By Alexandria Williams Click here for updates on this story PERKINS, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A teacher in Payne County left school property in handcuffs on Thursday for allegedly being under the influence of alcohol. The Perkins Police Department said school officials started having suspicions of Kimberly Coates’ behavior in the afternoon. Coates is a third-grade
Continue ReadingBy Nate Eaton Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — An SUV missing for months was recovered and pulled out of the Snake River in Idaho Falls on Tuesday. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Aquatic Rescue Team found the GMC Envoy under the water near the Veterans War Memorial on Memorial
Continue ReadingBy BEN TRACY, ANALISA NOVAK Click here for updates on this story PANAMA CANAL (KOVR) — A severe drought is threatening shipping on the vital Panama Canal, which is responsible for moving 40% of the world’s cargo ship traffic. About two-thirds of the canal’s traffic is either headed for — or leaving — the United
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Preliminary testing of wastewater in the United States has detected the new highly mutated coronavirus variant BA.2.86, according to a risk assessment posted Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC did not give details on where the positive wastewater sample had been collected but said
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says an army helicopter crashed during a training mission in a forest east of Beirut, killing two crew members and injuring one. The army, in a terse statement, said the helicopter crashed Wednesday night near the mountain town of Hammana. It gave no further details. Lebanon is in the
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Khalafi Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — On Friday, a monsoon storm tore through the Las Vegas Boat Harbor at Lake Mead, causing significant damage. The storm was separate from Tropical Storm Hilary, which moved through the area on Saturday. “We’ve seen some pretty bad storms here,
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have declared the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights group an extremist organization. The move Wednesday against Viasna — founded by imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, comes amid a yearslong crackdown on dissent in Belarus and exposes anyone involved in its
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s police commissioner says a police officer who shot and killed a driver sitting in his car last week is being suspended and will be fired. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Wednesday that Officer Mark Dial will be suspended with intent to dismiss him in 30 days for refusing to cooperate in
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on the Biden administration to reject Colombia’s request for extradition of a former warlord after he was named a peace envoy in the South American nation. Salvatore Mancuso completed a 12-year cocaine trafficking sentence in 2020 and has been
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A Rochester, New York, woman who spent 25 years in prison for murder before being exonerated will be laid to rest Friday. Betty Tyson died last week in a Rochester hospital following a heart attack. Her sister confirmed the death Wednesday and said Thomas was 75 years old and had
Continue ReadingTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will require school districts to offer free menstrual products for grades six through 12 under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Wednesday. Murphy, a Democrat, said in a statement that the measure is aimed at promoting equity “at every level” in the state. “When students can’t access the
Continue ReadingBy JESSE ZANGER, ALI BAUMAN Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police who were investigating a potential kidnapping in Queens Tuesday have arrested the mother of the 5-year-old. Kimberly Pijuan, 30, faces charges of acting in a manner injurious to a child. The NYPD scoured Jackson Heights for hours Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The mother of a Miami girl who has been missing since late last year was accused two years ago of abandoning her in a hospital. On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert for four-year-old Carolina Rodriguez
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A hard-working TSA dog who serves at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas has been named a finalist for the agency’s “Cutest Canine” contest. According to TSA, Dina is a three-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer and works with her handler
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL, KCBS) — A dump truck full of dirt and concrete was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in an Arcadia intersection, causing road closures in the area as cleanup and an investigation are underway. The accident happened around 9 a.m. Wednesday at Santa Anita
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Young Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY (KCNC) — Four books centering around LGBTQ themes are facing calls to be banned from Douglas County Libraries. The controversy surrounds a picture book called “The Hips on The Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish,” and three young adult books: “All Boys Aren’t
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — A man facing eviction opened fire at officers from inside a Pittsburgh home Wednesday, shooting down police drones and prompting evacuations in the neighborhood, in a gunbattle and siege that lasted much of the day and ended with authorities saying he was dead. City emergency medical service responders pronounced the man dead
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government officials on Wednesday started cracking down on co-founders of the virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, just days after a federal judge decided that the government had the authority to sanction them. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Roman Semenov of Russia, one of
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Deep-sea octopuses are typically solitary creatures that inhabit frigid waters in one of Earth’s most challenging environments. The 2018 discovery of thousands of the eight-legged cephalopods about 2 miles below the ocean’s surface flummoxed and fascinated marine scientists in equal measure. The consortium of octopuses clustered around a hydrothermal vent
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Today: A Weather Alert Day remains in effect for high temperatures in the upper 90s and the heat index stretching from 105 to upwards of 115 this afternoon. Tonight: Overnight conditions remain warm in the 70s with mugginess lingering. Extended: A Weather Alert Day has been extended throughout Friday afternoon lasting until 8 PM as
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