By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A 44-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend near 24th and Greenfield. The shooting happened Saturday, Aug. 25. When police arrived at the scene, they found 37-year-old Jennifer Parr fatally shot in a parking lot. An autopsy determined
Continue ReadingBy Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story HAYWOOD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A new software program will soon allow the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office to keep a better track on its nearly 200 employees. It is designed not just to ensure proper behavior, but also to efficiently address any emotional needs
Continue ReadingBy Zola Sigmon Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WLOS) — The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is asking residents to stop killing rattlesnakes in their areas. Wildlife officials said they have received photos of people killing snakes and “it’s pretty clear that some folks need some education.” According to an
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia, a member of the international court that issued an arrest warrant for him. The official visit, in which he is to meet Tuesday with Mongolian leader Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, is Putin’s first to a member country of the International Criminal Court since it issued a warrant for his
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By Gloria Pazmino and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore hotel workers are joining a massive nationwide strike against three major hotel chains during one of the biggest travel holidays of the year. Unite Here, the union representing hotel workers, said approximately 200 hotel workers walked off the job in Baltimore at the Hilton Inner
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By Kevin Liptak, Kayla Tausche and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that US Steel should remain domestically owned, saying during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh that it is “vital for our nation to maintain strong American steel companies.” Harris’ comments marked the first time she lent her voice to the
Continue ReadingEUCLID, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old suspect has been arrested in a shooting that killed another teenager and wounded four others near an Ohio high school campus about an hour after a football game. Police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said Sunday that the suspect was arrested at 8 p.m. Saturday at
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast this weekend in an off-campus apartment, days before the start of the fall semester. UW-Whitewater’s chancellor confirmed Kara Welsh’s death Friday in a message to the school community, describing her as a
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Nikki Carvajal and Alex Marquardt, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas and added he is “close” to presenting a final deal to negotiators working to strike a hostage and ceasefire
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By Faith Karimi and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Boston and fleeing to Kenya has been extradited back to the United States — the latest twist in an international case that saw his arrest at a Nairobi nightclub and his escape from jail. Kevin Kangethe, 42, is
Continue ReadingA senior Russian military commander has been detained in a fraud case. It’s the latest high-profile arrest in what appears to be a sweeping investigation into abuse of office in Russia’s military leadership. Maj. Gen. Valery Mumindzhanov is deputy commander of the Leningrad Military District and was detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe of
Continue ReadingGRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — An extreme swimmer is back in Lake Michigan trying to cross one of the Great Lakes from Michigan to Wisconsin. Jim Dreyer’s effort began Monday night and comes just a few weeks after trouble with a GPS device forced him to give up after 60 miles. The 61-year-old Dreyer entered
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed two people in a car, including a contract worker at the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission near the border. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Monday said the strike took place in the southern coastal town of Naqoura. According to the U.N. peacekeeping mission, known as UNIFIL,
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a landslide has struck a bus in northern Pakistan, killing three people, including two security officials. Another passenger was injured in the accident on Monday in Kohistan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The bus was heading to Dasu district, where the country’s biggest hydropower project is being built with
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A father and daughter died in a boating accident Sunday night on the Gasconade River near Pointers Creek in Osage County, according to Osage County Sheriff Michael Bonham.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A bronze statue from the Titanic — not seen in decades and feared to be lost for good — is among the discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on its first expedition there in many years. RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based company that holds the legal rights
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The Oasis reunion could come earlier than expected. The Britpop-era band has ended a 15-year hiatus by announcing a tour of the British Isles next summer and 17 gigs sold out on Saturday following a scramble for tickets. Liam and Noel Gallagher are the once-feuding brothers who are the face of Oasis
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — It may not feel like it yet, but things are about to cool off. That goes for travel prices as well as sky-high temperatures. “This time of year is really the best time of year to go pretty much anywhere,” says Hayley Berg, lead economist at travel platform Hopper.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Nicki Kämpf watched her daughter toddle across the sand in a Berlin playground and wondered whether she and her wife should move their 1 1/2-year-old west, after Alternative for Germany became the first far-right party to win a state election in post-World War II Germany. Kämpf, 29, and her wife
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties has been released on probation. His lawyer said Monday Fredis Beleris was freed after a court in Fier, where he was serving a two-year sentence, accepted his request for early release.
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