Associated Press Masses of people at the 1969 Woodstock festival stopped by the towering red maple tree a little ways off from the main stage. Many scrawled messages on paper scraps or cardboard and attached them to the old tree’s trunk. “SUSAN, MEET YOU HERE SATURDAY 11 A.M., 3 P.M. or 7 P.M.,” read one
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The father of a teenager accused in a 2022 mass shooting in North Carolina’s capital city that left five people dead has pleaded guilty to storing improperly a handgun that authorities said was found with his son after the shootings. Media outlets report Alan Thompson entered the plea in Wake County
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a portion of a new Alabama law limiting help with absentee ballot applications. Chief U.S. District Judge David Proctor issued a preliminary injunction stating that the law’s ban on gifts and payments for help with an absentee ballot application “are not enforceable as
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to testify before a Senate panel. The senate approved the measure Wednesday by unanimous consent. Members of a Senate committee looking into Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy adopted
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of poet Phillis Wheatley has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journey Through American Slavery and Independence” has won the George Washington Prize. The award honors works arising from the Revolutionary War era. Wheatley was the first
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OUTER BANKS, North Carolina (WTKR) — A third oceanfront house on GA Kohler Court in just the past week has been pulled down by the ocean waves in Rodanthe. Two houses were destroyed on Friday, and Tuesday’s marks the tenth house since 2020 on the
Continue ReadingBy ABBY WRAY Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — 54,500 Kansans are living with Alzheimer’s, but it can still be isolating to talk about care options. “It is hard to explain to people what it’s really like day by day, minute by minute,” said caregiver Judi Salo. Salo cares for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Investigators in Philadelphia are exhuming eight bodies buried in a potter’s field this week in the hope that advances in DNA-based testing can help them identify the long-ago victims. The next step would be to learn how they died. The victims include a young girl found dead in 1962, an
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Three men were arrested Tuesday morning after they were allegedly caught stealing thousands of dollars worth of beef from a parked tractor-trailer in Philadelphia. Douglas Mathis, Jamir Scott, and Tariq Duncan were caught as they were stealing 1,600 pounds of beef
Continue ReadingBy Rob Cardwell Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — Call it the sound of thankfulness. Four Ukrainian soldiers came from the battlefields of Ukraine to the hallowed halls of the Virginia War Memorial. “U.S. assistance is a game changer for Ukraine,” press attache Valery Shyrokov said. “The military aid and
Continue ReadingBy Xavier Harris Click here for updates on this story CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WRCB) — A Chatsworth police officer is under fire after a video surfaced of him killing a chicken in the street, sparking outrage among community members. Julie Wooten, founder of Waddle On Inn Rescue, condemned the officer’s actions as inhumane. “It was gut-wrenching,”
Continue ReadingWRCB, VIEWER VIDEO, CNN By Xavier Harris Click here for updates on this story CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WRCB) — A Chatsworth police officer is under fire after a video surfaced of him killing a chicken in the street, sparking outrage among community members. Julie Wooten, founder of Waddle On Inn Rescue, condemned the officer’s actions as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Colorado man’s malicious prosecution lawsuit has been dismissed, with the judge saying prosecutors acted badly in his case, but authorities still had probable cause to file charges against him in his wife’s 2020 death. Barry Morphew filed the lawsuit in May 2023, a year after the charges alleging he killed Suzanne Morphew
Continue ReadingOAK PARK, Mich. (AP) — Bugs can’t seem to get enough of Detroit-area libraries. The Oak Park Public Library was closed Wednesday for treatment after bedbugs were found in two chairs in the computer area. The library in Royal Oak was closed Sunday when staff said unwanted visitors crawled out of a just-returned DVD case.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Police were posted outside a Democratic Party campaign office in a quiet suburban strip mall in the Phoenix area Wednesday after two shootings at the office door and windows over the past week. Tempe police have yet to identify suspects or a motive, but questions are swirling
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By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The House on Wednesday approved a spending plan to avert a possible government shutdown in a bipartisan vote that divided the Republican conference. The agreement, which still needs Senate passage, would extend government operations through December under a narrow continuing resolution advanced by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. The
Continue ReadingBy Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — A 7-year-old boy is on the long road to recovery after being hit by a car on the Big Island. Taurean Reign DeNoto was hit by a car that also plowed into his Kaumana Drive home on Sept. 5, 2024. His
Continue ReadingKITV, HILTON FAMILY, CNN By Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — A 7-year-old boy is on the long road to recovery after being hit by a car on the Big Island. Taurean Reign DeNoto was hit by a car that also plowed into his Kaumana Drive home on
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — Three more high-ranking officials in the US Secret Service are stepping down as the agency continues to be lambasted for security failures and face questions over its handling of two alleged assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the
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