By Kayla James Click here for updates on this story IOWA (KCCI) — Month after month and plea after plea, an Eastern Iowa woman continuously tells her story to the Iowa Board of Medicine. “I am the 13-year-old girl who was sexually abused by a now licensed physician,” said Sherri Moler, during the public comment
Continue ReadingBy Emily Holwick Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A Kansas City family is coping with a devastating loss. A father of four young girls was killed in an apparent case of road rage. Now his fiancée is bearing an unimaginable burden as she raises their daughters and the
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By Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Amanda Sealy, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a Nebraska child who died after swimming was infected with the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, an epidemiologist for the state, Dr. Matthew Donahue, told CNN. The amoeba is typically found in freshwater lakes and rivers. The
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Bein Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nebraska (KETV) — Easton Gray’s family says he loved to swim, and that’s what he was doing Aug. 8 in the Elkhorn River near Valley. That’s when Douglas County health officials believe a rare, brain-eating bacteria entered the 8-year-old’s body. Easton’s family gave
Continue ReadingBy Scott Simmons Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — 16 WAPT News has obtained the initial incident report from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation in an incident in which Capitol Police officers fired shots. The report is redacted and does not reveal a lot of information, but it does confirm
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom says a key pipeline conveying natural gas to Europe will shut down for three days at the end of this month to undergo “routine maintenance.” In a statement Friday, Gazprom said the only operational turbine at a key compressor station along the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Sixteen more states are asking to weigh in on the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Idaho over its strict abortion ban. The Justice Department sued the Republican-led state of Idaho earlier this month, saying the abortion ban set to take effect next week violates a
Continue Reading By CAROLE FELDMAN and CHRISSIE THOMPSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department has terminated federal recognition of an accrediting agency that oversees mostly for-profit colleges, placing in jeopardy the survival of schools that serve about 5,000 students. The decision bars schools certified by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools from participating
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By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak and Natasha Bertrand, CNN White House officials have privately expressed deep concern over the tranche of classified material taken to former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, including some documents that are only meant to be viewed only in secure government facilities, CNN has learned. As more information has emerged
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he pays no heed to criticism when making decisions what’s best for West Virginia. The conservative Democrat spoke Friday at a roundtable about his office’s outsized role in drafting the economic package signed by U.S. President Joe Biden. He offered a key
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Saber con exactitud por qué una persona se enferma de cáncer y otra no no es posible en términos generales, explica el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer de Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, existen factores de riesgo que pueden aumentar las probabilidades. Algunos están vinculados al comportamiento, por ejemplo al consumo
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MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Alassane Plea’s first-half penalty was enough for Borussia Mönchengladbach to beat Hertha Berlin 1-0 for its second Bundesliga win of the season. Plea made the breakthrough in the 34th minute after Maximilian Mittelstädt was penalized for blocking a cross with his arm. Gladbach had another penalty for handball awarded in the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s inspector general says a state trooper should have been disciplined for being romantically involved with a daughter of Andrew Cuomo while he served on the former governor’s security detail. The watchdog report released Friday comes more than two years after the relationship was discovered
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham can’t put off his appearance before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, a federal judge said Friday. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered Graham to honor
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa testified she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband and their 13-year-old daughter in a helicopter crash when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that deputies and firefighters had shared photos of their remains. Bryant cried
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue following the Supreme Court ruling that scrapped a nationwide right to abortion. In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the company said its health care
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury has awarded $50,000 to a northern Virginia landlord who was shot three times with a stun gun when sheriff’s deputies wrongly arrested him following a tenant’s complaint. Matthew Souter of The Plains was arrested at his home in 2018 after a tenant in his
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto had surgery to repair his left rotator cuff and bicep. The team says Votto should be able to participate in spring training and be ready for the 2023 season. Votto, a six-time All-Star and 2010 NL MVP, hit just .205 this season with 11 homers and
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Chuck Johnston, CNN A suspect is in custody who is suspected of defacing the city’s rainbow crosswalks with swastikas on two separate occasions, according to TaSheena Brown, spokeswoman with the Atlanta Police Department. According to police, investigators went to an apartment of the suspect and tried to make
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