By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The adult children of a man charged with murder in New York’s Gilgo Beach killings are “absolutely innocent bystanders that were caught up in a hellscape,” the attorney representing the children told CNN on Tuesday. The attorney, Vess Mitev, said his clients Christopher Sheridan, 34, and Victoria Heuermann, 26,
Continue ReadingBy Russell Kinsaul Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — On Monday, a 7-year-old boy died of an accidental shooting in Berkeley. Hours later, a 5-year-old girl also died of an accidental shooting in Belleville. The boy’s grandfather, 45-year-old Walter Macon, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and
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CNN, UKRAINIAN MILITARY By Olga Voitovych and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — A deadly Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk appeared to be designed to specifically target rescue workers and first responders, Ukrainian officials alleged Tuesday, a potential war crime. Nine people were killed and 82 were injured in the attack, Ukrainian
Continue ReadingBy Sofia Cox, Tatiana Arias and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — Notorious Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, also known as “Otoniel,” was sentenced to 45 years in prison Tuesday “for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise as a leader of the multibillion-dollar paramilitary and drug trafficking organization known as the Clan del Golfo,
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By Andres Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WWJ) — A Lenawee County man is suing a COVID drug manufacturer and a Washtenaw County hospital after suffering two massive strokes. Dan Nowacki’s wife Kathleen and their son Luke are now providing round-the-clock care because of what they say was a tainted
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CNN By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled a hearing for Friday at 10 a.m. ET on the scope of a protective order – the rules imposed for the handling of evidence – in the special counsel’s election subversion case against former President Donald Trump. This would
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By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORDTON, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man wanted for murder in Florida was extradited from Rutherford County on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, the Rutherford County District Attorney’s Office said. Matthew Flores was arrested in February after a chase and crash while he was driving a
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Drugmakers Sage Therapeutics and Biogen are still ironing out how much their newly approved postpartum depression medication, zuranolone, will cost once it’s made commercially available in the United States this year. Zuranolone, sold under the brand name Zurzuvae, is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2023, and the companies’ goal is for the medication
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The voting technology company Smartmatic blasted Rudy Giuliani in court filings Monday night, accusing him of fabricating “excuse after excuse” to avoid turning over documents in its massive defamation suit against him, Fox News and others who spread lies about the 2020 election. Smartmatic claimed Giuliani “half-heartedly” performed manual
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By Kelly Doty Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville sanitation worker was honored for ensuring a lone, wandering toddler made it home safely. According to a post on the Asheville City Government Facebook page, Jon Webb was collecting brush when he noticed an unaccompanied small child walking
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CNN, WABC By Melanie Hicken, Blake Ellis, Curt Devine, Pamela Brown and Scott Bronstein (CNN) — The then-leader of the US Coast Guard covered up an explosive investigation four years ago into rapes and sexual assaults at the agency’s academy despite prior plans by top officials to come clean about the inquiry, a CNN investigation
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s elections chief says the 10 Republican state senators who had more than 10 unexcused absences during a walkout in the most recent legislative session can’t run for reelection in 2024. Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade made the announcement Tuesday in a bid to clear up confusion over reelection rules following
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled a sweeping list of public safety issues he wants lawmakers to address during an upcoming special session. The special session was prompted by a shocking Nashville school shooting earlier this year that resulted in the deaths of
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View a livestream of firefighters putting out the fire in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters on Tuesday responded to a barn fire in the 9600 block of Highway 40 in Boone County. The right side of a barn completely collapsed and the left side of it caved in. University of Missouri spokesman
Continue ReadingBy Eric Naktin Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Monday morning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled against Hawaii’s ban on owning butterfly knives. A lawsuit had been opened, it went to the Ninth Circuit and the ruling was the ban was constitutional. With the decision, people who want to
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Ni en España, ni en Colombia ni en Tailandia salen aún del asombro por el crimen de Edwin Arrieta en el país asiático y por el que está acusado el español Daniel Sancho. Dada la gravedad de los hechos de los que es acusado Sancho, el temor de muchos en España
Continue ReadingBy Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story SHIAWASSEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A former Owosso Charter Township Treasurer is being charged with six felonies for embezzlement. The Shiawassee County Sheriff’s office made the announcement on Tuesday, Aug. 8. An investigation was initiated when several years of personal property tax shortages were discovered
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County voters hit the polls on Tuesday and shot down the Missouri River Regional Library’s request for a renovation. Proposition Library asked voters to approve a tax increase to 35 cents per $100 on assessed property. The money would have been used to renovate and expand the library building in
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — People in Alaska’s capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam outbursts like the one that destroyed at least two homes over the weekend. But the most recent flood was surprising for how quickly the water moved as the surging Mendenhall River
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies are vowing to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the U.N. Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council Tuesday that Syrian
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