LOS ANGELES – A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 bound from Hong Kong to Los Angeles International Airport has diverted to a U.S. air base in the Aleutian Islands. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says Flight 884 declared an emergency and landed early Wednesday morning at Eareckson Air Station in …
Read More »Lawyer to lottery officials: Client with winning Powerball ticket will wait to claim prize
RALEIGH, N.C. – A lawyer has told North Carolina lottery officials that a client with a winning Powerball ticket is waiting to claim the prize. Lottery officials said in a news release Friday that the lawyer said the client has a winning ticket for the $564 million jackpot. Officials were …
Read More »NY's court ruling on where sex offenders can live sparks discussion of law's effectiveness
MINEOLA, N.Y. – A court ruling in New York last week about where sex offenders may live has rekindled a debate over whether such laws really work to protect children. New York’s Court of Appeals ruled that only the state has the power to tell offenders where they can and …
Read More »New laws coming into effect in 2024 – Clean slates, crackdowns and reforms
As the calendar flips to 2024, a number of new laws are coming into effect around the United States. They include “Clean Slate” laws sealing criminal records, crackdowns on retail theft and sex trafficking, and laws affecting bail and probation. Here are just a few new laws coming into play …
Read More »Hiker on trail near Colorado Springs trampled by a moose
A hiker in Colorado was trampled by a moose on Tuesday. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife department said the incident happened when two people and their three dogs were hiking near Crags Trail in Teller County, about a 50-minute drive west of Colorado Springs. While the hikers were about a …
Read More »New York student captured by Hamas terrorists while 'serving and protecting the people of Israel,' family says
A New York college student has been captured by Hamas after war broke out between Israel and Gaza last weekend, according to a statement from his family. Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American citizen born in New York, was captured by Hamas along the Israel-Gaza border on Oct. 10 while serving in …
Read More »Mom living in 'haunted house' reaches out to previous owner and gets eerie response: report
A woman living in a “haunted” 1920s New Mexico home says her cat and son “see” a haunting presence. Rene Valdez said her son told her about “a man that I see in my room … with an old hat that peeks in from the bathroom,” she told Inside Edition. …
Read More »US school milk supply at risk due to carton shortage
The tiny, half-pint cartons of milk served with millions of school lunches nationwide may soon be scarce in some cafeterias, with districts across the country scrambling to find alternatives. The problem is not a shortage of milk itself, but the cardboard cartons used to package and serve it, according to …
Read More »Rats, rot, hazards: NYC report rips family homeless shelters; agency says it's working to fix
NEW YORK – One family of six was living in a homeless-shelter apartment where a dead rat festered on the floor for two days. Another family had no living-room furniture and had been without electricity for days. At a different homeless family shelter, a puddle of urine soiled the floor …
Read More »Cab jumps curb, hits 4 at NYC bus stop; man, 5-year-old girl are killed; 2 others are injured
NEW YORK – Police say a taxi hurtled onto a sidewalk and hit four people waiting at a New York City bus stop, killing a man and a 5-year-old girl and injuring two other people. It happened around 6:30 p.m. Friday on Grand Concourse near 170th Street, near the Highbridge …
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