By Mike Bunge Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Minnesota (KIMT) — A Rochester business owner accused of operating an after hours nightclub without a license has been charged with tax crimes. Donyale Gayles-Johnson is facing four counts of filing false or fraudulent tax returns and five counts of failing to pay or
Continue ReadingBy Michael Hartz Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — Leah Johnson knows the impact book bans can have on marginalized communities. “When I saw my own books being banned and challenged, [I] saw so many of my friends’ books being banned and challenged, I knew that we needed a space where
Continue ReadingBy Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — A memorial created in honor of the six construction workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was vandalized over the weekend. The memorial started as a pile of flowers and had grown organically, taking on a life of
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The trial of Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, is scheduled to begin on September 9, according to the prosecutor’s office and Matar’s defense attorney. In August 2022, Rushdie was stabbed several times onstage shortly before he was due to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New
Continue ReadingBy Khiree Stewart Click here for updates on this story PIKESVILLE, Maryland (WBAL) — A statewide sex trafficking ring investigation busted a Baltimore woman accused of running it and now faces more than 100 charges. Investigators said she forced multiple vulnerable women into prostitution at multiple hotels across the state. The Maryland Attorney General’s Office
Continue ReadingWBAL By Khiree Stewart Click here for updates on this story PIKESVILLE, Maryland (WBAL) — A statewide sex trafficking ring investigation busted a Baltimore woman accused of running it and now faces more than 100 charges. Investigators said she forced multiple vulnerable women into prostitution at multiple hotels across the state. The Maryland Attorney General’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of charges have been filed against the brother of Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. Jevon Porter, 20, of Columbia, was arrested in April on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He was charged in Boone County on Tuesday with DWI and exceeding the posted speed limit by 26 miles per
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By Javier Hernandez Click here for updates on this story SISKIYOU COUNTY, California (KHSL) — Two people were arrested following a traffic stop, where deputies found over six pounds of cocaine and heroin inside a Pringles box on May 24 in Yreka, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said. At about 1:15 p.m., a sergeant saw
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fears are rising that time is running out for hostages in Gaza that are still alive. Israel announced Tuesday that four more hostages have died in Hamas captivity. The hostage crisis began on Oct. 7 when Hamas kidnapped about 250 hostages back to Gaza. Nearly eight months
Continue ReadingBy Laura Terrell Click here for updates on this story WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A baby born in an emergency birth at 28 weeks on the bathroom floor of her West Des Moines home is now out of the neonatal intensive care unit. Clara Gaudian weighed 2 pounds, 7 ounces when she was
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. The 247-155 vote amounts to Congress’ first legislative rebuke of the war crimes court since its stunning decision last month to
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former protege of The-Dream, the Grammy-winning writer and producer on some of biggest hits by Beyoncé and Rihanna, has filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and other abuse. Chanaaz Mangroe, who performed under the stage name Channii Monroe, alleges in her lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story GREENFIELD, Iowa (KCCI) — A local church in Greenfield is helping people find precious mementos, some of which were blown 100 miles away by the May 21 tornado. Greenfield United Methodist Church has a lost and found room where people can go to look for
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University has settled with a Jewish student who sued in late April, claiming the Ivy League university failed to provide a safe environment. It’s one of the first such settlements reached as the university faces lawsuits and investigations from Jewish, Palestinian, Arab and pro-Palestinian students for
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has launched an intense drive to persuade Hamas and Israel to accept a new cease-fire proposal in the nearly eight-month-old war in Gaza while it also presses Arab nations to get the militant group to go along with the terms. It
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El ejército israelà lanzó el martes un nuevo ataque terrestre y aéreo en el centro de Gaza, mientras sus fuerzas intensifican los ataques en medio de una crisis humanitaria cada vez más profunda. Las FDI afirmaron el martes por la tarde, hora local, que aviones de combate atacaron objetivos
Continue ReadingBy Paige Meyer Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE COUNTY, Alabama (WAAY) — WAAY 31 News is uncovering new information on the Lawrence County dog attack that took the life of an 83-year-old man. Willard Norton of Town Creek died after being mauled by dogs his family claims his neighbor owned. The Norton
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By Nick Robinson Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN COUNTY, Wisconsin (WAOW) — When a fire breaks out in your home, you only have minutes to get to safety, and the family in a home off of Townline Road in Merrill learned that after a fire broke out in the front of the
Continue ReadingBy Alyssa Erwin Click here for updates on this story MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WJRT) — Parents of three preteens from McMonagle Elementary School in Mount Morris Township said it’s a situation that has happened before in the district. Family members of three students, two were 12-year-olds, and one was an 11-year-old, were hospitalized after
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story STUART, Florida (WPBF) — The Martin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a partially clothed man crashed his car into the lobby of the county jail. Investigators say 40-year-old Joseph Leedy is now in custody after driving from the jail parking lot, up the walkway
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