Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday criticized his party for recently enacting strict voting rules in states around the country, saying the “very partisan way” it’s happening will only undermine people’s confidence in the electoral process. “What concerns me is the fact that it seems to be happening in a very partisan way.
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Click here for updates on this story BAY SHORE, New York (WCBS) — It’s a remarkable story of survival: A mother of teenage triplets had three brain aneurysms. Thanks to state-of-the-art surgery, her life was saved. “It was divine intervention is what it was,” said Judith Tedesco of Yaphank. Tedesco, a mother of 17-year-old triplets,
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Well before Citizen, a controversial real-time crime alerting app, raised eyebrows by testing a company-branded patrol car on the streets of Los Angeles, the startup’s CEO teased an even more striking idea for a private security force: helicopters. Citizen founder and CEO Andrew Frame frequently threw out the concept during internal meetings of a helicopter
Continue Reading A federal judge in Orlando has scheduled Joel Greenberg, the former Florida tax collector with close ties to Rep. Matt Gaetz, to be sentenced August 19. Greenberg formally pleaded guilty last month to six federal charges in a court hearing, admitting to a federal judge that he had knowingly solicited and paid a minor for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Cas Spurrier is an ordinary teenage guy. He draws, he watches TV and has a fascination with birds. Cas loves to study ornithology. But, for now, he’s focused on getting to know his new home. Just about a week ago, Cas and his
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Avocados have become an increasingly popular food in recent years, with people blending the creamy fruit in their smoothies or slicing it to layer on top of toast. This green fruit has become a true staple in kitchens around the world — and for good reason. Avocados deliver a variety of health benefits and are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — What if you had a daughter, and an entire family for that matter, and you had no clue? Kenny Erickson, 69, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Sanford, will soon meet an entire part of his family he never knew existed until months
Continue Reading A federal judge sentenced a former senior Treasury Department official to six months in prison after she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for disclosing sensitive financial transaction reports related to people tied to former President Donald Trump and Russia, including former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. According to federal prosecutors, Natalie Mayflower Sours
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The FBI is investigating at least two LMPD narcotics detectives reportedly threw snow cones at homeless people in west Louisville. The information was revealed during a Metro Council Committee hearing Wednesday in which LMPD Chief Erika Shields was giving an update on reform steps
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Authorities in Las Vegas are asking for the public’s help to identify a boy found dead on a trail near the city, after a woman mistakenly identified him as her son. The body of the boy, believed to be between the ages of 8 and 12, was found by hikers near Las Vegas last Friday
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Delayed but not daunted, Spider-Man, Black Panther and other superheroes from Marvel Comics will debut their new land this week — mere days before California loosens almost all Covid-19 restrictions. The Avengers Campus is scheduled to open Friday at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim — almost one year after its target date. CNN got
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — This was not the type of drive that golfers at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton are accustomed to. Around 5 a.m. on Wednesday, police were called to the sixth hole of Brae Burn after an SUV became stuck. The man behind the wheel
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Once considered a crucial safety net in the pandemic-fueled economic storm, enhanced unemployment benefits are now pitting the jobless who say they are still struggling to find work against businesses who argue they are now struggling to find employees. There are plenty of anecdotal examples to back up each side. But just what is happening
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The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will begin winding down a program that purchased tens of billions of dollars of corporate assets to shore up the economy during the pandemic. In a statement, the central bank said the facility was crucial to businesses during the depth of the recession. But as the economy rapidly
Continue Reading Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is a key vote crucial to President Joe Biden’s agenda with Capitol Hill bitterly divided along partisan lines. Manchin has long been in the spotlight in Washington as a pivotal swing vote unafraid to break with his party over high-profile issues. But the focus on the conservative West
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Here’s some background information about MERS, or Middle East respiratory syndrome. MERS is a viral respiratory illness brought on by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). It is in the same family of viruses as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) as well as the common cold. The illness was first reported in Saudi Arabia in
Continue Reading After the murder of George Floyd and the summer of protests that followed led to greater dialogue among her students, Amy Donofrio decided last fall to hang up a “Black Lives Matter” banner outside her classroom. Most of the students at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida — where she had taught for
Continue Reading Two years after the Tulsa massacre left some 300 Black people dead and a once-booming neighborhood destroyed, another White mob attacked a Black enclave in Florida. The incident, known as the Rosewood massacre, would end with at least eight casualties: six Black people and two White people. Historians say the violence erupted after a White
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HALTOM CITY, Texas (KTVT) — Staying healthy has always been a lifelong challenge for 13-year-old Adam Roberts of Haltom City. He was born with several different heart defects. He also had his first open-heart surgery at just 15 days old. “It was a hard road because he had
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN (KTVT) — It’s a story about the night that the lights went out in Texas — but this time it was the audience who came to the rescue of a high school graduation ceremony. The class of 2021 at Anderson High School in Austin will never forget
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