By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story COLUMBUS, North Carolina (WLOS) — Law enforcement officers responded to false reports of an active shooter at Polk County High School on Monday. The school was just one of several across the state that reported hoax calls. Schools in Caldwell, Cleveland, Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI and DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writers KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to one-year deals with quarterback Carson Wentz and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday, giving them a backup for Patrick Mahomes and some depth in
Continue ReadingBy Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS (eastidahonews.com) — A man celebrating his 94th birthday at a local restaurant with his family last Monday would’ve died had another patron not been there to come to his aid. Ty Erickson, an OB-GYN at Rosemark Women Care in Idaho Falls, revived
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer There were plenty of people at a movie theater in central Iowa on Monday night, though very few of them were watching an actual movie. They were there to see Caitlin Clark. And they weren’t alone. Not even close. Millions of people — 12.3 million, the most to ever
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A home in West Buncombe County went up in flames over the weekend. Just before 2 p.m. Sunday, the West Buncombe Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Erwin Hills Road. Chief Dennis Fagnant said they could see
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By Tanem Zaman and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — At least 29 people have died in a blaze which started during daytime repair work at a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, state media reported Tuesday. A further eight people were injured, with seven of those in serious condition, the Istanbul governor’s office said. The governor’s
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The global price of oil rose Tuesday to its highest level in seven months, propelled, in part, by concerns that mounting tensions in the Middle East could crimp supply. Brent crude, the world’s oil benchmark, climbed as much as 1.8% to $89 a barrel, the highest since early
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A fire broke out at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations, killing 29 people. The club was closed for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and the victims appeared to be employees or people working on the renovations. The nightclub was on the ground and basement floors of a 16-story residential building on
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maryse Condé, an acclaimed French-language novelist from Guadeloupe who in novels, stories, plays and memoirs imagined and redefined the personal and historical past from 17th century New England to contemporary Europe, has died at age 90. Condé, winner in 2018 of an “alternate” Nobel Prize,
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla posted its first annual drop in sales since the first year of the pandemic, as increased electric vehicle competition from Chinese and Western automakers ate into demand. CEO Elon Musk’s electric car company reported it built 433,000 vehicles but delivered only 387,000. That’s down from the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, brindó una entrevista a Andrés Oppenheimer, de CNN en Español, donde habló, entre otros temas, de su rutina diaria fuera de su agenda como mandatario, donde sus perros volvieron a tomar protagonismo, al referirse al tiempo con ellos como un hábito para relajarse de
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jeremiah Armstead moved around so much he wasn’t even eligible to play high school basketball until his senior year. He never lost faith through all the nights his family spent sometimes sleeping in their car when they couldn’t get a hotel room or into
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews opened a second temporary channel on Tuesday allowing a limited amount of marine traffic to bypass the mangled wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked the vital port’s main shipping channel since its destruction one week ago. Work is ongoing to open
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Aturdimiento, náuseas y sangrado nasal, son algunos de los síntomas que han experimentado diplomáticos, funcionarios y familiares estadounidenses en todo el mundo. Estos síntomas son consistentes con el “síndrome de La Habana”, un fenómeno que continua siendo un misterio. ¿Qué es el “síndrome de La Habana”? Se le conoce como
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CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” Monday revealed what led to his abrupt exit from Apple and the cancellation of his short-lived show on its streaming TV platform. Stewart said that the tech giant prohibited him from discussing artificial intelligence or interviewing Federal Trade Commission chair
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The UV index will be very low with widespread clouds. Allergen levels remain high through the weekend. Oak, Juniper, and Elm are the primary allergens.
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has a two-volume memoir coming out this fall, tracking his life from growing up in California to his 30 years on the court, when he cast key votes on landmark cases ranging from abortion to gay marriage to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Austria’s top security official says the country will step up police checks near its border with Germany after its neighbor legalized the possession of limited amounts of cannabis for recreational use. Germany’s new rules went into force Monday, legalizing possession by adults of up to 25 grams (nearly 1 ounce) of marijuana
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Un archipiélago de 11.718 kilómetros cuadrados de superficie, frío y rico en recursos ubicado en el Atlántico Sur y a unos 600 kilómetros de la costa de Argentina, ha estado en el centro de un conflicto cuyos orígenes se remontan 500 años atrás. Las islas Malvinas (como se las conoce
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question when residents of Jackson County, Missouri, voted against a sales tax to help to pay for a new downtown ballpark and renovations to Arrowhead Stadium. Royals owner John Sherman and
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