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By Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three individuals who they said rented a nearby Airbnb and terrorized the community for several weeks. Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood said that they arrested the trio on June 5. “The past
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders are charting the future of the electric vehicle company Thursday as they wrap up voting whether or not to restore CEO Elon Musk’s massive pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge. Shares of the company rose Thursday after Tesla said in
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith is set to brief the public on Thursday regarding the death of civil rights leader Ann Brewster who died in 1964. Brewster, 41, was closely involved with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She used her workplace,
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by former employees who claim they were illegally fired for raising concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the rocket company. The lawsuit, brought by eight employees who were fired in 2022, alleges that Musk wants to
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by former employees who claim they were illegally fired for raising concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the rocket company. The lawsuit, brought by eight employees who were fired in 2022, alleges that Musk wants
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Central Ukraine (CNN) — Battalion commander Dmytro Kukharchuk speaks quietly but firmly. Holding his tattooed hands behind his back, he tells the men – all convicts – about his experience fighting for Ukraine in Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Kukharchuk, 34, is at a prison in central Ukraine, trying to recruit physically strong,
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An amateur paleontologist has discovered a new species of pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs around 100 million years ago. Kevin Petersen, an avocado farmer and curator of the Kronosaurus Korner fossil museum in northwest Queensland, Australia, unearthed a number of fossilized bones in western Queensland in
Continue ReadingBy A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story WAILUKU, Hawaii (KITV) — A high-ranking Maui fire official accused of child sex crimes pled not guilty to the charges during his first court appearance Wednesday. Last month, a grand jury indicted 52-year-old Maui Fire Dept. Battalion Chief Shawn Rogers, who is now facing charges
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top U.N. official has warned that an estimated 200,000 people in Pakistan are likely to be affected by the upcoming above-normal monsoon rains. Mohamed Yahya, the newly appointed Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, says weather forecasters are predicting heavy monsoon rains, which begin in July before
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — The lead singer of Motown’s legendary Four Tops has sued a Michigan hospital for racial discrimination, claiming that he was treated like he was mentally ill and restrained after he had told staff that he was in the group. Alexander Morris,
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — FIFA is facing a legal challenge over the world governing body’s “unilateral” decision to set the international match calendar – notably an expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup – unions representing soccer players said in a statement on Thursday. The claim filed by the English Professional Footballers’ Association
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said Thursday. An indictment of The Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalized and his case was filed to the
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Police say a 9-year-old child has become the fourth young gunshot victim in the city in recent weeks. The shooting occurred just after midnight Thursday. The child died at a hospital. Police say they are searching for “unknown suspects.” A 10-year-old girl was killed May 31 in Milwaukee while sleeping in her
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign on Thursday called on top Republicans to drop litigation seeking to curtail aspects of mail balloting now that Donald Trump has begun to embrace the method. Trump for years falsely claimed voting by mail was riddled with fraud, but his 2024 campaign
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Macomb County real estate developer is ordered to pay $300,000 following a lawsuit over the illegal destruction of a wetland. In a consent judgment filed on June 3, Ingham County Judge James Jamo found Chesterfield 5 LLC in Shelby Township
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Fox Sports said Thursday it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world — the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR schedule.
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A military history buff in China appears to have made an alarming discovery after picking up four books for less than $1 at a neighborhood recycling station. They were confidential military documents. The country’s Ministry of State Security told the story in a social media post on
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Highs today will be reasonable, but the heat rises into the week. Starting tomorrow at 10 a.m. the Valley and areas to our south will be under an Excessive Heat Warning until Saturday evening. Highs will climb into the lower one-teens. Heat will plague the entire region for most of the weekend as high pressure
Continue ReadingBY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. Forecasters expect its cool flip side, La Nina, to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Thursday pronounced dead the
Continue ReadingBy JOE ROETZ, KEVIN BOULANDIER Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — Drivers across South Florida were left stuck and stranded in the massive floodwaters, leading to a very busy day for tow truck drivers. Wednesday’s massive rain event prompted the National Weather Service to issue a very rare flash flood
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