By DINA KUPFER Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (KOVR) — It’s a clean-up effort that has taken nearly a year to complete. Divers in Lake Tahoe collected more than 25,000 pounds of trash, and now some of that trash has been turned into treasure. It’s a sculpture unlike any other.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year. Alan Colie was acquitted Thursday of aggravated malicious wounding in the shooting of Tanner Cook, who runs the
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh want the federal government to take over whatever is left of the millions of dollars and other assets the convicted murderer stole and earned through his legal work. The assets have been under state control for nearly two years, but
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By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Four army officers were arrested in Burkina Faso, a military prosecutor said, a day after the country’s ruling military junta announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. Two other officers were “on the run,” according to a statement from the public prosecutor’s office at the military court in Ouagadougou,
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The Columbia City Council will vote Monday to award $25.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The exodus of ethnic Armenians this week from the region known as Nagorno-Karabakh has been a vivid and shocking tableau of fear and misery. Roads are jammed with cars lumbering with heavy loads, waiting for hours in traffic jams. People sit amid mounds of hastily packed
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Designer Gabriela Hearst marked her farewell from Chloé with a jubilant dance alongside Rio’s samba school Mangueira, showcasing a collection emphasizing modernity and femininity. Hearst leaves behind a green legacy at Chloé. Under her leadership, Chloé not only underwent a creative transformation but also embarked on
Continue ReadingBy MADELEINE WRIGHT Click here for updates on this story ELSMERE, Delaware (KYW) — A Delaware State Trooper has been indicted by a grand jury after being accused of beating a teen who tried to ding dong ditch. He is also accused of assaulting a second teen. The teen allegedly rang the trooper’s doorbell last
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois says an invasive insect called the spotted lanternfly has been confirmed in the state for the first time. The Illinois Department of Agriculture says one of the winged adult insects was reported on Sept. 16 at an undisclosed location in the state. After collecting specimens, officials confirmed Tuesday they are
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By Patrick Sung, George Ramsay and Pau Mosquera, CNN (CNN) — FC Barcelona and several of the soccer club’s current and former executives are officially being investigated as suspects for “the sustained crime of active bribery,” according to a court document obtained by CNN – the latest twist in an alleged improper payment scandal overshadowing
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A court in northern Switzerland has acquitted a former Belarusian security operative over the enforced disappearances of three of President Aleksander Lukashenko’s political opponents in the late 1990s. Judges in the northern town of Rorschach said they were not convinced that the defendant, Yuri Harauski, was involved
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 3.4 million Hyundai and Kia vehicles in the U.S. are under recall due to the risk of engine compartment fires. And it’s important for drivers to check if their car is one of them. According the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the anti-lock brake control module can
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A high-impact flood event is taking shape for the New York City area as a coastal storm moves in overnight and threatens to dump prolific amounts of rain Friday. Millions of people in the New York tri-state area face a Level 3 of 4 “moderate” risk
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Phillies fan and his emotional support animal, an alligator named WallyGator, were denied entrance to watch Philadelphia host Pittsburgh. Social media posts showed the gator on a leash with a harness with his name on it outside the stadium Wednesday. WallyGator is a working emotional support alligator owned by Joie Henney,
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Oregon (KPTV) — A student who identifies as non-binary received a big settlement from the Greater Albany Public School District after accusing the district of not doing enough to stop bullying. The bullying happened when Lior Onlay-Kelsey was 10 years old. They are now
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By Martin Goillandeau and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — A 32-year-old student has been arrested after a “targeted” shooting rampage in the Dutch city of Rotterdam left three people dead on Thursday, according to local authorities. According to police spokesman Fred Westerbeke, the shooting first erupted in a private home on the city’s Heiman Dullaert
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By Daniel Dale, Marshall Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is holding its first hearing Thursday in the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden – and Republicans on the committee have made a series of false and misleading claims, as well as some other claims that have left out
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By Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump, his adult children, and his closest business advisers could be called to testify during the civil fraud trial expected to begin next week in New York. The former president is listed on the witness lists submitted by the New York attorney general and Trump’s legal
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More than 120,000 people living in Missouri have Alzheimer’s.
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A social media influencer is among a growing number of people who have been arrested this week as looting around Philadelphia continued for a second night Wednesday in the aftermath of peaceful protests against a judge’s decision to dismiss all charges against a former Philadelphia police
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