By Bob Hazen Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — The woman accused of leaving her boyfriend to die while he was trapped inside a suitcase is apparently having trouble finding defense experts to help her case. Sarah Boone, 45, was in an Orange County courtroom Friday for a hearing ahead
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a salmonella outbreak that has been linked to flour, and it’s urging people not to eat or play with uncooked dough or batter. A dozen illnesses — including three hospitalizations — have been reported in connection with the outbreak, spanning 11
Continue ReadingBy Anne Shannon, Katelyn Smith Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Pa. (WGAL) — Two events are happening today to mark one year since Lt. William Lebo was killed in the line of duty in Lebanon. Right now, former and current Lebanon police officers, and Lebo’s widow, are walking his former route to
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minneapolis City Council has given their approval to a court-enforceable settlement agreement that will alter the city’s policing practices following the murder of George Floyd. The vote was unanimous among those present for the vote, with two council members not present
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Diana Williamson-Wynne and her four children packed up from their apartment at Community Within The Corridor Saturday and packed into a hotel room. Thursday night is their sixth night away from home, with no word on when they can return. The Milwaukee
Continue ReadingBy Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story LEWISTON, Maine (WMTW) — Sam’s Italian Foods has closed its original location. A sign on the door of the restaurant on Main Street in Lewiston announced the news to customers. That location opened in 1939. In a statement to Maine’s Total Coverage, a company spokesperson
Continue ReadingBy Ray Brewer Click here for updates on this story NASHUA, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A former Nashua man accused of blindfolding and sexually assaulting teenage girls should get a bail hearing, a judge ruled Friday. The attorney for Jesse Reynolds, 43, said in court that prosecutors failed to meet the deadline for turning over
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Scruggs Click here for updates on this story BELLE GLADE, Florida (WPBF) — Neighborhoods are no longer being evacuated and schools are no longer on lockdown after Palm Beach County Fire Rescue responded to a major chemical leak at an agricultural facility Wednesday morning in Belle Glade. It happened around 8 a.m. in
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BERKELEY, Mo. (AP) — Criminal charges against the former mayor of the St. Louis County town of Berkeley have been dismissed with an agreement that he will never again seek elected office. Theodore Hoskins, now 84, was charged in 2019 with four counts of committing an election offense and one count of forgery. Special Prosecutor
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Randall Robinson went from growing up in segregated Virginia to spending decades promoting equity for people of African descent from all over the world. The human rights advocate and lawyer led the fight to end the apartheid in South Africa, lobbied for humane policy for Haitian refugees and called for reparations
Continue ReadingBy Tyler Boronski Click here for updates on this story ESSEX, Vermont (WPTZ) — S.18, a bill related to prohibiting flavored tobacco and e-liquid products, including menthol, was passed by the Senate in Montpelier Thursday afternoon after its third reading. Bobby Desseau, the manager of Valley Vape in Essex Junction, said the bill would eliminate
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG, LISA BAUMANN and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Massive storms brewing over at least 15 states in the Midwest and southern U.S. on Friday have meteorologists urging people to brace for dangerous weather including tornadoes, saying the conditions are similar to those a week ago that unleashed a devastating
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG, LISA BAUMANN and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Massive storms brewing over at least 15 states in the Midwest and southern U.S. on Friday have meteorologists urging people to brace for dangerous weather including tornadoes, saying the conditions are similar to those a week ago that unleashed a devastating
Continue ReadingCésar López (CNN Español) — El mexicano Carlos Vaca, campeón panamericano de tiro con arco, murió a los 20 años, confirmó a CNN el Instituto de Deporte y la Recreación del Estado de Querétaro (Indereq) este viernes. Estrella en ascenso del tiro con arco, Vaca ganó múltiples medallas y era parte de la selección nacional
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By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister has promised to extend an existing wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkey. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who called the May 21 election earlier this week, presided over a ceremony to sign his center-right government’s decision to
Continue Reading By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The indictment against former President Donald Trump involves a payoff to suppress claims of an extramarital affair. Democracy experts are concerned that it could undermine public confidence in what they see as far more important investigations. Trump is facing investigations on multiple fronts related to his refusal
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court blocked local anti-abortion ordinances Friday pending the outcome of a case centered on constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. The ruling granted a request by Democratic state Attorney General Raúl Torrez and follows the state’s recent adoption of
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned Tuesday after his indictment in Manhattan, his formal surrender and arrest presenting the historic, shocking scene of a former U.S. commander in chief forced to stand before a judge. Court officials confirmed the timing on
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules. The government’s privacy watchdog said Friday that it’s taking provisional action “until ChatGPT respects privacy.”
Continue Reading By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of young people gathered on the lawn of the Vermont Statehouse on Friday as part of a nationwide series of events to build support for transgender rights amid what they denounced as an increasingly hostile climate. Chanting, “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!”
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