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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Toyota is recalling nearly 100,000 Tundra pickups and about 3,500 Lexus LX 600 luxury SUVs to fix a problem that could cause their engines to lose power while driving. In some of these vehicles, debris from the manufacturing process may have been left inside the engine where it can
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Borrasso Click here for updates on this story WAYNESBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Criminal charges have been dropped against a former Greene County dispatcher accused of refusing to send help to a dying woman. A week before trial, Greene County District Attorney Brianna Vanata dropped the criminal charges against then-911 dispatcher Leon Price in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI employee who accused the bureau of politicizing its work has seen his security clearance restored. Marcus Allen was one of three men who alleged overreach and retaliation by the FBI in testimony last year to a special House committee investigating what Republicans called the “weaponization” of the government against
Continue ReadingBy Alice Gainer Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WCBS) — A 12-year-old faces multiple charges for allegedly shooting his 14-year-old cousin dead in Brooklyn. It happened around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Police sources told CBS New York the shooting was accidental and happened when the 12-year-old was playing with a rifle.
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting the nation’s second-largest police department as fully prepared for protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, including on a new mass arrest policy. City and federal law enforcement agencies have been planning for more than a year for the convention
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off sports betting debts. Ippei Mizuhara ’s crimes stunned
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Security in Beijing is tight around Tiananmen Square as China marks 35 years since a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. China has long quashed any public memory of the military crackdown on monthslong protests at the heart of its capital. Hundreds, if not thousands,
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Kliger Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WCBS) — A Brooklyn teacher got the ultimate surprise: a $25,000 award for going above and beyond. History class was in session in Kelly Preston’s classroom Monday afternoon. Then students, staff members, and the superintendent suddenly filled into the room. Preston looked
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Costner has revealed that in some ways, he took the role of playing Whitney Houston’s bodyguard into real life. During a recent conversation on “Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, Costner talked about the friendship that he and Houston developed while co-starring in the 1992 film, “The Bodyguard.”
Continue ReadingBy Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK CITY, New York (WCBS) — A Queens woman has a harrowing story of survival after her leg was severed in an accident while trying to board a train. Lisa Fitzgerald’s life changed forever as she headed back to New York City after visiting
Continue ReadingBy WLS Digital Team Click here for updates on this story WAUKEGAN, Illinois (WLS) — Waukegan’s city council voted to censure a fellow alderperson on Monday night after a social media photo controversy. Alderman Keith Turner posted a photo on Facebook, showing a severed arm recently found at a Waukegan beach. Investigators believe that arm
Continue ReadingWLS By WLS Digital Team Click here for updates on this story WAUKEGAN, Illinois (WLS) — Waukegan’s city council voted to censure a fellow alderperson on Monday night after a social media photo controversy. Alderman Keith Turner posted a photo on Facebook, showing a severed arm recently found at a Waukegan beach. Investigators believe that
Continue ReadingBy Mike Sullivan Click here for updates on this story BENTON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — An 84-year-old Vermont man crashed a glider plane into the White Mountain Forest on Sunday, and he lives to tell the tale. He was suspended 20-feet off the ground for several hours. “I was supporting my weight with my hand
Continue ReadingBy WLS Digital Team, Leah Hope, and Eric Horng Click here for updates on this story LOWELL, Indiana (WLS) — A hot air balloon crash in northwest Indiana left three people on board injured on Sunday evening. Two of those injured were airlifted to Chicago hospitals, and crews later moved the deflated hot air balloon
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast’s most rural state say they hope to start launches next year. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace hopes to turn Maine into a hub for the launching of commercial nanosatellites and has been
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off sports betting debts. Ippei Mizuhara ’s crimes stunned
Continue ReadingBy Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story TAUNTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A crossing guard is accused of attacking a mother and child with a stop sign near Taunton High School on Monday morning. Prosecutors say a woman was driving through the intersection where 68-year-old Louis Chaves was working at about 7:30 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA, SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed victory for his alliance in an election seen as a referendum on his decade in power, is a popular but polarizing leader who has presided over a fast-growing economy while advancing Hindu nationalism. Modi,
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