By Nicole Crites Click here for updates on this story CHANDLER, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — Since the start of the school year, we have been tracking a concerning handful of teen suicides and attempts at Valley high schools. There were more suicides last year across America than any other year on record. It’s the second
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CNN By Mary Gilbert and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Idalia remained an active threat to the Southeast on Wednesday afternoon, but it has already left its mark on history, proving to be a once-in-a-lifetime storm for parts of Florida. Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 125
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lovingood, Jack Hagel, Matt Talhelm Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — Zijie Yan, the professor killed Monday in a in a high-profile shooting in a UNC-Chapel Hill lab building, was remembered by colleagues and mentors Tuesday as a prolific researcher and accomplished scientist in a cutting-edge field. The
Continue ReadingBy Curadhan Powell Click here for updates on this story SPENCER COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — The Taylorsville Police Department took a suspect into custody accused of threatening a school in Spencer County on Tuesday. A letter was sent to parents by Spencer County Public Schools. It said that they had been made aware of a
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Even though President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was blocked by the Supreme Court earlier this year, his administration is moving forward with more targeted student debt cancellations allowed under existing programs. The Department of Education said Wednesday that it is canceling $72 million in federal student
Continue ReadingBy Destinee Patterson Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — For the students and staff on the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus, those scary hours in lockdown will not be forgotten – nor will the victim, Professor Zijie Yan. Now, students are turning to each other for comfort. Parents
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida (WESH) — A manatee took advantage of a Florida man’s flooded lawn after Hurricane Idalia tore through early Wednesday. A video taken by David Eisenhauer, of Port Charlotte, shows a manatee eating the grass on someone’s property that had been flooded by
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Watch a livestream of the game in the webplayer above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge Bruins and Smith-Cotton Tigers are still in search of their first 2023 wins after suffering losses in week one. The two teams will meet Friday in our SportsZone Football Friday game of the week. Starting year two under head
Continue ReadingBy Erin Lowrey Click here for updates on this story PLAQUEMINES PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — An 18-year-old accused of purposefully hitting a Plaquemines Parish deputy with an ATV last year is due in court for trial on Wednesday. Reginald Hamilton’s trial begins with jury selection. The entire trial is expected to last about three days
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WBAL) — A portion of Spa Creek is closed Tuesday after a sewer pipe broke, spilling 300,000 gallons of sewage in an Annapolis neighborhood. City officials sent a statement to 11 News, saying the sewage spilled in the area of Heritage Court near
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Robinson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — An increase in violence often running along racial lines can leave members of targeted communities experiencing their own trauma. Recent acts of violence have directly affected Asian and Black and brown people, as well as the LGBTQIA+ and Jewish communities. African
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By Angela Williams Click here for updates on this story RICHLAND, Mississippi (WAPT) — Richland police said woman is accused of setting up a drug operation that involved selling narcotics at the drive-through window of a fast-food restaurant. Brandi Jo Luke was arrested Friday at the restaurant where she worked, according to a post on
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion in one year, lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office alleged as part of their civil fraud lawsuit against the former president, his adult sons
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Police west of Toronto on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road. Halton Regional Police said they received a call around 6:15 a.m. reporting the bee crates had come loose from a truck and spilled onto Guelph Line,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Idalia tocó tierra como un peligroso huracán categoría 3 en el área de Big Bend, en el noroeste de Florida, la mañana de este miércoles. El ciclón tropical batió récords, mientras deja un rastro mortal de destrucción debido a los fuertes vientos, lluvias torrenciales y marejadas ciclónicas catastróficas. Huracán Idalia en Florida
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators are defending and praising a state Supreme Court justice for suing to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public comments that she says are protected by the First Amendment. They spoke on Wednesday at a Legislative
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 9/11 Commission, whose report was released on July 22, 2004. Facts The Commission was created to provide a “complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.” The official name of the 9/11 Commission is the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Some 3.6 million salaried workers would newly qualify for overtime pay under a proposed rule unveiled by the US Department of Labor on Wednesday. It would guarantee overtime pay of at least time-and-a-half for most salaried workers earning less than $1,059 a week, or about $55,000 a year. The
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, CHRISTINE FERNANDO and ALI SWENSON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked during last week’s GOP presidential debate whether he would support nationwide abortion restrictions, he instead offered a startling anecdote. “I know a lady in Florida named Penny,” he said. “She survived multiple abortion attempts.
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of Hurricane Franklin are lashing Bermuda as the Category 2 storm charges past the island located in the north Atlantic Ocean. Franklin had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and was located some 145 miles north-northwest of Bermuda late Wednesday afternoon. It was moving northeast at
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