By PATRICK DAMP Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — An employee of Pittsburgh Public Schools was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an underage girl. According to the criminal complaint, Bryan Deering is now facing several felony charges including statutory sexual assault, sexual assault, indecent assault, corruption of minors, and selling
Continue Reading
By Matt Foster and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — The organizers of the Mexico City Marathon are investigating reports of “unsportsmanlike conduct” at August’s race following reports of cheating at the event. The Sports Institute of Mexico City (INDEPORTE) said it is “proceeding to identify those cases where participants … have demonstrated an unsportsmanlike attitude
Continue Reading
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Shares of Apple fell by 2.9% on Thursday following reports that China plans to expand a ban on the use of iPhones to government-backed agencies and companies. Investors are fretting over the ability of the world’s most valuable public company to do business in the world’s second-largest
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The phrase “pension benefits” may come up a lot in the next several days as negotiations between the United Auto Workers union and the Big Three automakers go down to the wire to avert a strike. But for most private-sector US workers, pensions disappeared long ago. In
Continue ReadingBy TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press For many bird watchers — novices and experts alike — this fall’s migration will have a soundtrack. Merlin, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is just one popular and free app that can identify birds just by their sound. You don’t have to see them to realize from their
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Democratic Florida state attorney is challenging her suspension by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Monique Worrell filed the petition against DeSantis with the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday. The former top prosecutor for the Orlando area says the governor’s order is invalid since it fails to show how she neglected her
Continue ReadingBy Shanti Lerner Click here for updates on this story Utah (KSTU) — A Scheels manager and a young Utah boy having a conversation about fishing led to a touching gesture that will last a lifetime. Patrick Palepoi talks to people all day. It’s his job. Palepoi, a resident of Orem, works as the fishing
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Jismary Alejandra Barboza González, la niña venezolana de 3 años que se dirigía a Chicago en un autobús patrocinado por Texas, murió a causa de una infección bacteriana y neumonía por aspiración, junto con diarrea y vómitos, dijo el forense del condado de Marion, Illinois, Troy Cannon a CNN en un comunicado.
Continue Reading
By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Thursday ramped up pressure on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to approve its request to tie aid for Ukraine with increased disaster relief funding ahead of a government funding showdown. “Lives are at stake across a wide range of urgent, bipartisan priorities for the American people
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — California lawmakers have cleared a bill that would explicitly ban caste discrimination in the state, sending it to the governor’s desk for signature. State senators passed a bill on Tuesday that specifies caste as a subset of ancestry in the state’s civil rights statutes, which would give residents legal
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Tavss Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSTU) — A driver on her way to grab lunch Wednesday was surprised to see so many cars pulling over in front of her for no apparent reason. It wasn’t until later that night that the driver realized she was the unintended
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Miami-Dade police investigators are searching for a cruise passenger who was last seen aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship on Labor Day, authorities in Florida and the passenger’s sister said “Kevin McGrath, 26 years old, was last seen in the area of Port of Miami,” a
Continue ReadingBy KIM HUDSON Click here for updates on this story WILLOW GROVE, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education in Willow Grove, Pa. was the first in the world to identify a new synthetic opioid that researchers say is more potent than fentanyl. A researcher opened a safe they said contained
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Marion Click here for updates on this story PROVO, Utah (KSTU) — Hill Air Force personnel have determined a World War II-era bomb dug up by Provo excavation crews to pose no threat and was safely disposed of Tuesday afternoon. The excavation crews were working near 1860 South Novell Place when they unearthed
Continue ReadingBENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Officials say health risks due to high lead levels in drinking water in a majority Black and impoverished Michigan city were not taken quickly to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leadership. The EPA Office of Inspector General said in a report Thursday that staff monitoring the state’s response to lead levels
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look into the life of musician and songwriter Bruce Springsteen. Personal Birth date: September 23, 1949 Birth place: Freehold, New Jersey Birth name: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen Father: Douglas Springsteen, bus driver Mother: Adele (Zerilli) Springsteen, legal secretary Marriages: Patti Scialfa (June 8, 1991-present); Julianne Phillips (May 13,
Continue ReadingOpinion by Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — I spent nine years in the NFL. I was knocked unconscious several times. One time, I didn’t remember what happened until I saw it on film the next day. I came away with a titanium plate and four screws in my neck. On many days, I wake up feeling
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — That jawn is getting in the dictionary. Dictionary.com is adding a bunch of new words, and longtime Philadelphia regional slang term jawn is one of them. It’s on the list posted on Dictionary.com, right above “nepo baby.” Jawn, of course, can mean
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press A partial building collapse in Iowa that killed three people in May was caused by the removal of brick and inadequate shoring of the 116-year-old structure, according to a report released by officials Thursday. The 113-page investigative report by two engineering companies also blamed the collapse on an improper understanding
Continue Reading By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — There are many reasons why gas prices could shoot up in the near future, but the Biden administration’s ban on oil drilling on millions of acres in Alaska in unlikely to be one of them. The ban, announced on Wednesday, cancels seven Trump-era oil and gas leases
Continue Reading