Virgin’s Branson leads high school band, prompts backlash
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Billionaire Richard Branson says it was an honor and a once-in-a-lifetime experience to don a drum major’s uniform and…
Continue ReadingNews
A pilot who died in WWII has finally been laid to rest in his Maine hometown
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A pilot from World War II has finally been laid to rest 76 years after his death. US Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N.…
Continue Reading Former tobacco field where MLK Jr worked to be preserved
SIMSBURY, Conn. (AP) — A plot of land in Connecticut that was once a thriving tobacco farm where Martin Luther King Jr. worked as a college student…
Continue Reading
After several attempts, wildlife officers remove tire that was around an elk’s neck for over two years
By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the…
Continue Reading
Rising cost of food affecting Colorado food banks
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Almost everything a person needs to buy is more expensive these days, according to the US Department of Labor and…
Continue Reading Guatemala transfers prosecutor who pursued former dictator
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s attorney general has transferred the prosecutor leading the office that took former dictator Efraín Ríos…
Continue Reading Elk roaming Colorado with tire around neck for 2 years freed
PINE, Colo. (AP) — Colorado wildlife officials say an elusive elk that has been wandering the hills with a car tire around its neck for at least…
Continue Reading $2.5M reward to solve US prosecutor’s killing in Seattle
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Rewards totaling $2.5 million are now being offered for information that helps solve the killing of…
Continue Reading Texas Mom says safe return of 3-year-old son a ‘miracle’
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a 3-year-old Texas boy who was found alive after being missing for four days in a…
Continue Reading NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson criticized over anti-LGBT views
By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is facing calls to resign after a…
Continue Reading
Colorado Springs hosts information session on search for Westside Community Center operator
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City of Colorado Springs is looking for a new Westside Community Center operator. Residents are invited to…
Continue Reading Risky move: Biden undercuts WH executive privilege shield
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has agreed to a request from Congress seeking sensitive…
Continue Reading
Alan Horn, longtime film executive, to retire from Disney
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Horn, the film executive who helped turn Walt Disney Studios into the most powerful movie studios…
Continue Reading Alan Horn, longtime film executive, to retire from Disney
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Horn, the film executive who helped turn Walt Disney Studios into the most powerful movie studios…
Continue Reading
Crews work to clean up Lime spill near E. Las Vegas Street
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Several crews responded to a hazmat situation in Southeast Colorado Springs, shutting down E. Las Vegas Street for…
Continue Reading Election workers accused of shredding voter applications
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Officials in Georgia’s most populous county have fired two workers accused of shredding paper…
Continue Reading Delaware state auditor indicted on public corruption charges
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware official responsible for rooting out government fraud and abuse has been indicted…
Continue Reading Customs dispute jeopardizes US fish stick, filet supply
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A customs dispute at the U.S.-Canada border is threatening America’s supply of a key…
Continue Reading At least 2 dead in California plane crash that torched homes
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SANTEE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say at least two people were killed and two others injured when a small plane…
Continue Reading 4 actors, 1 room unspool a shooting’s aftermath in ‘Mass’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The new film “Mass” is set in the aftermath of a school shooting. Six years have gone by and two sets of parents…
Continue Reading