstate 80. Around 4:30 a.m., a sedan crashed through the
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press A bronze sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, with Christianity’s most prolific evangelist once known as “America’s Pastor” immortalized in the halls of Congress on behalf of his native North Carolina. Graham’s likeness, depicting the Charlotte-born minister with his archetypal
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, Holmes Lybrand and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — US federal prosecutors on Thursday charged an Arizona woman with participating in an elaborate fraud scheme to help foreign IT workers pose as Americans, get hired by major US companies and earn $6.8 million in revenue that could benefit the nuclear-armed North Korean regime. The
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina interim chancellor Lee Roberts publicly backed athletics director Bubba Cunningham on Thursday. That came three days after the school’s board of trustees approved an audit of the athletics department due to financial concerns growing amid the volatile landscape of college sports. Roberts also said the athletics department
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is distancing itself from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying “his views are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Butker served as the commencement speaker at Benedictine College, a private Catholic liberal arts school, last week and said most of the women receiving degrees were probably
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