Month: August 2025

Uber driver, passenger escape armed carjackers after stopping for tree branch

August 15, 2025 6:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Brandon Truitt Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — An Uber driver was about to drop off his last passenger of the night when he pulled up on a tree branch laying across the road in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Esmelky Acevedo, 33, said he was driving down the tree lined Seven

Landscape worker dead, another seriously hurt after hitting power line

August 15, 2025 6:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Tammy Mutasa Click here for updates on this story SALEM, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A landscape worker was killed, and another was seriously injured after they came into contact with power lines while working along Route 28 in Salem, New Hampshire Thursday afternoon. The workers were trimming trees in a manlift bucket near a

A night at Potawatomi Casino Hotel turned into heartbreak for dozens of guests who lost their cars to flooding.

‘I cried’: Guests lose more than transportation in valet parking flood

August 15, 2025 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Pavlina Osta Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A night at Potawatomi Casino Hotel turned into heartbreak for dozens of guests who lost their cars to flooding. They were able to access their cars Thursday, and some people tell us they lost more than just transportation. One viewer says their

Heat easing as the weekend arrives

August 15, 2025 6:01 AM Patrick Evans

Temps are on the way down as we head into the weekend. A strong storm to our North is bringing in cooler on-shore flow that will drop temps and dry us out, too. Monsoonal moisture remains well to our East, so throughout the weekend, highs will be lower than normal (109) and dew points will

Joseph Joines speaks during a press conference held by Matheson & Associates

Trucker to file federal lawsuit against landfill, sheriff’s office over viral altercation

August 15, 2025 5:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Kelly Doty Click here for updates on this story HAYWOOD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Attorneys for a trucker behind several viral videos showing a chaotic altercation at a North Carolina landfill plan to file a federal lawsuit, alleging civil rights violations by landfill and sheriff’s office staff. Matheson & Associates, PLLC, a Raleigh-based

Fisherman who found car tied to 1960s cold case calls discovery “100% luck”

August 15, 2025 5:38 AM CNN

WCCO, BRODY LOCH, THE ST. CLOUD DAILY TIMES ARCHIVE, CNN By Ashley Grams, WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story Minnesota (WCCO) — In Sartell, Minnesota, an investigation is underway with ties to a decades-old cold case. Investigators spent hours removing a car that was 20 feet under the Mississippi River on Tuesday,

Fisherman who found car tied to 1960s cold case calls discovery “100% luck”

August 15, 2025 5:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Grams, WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story Minnesota (WCCO) — In Sartell, Minnesota, an investigation is underway with ties to a decades-old cold case. Investigators spent hours removing a car that was 20 feet under the Mississippi River on Tuesday, all thanks to a tip. “When he caught the fish,

“And Just Like That”…it’s over. After nine seasons of television

The series finale of ‘And Just Like That’ has people talking, of course

August 15, 2025 5:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — “And Just Like That”…it’s over. After nine seasons of television, two movies and a few dozen suitors, Carrie Bradshaw’s story is done. For now, anyway. The latter disclaimer is necessary for several reasons, including it’s 2025 and we’ve learned that gone is far from goodbye in television. The other