(NBC News) International fears are increasing that the United States is inching toward war with Iran. The Trump administration says they have credible threats, and on Wednesday began evacuating some U.S. personnel from neighboring Iraq. Tensions are also rising on Capitol Hill as lawmakers say they are learning about all of this from the news. “I would urge the State…
(NBC News) Boeing’s grounded 737 Max airliner could soon be a step closer to returning to the skies. Airlines around the world banned that plane from flying after two crashes in five months killed more than 300 people, but new test flights could take place soon. Members of the House Aviation Subcommittee pressed the interim head of the Federal Aviation…
(NBC News) A pilot walked away with minor injuries Wednesday after his helicopter made a hard landing in New York City’s Hudson River. The pilot said he had just refueled and was moving the aircraft to another area at the heliport to pick up passengers when he began to lose altitude. Cell phone video taken by a bystander shows the…
(NBC News) The Alabama State Senate approved a bill Tuesday to outlaw nearly all abortions in the state. According to the measure, a doctor performing an abortion at nearly any stage of pregnancy could be charged with a felony and face 99 years in prison. There is one exception, though, and that’s for serious health risks to the mother. Critics…
(NBC News) American women are having fewer babies according to a new report by the National Center for Health Statistics. It reveals in 2018 there were just over 3.7 million births, a 32 year low. “I think what we’re seeing is that there is a trend towards delayed child bearing,” says Cleveland Clinic maternal-fetal physician Dr. Jeff Chapa. Birth rates…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The husband of a popular former bar owner, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree manslaughter in the Jan. 3, 2018 shooting death of his wife, Betty Lasley, who at that time was the former owner of her namesake pub, Betty’s Bar. Ernest Lasley, Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting his wife inside her 200 Shaker…
(WCSH) What lengths would you go through to get your pet back? A Bangor woman is taking it to the Maine Supreme Court. Jessica Sardina and Kelvin Liriano ended their relationship, and to distribute property, they went to court. During that hearing, the court ruled Liriano the owner of their dog, Honey. Sardina says the dog was as much hers…
Melissa Whitley from Hope Harbor joins us for a look at the success of this year’s Take Back the Night event. Take Back the Night is an annual international event with the mission to end sexual violence.
(WOAI) A service dog that spent time working for the military reunited with his former partner in San Antonio, Texas Tuesday. Marine Corporal Aaron Stice spent three years working with Kkeaton, the bomb-sniffing dog who kept him safe when he served as a military police officer at Camp Pendleton California. When Cpl. Stice was transferred to Lackland AFB to work…
(KARE) A Minnesota lawsuit, filed in federal court Tuesday, seeks to force the Vatican to release the names and files of all clergy worldwide accused of abuse. The plaintiffs are five men, all survivors of clergy abuse, including three brothers who say their abuser is former St. Paul priest, Curtis Wehmeyer. Luke, Stephen, and Ben Hoffman appeared at a news…
