By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — Israel Defense Forces soldiers were honored Monday in Lower Manhattan. Belev Echad, a global organization helping wounded IDF soldiers, held its annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street. Monday, they honored those injured in the war with Hamas. Yonatan Pinto said
Continue ReadingBy CAITLIN O’KANE Click here for updates on this story PRESCOTT VALLEY, California (KPIX) — In 2016, Jamal Hinton got a text from an unknown number: “Thanksgiving dinner is at my house on Nov. 24 at 3:00.” Confused, he asked who the texter was. “Your grandma,” the mystery messenger replied. Hinton, then a teen, asked
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Striking teachers in Portland, Oregon, temporarily shut down a major bridge Tuesday morning as they marched across it. KGW reported that the Portland Association of Teachers union and their supporters stopped in the middle of the Burnside Bridge for about 15 minutes. The union posted photos
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL) — Orange County prosecutors charged a Garden Grove jogger with manslaughter on Monday for shooting a homeless man who fell asleep on a sidewalk. “This is a tragic set of circumstances that unfolded in the worst possible way over a minor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission is working with other counties across Missouri to draft a new version of a law that would provide a property tax freeze for retired residents. A state law allowing a property tax freeze for seniors went into effect Aug. 28. The freeze has to be put into effect by county
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills known as the Reproductive Health Act. The package, which was signed on Tuesday, will repeal regulations aimed at abortion providers, known as TRAP laws, that critics had said were designed to close abortion providers. The package’s
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By LESLEY MARIN Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A mother and son died after an alleged drunk driver struck them down while they were on their way to a nearby grocery store in the Westlake District. Alicia Bautista and her son Elio were on their way to the grocery
Continue ReadingBy TODD FEURER Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A strike involving Amazon delivery drivers has spread to Chicago. Drivers picketed outside an Amazon warehouse Monday near 35th and Ashland. It was the latest in a string of unfair labor practice strikes that the Teamsters union began back in June. The
Continue ReadingBy ELYSSA KAUFMAN Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Vandals left antisemitic messages on former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Michigan home. According to the Anti-Defamation League of Michigan, Emanuel’s property and the Chabad of Kalamazoo, a Jewish organization, were both targeted. The word “NAZIS” was spray painted on a fence outside
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro says he’ll appeal a court ruling that blocked a state regulation to make Pennsylvania’s power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Still, the Democrat on Tuesday urged lawmakers to get to work on a better alternative. In a statement, Shapiro
Continue ReadingBy KRISTINA REX Click here for updates on this story LYNN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Lynn Police have confiscated surveillance footage and two pit bulls after an apparent attack on Cottage Street. Police told WBZ-TV they responded to the bike path near 70 Cottage Street on November 12 around 7 PM. When they arrived, they found
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — After days of silence following X owner Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic post, the NFL said Tuesday that it has conveyed its displeasure with the social media company. “The NFL unequivocally denounces all forms of hate speech and discrimination,” Brian McCarthy, the NFL’s chief spokesperson, said in a
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The financial crisis of 2008 hit Mary Kathryn Nagle differently. As a playwright and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous people centuries ago. Her play “Manahatta” juxtaposes the recent mortgage meltdown when thousands lost their homes
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By JOHN MACLAUCHLAN Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A 19-year-old after-school camp coach is being held on two felony counts of lewd and lascivious molestation. According to the arrest report, Julio Isidro molested a 9-year-old boy twice at the camp at Robert King High Park on West Flagler Street
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday. Carter was 96. She is to be buried Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Plains, Georgia, the
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has long praised a particular type of foreign leader — men he describes as “tough” and “strong,” even if they have chipped away at their countries’ democratic norms. The former president and GOP front-runner is now celebrating the newly elected leader
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ELMWOOD, Louisiana (WDSU) — We are seeing new pictures of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near Venice. There is a briefing today (Tuesday, November 21, 2023) to discuss the situation. The Main Pass Oil Gathering , Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office ,
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is resuming construction on a Michigan electric vehicle battery plant that the company postponed two months ago during a strike by the United Auto Workers union. But the automaker said that due to slowing electric vehicle sales growth, it will scale back the factory’s size, cutting the number of
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Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates was scheduled to take questions from reporters at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Aubry Killion Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Sex abuse survivors say they fear hundreds of claims filed could be at risk of unraveling. Although legislation was passed offering a window giving survivors more time to sue, they say the clock is ticking for the Louisiana Supreme Court to
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