By Andrew James Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The owners of an Asheville music venue damaged in a fire earlier this month say they are determined to rebuild. “It’s really hard still to put in words,” said Sly Grog Lounge co-owner Theodore Crouse-Mann. According to Crouse-Mann, the music
Continue Reading By TORRENCE BANKS Click here for updates on this story BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (WSMV) — Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKYPAC) will host a benefit concert on January 7 to help provide relief to tornado survivors. It’s all thanks to a local student. Greenwood High School student Cayden Bailey posted on Facebook that he wanted
Continue Reading By SAVANNAH LOUIE Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — An Uber driver in Atlanta is trying to understand how she wound up at the center of a viral video, after a terrifying drive over the weekend. Kiana Lynn said she was trying to make money for the holiday season when
Continue Reading By John Oakes Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — On October 6th, two Shreveport brothers, Deputy Marshals Chasen and Lance Swan, received a shots fired call in the area where they were serving warrants. The call was for Shreveport Police, but the two brothers rushed to the scene to serve
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Five killings in Kansas City, Missouri, during Christmas week have brought the 2021 total to 156, making it the city’s second-deadliest year on record. The Kansas City Star reports that only last year was worse, when Kansas City had 182 homicides. This year topped the 155 killings that occurred in
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Five killings in Kansas City, Missouri, during Christmas week have brought the 2021 total to 156, making it the city’s second-deadliest year on record. The Kansas City Star reports that only last year was worse, when Kansas City had 182 homicides. This year topped the 155 killings that occurred in
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Casi un año después del fallido intento de golpe de Estado, la costumbre de Donald Trump de poner su propio beneficio político por encima de la verdad está nuevamente saliendo a relucir a medida que el excomandante en jefe y sus asociados se trenzan en un enfrentamiento total con la comisión
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Few people had heard of Engine No. 1 until this year, when it shocked corporate America by pushing Exxon Mobil to revamp its board of directors, in part to focus more on clean energy. Now it’s bringing its approach of active ownership to the world
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s legacy is reverberating among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when the clergyman battled apartheid and sought full rights for the nation’s Black majority. South Africa is holding a week of mourning for Tutu, who died Sunday at
Continue Reading By Shannon Miller Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police found human remains in a man’s car after attempting to conduct a traffic stop and vehicle pursuits on Thursday. According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, on Dec. 23 around 3:42 p.m., officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up a series of investigations into multiple engine fires that have plagued Hyundai and Kia vehicles for more than six years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a new engineering analysis investigation covers more than 3 million vehicles from
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up a series of investigations into multiple engine fires that have plagued Hyundai and Kia vehicles for more than six years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a new engineering analysis investigation covers more than 3 million vehicles from
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee police are investigating an arson that left 139 residents displaced the day after Christmas. It happened near 31st and Wisconsin Ave. around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. According to officials with the Red Cross, the fire affected the central
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una familia de Virginia recibió las llaves de su nueva casa impresa en 3D a tiempo para Navidad. Se trata de la primera casa impresa en 3D de Habitat for Humanity en todo el país, según un comunicado de Habitat. Janet V. Green, directora ejecutiva de Habitat for Humanity Peninsula
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By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN After taking a long weekend for the Christmas holiday, jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s federal sex trafficking trial resumed deliberations Monday in New York but still have not reached a verdict. Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has pleaded not
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden insists that he strongly believes in the rights spelled out in the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision, which are now under the most dire threat in decades. But he barely uses the word “abortion.” And when his administration has been
Continue Reading CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Linn County continue to investigate a Christmas Day accident that killed a 76-year-old bicyclist. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that the accident happened about 2:25 p.m. when a 2017 Ford Escape driven by a woman from Amana struck the bicyclist from behind. Terry Zabortsky of Walford was pronounced
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — New Year celebrations are approaching and across the world there is an urge to party. But the desire to let loose is being countered by the highly transmissible omicron variant. Governments are moving at different speeds to contain the pandemic, with some reimposing restrictions immediately and others
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan lawmakers are meeting to discuss the many challenges that forced a postponement this month of the restive North African nation’s long-awaited presidential election. The parliament, based in the country’s east, is to weigh in on Libya’s election commission proposal to hold the vote on Jan. 24.
Continue Reading By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A small new study has found that people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have more microplastics in their feces. Researchers based in China wrote about their findings in a peer-reviewed paper published the journal Environmental Science & Technology on Wednesday. The
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