By Rachel Phillips Click here for updates on this story LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — According to a police report by NMSU Police, one member of the NMSU Men’s Basketball team was ‘hazed’ in the NMSU Men’s locker room at the Pan American Center by three members of the team for the past six
Continue ReadingBy Amy Powell Click here for updates on this story WESTLAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Dramatic video shows a clerk at a Westlake District mini market snatching a knife from a would-be robber and running him out of the store. It happened just after 2 p.m. Thursday at Maya’s Mini Market on Adams Boulevard. According
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization says Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country. In a statement on Monday, the U.N. health agency confirmed the epidemic after samples from Equatorial Guinea were sent
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Colombia’s government and its largest remaining rebel group have met in Mexico City to resume peace talks. The talks Monday were the second round of negotiations aimed at achieving a cease-fire in the nearly six-decade conflict. It followed three weeks of negotiations in
Continue Reading By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, the country of Moldova has often been at the center of a struggle between Moscow and the West. It finds itself in that uncomfortable position again. On Monday, its president alleged that Russia was plotting to overthrow her
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Federal investigators are seeking more information about an incident in which a United Airlines plane dropped to within about 800 feet of the ocean surface after taking off from Hawaii. United says the two pilots are undergoing additional training. A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that the
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A family is warning others not to drink and drive after 26-year-old Elijah Rangel lost his life after a driver slammed into him last weekend. “He was bringing donuts for his friends and their kids, and he was driving back
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story Oct. 13, 2022 (Houston Style Magazine) — At one point in time, tennis shoes were not always as high tech and complicated as they are today. However, advancements in technology have motivated shoe designers to push the envelope when it comes to comfort, style, and
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story Feb. 9, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez have announced a gun buyback at Deussen Park on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 8 a.m. to noon. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also attended the news conference. The event is
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By Kareem El Damanhoury, Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN A Palestinian man was killed and 13 were injured in an Israeli raid in Nablus early Monday, Palestinian health officials said, in what Israeli authorities said was an operation to arrest suspects in the fatal shooting of an Israeli soldier last year. The Palestinian Ministry
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By Caitlin Lilly Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile had to make a pit stop on Friday after thieves targeted the iconic vehicle. The catalytic converter on the 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels was stolen, according to Joseph Rodriguez with Penske Trucks. According to Rodriguez,
Continue ReadingBy Janice Allen Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WXMI) — Laura Hoekstra is hoping to change the conversation and end the stigma surrounding death with her end-of-life doula business, Grace in the Leaving. “Birth and death, they’re the two things that we all have in common. They’re the two things
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Bairin and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN France’s Defense Minister has slammed Marvel’s movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” for what it calls a “false and misleading representation” of French troops. “I strongly condemn this false and misleading representation of our Armed Forces,” French defense minister Sébastien Lecornu tweeted on Sunday. In the franchise’s second installment,
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer’s ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the Champions League final in Paris last May. The failed security operation put the lives of Liverpool and Real Madrid fans at risk. The investigation panel writes in a 220-page document,
Continue ReadingBy Faraz Javed, Jon Austin Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — Snowboarding enthusiasts took over Detroit’s Hart Plaza as Red Bull’s Heavy Metal competition kicked off. The snowboarding competition made a return after a 19-year hiatus. Around 40 professional athletes from all over the world took part in the one-day event.
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday defended the shootdowns of three unidentified objects in as many days even as it acknowledged that officials had no indication the objects were intended for surveillance in the same manner as the high-altitude Chinese balloon that traversed American airspace earlier this month.
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By Christian Balderas Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KSBW) — In an aerial survey conducted in 2022, U.S. Forest Services found 12,000 acres of dead trees in the Los Padres National Forest due to overgrown vegetation and the state’s ongoing drought. Forest Services surveyed 2.6 million acres of private, state and
Continue Reading By DEEPTI HAJELA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into scooter riders in New York City on Monday, injuring at least eight people before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following a mileslong pursuit. At
Continue ReadingBy Lysée Mitri Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A family said they were attacked after getting caught up in the middle of a sideshow on their way home in Sacramento and video shared on social media shows some of the scary moments. “We definitely all were fearing for our
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a coolant leak on a supply ship docked to the station. It was the second such leak at a docked Russian craft in two months. The Soyuz capsule was to be launched in
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