By Stephanie Susskind Click here for updates on this story MARTIN COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — Students in Martin County will get a little more sleep next year. The district is pushing start times back as part of an effort to comply with a new state law. How much of a difference does 10 minutes make?
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden supporters would rather he win Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New Hampshire. State Democratic leaders want that too. But the trick for everyone involved has been figuring out how to make that happen since the president’s name doesn’t appear on the ballot. That’s left the state’s Democratic establishment trying to
Continue ReadingBy Bryna Zumer Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE COUNTY, Maryland (WMAR) — Baltimore County is piloting a new mobile crisis team focused on fighting overdoses, thanks to a $12.7 million federal grant. The “Quick Response Team” will initially operate two days a week. It will deploy specially-trained EMS staff and peer recovery
Continue ReadingBy Shaun Boyd Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — A Colorado father, driven by grief, is pushing to make Colorado among the first states in the country to regulate the sale of sodium nitrite. The preservative, used to cure meat, is deadly in its concentrated form, which is widely available online
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The University of Pennsylvania announced the novel experiment Thursday, a different spin on animal-to-human organ transplants. In this case, the pig liver
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By Bella Line Click here for updates on this story NAPLES, Florida (WFTX) — The United Soccer League (USL) is bringing a soccer team to Naples at its new $150 million stadium at the Paradise Sports Complex. USL 1 has teams all over the country, in cities like Charleston and Knoxville for the southeast, but
Continue ReadingBy Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — A man is in jail after he allegedly killed someone by beating him repeatedly with firewood. According to a police affidavit, it happened around 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 13. When police arrived, there was a man laying in the front
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Court documents state that Columbia police responded to a call at Douglass Park where they found a victim with stab cuts to his head and neck.
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By Larissa Scott Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — Colorectal cancer rates are rising among younger adults. “There has been a significant increase in the number of new cases in people with colon cancer under the age of 55,” said Dr. David Berger, certified pediatrician at Wholistic Pediatrics &
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Selena Gomez and David Henrie are bringing some magic back to the Disney Channel. The former “Wizards of Waverly Place” costars are reuniting to executive produce and appear in a new pilot episode serving as a sequel to the flagship series, Disney Branded Television announced on Thursday. “We’re back,”
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By Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story MANHATTAN BEACH, California (KCAL) — Koa the police K-9 retired this week from his job with the Manhattan Beach Police Department after 7 years of service with the city and the South Bay community. The department announced the German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois mix’s “well
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a block on the enforcement of a Texas law requiring vendors to evaluate and rate the sexual content of books they sell or have sold to schools. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans says opponents of
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE, ADRIAN SAINZ and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new layer of ice formed over parts of Tennessee on Thursday after a deadly storm blanketed the state in snow and sent temperatures plummeting earlier this week — part of a broader bout of bitter cold sweeping the country
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ARDEN HILLS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A man was sentencing Wednesday in a carjacking case that involved a dog being thrown out of a car window. It happened in Arden Hills in February 2023. Investigators say deputies were trying to stop carjacking suspects when someone threw
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, Paul Doyle, confirmed to The Associated Press. A cause of death was not known yet. Barber had been experiencing
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una empresa de autobuses chárter contratada por el estado de Texas para transportar migrantes a Chicago está tratando de cambiar el guión sobre la crisis fronteriza en una demanda federal contra la ciudad argumentando que la ordenanza que prohíbe dejar migrantes sin previo aviso es inconstitucional y castiga a las empresas
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference against Donald Trump has rejected his lawyers’ bid to hold special counsel Jack Smith’s team in contempt for actions prosecutors took after the judge put the case on hold. But the judge said Thursday that no further “substantive” court filings should be submitted without
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — A breakaway team of Cuban players who defected from the country had their club debut delayed this week when the Colombian government canceled a tournament there. Players with the Cuban Professional Baseball Federation, or FEPCUBE, say Colombia nixed the tournament over opposition to the Cuban team’s
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off the Atlantic, the reef’s size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology
Continue ReadingBy Shelley Bortz Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The grandparents of 1-year-old Iris Alfera are sharing their story after the little girl died of acetone poisoning seven months ago. Last week, police arrested her father’s girlfriend. KDKA-TV’s Shelley Bortz spoke to the grandparents who tell her they not only want
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