SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Nevada man berated a flight crew and fellow passengers on a plane, growling like a dog and swearing at flight attendants. Video taken by a fellow passenger shows the man growling while removing and replacing his mask, yelling “God bless America” and making obscene gestures. It happened on a
Continue Reading By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of Brazil’s embattled right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro heeded his call and turned out at Independence Day rallies as he stepped up his attacks on the Supreme Court and threatened to plunge the country into a constitutional crisis. Bolsonaro
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian basketball federation has asked the country’s federal police to investigate a possible fraud case related to the organization of 3×3 tournaments in the runup to the Tokyo Olympics. Basketball Belgium says in a statement on Tuesday that it contacted a police unit specialized in sports fraud to conduct a “deep
Continue Reading By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, but the rollout stumbled in its first hours. President Nayib Bukele said the digital wallet used for transactions was not functioning. For part of Tuesday morning, El Salvador’s president became tech
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By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, but the rollout stumbled in its first hours. President Nayib Bukele said the digital wallet used for transactions was not functioning. For part of Tuesday morning, El Salvador’s president became tech
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have arrested a 33-year-old Wichita man on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting death last week of a man in Riverside Park. Television station KAKE reports that police arrested Daniel Scott Carpenter on Friday in the death of 32-year-old Jason Huber of Wichita. Huber was found last Wednesday suffering
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story EDEN, N.C. (WLOS) — The family of five people killed in a North Carolina tubing accident have filed a lawsuit. The filing alleges Duke Energy did not do enough to warn people about the dam on the Dan River, near Eden. In June, nine people
Continue ReadingBy JULIE PARR, KTBS TV Click here for updates on this story TEXARKANA, TX (KTBS) — Plans are moving forward for an inclusive playground in Texarkana, Texas. A local Eagle Scout troop is partnering with the city to construct the playground at Spring Lake Park — but they need the community’s help to make it
Continue Reading LA BELLE, Mo. (AP) — The family of an 81-year-old northeast Missouri man who was found dead from gunshot wounds seven weeks ago is offering a reward for information in the case. William Steffen was shot several times on the back porch of his farmhouse near La Belle in mid-July. KTVO reports Lewis County Sheriff
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prominent Minnesota GOP donor who is charged with multiple counts of child sex trafficking is now being sued by an underage girl who was one of his alleged victims. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court alleges Anton Lazzaro’s attorneys offered $1,000 in hush money
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — El rápido avance de los talibanes el mes pasado en Afganistán, quienes en pocos días capturaron una a una las principales ciudades del país hasta finalmente tomar Kabul, la capital, y con ella el control del país, sorprendió a gran parte de la comunidad internacional e incluso al presidente de
Continue ReadingBy TOSIN FAKILE Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — The surge in COVID-19 cases we are seeing here in Tennessee and across the country isn’t stopping people from taking to the skies this Labor Day holiday weekend. BNA says this Labor Day weekend the numbers are slightly down from the
Continue ReadingBy ALEX HEIDER Click here for updates on this story WAVERLY, TN (WSMV) — While many people log hours of R&R on the Labor Day holiday, it was another busy day of work in Waverly Monday. Several businesses lucky enough to be spared by the deadly floods last month stayed open, trying to make up
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Nuestro equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida, para tomar prestado un término que todos aprendimos en los Juegos Olímpicos de 2020, ha estado sintiendo “los giros” durante la pandemia. Muchos de nosotros tuvimos que adaptarnos a trabajar desde casa, ajustes y acomodaciones, despidos masivos, cambios de carrera y recontrataciones. Incluso
Continue Reading By EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press Photographer Emilio Morenatti, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, set out to photograph and talk with Paralympic athletes disabled in war. At times, he says, he thinks he would give it all away — his life’s work, the prizes and recognition, including the Pulitzer he was awarded this year —
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Republican Adam Laxalt is raising fears of voter fraud and talking about preemptively mounting legal challenges more than 14 months before the 2022 midterm elections. Laxalt, who is running in Nevada’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, is one of many GOP candidates that
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Moody Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Tonice LaPierre says that her stay at the Quality Inn was anything but quality. And her attempts to contact the business have been unsuccessful. “When we opened up the doors to the room, the instant smell of stuffiness is what we
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Catriona Matthew is the only European to be captain of consecutive winning teams in the Solheim Cup. And now she’s ready to give someone else a try. Matthew left no doubt after Europe’s win over the Americans that she was ready to move on after two
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The commander of the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth’ says the first port call in Japan by his strike group underscores Britain’s commitment to strengthening its military partnership with Japan. The visit comes as Japan is seeking to expand its military cooperation beyond its traditional alliance
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Jourdan Jones gave new meaning to Labor Day on Monday – going into labor and giving birth in her home before paramedics could arrive. Jones said her baby was due Friday, and she had given birth twice before. So she figured
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