By Crystal Webb Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Scary moments for a city worker in Shreveport this morning after he fell into a hole and had to be rescued. It happened before noon today in the 6300 block of Time Street. City employees were fixing a water main break
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The impeachment of South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo has plunged the country into further political turmoil, coming less than two weeks after lawmakers impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The successive impeachments that suspended the country’s top two officials are unprecedented, and the deputy prime minister and finance
Continue ReadingBy Duaa Israr Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEVIEW, Illinois (WDJT) — There’s comfort in the memories we share with a person. At Yaffo Towing in Bridgeview, Illinois, family members of Hussain Farhat are remembering the person he was. The 40-year-old had immigrated from the West Bank to the United States three months
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WDJT, FAMILY PHOTOS, CNN By Duaa Israr Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEVIEW, Illinois (WDJT) — There’s comfort in the memories we share with a person. At Yaffo Towing in Bridgeview, Illinois, family members of Hussain Farhat are remembering the person he was. The 40-year-old had immigrated from the West Bank to the
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By Marc Liverman Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — New WLOS exclusive surveillance video shows the moments a Hendersonville man was stabbed to death on the night of Monday, Dec. 23. Warning: some readers and viewers may find the details and video in this story disturbing. Police said officers
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface during humanity’s closest approach to a star. The mission operations team, located at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, was
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian university students have left piles of old school books outside the education ministry building as part of daily street protests demanding accountability over the collapse nearly two months ago of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people in the country’s north. Scattered traffic blockades were also held at various locations
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The office of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his brother has died. Nick Starmer, who was 60, had cancer. The prime minister, who is 62, paid tribute in a statement to his brother, describing him as a “wonderful man.” Starmer also took the opportunity to thank all those who treated his
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Por Aaron Pellish, CNN Publicaciones en redes sociales de Elon Musk y Vivek Ramaswamy argumentando a favor de la expansión del programa de visas para trabajadores altamente calificados han desatado un debate entre los seguidores del presidente electo de EE.UU., Donald Trump, sobre cómo debería encajar el programa en la agresiva agenda de inmigración de
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Avicii, the groundbreaking Swedish DJ-producer, died six years ago at 28. Two new movies hitting Netflix next week aim to celebrate his life. His death was a tragedy that reverberated around the world — much like his music, which brought unexpected genres and collaborators into his melodic EDM
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Jay-Z’s efforts to dismiss a case accusing him of raping a then-13-year-old girl in 2000 have been denied by a judge, who also granted the “Jane Doe” accuser the ability to proceed anonymously, despite efforts from the rap mogul’s legal team to have her reveal her identity publicly. Jay-Z,
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By Sharon Braithwaite, Nadeen Ebrahim and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Tehran, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was “stopped by Tehran police” on December 19, the statement said, adding that the foreign ministry “has worked
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather, the territory’s health ministry said. The army denied claims it had entered or set fire to the complex and accused Hamas of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — States with restrictive abortion laws generally have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children, according to recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press. Tennessee is an example of how this plays out. Tennessee residents of childbearing age are more likely to live in maternal care
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has nearly total abortion ban and a porous safety net for mothers and young children. GOP state leaders in Tennessee and other states that banned abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 argue that they are bolstering services for families. Recent research and
Continue Reading Por Alayna Treene y Michael Williams, CNN La fijación del presidente electo Donald Trump esta semana por querer tomar control del canal de Panamá y su resurgimiento del deseo de comprar Groenlandia son parte de un esfuerzo mayor para intentar forzar a los líderes extranjeros a la mesa de negociaciones de maneras que Trump cree
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Social media posts by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy arguing in favor of expanding the visa program for highly skilled workers have set off a debate among supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over how the program should fit into the incoming administration’s aggressive immigration agenda. Musk and Ramaswamy, whom
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We are tracking some elevated winds around the Coachella Valley this morning. So far, not much wind has been reported here on the valley floor. A low pressure system is moving into the west coast well off to our north. While there are limited impacts for us here in the valley, there are some elevated
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A court in China has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month by driving into a crowd, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings. Fan Weiqiu was venting his anger because he was unhappy with his divorce settlement, the court in the southern city of
Continue ReadingThe news can be tough in a world often marked by suffering, disaster and war. Sometimes you need to stop and remember that good things happen all the time, all across the world, and 2024 was no different. Take a look at some of the stories that made us smile. Moo Deng Thailand’s adorable pygmy
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