CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been arrested after hundreds of pigs died at his farm last month after they went without adequate food and were kept in conditions so cold that some of their ears froze off. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Black Hawk County sheriff’s deputies arrested the 38-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Emert Click here for updates on this story LEICESTER, North Carolina (WLOS) — For 17 years, Robert Hoppenhauer’s Leicester neighborhood has been charged for a service it wasn’t receiving. It amounts to tens of thousands paid to the local power company, Duke Energy Progress (DEP). “Once I realized it wasn’t just me, but
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The National Football League bounced back to ratings dominance following a 2020 season that was disrupted by the pandemic — showing once again that pro football is still the biggest audience draw on television. The league’s viewership for the 2021 regular season was up roughly 10% overall from the year
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of killing two co-workers at a North Dakota plastics factory in November will undergo a mental health exam to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. Cass County Judge Wade Webb signed a commitment order Wednesday so that Anthony Reese Jr. can be evaluated at the North
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street, potentially setting the S&P 500 up for a third gain in a row after what has been a weak start to the year. The benchmark index was up 0.3% in the early going Thursday. It’s still down slightly since the beginning of the year.
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The Associated Press Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street, potentially setting the S&P 500 up for a third gain in a row after what has been a weak start to the year. The benchmark index was up 0.3% in the early going Thursday. It’s still down slightly since the beginning of the year.
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WENZEL, MARISSA SULEK, TORRENCE BANKS, MARY ALICE ROYSE, COURTNEY ALLEN Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — Law enforcement told News4 that an inmate who escaped from police custody on Interstate 24 in Rutherford County had been located by authorities on Wednesday. Law enforcement officials said Christopher Taylor, 24,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Even being more less visible than usual, Kyle Jenner has still managed to take the title of queen of Instagram. The reality star and makeup mogul has become the first woman to hit 300 million followers, according to People magazine. Jenner, who is pregnant with her second child by rapper
Continue Reading By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy has paid tribute to the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the 10th anniversary of the disaster. A daylong commemoration on the Tuscan island of Giglio is recalling the horror of the night the ship slammed into a reef and
Continue Reading By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy has paid tribute to the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the 10th anniversary of the disaster. A daylong commemoration on the Tuscan island of Giglio is recalling the horror of the night the ship slammed into a reef and
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level surged by a record 9.7% for all of 2021, setting an annual record and providing further evidence that inflation is still present at all levels of the U.S. economy. The Labor Department reported Thursday that its producer price index, which measures
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two children are dead after a fire in Pulaski County on Wednesday night. According to the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District, crews responded just after 6 p.m. to a mobile home fire with reports of people trapped inside in the 14000 block of Host Drive near Dixon, Missouri. Emergency crews were
Continue Reading SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (AP) — A Woodbury County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who authorities say had attacked him with a tire iron. Deputies were called to a mobile home park in Sergeant Bluff about 6 p.m. to check a report of a burglary. The Sioux City Journal reports that after deputies arrived,
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW MASSE, ROGER SUSANIN Click here for updates on this story SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A threat scrawled in a bathroom prompted police to increase their numbers at Southington High School on Thursday. School officials said someone found a sanitary napkin container inside a second floor girls bathroom that had the words ‘shooting on
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN The US Army is offering a bonus up to $50,000, the largest amount ever, to some new recruits who enlist for six years in an effort to increase its ranks amid the coronavirus pandemic. “This is an opportunity to entice folks to consider the Army,” Brig. Gen. John Cushing, deputy commanding
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — At least three people have died and more than 25 were injured when a train derailed in India’s West Bengal state. Twelve coaches of the train went off the rails and three capsized. Images from the scene show passengers stuck in twisted metal and debris as rescuers rushed to pull them
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Data shows that most COVID-19 patients in intensive care in German hospitals aren’t vaccinated. The data published on Thursday by the country’s intensive care association DIVI showed that 62% of ICU patients whose vaccine status was known had received no protective shots against the coronavirus. Unvaccinated people make up about a quarter
Continue Reading WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Reacting to a story on Facebook after the men were sentenced on their murder convictions in the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) — A former Syrian secret police officer was convicted by a German court Thursday of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago. The top United Nations human rights official described the ruling as “historic.”
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
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