By Miya Shay Click here for updates on this story BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) — Charges have been filed against the parents of a teen boy accused of shooting and killing a 14-year-old girl on a playground last month. Records show Kenneth and Cassie Coney are charged with making a firearm accessible to a child. According
Continue Reading KTRK, FAMILY PHOTO, HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Miya Shay Click here for updates on this story BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) — Charges have been filed against the parents of a teen boy accused of shooting and killing a 14-year-old girl on a playground last month. Records show Kenneth and Cassie Coney are charged with
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press An official with the Islamic State group has been detained in Iraq, suspected of being involved with inciting the pickup truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people celebrating the start of 2025, Iraqi authorities said. Iraqi authorities had received requests from the
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Web Staff Click here for updates on this story THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) — Firefighters are urging residents to ensure their smoke alarms are working after a dog alerted its owners about a house fire, saving the family. The Woodlands Fire Department said the fire happened on April 25 at a home that
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By The Associated Press Ethan Hunt’s last mission? A new Superman? Happy Gilmore as a dad? Three genre-spanning Pedro Pascal movies, including a romance, a superhero movie and an A24 Ari Aster thriller? Hollywood is pulling out the stops this summer movie season, which kicks off with the release Marvel’s “Thunderbolts(asterisk)” on May 2. May
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By MARK THIESSEN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without congressional approval to the cementing of college campuses as centers of student activism. Millions of U.S.
Continue Reading By MARK THIESSEN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without congressional approval to the cementing of college campuses as centers of student activism. Millions of U.S.
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By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — In a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s trade war, China’s Foreign Ministry posted to social media a striking video that calls on the international community to stand up to America’s “bully” leader. “Bowing to a bully is like drinking poison to quench thirst – it only deepens the
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Bob Filner, a 10-term U.S. congressman whose long political career ended abruptly after he was elected mayor of San Diego and driven from office amid sexual misconduct allegations, has died. He was 82. Filner passed away April 20 with his children by his side, according to an obituary published Tuesday in
Continue ReadingThe following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-SPRING WRAP DESCRIPTION: Rich Rodriguez and Scott Frost are new to the Big 12 Conference, not the schools that
Continue ReadingThe following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-SPRING WRAP DESCRIPTION: Rich Rodriguez and Scott Frost are new to the Big 12 Conference, not the schools that
Continue ReadingThe following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-SPRING WRAP DESCRIPTION: Rich Rodriguez and Scott Frost are new to the Big 12 Conference, not the schools that
Continue ReadingThe following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-SPRING WRAP DESCRIPTION: Rich Rodriguez and Scott Frost are new to the Big 12 Conference, not the schools that
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs exercised their fifth-year options Tuesday on cornerback Trent McDuffie and pass rusher George Karlaftis, two of the young pillars of a defense that has helped them to reach three consecutive Super Bowls. The deadline to pick up the option year is Thursday. The 24-year-old McDuffie, who
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Superman already has a lot on his shoulders. It seems unfair to add the fate of the summer movie season to his list. But he’s not alone — Marvel Studios is also returning to theaters in a big way with two movies this summer, “Thunderbolts” and “The Fantastic Four:
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By TARA COPP and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a program supporting women on security teams, an initiative that he called “woke” but actually was signed into law by his boss, President Donald Trump. In a post on the social
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By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers demanding higher pay were on strike again Tuesday, and the walkout caused closures or disruptions at libraries, healthcare clinics and administrative offices across the nation’s most populous county. The two-day strike that began Monday evening followed failed negotiations with
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KCCI, JESSICA ESHELMAN, JUDITH CASS, PLEASANT HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Nicole Tam Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A central Iowa woman turned her inspiration from Phill the water buffalo into a book called “Phill’s Grand Adventure: Finding Home.” It started when author Judith Cass received a text
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Betsy Arakawa, the concert pianist who was married to actor Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday that said that her lungs were heavy and congested. Arakawa, 65, had fluid accumulation in her chest and mild hardening of the vessels that supplied blood
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Betsy Arakawa, the concert pianist who was married to actor Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday that said that her lungs were heavy and congested. Arakawa, 65, had fluid accumulation in her chest and mild hardening of the vessels that supplied blood
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former clerk who somehow failed to count nearly 200 ballots in Wisconsin’s capital city didn’t break any laws but did violate multiple policies and her contractual duty to supervise elections and maintain professional standards, the results of a city-led investigation released Tuesday show. Madison City
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — UPS will cut 20,000 jobs this year, about 4% of its global workforce, the company said Tuesday. But UPS added the decision is unrelated to tariffs and is instead due to increased use of technology and a previously announced plan to trim its Amazon business. UPS in January announced
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, CNN Sterling Heights, Michigan (CNN) — President Donald Trump is taking a self-described victory lap on Tuesday as he returns to one of the biggest battleground states for the first time since taking office, basking in the glow of 100 days back in the White House. For Pashko Ujkaj, who can feel
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Shill Click here for updates on this story ST. CLOUD, Minnesota (WQOW) — The body of a Chippewa Falls woman, who has been missing for nearly nine years, has been found. Shannah Boiteau left her Chippewa Falls home on June 21, 2016, according to Chippewa Falls police. She was last seen the next
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a U.N. agency that regulates deep international waters. The Metals Company said it was seeking two exploration licenses
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By Jack Lowenstein Click here for updates on this story THORNTON, Colorado (KCNC) — Thornton Police Department is searching for a suspect it says tried to kidnap a 15-year-old girl near Thornton Middle School Monday. According to the Thornton PD press release, the teen was walking near the school around 11:20 a.m. when surveillance video
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By Terra Konieczny Click here for updates on this story CASCADE, Iowa (KWWL) — Emotions ran high at a special Western Dubuque School Board meeting Monday night, as parents and students demanded answers following a disturbing incident at Cascade High School. Multiple male students allegedly created AI-generated nude images of their female classmates — raising
Continue ReadingBy Rey Llerena Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WYFF) — A Greenville auto shop repaired a car belonging to a teenager who died at an Upstate amusement park at no cost after the vehicle broke down months after his death. Kamel Seveion Sewell, 17, died in December 2024 during a
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By DIDI TANG and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world’s two largest economies. Perdue, a Republican who served one
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By Veronica Haynes & Peter Eliopoulos Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A 5-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus Monday afternoon in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood, city officials said. The kindergartener, identified by a family member as Lens Arthur, was struck at 2:44 p.m. near the
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