A 71-year-old woman made history as the oldest contestant to compete in the Miss Texas USA pageant. Though she did not take home the crown, Marissa Teijo joined other contestants competing in the pageant this weekend in Houston. Aarieanna Ware, last year’s Miss Dallas winner, was named Miss Texas USA on Saturday. She will represent … Read more
A gunman opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store Friday, killing at least four and wounding several others, authorities said. The deadly incident unfolded just before 11:40 a.m. CT at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, a small town about 70 miles south of Little Rock, Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar said at a late-afternoon news … Read more
Protesters stormed the 18th green at the TPC River Highlands as the leaders were preparing to putt on the final hole of regulation at the 2024 Travelers Championship on Sunday afternoon. Five people wearing shirts with an environmental message dumped a powdery orange substance on the green as Scottie Scheffler, Tom Kim, and Akshay Bhatia … Read more
A 23-year-old nurse, mother to a 10-month-old girl, is among the four people killed in Friday’s mass shooting at an Arkansas grocery store. Callie Weems died when rounds and fragments from a suspect’s long gun struck 13, including two officers who had non-life-threatening injuries, at a Mad Butcher grocery store Friday morning in Fordyce, a … Read more
A fourth victim in an Arkansas grocery store shooting died Saturday night, state police announced. Police identified the deceased as Ellen Shrum, 81. Several others were injured in the shooting that occurred just after 11:30 a.m. Friday both inside and outside the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a town about 70 miles south of … Read more
EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson will finally get her shot at gold. Richardson, one of the United States’ biggest track and field stars, won the 100-meter with a time of 10.71 at the Olympic trials on Saturday at Hayward Field. It was the fastest women’s 100 time in the world this year. Melissa Jefferson and … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation while he was away visiting relatives, Illinois may soon return it to the tribe. Nothing ever changed the 1829 treaty that Chief Shab-eh-nay signed with the U.S. government to preserve for him a reservation … Read more
A 34-year-old man was found alive in a California wooded area after he was heard calling for help Thursday, nine days after he was last seen, officials said. Lukas McClish was last seen on the morning of June 11 in Boulder Creek — near Big Basin Redwoods State Park, about 14 miles north of Santa Cruz. … Read more
MEXICO CITY — U.S. government inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan will gradually resume, U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar announced Friday, a week after they were suspended over an assault on inspectors. The U.S. Agriculture Department inspectors “will gradually begin to return to the packing plants following recent aggression against them,” … Read more
In his first six months in office, Gov. Jeff Landry has pushed a broad conservative agenda that is altering Louisiana’s cultural landscape, from abortion rights to criminal justice to education. That culminated this week with his signing of the first law in the nation mandating that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school … Read more