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Bitterly Cold Weather To Impact Region This Weekend. What about snow chances?
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Bitterly Cold Air Arrives This Weekend And Lingers Into Next Week.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Winter is about to burst into the region. Unfortunately, it is going to bring dangerously low air and wind chill temperatures. The cold air will arrive Friday...
Underage Consumption of Alcohol and Controlled Substance Occurs at Unlicensed Liquor Establishment
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS (NewsFirst) -- Underage Consumption of Alcohol and Controlled Substance Occurs at Unlicensed Liquor Establishment Williamson County, Illinois - On January 7, 2024, at...
Israel taps top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to battle genocide claim at world court
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing...
UN Security Council to vote on a resolution demanding Houthi rebels stop attacks on Red Sea shipping
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s...
Ecuador’s escalating gang violence is broadcast live to the nation as masked gunmen storm TV studio
By ALLEN PANCHANA and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway,...
Secrecy surrounding the defense secretary’s hospitalization has put the White House on the defensive
By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration pledged from day one to restore truth and transparency to the federal government — but now...
Record-breaking cold threatens to complicate Iowa’s leadoff caucuses as snowy weather cancels events
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Snow was still piling on top of the 8 inches that had already accumulated when Kadee Miller trekked out to see Republican presidential...
DeSantis says nominating Trump would make 2024 a referendum on the ex-president rather than Biden
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nominating Donald Trump would make the 2024 election about his legal troubles rather than the nation's ills under...
Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024. The year will test even the most robust democracies
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 50 countries that are home to half the planet's population are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising...
Yemen’s Houthis launch their largest Red Sea drone and missile attack, though no damage is reported
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, forcing the...
USDA estimates 21 million kids will get summer food benefits through new program in 2024
By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer Nearly 21 million children in the U.S. and its territories are expected to receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program, the United...
Blinken seeks Palestinian governance reform for postwar Gaza as deadly Israeli strikes continue
By MATTHEW LEE, NAJIB JOBAIN AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday about reforming the Palestinian...
The return of bullfighting to Mexico’s capital excites fans and upsets animal rights groups
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the center of a desolate and cold Plaza Mexico stadium, a young matador raises a red cape and leaps to the right as he gets charged — not by...
Meta to hide posts about suicide, eating disorders from teens’ Instagram and Facebook feeds
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta said Tuesday it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about...
Adan Canto, known for his versatility in roles in ‘X-Men’ and ‘Designated Survivor,’ dies at 42
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adan Canto, the Mexican singer and actor best known for his roles in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and “Agent Game” as well as the TV series “The...
Nearly 200 cows and horses stuck on a Serbian river island in cold weather are being rescued
By MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC Associated Press GARDINOVCI, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities on Tuesday started evacuating nearly 200 animals that have been stranded on a river island for weeks and were...
Air Force Two carrying VP Harris diverted to DC-area airport after encountering ‘wind shear’
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris' aircraft was forced to divert to a Washington-area airport after encountering stormy weather Tuesday night as she...
California lawmakers to consider ban on tackle football for kids under 12
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will debate on Wednesday whether to ban tackle football for children under 12, a move pushed by advocates seeking to...
CES 2024 updates: Car companies unveil new tech and Robert Downey Jr. targets scammers
By Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Welcome to opening day of CES 2024. This multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is expected to bring some 130,000 attendees and more...
