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BUNA, Texas (KTRE) – On the last day of school, one Buna High School student decided to mark the occasion by riding Velvet, her cow, to school.
Yes, you read that right. Kayden Bayer rode her cow to school Friday and posted photos and a video on her Facebook page.
Continue reading “COWGIRL: Texas student rides cow to high school on last day of class”
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – As a pet owner, you know to look out for fleas and ticks. But have you worried about the kissing bug? If you haven’t, you should.
The bug is native to South America, but over recent years has worked its way north into the southern reaches of the United States. The bug isn’t the problem. It’s the disease it brings with it, which can prove a serious – if not fatal – problem. Continue reading “A lethal kiss for your beloved pet; vet warns of dangers of kissing bugs ahead of summer heat”
Two wayward barges slammed into a dam on the flooded Arkansas River on Thursday north of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma.
Aerial video from KFOR showed the barges, which broke free Wednesday night, hitting Lock and Dam 16. The barges then sink under the rushing water. Continue reading “Runaway Barges Slam Into Oklahoma Dam and Sink on Arkansas River”
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — John Walker Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free after nearly two decades in prison.
But conditions imposed recently on Lindh’s release, slated for Thursday, make clear that authorities remain concerned about the threat he could pose once free. Continue reading “‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh set to be released”
TARZANA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A DUI suspect who led police on a dangerous high-speed chase through the San Fernando Valley in a stolen RV with two dogs on her lap has been identified.
The California Highway Patrol identified the suspect as Julie Ann Rainbird, 52, of Winnetka. Continue reading “RV police chase: Driver identified as 52-year-old Winnetka woman, suspected of DUI”
NEW YORK (AP) — After Eric Garner’s death following a confrontation with New York City police five years ago, one officer involved in the struggle wrote up paperwork that exaggerated the seriousness of the dead man’s suspected crime, that officer testified Tuesday.
Officer Justin Damico said that after riding in an ambulance with the dying Garner, he filled out arrest papers listing a felony tax charge that would have required prosecutors to prove Garner, a small-time street hustler, had sold 10,000 untaxed cigarettes. Continue reading “NYPD officer says he inflated charge against Eric Garner”
CALDWELL, Tex. (KBTX)- A Somerville man remains on life-support one month after he was released from the Burleson County jail and his family is still left wondering how and why he ended up in critical condition.
Chester “CJ” Jackson, Jr., 30, was arrested by the sheriff’s office on April 19 in front of his home and booked into the county jail on one charge of public intoxication. Continue reading “Local man ends up on life support following arrest in Burleson County”
Seattle Times – by Brendan Kiley
On Tuesday morning, Gov. Jay Inslee signed bill 5001, titled “concerning human remains,” making Washington the first state in the U.S. to legalize human composting.
The new law, which takes effect May 1, 2020, recognizes “natural organic reduction” and alkaline hydrolysis (sometimes called “liquid cremation”) as acceptable means of disposition for human bodies. Until now, Washington code had permitted only burial and cremation. Continue reading “Washington becomes first state to legalize human composting”
Heavy rain flooded homes, closed roads and prompted water rescues in the Southern Plains Tuesday as severe weather that has spawned more than 30 tornadoes continued to slam Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Missouri.
Two tornadoes were reported in different parts of eastern Kansas Monday evening – one near Junction City, about an hour west of Topeka, and another further south near Webster. Continue reading “Flooding Prompts Multiple Rescues; Tornadoes Continued to Slam Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri”
Hartford Courant – by Gregory B. Hladky
An ocean research group said Monday that one of its tagged great white sharks has been located in Long Island Sound for the first time in the organization’s history, swimming off Greenwich just before 9 a.m.
The shark, known as Cabot, has been measured at 9 feet, 8 inches long and its weight is estimated at about 533 pounds, according to experts at OCEARCH, a research group that routinely tags and tracks sharks and other marine creatures.
A federal judge on Monday upheld a congressional subpoena seeking President Donald Trump’s financial records from an accounting firm, arguing that Congress is well within its rights to investigate potential illegal behavior by a president — even without launching a formal impeachment inquiry.
U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling delivers a striking blow to the president’s efforts to resist Democratic investigations, and is certain to give Democrats further legal basis to investigate Trump, his finances, and his presidential campaign. Continue reading “Judge upholds Dem subpoena for Trump financial records”
New York Post – by Bernadette Hogan
ALBANY — New York lawmakers want to ban facial recognition technology on all rental properties, arguing it infringes on tenant privacy.
New legislation would outlaw landlords from being able to “obtain, retain, access or use” the machinery on residential premises. Continue reading “Proposal would ban use of facial recognition at apartment buildings”
Tornado-warned storms continued to rumble through north-central Texas and eastern Oklahoma Saturday afternoon, with several tornadoes reported that destroyed homes and injured several people.
Heavy damage was reported in Abilene from a likely tornado that struck around 5 a.m. CDT. Images posted to social media show structural damage to buildings and utility poles down. Several homes were also damaged. Continue reading “Tornadoes Destroy Homes, Injure Several People in Texas, Oklahoma”
An F-16 crashed at March Reserve Air Force Base in Southern California on Thursday afternoon, hitting a warehouse located right by the runway.
Maj. Perry Covington, a public affairs officer, said the building was on fire, but it was contained by the sprinkler system. The pilot ejected and was OK, Covington said. Continue reading “F-16 crashes into building near runway at March Reserve Air Force Base in Southern California”
President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed a sweeping “pro-American,” merit-based legal immigration system to replace the current family-based system with one that prioritizes the entrance of highly-skilled migrants like doctors and researchers.
“Our proposal is pro-American, pro-immigrant, and pro-worker. It’s common sense,” Trump said during a speech in the White House Rose Garden. Continue reading “Trump immigration plan: Give me your doctors, your researchers, your top graduate masses yearning to breathe free”
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) – Technology is the way of the future, and the U.S Army is staying ahead of the game. Army Futures Command got a peek into what could be headed their way soon at the Texas A&M RELLIS Campus Thursday morning.
“We are building the future right now,” said Geoffrey Howe with Howe & Howe Technologies. Continue reading “Army preparing for future battlefields with unmanned vehicles”
The State Department has ordered “non-emergency U.S. government employees” in Iraq to leave its embassy in Baghdad and its consulate in Erbil amid tensions with neighboring Iran.
“The U.S. government’s ability to provide routine and emergency services to U.S. citizens in Iraq is extremely limited,” the department said in statement early Wednesday. Continue reading “State Department orders non-emergency personnel to leave Iraq posts”
New York Times – by Vivian Yee
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Yemen’s Houthi rebels carried out multiple drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities on Tuesday, a day after Saudi Arabia said two of its oil tankers had been damaged in an act of sabotage, ratcheting up tensions in the region.
A Houthi spokesman, Mohammed Abdul Salam, claimed responsibility for the drone strikes on Twitter, saying that they were a response to Saudi “aggression” and “genocide” in Yemen. Continue reading “Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Attack Saudi Oil Facilities, Escalating Tensions in Gulf”
Severe thunderstorms with tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail and flooding rain will return to the Plains Friday, lasting into early next week, bringing an end to a relative lull in severe weather.
The jet-stream pattern will essentially flip late this week, taking a much farther southward plunge over the Rockies, then punching its energy eastward into the Plains states this weekend.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed a New York Times report that the administration is reviewing a plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East if Iran attacked U.S. forces as “fake news.”
But even as the president sought to brush off the report, he added that he would “send a hell of lot more” troops if he did have to respond to a military attack from Iran. Continue reading “Trump dismisses report administration reviewing plan to send 120K troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions”