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Chaffee County Search and Rescue South/Facebook (SALIDA, Colo.) — An insurance underwriter who was rescued on a central Colorado mountain after allegedly being left behind by his co-workers was hiking to raise money for World Central Kitchen, according to his company. The hiker, 46-year-old Steve Stephanides, was rescued on Saturday after enduring a night stuck […]
Ted S. Warren-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The wheels of justice turn slowly, and it’s not cheap to keep them grinding. Still more than nine months before Bryan Kohberger’s capital murder trial is scheduled to begin — and still without a definitive answer on where in Idaho it will be held — local government leaders […]
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With 70 days before Election Day as of Tuesday, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump get back to campaigning with Harris in Georgia on Wednesday and Trump in Wisconsin on Thursday. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, campaigned in Michigan while Minnesota Gov. […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Life-threatening heat spread across the eastern half of the U.S. this week, first hitting the Midwest, then the Northeast and now the South. Chicago hit 99 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the city’s daily record of 97 degrees. Some schools in the area closed early due to the weather. On Wednesday, […]
Courtesy of Marcellus Williams’ Legal Team (ST. LOUIS) — A county prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri, presented DNA evidence Wednesday alleging that a death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder is innocent in a case that has drawn opposition from the state attorney general. Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintained his innocence, is scheduled to […]
Tulsi Gabbard, former US Representative from Hawaii, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US,Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Tulsi Gabbard, who once ran for president as a Democrat, is taking on a prominent role as part of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign […]
David Sacks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This summer brought lots of buzz around “tourist taxes” and other fees that can get tacked on to normal travel expenses. Now, another fee that may be familiar to avid cruisers is increasing on one major cruise line. The so-called “Crew Appreciation” fee is a daily amount that’s automatically […]
Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — United Airlines flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, moved closer to a strike Wednesday after the union announced that 99.99% of service members voted in favor of strike authorization. The vote included 90% of the United Airlines flight attendant staff. Among the strike requests, flight attendants […]
Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, cease-fire discussions are occurring in the Middle East, with officials hoping to bring an end to the conflict. The United States and its allies continue to plead for a cease-fire deal, with discussions set for this week. Here’s how the news is […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — D.C. police officer Wayne David died on Wednesday evening after he suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while trying to recover a weapon from a storm drain, police have announced. Officers were responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle when a man jumped out of a car, ran onto the […]