By Eli Higgins Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — There are big changes coming to Wichita this year, and firework tent owners are hoping it will mean more sales than ever. It’s one of the busiest days of the year for firework tent owners like Teresa Lybarger. After doing it
Continue ReadingAssociated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1984. Richard Rojem, 66, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10:16 a.m., prison officials said. Rojem, who had been in
Continue ReadingBy Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KOAT) — Delaney Davis and her wife Valorie lost their home in the South Fork Fire. Davis underwent a life-threatening procedure, out of the country, when they received the news from her mother, Sharon, while in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Davis has suffered
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Broderick Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Tennessee State Parks are providing new all-terrain wheelchairs at state parks! You may remember this story from last summer, where our Cole Johnson showed how the wheelchairs were helping those at Radnor Lake State Park. The new additions announced this week
Continue ReadingBy Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — In April, Tennessee lawmakers unanimously passed Jillian’s Law, which goes into effect Monday, July 1st. The new law was inspired by unimaginable grief. “Let me assure you, there is nothing worse than losing a child. It leaves a giant hole in
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another news organization is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement. The Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, said it filed a lawsuit Thursday in a New York federal court where it joins copyright infringement cases brought by
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Hauser Click here for updates on this story GILES COUNTY, Tennessee (WTVF) — It’s been about a month and a half since strong storms tore through the mid-state. For some communities, the recovery is just beginning. In a small town in Giles County, the May 8 severe weather left two brothers devastated: one
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer A dozen social and racial justice groups said Thursday that the federal law requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell the platform, or face a ban, would disrupt a vehicle that many minority communities use to form connections online and advocate for causes. The legal brief was submitted to a federal court in
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission to enforce security fraud violations, siding with a hedge fund manager and former conservative radio show host who said he was entitled to a jury trial rather than an in-house review by
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Paulina Nares (CNN) — Walgreens cerrará un número considerable de sus aproximadamente 8.600 establecimientos en todo Estados Unidos, en un intento de restablecer el negocio de la cadena farmacéutica, que atraviesa dificultades. La empresa no anunció el número concreto de tiendas que cerrará, pero dijo este jueves que está planeando cierres “significativos” de tiendas de bajo
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Alessandra Ferri, one of the world’s most celebrated dramatic ballerinas, takes the stage Friday at the Metropolitan Opera House to channel Virginia Woolf, logic dictates it will be her last dance appearance. It’s not merely that she’s 61 — albeit dancing exquisitely — and sharing a stage
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — For the second time in two years, the public learned of where the Supreme Court was headed in a major abortion case before the justices had formally handed down their ruling, spoiling the court’s highly controlled protocols. The circumstances around Wednesday’s mistaken publishing of an apparent ruling in an Idaho
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company. Some advocates blame the marketing efforts behind the powerful prescription painkiller for opening the doors to an opioid epidemic that has only deepened in recent years. Sackler family members have stopped
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a controversial settlement that would have sent billions of dollars to treatment programs and victims of the nation’s opioid epidemic but also shielded the Sackler family from future lawsuits despite the fact that it made its fortune selling
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have passed an $83 billion budget for the next fiscal year. Lawmakers disagreed on education funding, stalling the budget passage until the early hours Thursday. School groups had warned that an original proposal would lead to layoffs. The final budget will provide free community college for all
Continue ReadingBy Ross Adams Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A lawsuit filed by a former Jackson Public Works Department official will be heard in federal court this week. U.S. District Court judge Kristi Johnson seated the eight-person jury on Monday in the trial for the civil lawsuit filed by former
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — One person has died in the United Kingdom from an E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 275 people during the past month. The U.K. Health Security Agency said Thursday that the outbreak that led to 122 people being hospitalized was linked to lettuce in pre-packaged sandwiches. The agency says two E.
Continue ReadingBy Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — True to his theatrical form, Thom Browne’s fall 2024 couture show opened with spectacle. Men grasping a rope battled for supremacy in a staged game of tug of war at the hallowed “Musée des Arts Décoratifs” gallery in Paris, where the American designer riffed off the upcoming Olympic
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Willie Nelson is expected to return to his tour soon after canceling several performances, citing “doctor’s orders.” Nelson, who turned 91 in April, was not yet able to return to the stage, however, on Wednesday night. “Willie Nelson will not be performing at tonight’s show in Virginia Beach,” a
Continue ReadingBy Megan Matthews Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — What once was a semitrailer is now a grocery store on wheels. The Kroger Mobile Market is equipped with a refrigerator, air conditioning, and even baskets with which to shop. It aims to provide more food options to communities like Fairdale,
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