By Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — At least 14 employees for Chicago Public Schools have been accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars in federal funds. According to a report from the CPS Inspector General, the workers filed false statements through the Paycheck Protection Program – lying
Continue ReadingBy Raquel Ciampi Click here for updates on this story GRAY, Maine (WCVB) — A piece of metal impaled the windshield of a Jeep Wrangler, nearly hitting its driver on the Maine Turnpike. Images from the scene show the metal piece sticking out of the red Jeep Wrangler on the driver’s side. Officials say a
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By Alex Suckow Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Jefferson County Public Schools bus driver is retiring after winning big on the Powerball. Kentucky Lottery officials said James Keown won $100,o00 recently, and immediately told his boss, “I hit the lottery, and I’m not coming back.” Keown told officials
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by Samantha Tse, CNN (CNN) — Last week, the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival opened amid the actors’ strike that has Hollywood at a standstill, rendering the usually glitzy red carpet a more muted affair. Venice is one of the biggest events of the film festival circuit. Often seen as the launchpad to
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — “Con las condiciones que tiene, (Lionel Messi) tranquilamente puede jugar el Mundial del 2026″, consideró este martes el presidente de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), Claudio Tapia, en torno a la posible presencia del astro en la próxima edición de la máxima cita del fútbol, que se disputará en
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected of a series of suspected sexual assaults in Sacramento, California, over a decade ago, was identified and arrested through the use of investigative genetic genealogy, officials announced Tuesday. A recent cold case investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office unveiled a full DNA profile. Investigative genetic
Continue ReadingBy Raquel Ciampi Click here for updates on this story ROCKLAND, Maine (WMTW) — An officer jumped inside a stolen vehicle in Rockland to stop it from rolling away, according to officials. Rockland Police were called to a disabled car on Park Street around midnight on Monday. When they arrived, an 18-year-old jumped out of
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year. While temperatures weren’t as high as last month’s triple-digit deadly heat wave, schools in states including Michigan,
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Mitropoulos Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — An investigation into a collision between two Jaffrey Police Department cruisers has determined that one of the officers was at fault. Rindge police investigated last month’s crash on Turnpike Road. Dashboard camera footage from the cruisers obtained by News 9
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By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The shape of the sprawling Fulton County, Georgia, trial against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants began to emerge Wednesday at the first televised hearing in the case since the indictment was filed last month. The Fulton County district attorney’s office said it’s planned a four months-long trial
Continue ReadingBy Ari Hait Click here for updates on this story BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — The body of a soldier who was killed in action nearly 80 years ago is coming to Palm Beach County to finally be laid to rest. Roy Searle’s cousin, Betty Rhodes, lives in Boynton Beach. “Roy died two years before
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — The winner of America’s largest-ever Powerball jackpot of $2 billion is accumulating real estate and just bought a seven-bedroom, eleven-bathroom hilltop mansion in L.A.’s Bel Air neighborhood. Edwin Castro chose the lump sum payment of $997.6 million after winning the jackpot
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WDIV, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE, CNN By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Michigan authorities are looking for an “armed and dangerous” suspect who they say set fire to multiple state police vehicles and struck them with rifle rounds early Wednesday at the Sault Ste. Marie post. No troopers were in the vehicles when the incident occurred
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By Christina Loscar Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — A man is in jail accused of driving a car through the front doors of a county building in Downtown Winston-Salem, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said in a news release that Leanthony Sligh, Jr.,
Continue ReadingBy WBBH Staff Click here for updates on this story CAPE CORAL, Florida (WBBH) — Cape Coral Police are looking for the person responsible for a power pole landing on a school bus full of children. Police say someone drove into live wires on the corner of Jacaranda and NE 15th Place Tuesday around 9:15
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of environmental groups and conservationists is suing the state of Utah for its alleged misuse of water and failing to protect the Great Salt Lake from the brink of “ecological collapse,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit comes roughly nine months after nearly three dozen
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN BERNARDINO, California (KCAL) — A judge in San Bernardino has placed a temporary hold on the gender identification policy under debate in the Chino Valley School District Wednesday morning. The decision was made around 9:45 a.m. when Judge Thomas granted a temporary restraining order,
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Morocco’s senate president has postponed a historic visit to Israel due to health reasons. Israel officials announced the delay on Wednesday, a day before Enaam Mayara was scheduled to come Israel’s Knesset, or parliament. The visit was aimed at cementing the fledgling ties between the two countries. Israel and Morocco fully normalized
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel seven Trump-era oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and protect more than 13 million acres in the federal National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, stymieing a years-long attempt to drill in the protected region. The cancellation will affect
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