Kentucky remembers tornado victims as rebuilding continues

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 01:35:42 -0500

Chris Bullock has a lot to be grateful for as she decorates her new home for Christmas

Manatee relative, 700 new species now facing extinction

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:21:10 -0500

An international conservation organization says populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction

Today in History: December 10, Mandela is mourned

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:28 -0500

Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2022. There are 21 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 10, 2013, South Africa held a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, during which U.S. President Barack Obama energized tens of thousands of spectators and nearly 100 visiting heads of state with a plea for the world to emulate “the last great liberator of the 20th century.” (The ceremony was marred by the presence of a sign-language interpreter who deaf advocates said was an impostor waving his arms around meaninglessly.) On this date: In 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state of the Union. In 1861, the Confederacy admitted Kentucky as it recognized a pro-Southern shadow state government that was acting without the authority of the pro-Union government in Frankfort. In 1898, a treaty was signed in Paris officially ending the Spanish-American War. In 1958, the first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S. as a...

Strong winds, up to 4 feet of snow forecast in Sierra Nevada

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:25:16 -0500

Another winter storm packing heavy snow and powerful winds is moving into the Sierra Nevada

Federal data: Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:59:27 -0500

Federal data shows a spill from the Keystone pipeline this week dumped enough oil to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool into a northeastern Kansas creek

Ex-cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year term

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:57:46 -0500

The former Minneapolis police officer who held down George Floyd’s back as one of his colleagues kneeled on the Black man’s neck has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Joseph Kittinger, who set longtime parachute record, dies

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:40:13 -0500

The U.S. Air Force pilot who held the record for the highest parachute jump for more than 50 years has died

Warnings on gay club shooter stir questions about old case

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:21:19 -0500

A California woman who warned a judge last year about the danger posed by the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooter says the deaths could have been prevented if earlier charges against the suspect weren’t dismissed

Prosecutors: Murdaugh killed family to gain pity, distract

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:07:26 -0500

A judge will determine whether evidence of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s alleged financial crimes are admissible in an upcoming double-murder trial that has drawn worldwide attention for its bizarre twists

Philadelphia ordered to remove box covering Columbus statue

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 17:58:55 -0500

Philadelphia is being ordered to remove the plywood box it placed over a statue of Christopher Columbus after 2020 protests over racial injustice