By Crystal Tisme Click here for updates on this story BRANDON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A Brandon man has won accolades for a screenplay he wrote that he had been dreaming about for 40 years. Will Sims, owner and Founder of Rauch Films and Tru-Spot Technologies has won several awards across the country and internationally for
Continue ReadingBy Josh Copitch Click here for updates on this story SPRECKELS, California (KSBW) — Spreckels Union School District has settled with a mother who claims teachers secretly manipulated her 11-year-old daughter into changing her gender identity and name. Jessica Konen, a mother whose child attended Buena Vista Middle School, filed a lawsuit against the school
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers. Several high school sports reports written by an AI service called LedeAI and
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President Joe Biden was scheduled Wednesday afternoon to give remarks about Hurricane Idalia as the storm continues to track through the Southeast.
Continue ReadingBy Josh Copitch Click here for updates on this story HOLLISTER, California (KSBW) — Three vicious dogs that had been attacking neighborhood cats in Hollister have been captured. On Monday, animal control officers said the dogs appear to be a mother with her two young pups, all are believed to be pit bulls. Some are
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Retired San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is working to complete his college degree 15 years after last taking a class at Florida State. He has a year’s worth of online coursework remaining to finish his degree in social science. He plans to take two
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington. As seen on video from a local news station, the
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — About 1 in 4 women may experience irregular heartbeats after menopause, with insomnia and stressful life events being contributing factors, a new study has found. This health issue is known as atrial fibrillation or AFib, an irregular, quivering or often very rapid heart rhythm resulting from the heart’s upper
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has condemned Israel’s airstrike on the international airport of the northern city of Aleppo earlier this week putting it out of service saying such attacks will eventually face retaliation. Hossein Amirabdollahian made his comments during a joint news conference with his Syrian counterpart
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gusty winds and low humidity have brought a high risk of wildfires to the interior of Northern California. Pacific Gas & Electric proactively cut electricity early Wednesday to about 8,400 customers in small parts of eight counties, mostly in the western Sacramento
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By Mike TeSelle Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A special joint session of the Legislature took place Tuesday morning, with several California State University administrators on the hot seat. Lawmakers spoke with administrators about how their campuses handled Native American artifacts and human remains. The joint legislative committee is
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El huracán Idalia seguía siendo una amenaza activa para el sureste de Estados Unidos este miércoles por la tarde, pero ya dejó su huella en la historia, demostrando ser un evento único en la vida para algunas partes de Florida. Idalia tocó tierra como un huracán de categoría 3 con vientos sostenidos
Continue ReadingBy Andy Weber Click here for updates on this story KINGFISHER, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Attorneys for a former Kingfisher football player alleging abuse and hazing want the Oklahoma Supreme Court to take up their case. They want Oklahoma’s highest court to compel the school district to fire their head football coach. For some time now,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) imputó este miércoles por primera vez a un excomandante del Ejército colombiano como posible “autor de crímenes de guerra y de lesa humanidad”. La Sala de Reconocimiento de Verdad y de Responsabilidad acusó al general retirado Mario Montoya de haber cometido 130 ejecuciones
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This Afternoon: Temperatures remain below average as highs climb into the lower 80s. Skies will be mostly sunny with very high levels of pollen expected. Tonight: Lows will be noticeably cool in the mid-50s as skies remain mostly clear. Winds persist out of the northeast at 4-8 mph. Extended: The rest of the week sees
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — In a matchup that could be an insight into the future of women’s tennis, Coco Gauff overcame Mirra Andreeva in straight sets to advance into the third round of the US Open. In the battle of the teenagers, 19-year-old Gauff beat 16-year-old Andreeva 6-3 6-2 and never looked out
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By Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky. The incident is similar to an episode McConnell experienced at the US Capitol late last month and is likely to raise additional
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China has lashed out at the United States, saying a U.S. military transfer to Taiwan is a violation of U.S. commitments under its “one-China” policy. The statement comes after the Biden administration approved the first-ever U.S. military transfer to Taiwan under a program generally reserved for
Continue ReadingOpinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — It’s been more than a week since Spain’s historic victory over England in the Women’s World Cup final, and the woman now on everyone’s lips was nowhere near the pitch that day. The spotlight is on Ángeles Béjar, the mother of Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Republican wants exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Jamie Corley of suburban St. Louis filed constitutional amendments Wednesday to allow abortions in cases of rape, incest and fatal abnormalities until fetal viability. Viability is typically around 24 weeks. Corley also proposed allowing abortions
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