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By Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The furries are coming back to Pittsburgh and they’re coming back in large numbers. VisitPITTSBURGH says it’s expected to be the largest Anthrocon yet and that was evidenced by the hotel block that was set aside for the event sold out within
Continue ReadingBy LEKAN OYEKANMI and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Officials say a barge has hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road connecting the city to Pelican Island. There have been no reports of injuries, although officials say one person on the barge was
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story DELMONT, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — One of Westmoreland County’s police departments will once again have a K-9 program. According to Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli’s office, the Delmont Police will once again have a K-9 program thanks to funding from the state. Approximately $60,000 was
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — In this seaside community that calls itself “God’s Square Mile at the Jersey Shore,” all the land is owned by a religious group that has for generations enforced an 11th Commandment: Thou shalt stay off the beach on Sunday morning. But there are signs that
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Ten years ago, Dr. Jeff Lichtman — a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University — received a small brain sample in his lab. Although tiny, the 1 cubic millimeter of tissue was big enough to contain 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels and 150 million
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Retirement is expensive, and more Americans see spending their later years abroad as a good option to stretch their savings and improve their quality of life. The number of Social Security recipients living outside the US increased from 307,000 in 2008 to more than 450,000 in 2022.
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Egipto podría considerar la posibilidad de degradar las relaciones con Israel si éste sigue adelante con una operación militar en Rafah, la ciudad más meridional de Gaza, en la frontera con Egipto, según declaró un funcionario egipcio a CNN. “Todo es posible y está sobre la mesa, incluida la degradación de
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia pleaded guilty on Wednesday to transporting millions of dollars’ worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items, including one of Arnold Palmer’s iconic green jackets. Richard Globensky, of Georgia, entered the plea in federal
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The
Continue ReadingEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canadian officials say favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, a day after thousands were evacuated. Wildfire season has started early in Canada this year with several fires burning across the country’s west, forcing residents out
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A second teen has pleaded guilty in the death of a 20-year-old driver who was hit in the head by a rock that crashed through her windshield in suburban Denver last year. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, Nicholas Karol-Chik pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Giants are appearing on a new version of “Hard Knocks.” The Giants, HBO, NFL Films, Skydance Sports announced Wednesday the team will be the focus of a five-part series that follows general manager Joe Schoen and members of the team’s front office through the offseason. It will cover
Continue ReadingEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Candian officials say favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sand hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, a day after thousands were evacuated. Wildfire season has started early in Canada this year with several fires burning across the country’s west, forcing residents out
Continue ReadingBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says the crash of a single-engine airplane in southeastern Montana killed the pilot and a passenger. The Piper PA-18 crashed near Tillitt Field Airport east of the town of Forsyth on Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Rosebud County Sheriff Allen Fulton
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Eating a vegan, vegetarian or lacto-ovo vegetarian diet significantly reduces the overall risk of developing cancer, heart disease and dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new “umbrella” analysis of more than 20 years of research. An umbrella review looks at existing metanalyses of large numbers of studies,
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Eating a vegan, vegetarian or lacto-ovo vegetarian diet significantly reduces the overall risk of developing cancer, heart disease and dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new “umbrella” analysis of more than 20 years of research. An umbrella review looks at existing metanalyses of large numbers of
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KOVR) — The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday. Pvt. 1st Class Marcus A. Engesser,
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Interior Department staffer has become the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Lily Greenberg Call is a special assistant to the chief of staff in the Interior Department. She accuses President Joe Biden of using
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — I’ve been working steadily for hours but feel as if I haven’t even started. My attention is being pulled from my assigned task — writing this story — by a myriad of what I believe are necessary work interruptions. (OK, a couple were from my cat, who also firmly
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La violencia mortal en la isla francesa de Nueva Caledonia estalló este miércoles por tercer día, con enfrentamientos armados entre manifestantes, milicias y policías, y edificios y automóviles incendiados en la capital del archipiélago del Pacífico Sur. Al menos cuatro personas han muerto a tiros durante los disturbios, considerados los peores
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