Electric truck company Nikola is throwing its founder and former executive chairman Trevor Milton under the proverbial hydrogen-powered bus. In a filing late Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nikola acknowledged seven “inaccurate” statements that Milton, who left the company in September, allegedly made between July 2016 and July 2020 about the company’s progress
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A woman driving home from her son’s baseball game was killed instantly when a tire flew off another vehicle and hit her car’s windshield in New Caney, Texas, on Thursday. CNN affiliate KTRK reported the 52-year-old woman was driving home from her son’s baseball game when the left front tire and wheel flew off a
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The US military on Thursday struck a site in Syria used by two Iranian-backed militia groups in response to rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks, generating concern among lawmakers who said Biden had not asked for the necessary congressional authorization. “Up to a handful” of militants were killed
Continue Reading While temperatures have warmed and the power has been restored in many areas, countless Texans are still struggling in the aftermath of last week’s winter storm. Some lack running water. Some don’t have enough food. Many face pricey home repairs to fix broken pipes and water damage. For those on fixed incomes, or already struggling
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A review of US Capitol security in the wake of the January 6 insurrection is set to recommend a series of sweeping changes next week intended to better protect lawmakers while they are in Washington, DC, and at home, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the findings. Both sources told CNN that a
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TONIGHT: Spotty showers early, patchy fog overnight. Lows in the low to mid-30s. TOMORROW: Fog diminishes early, mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. EXTENDED: By Saturday night, an area of low pressure tracking south of us could send rain showers as far north as I-44, with another wave of rain Sunday for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trial for the suspect accused of killing a teenager in 2019 will once again be moved back. Judge Kevin Crane allowed prosecutors two more weeks to get lab reports from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions for Javion Lawhorn’s trial. Crane set the trial to start on March 15.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Oakland, California (KPIX) — A woman in Oakland was dragged by a car down a street after her purse was snatched in an incident captured on surveillance video. The incident Wednesday was the latest in a series of high-profile attacks on Asians in both Oakland and San Francisco.
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CALLAWAY/MONTGOMERY COUNTIES Oxbo Transport is moving a large part for Ameren Electric beginning Monday morning that will require an oversized vehicle to travel through Callaway and Montgomery Counties next week. Previously, the move was scheduled for Thursday but was canceled. Starting at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 1, the oversized vehicle will begin traveling southbound
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lodi, California (KOVR) — Just when they thought it couldn’t get any worse, fire victims are getting victimized again and again across Northern California. Looters are hitting burned-out homes and taking what’s left of the victims’ belongings. It’s happening so often, firefighters are urging victims to take any
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Westmoreland County man is facing multiple charges after police say he falsely reported his vehicle as stolen then set it on fire. Earlier this month, state police say 54-year-old Donald Cassidy of West Newton reported his vehicle as stolen. A few days later,
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Myanmar‘s United Nations ambassador defied the country’s army on Friday and issued an impassioned plea at the UN General Assembly for immediate international action to help overturn the military coup. Kyaw Moe Tun, remaining loyal to the civilian government ousted on February 1, delivered a dramatic speech while addressing the assembly on Friday. “We need
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As Texas hobbles back to normal life after a devastating winter storm, one mother is still trying to come to terms with a heart-wrenching and unfathomable personal tragedy. Jackie Pham Nguyen lost her mother, Loan Le, and her three children, Olivia, 11, Edison, 8, and Colette, 5 in a fire while trying to stay warm
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With the first full day of the Conservative Political Action Conference underway, there’s already an indisputable star: an outrageously golden statue of Donald Trump wearing shorts and flip-flops. The more than 6-foot-tall statue turned heads as it was wheeled into the Hyatt Regency Thursday evening while CPAC attendees picked up their registration and milled about
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ridley Park, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A Capitol riot suspect from Delaware County is now charged with storming the building after he was turned in by his ex-girlfriend. Like a number of previous arrests related to the insurrection, it was someone close to Richard Michetti that turned him in,
Continue Reading A federal judge decided Friday that the alleged ringleader of the most serious paramilitary conspiracy stemming from the US Capitol attack must stay in jail before trial. The decision came during a court hearing where the defendant, Jessica Watkins, disavowed the right-wing Oath Keepers organization and said she was “humbled” and “humiliated” by the charges
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to restore her authority to prosecute a couple accused of wielding guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Gardner’s office on Thursday petitioned the state Supreme Court to block a judge’s order disqualifying
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis (WCCO) — Nearly five years after his death, there is a push to re-name a portion of Highway 5 after one of Minnesota’s favorite sons. Prince fans want to see a seven-mile stretch of Highway 5 in Chanhassen renamed to Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway. The highway
Continue Reading Jessica Watkins, an alleged leader of the Oath Keepers that is accused of planning to attack the Capitol, disavowed the right-wing extremist group on Friday in her first public comments since her arrest. “Given the result of everything on January 6 and everything that has come out…. my fellow Oath Keepers have turned my stomach
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davie, Florida (WFOR) — A Davie bird store owner is devastated after a thief stole 150 birds from his business. “It’s like someone ripped the heart out of my chest,” said Charlie Hong, who owns the Birdhouse on Stirling Road. The thief stole the birds after cutting through
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