ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The father of an Alaska woman killed in a murder-for-hire scheme in 2019 died during a weekend memorial motorcycle ride commemorating the fifth anniversary of her death. Authorities say 58-year-old Timothy Hoffman lost control of his motorcycle Sunday in an area west of Wasilla and was later pronounced dead at a
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A prosecutor says he is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator. Travis County District Attorney José Garza and the family of Garrett Foster, who
Continue ReadingBy Mike Mohundro Click here for updates on this story GILBERTSVILLE, Kentucky (WSIL) — One person was injured after a helicopter crash over the weekend in western Kentucky. The Marshall County Rescue Squad responded to the area of Cambridge Shores over the weekend to a helicopter which reportedly crashed along the coast of Kentucky Lake
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By Brandon Clark Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois (WREX) — A certified nursing assistant (CNA) from Granite City is accused of stealing her elderly patients’ identification to fraudulently use their debit and credit cards for personal purchases in excess of $1,000. Markeisha A. Hill, 35, was charged with two
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH B. FREDERICK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — James Kane has used a magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but stacks of $100 bills he pulled from a safe were something else entirely. Kane’s girlfriend, Barbi Agostini, told The Associated Press on Monday that
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By Felicity Dachel Click here for updates on this story CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin (WQOW) — The windows of a downtown Chippewa Falls business are boarded up Tuesday after the apartment above it caved into the shop overnight. Iris Boutique, located at 120 N Bridge Street, posted on Facebook saying it happened overnight. The upstairs apartments
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By Katie Bo Lillis, MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Top Biden administration officials are traveling to the Middle East this week to engage in ongoing talks on a possible ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, as well as the dire situation in the Gazan city of Rafah, US officials
Continue ReadingOpinion by Amy Bass (CNN) — Folks want someone ejected, benched, banned or fined for WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark going down hard in the Indiana Fever’s 71-70 win over the Chicago Sky the other night? Maybe start with ESPN personality Pat McAfee. That game was one a lot of folks had been waiting for, positioned as a showdown
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It’s been 25 years since “Run Lola Run” was released in the United States. The small German experiemntal film about a woman who has 20 minutes to try to collect 100,000 Deutschmarks to save her boyfriend’s life became a modest hit and cult classic. Now it’s getting a theatrical
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By Aaliyah Mulero Click here for updates on this story NEWBURGH, Indiana (WEVV) — While in the womb, the Vallee family was already hit with the worst news. Their unborn son had developed a backwards heart. Kaiser Vallee is a two-year-old that has spent most of his life in the hospital, undergoing surgery after surgery
Continue ReadingBy Yasmine Julmisse Click here for updates on this story PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida (WPBF) — A South Florida man is accused of forcing another man to drive him to the hospital at gunpoint after a crash. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, deputies responded to a crash involving a car
Continue ReadingBy Lupita Murillo Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KVOA) — A Tucson mom is lucky to be alive after she was mauled by a dog she rescued and nursed back to health. The dog, a pit bull, weighed 90 pounds and the woman says she knows she would not be alive
Continue ReadingCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M’s president says the traditional bonfire, which ended 25 years ago after 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction, will not return to campus. President Mark Welsh announced the decision Tuesday. A special committee had recommended bringing it back as
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ new legislative maps have given Democrats hope of regaining the majority in the state Assembly for the first time in 14 years. Republicans have controlled both houses of the battleground state’s Legislature since 2011. But the state Supreme Court threw out GOP-drawn
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Shots were fired while police and deputies were in a standoff with a domestic assault suspect in Sturgeon on Tuesday. The suspect was found dead inside the home by law enforcement shortly before 7 p.m., according to Boone County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Brian Leer. Leer said it is not known if the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The male-dominated sports media apparatus is stumbling over Caitlin Clark. It is trying to pretend that it hasn’t ignored the WNBA for decades until the superstar rookie came along. But rather than admitting its blind spots, several male commentators are parachuting themselves into a league they barely understand and dismissing anyone who suggests they could
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A high-profile federal fraud trial in Minneapolis was rocked this week by allegations that someone tried to bribe a juror with more than $120,000. The FBI says the cash bribe was delivered by an unidentified woman to the home of a person identified as Juror #52. The juror was dismissed
Continue ReadingBy Andres Valle Click here for updates on this story DULCE, New Mexico (KOAT) — It’s a cold case that spans more than two decades; a Jicarilla Apache Nation woman went missing in 2001. Nearly 20 years later, skeletal remains were discovered near Dulce in northern New Mexico. “Melissa Montoya is from Dulce, New Mexico.
Continue ReadingBy KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria are the next family set to star in their own reality series. The actor and producer, who has seven kids under age 10 with his wife, announced the TLC reality show about their life as a party of nine. “The
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The House voted Tuesday to pass a bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials – House Republicans’ response to the court seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ICC’s targeting of Netanyahu has sparked widespread backlash from Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
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