By ANNIE GIMBEL Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — The State Fair of Texas opens in two weeks, and Big Tex is sporting a pair of new boots for fans to marvel at. Artist Jessica Bonilla of Irving created the winning design, beating hundreds of other applicants from across the country.
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The plane flown by the husband of Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola was carrying a load of moose meat from a remote hunting camp when it crashed, killing him earlier this week, authorities said. Eugene Peltola Jr., 57, was the only person aboard the small plane when it crashed late Tuesday.
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By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — A chaotic week on Capitol Hill yielded no serious progress as Congress stares down a spending deadline at the end of the month with lawmakers acknowledging a government shutdown is not only possible at this point, but may soon be inevitable. That’s particularly true
Continue ReadingBy DARIUS JOHNSON Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Little Village neighborhood is gearing up for the annual Mexican Independence Day parade and celebration this weekend. This year, for the first time, all of the fun is happening on the actual holiday. It’s going to bring about 400,000 to Little
Continue ReadingBy Ayron Lewallen Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — Nineteen Wenonah High School students made it their mission to create a sense of community. They handed out 100 fresh-baked sweet potato pies in remembrance of the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. The pies were served to
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican presidential primary even as he’s refused to endorse a federal ban on abortion. That’s allowed some top rivals to get to the right of him on one of the issues that most
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Sioux Falls mayor announced a “strategic pause” in the city’s plans to ditch an arsenic-contaminated menagerie of more than 150 taxidermy animals that fill a now-closed natural history museum at the state’s largest zoo. Mayor Paul TenHaken says Friday in a news release that he has created a group
Continue ReadingBy ALEX GLAZE Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore grandmother was sentenced to four years in prison for failing to secure the gun that her 9-year-old grandson was carrying when he fatally shot 15-year-old NyKayla Strawder on Aug. 6, 2022. April Gaskins, 55, was convicted on charges of Reckless
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Keck Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville Metro Police Department traffic guard had to have part of her leg amputated after she was hit by a semitrailer last week. Gertrude Schaftlein, 84, was working her assigned intersection at Cane Run Road and Bridwell Drive last Wednesday
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Las esculturas de bronce del artista colombiano Fernando Botero, fallecido a los 91 años, son inconfundibles. Mujeres, niños, hombres, animales, todos en bronce y con sus características figuras voluptuosas adornan las plazas y museos de varias ciudades en Latinoamérica y el mundo. Algunos lugares del mundo con obras de Fernando Botero
Continue ReadingJOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities don’t expect any lingering problems related to Thursday’s explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off and any residue was contained. No one was hurt in the blast at Union Pacific’s massive railyard in
Continue ReadingGREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal jury in a civil trial has found a Tennessee police officer not at fault or liable for fatally shooting a man in 2019. A U.S. District Court jury in Greeneville reached the verdict Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the family of 33-year-old Channara Tom Pheap, who was fatally
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By Nick Remsen and Alex Rees, CNN New York City (CNN) — Few fashion labels conjure a picturesque — and aspirational — vision of gilded Americana quite like Ralph Lauren. The brand captures and diffuses the pillars of a certain kind of luxe lifestyle: Countryside retreats with equestrian flair, coastal getaways with cable-knit jumpers tied
Continue ReadingBy KRISTINA REX Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A video posted to social media in Manchester’s first week of school prompted safety concern from hundreds of parents. The video shows kids riding the school bus home, and it appears so crowded that some kids are sitting in the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers. Biden expressed sympathy Friday for the union by suggesting the Big 3 automakers should share their “record profits.” The Democratic president says “no one wants to
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers. Biden expressed sympathy Friday for the union by suggesting the Big 3 automakers should share their “record profits.” The Democratic president says “no one wants to
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CNN Opinion by Robert J. Spitzer (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on Thursday, became the first child of a US commander-in-chief to be indicted. Special counsel David Weiss charged Hunter Biden with two counts of lying when filling out a form for a federal handgun permit and one count of illegally possessing a gun on account
Continue ReadingOpinion by Robert J. Spitzer (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on Thursday, became the first child of a US commander-in-chief to be indicted. Special counsel David Weiss charged Hunter Biden with two counts of lying when filling out a form for a federal handgun permit and one count of illegally possessing a gun on account of
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By Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story UNION COUNTY, North Carolina (WYFF) — A suspect is in custody after stealing an ambulance from a South Carolina hospital and leading officers on a chase that spanned two counties, officials said Thursday. The ambulance was stolen from Spartanburg Medical Center – Mary Black Campus,
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Moberly authorities issued an advisory for a missing 73-year-old man Friday.
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