By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA Associated Press CHIANG SAEN, Thailand (AP) — Family members, monks and friends watched from a boat Monday as the ashes of one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand in 2018 were released into the Mekong River. Seventeen-year-old Duangphet Phromthep died last month while attending a sports
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By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA Associated Press CHIANG SAEN, Thailand (AP) — Family members, monks and friends watched from a boat Monday as the ashes of one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand in 2018 were released into the Mekong River. Seventeen-year-old Duangphet Phromthep died last month while attending a sports
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher Monday to add a bit more to Wall Street’s newfound strength. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in morning trading after coming off its first winning week in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 118 points, or
Continue ReadingBy ALEX KELLER Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON (KTVT) — As Meadowbrook Park’s 100-year anniversary approaches, the City of Arlington is asking residents to weigh in on some proposed improvements. Meadowbrook was the first park to ever open in Arlington back in 1924. Including the park itself, the golf course, and the
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Samantha Beech, CNN At least seven people have been injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City thought to have been caused by a lithium-ion battery, according to fire officials. A civilian and an emergency services worker were seriously injured, and five firefighters received
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — British conductor Daniel Harding has been named music director of Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, starting in the fall of 2024. The 47-year-old Harding, who has a second career as an Air France pilot, had an unusually young start as a conductor and will arrive at
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Members of the Chicago Fire Department were among the thousands who braved the frigid waters of Lake Michigan for the Polar Plunge Sunday morning. The Plunge first began 23 years ago with a much smaller group taking part. “In about 2000 a
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Howard County residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for new rental assistance to avoid losing their homes. Applications for the rental assistance can be submitted through an online portal from March 6 to March 10. The county announced new
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said. The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday and were travelling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. The FBI San Antonio
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — On a 1989 audio recording crackling with static, an inmate is barely audible as he offers his last words before he is executed in Virginia’s electric chair. “I would like to express that what is about to take place … is a murder,”
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story AMHERST (WBZ) — Officials at UMass Amherst are warning of a growing TikTok drinking trend after dozens of students had to be taken by ambulance due to alcohol intoxication during the annual “Blarney Blowout” weekend near campus. Mutual aid was required and a task force
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By Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal brought by a Florida city that was sued by individuals who argued it had violated the Constitution when it held a prayer vigil in 2014 in response to a local shooting. The city of
Continue ReadingBy LI COHEN Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WWJ) — The Transportation Security Administration is issuing a renewed set of warnings to pet owners who are flying with their animal companions: “Stop sending your pets through x-ray.” The reminder comes days after someone left their pet cat in a carrying case at
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Algunas personas viajan por el mundo en busca de aventuras, mientras que otras buscan maravillas naturales, lugares de interés cultural o experiencias culinarias. Pero el fotógrafo francés François Prost buscaba algo totalmente distinto en su reciente viaje por Estados Unidos: clubes de estriptis. De Miami a Los Ángeles, el más reciente libro
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US economy may still be running fast and strong, but its risk of suddenly falling into a recession still looms large, despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned Monday. Summers told CNN’s Poppy Harlow in an interview that he expects the Fed will have to raise
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Nelson Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSTU) — Forty-four high school student teams from Utah and nine other states showed off their STEM skills at the annual Utah Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. It’s a big deal for teams like the Robo Hawks from Mount Pleasant, who had
Continue ReadingBy Laura Polacheck Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — Each year students from Pine View High School in Washington County raise money to help a student in need; it could be a child fighting cancer, or whose family has faced a natural disaster. But this year, they got a
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.15 million he owes to the US government over misrepresentations he made on his tax returns almost a decade ago, bringing to a close the former Trump campaign chairman’s financial tangles in court. Manafort hadn’t disclosed to the Treasury Department nearly
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By Spencer Joseph Click here for updates on this story PROVO, Utah (KSTU) — Kyndal Ray, a man who battled addiction and mental illness in his life, has embarked on a journey to spread the message that “your past does not define you.” Ray’s mission brought him all the way from Florida to Utah in
Continue Reading LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Two soccer fans were hurt after Leipzig supporters lit flares during a Bundesliga game against Borussia Dortmund. Leipzig says about 20 flares were lit before the start of the second half. The club says the people who were hurt were not involved in lighting the pyrotechnics. Leipzig didn’t comment on the
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