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By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Sixteen million Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. Survivors are well over 90 years old now, and there are just 66,000 left. Among them, a woman who grew up in Milwaukee. Marjorie Jothen is 105 and
Continue ReadingBy Ubah Ali Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — We’re “owl” all in this together — that’s the message experts at the Raptor Center are pushing after five raptors got caught in soccer nets while on the hunt. One red-tailed hawk and four great horned owls got themselves into
Continue ReadingWCCO, THE RAPTOR CENTER, CNN By Ubah Ali Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — We’re “owl” all in this together — that’s the message experts at the Raptor Center are pushing after five raptors got caught in soccer nets while on the hunt. One red-tailed hawk and four great
Continue ReadingPitchers Clayton Kershaw and Joe Kelly were left off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ roster for their NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres that started Saturday. Kershaw is done for the season after his big toe injury worsened, manager Dave Roberts said. Kelly also won’t be available until the World Series should the Dodgers
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Last month, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a supersized half point in a bid to maintain the job market’s strength, Chair Jerome Powell explained in a news conference after the decision was announced. But when fresh data this Friday showed the job market is more robust
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By Raja Razek and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — The famed Blue Ridge Parkway – spanning more than 400 miles – remains closed with no reopening date, according to the National Park Service. “The entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia is closed as crews continue their assessment of the damage from Hurricane
Continue ReadingBy Ubah Ali Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Minnesota (WCCO) — The gridiron is where winners are crowned and incredible comebacks happen. Stillwater High School Sophomore Keegan Hawke has one great comeback story. On Sept. 24, Hawke went into cardiac arrest and collapsed during football practice. “All I remember is him saying
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Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — La depresión tropical 14 se convirtió en la tormenta tropical Milton, de acuerdo con una actualización especial del Centro Nacional de Huracanes de EE.UU. (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés). La tormenta tropical Milton tiene vientos sostenidos de 40 millas por hora (64,3 km/h) en su centro. Se encuentra a 220
Continue ReadingBy Todd Feurer, Jermont Terry, Sabrina Franza Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The entire Chicago Board of Education is expected to resign later this month, amid a dispute with Mayor Brandon Johnson over the fate of Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, Johnson’s office and the board confirmed Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A flotilla of hot air balloons ascended into a clear desert sky on Saturday to kick off a colorful mass ascension at the 52nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The nine-day gathering draws hundreds of thousands of spectators and pilots to New Mexico each fall for the rare opportunity
Continue ReadingBy Zola Sigmon Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is receiving reports of an increase in human-black bear interactions in Asheville and Buncombe County, according to a release. The release said impacts from Hurricane Helene on local government services and infrastructure are leading
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Chinchar and Elisa Raffa, CNN (CNN) — Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential Category 3 storm. Tropical Storm Milton formed in the western Gulf on Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Marc Liverman Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — News 13 got an up-close look at some of the progress made to rebuild a big part of Asheville’s water system. Thanks to Hurricane Helene, tens of thousands are now going more than a week without running water. City officials
Continue Reading By Michelle Krupa, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A week after a 14-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle killed two fellow students and two teachers at a high school in Winder, Georgia, cell phones started buzzing about 50 miles away. An automated call, then a text from Atlanta Public Schools pinged on the evening of Wednesday, September
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration won’t extend legal permissions for certain migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti provided through a temporary humanitarian program designed to curb illegal border crossings, requiring them to seek other legal means to remain in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The
Continue ReadingBy KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is trying to buy a new boat worth more than a million dollars, but this is no luxury yacht. The department estimates there are currently more than 100 sunken cars and boats on the bottom of the
Continue ReadingKOVR By KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is trying to buy a new boat worth more than a million dollars, but this is no luxury yacht. The department estimates there are currently more than 100 sunken cars and boats on the bottom of
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer McLogan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS/WLNY) — Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl, has been seized on Long Island for the first time. A seven-month narcotics investigation just led to a seizure of the deadly drug, typically used to tranquilize large mammals, in Suffolk
Continue ReadingWCBS, DEA, CAROLE TROTTERE, CNN By Jennifer McLogan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS/WLNY) — Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl, has been seized on Long Island for the first time. A seven-month narcotics investigation just led to a seizure of the deadly drug, typically used to
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Jeff Zeleny, Alayna Treene and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is returning Saturday to the Pennsylvania venue where he narrowly survived an assassination attempt in July, holding a high-profile rally in what his allies are billing as a key moment as the 2024 race for the White House enters its
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