By Alexus Davila Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Amtrak wants to build a new tunnel to improve train services. However, some Baltimore residents are worried about how the construction will impact their homes. Amtrak officials want to go full speed ahead on the construction of the new Frederick Douglass
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited some American athletes at an Olympic training center in Paris on Thursday, wishing rugby and track and field competitors good luck and even taking part in a stationary relay drill with runners. Biden arrived in Paris a day before the Summer Games’ opening ceremony on the
Continue ReadingBy Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Actor Kevin Spacey’s waterfront home sold for $3.24 million at a public auction Thursday on the steps of a Baltimore Circuit Court. The 9,000-square-foot home in Harborview was sold to a Maryland developer, according to Sam Sheibani of Compass, a nationwide
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of troubleshooting and recent tests meant to replicate the issues plaguing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing officials still aren’t ready to name a return date for the two astronauts piloting the vehicle on its inaugural crewed test flight. But engineers do finally have some possible answers
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Olson Click here for updates on this story ARCO, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Roberta Armstrong has had a good life but still wonders from time to time how it would have been different had her father lived. Lt. Robert W. Madsen of Minnesota died in a training crash 80 years ago at what’s now
Continue ReadingBy Danya Gainor and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia made history Thursday as the first lawmaker to use an artificial intelligence-generated model of her voice to speak for her on the House floor. “My battle with progressive Supranuclear palsy, or PSP, has robbed me of my ability to use
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More families need school supplies for the upcoming school year, Michael Aaronson, an event organizer said he’s noticed. Aaronson said on Thursday, The Salvation Army Dick & Beverly Davis Corps Community Center is having a back to school event. “We have over 20 vendors from around the Valley coming to support our event,” Aaronson said.
Continue ReadingBy Aziza Shuler Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KDKA) — A Lehigh Valley Division I athlete put his dreams of attending law school on hold. He’s now dedicating his future to teaching youth tennis in Philadelphia. “Attitude, character, as well as effort,” Gabe Knowles, a tennis coach at Legacy Youth Tennis, said.
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are everywhere lately. While promoting their upcoming Marvel epic “Deadpool & Wolverine,” out Friday, the pair have done every interview, hosted a late night show and are probably commanding your social media feed. But instead of poking fun at each other as they’ve done
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration’s enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school. The rule is to take effect on Aug. 1. A federal judge in Missouri blocked enforcement in six additional
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The City of Palm Springs continues to investigate CEO of Queerworks Jacob Rostovsky for alleged ‘misappropriation of funds’ which were intended for the city’s Universal Basic Income Pilot Program. Records show the Palm Springs City Council approved payments to Queerworks, in which a majority of funds went towards staffing costs. But Council member Lisa Middleton
Continue ReadingOROVILLE, Calif (AP) — A man is under arrest on suspicion of starting wildfire that has become California’s largest this year, prosecutor says.
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By Tom Ignudo, Joe Brandt Click here for updates on this story BERWYN, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Chester County woman was charged for deliberately setting a fire at a historic Main Line home on Tuesday morning. Easttown Township Police charged Kathryn Frankel with arson, risking catastrophe and other related offenses on Wednesday after a fire
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new. They’ve been going at it for decades. The tension reached a new level on the eve of the Paris Games when the International Olympic
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department on Thursday announced the indictment of an alleged North Korean government-backed hacker for allegedly participating in a scheme to break into US hospital computer systems and extort them for ransom. Rim Jong Hyok is part of a group of hackers working for North Korea’s military
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old man and two juveniles suspected in a botched carjacking that led to the death of an Ohio woman were in custody Wednesday on murder charges, police said. Alexa Stakely, 29, saw her SUV being stolen July 11 with her 6-year-old son sleeping inside and was struck by
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Make sure you’ve got enough pages in your passport, because TIME has just released its list of the world’s 100 greatest places to visit in 2024. From Costa Rica to Koh Samui to the Republic of the Congo, the team of editors at the New York-based news magazine has
Continue ReadingThe union representing workers at Lear Corp.’s Missouri plant that makes seats for General Motors vehicles says it has reached a tentative agreement with the company, ending a strike that was in its fourth day. About 480 workers at the Lear Corp. plant who walked out at midnight Sunday were back at work Thursday. They
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has ordered the head of a Defense Ministry’s construction division to be detained for two months on suspicion of abuse of power, Russian news agencies reported. It is the latest in a series of arrests of high-ranking ministry officials this year. Andrei Belkov heads the Military Construction Company,
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By Bo Evans Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — The newly reimagined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey production is back in North Texas — bringing the same excitement with a slew of new acts. At the center of all the action is a hometown kid who’s ushering in a
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