COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old is involved in the weekend shooting that killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth in South Carolina’s capital city. It was apparently the culmination of a yearslong squabble involving a burglary. The youth and two 17-year-old suspects all face three counts of murder and other charges. The
Continue ReadingBy Jill Lamkins Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KMTV) — Hidden away in a local cemetery, the Omaha Bee Club has an apiary dedicated to helping newcomers try out beekeeping. But after a theft, the board of directors were left shocked when all these items were taken: A riding lawn mower,
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Hegarty Click here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) — Across the country, shortages are causing ambulances to stay on the road longer than they should. In Council Bluffs and Fremont, emergency departments told 3 News Now that ambulance manufacturers have told them to place new orders 18 months to
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees in the Brazilian Amazon that she and her family have rights to tap for latex. That’s why she watched in pain and anger last week as two of them were badly damaged
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By David Medina Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — A Smithville School District elementary school teacher is accused of shooting his wife and shooting and killing his stepson, a Staley High School student, on Sunday in the Northland. Steven L. Woods, is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with paintball fights after the 2020 presidential election has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Tuesday
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By Tod Palmer Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — The Jackson County Legislature passed a resolution Monday that urges Missouri Gov. Mike Parson not to pardon convicted former Kansas City, Missouri, Police Det. Eric DeValkenaere, who shot and killed Cameron Lamb nearly four years ago. County legislators Manny Abarca
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Musa al-Gharbi (CNN) — On Wednesday night, the Republican Party will hold the second debate in its primary contest. The decisive frontrunner for the nomination, Donald Trump, has once again declined to participate. Instead, the former president will deliver a primetime campaign speech in Detroit to an audience including current and former members of the United Auto Workers union. The
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By Paula Newton, CNN Ottawa (CNN) — Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons Anthony Rota resigned his post Tuesday, days after he praised a Ukrainian veteran who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. On Friday, following a joint address to parliament by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Rota lauded Yaroslav Hunka,
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden joined a picket line of autoworkers in Michigan on Tuesday, the historic moment offered a preview of next year’s election and underscored the president’s longtime commitment to a worker-centric economy. Biden was visiting a day ahead of the 2024 Republican frontrunner, former President Donald Trump,
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By ITAY HOD Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Drive through what locals call Deep East Oakland and there will be street after street lined with cars that haven’t been driven in years. Few people know this area better than Candice Elder and Duaine Beamon. Their nonprofit, East Oakland Collective,
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By Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Sgt. Karl Casperson has found guns, tools, jewelry, cars, and boats in the Snake River and in other bodies of water in the area. He is the dive team leader for the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office Aquatic Rescue and
Continue ReadingFernando Almánzar (CNN Español) — El Ministerio del Interior (Mininter) de Perú emitió este lunes un comunicado anunciando que ofrece una recompensa de 500.000 soles (unos US$ 132.400) a cambio de información que conduzca al paradero de Héctor Guerrero Flores, más conocido como “Niño Guerrero”. Las autoridades incluyeron a Guerrero Flores -presunto líder del “Tren
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By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks tumbled Tuesday after a slew of economic data stoked fears about the US economy’s cloudy outlook and further interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. The benchmark S&P 500 index slid 1.5%, logging its lowest close since June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 388 points,
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story SALMON, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A group of Salmon High School students spelling out a racial slur on their shirts behind a mixed-race girl is causing an uproar, causing some parents to say that it’s indicative of a bigger problem at the school. The now-deleted
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Unions representing Nigeria’s government workers have announced they will go on strike starting next week to demand pay raises and to protest the austerity measures of the country’s newly elected government. The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress represent hundreds of thousands of government
Continue ReadingDELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the case against a northern Indiana man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls has dismissed as “fanciful” a recent court filing by the man’s attorneys contending the girls actually died as part of a ritual sacrifice. The Carroll County prosecutor commented in a document filed
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The seven candidates on stage for Wednesday night’s second presidential debate went after President Joe Biden, one another and the absent GOP front-runner. The at-times chaotic event featured staple questions about immigration, economics and abortion but also spawned a new nickname for Donald Trump, included some cringey sexual references and kept
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer WNBA player Chiney Ogwumike has been named to the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. The White House announced the appointment on Tuesday. The council, which was first announced by Vice President Kamala Harris at the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, will be chaired by
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid.” Sima Bahouse is the head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality. She has told the U.N. Security
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