Ferguson, MO

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Los Angeles, CA

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Mrs. Knafeh, owned by a Palestinian woman, is open daily from an adorable trailer in Downtown L.A., just west of the 110 Freeway next to the Orsini apartments. The truck prepares two kinds of knafeh, including Nabulsieh knafeh, traditional to the Palestinian city of Nablus, and a crispy knafeh made with shredded phyllo. Both are made to order. There are also crescent-shaped dumplings known as atayef, with fillings such as sweet cream, cheese, walnut-and-cinnamon, and cream cheese-and-coconut. One can also expect strong coffee and tea.

WHAT TO EAT THIS WEEKEND IN L.A.: A Palestinian Woman-Owned Knafeh Cart in DTLA, Crimean Dumplings, and Guatemalan Revolcado

Washington, DC

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NewsNinja

A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

Harrisburg, PA

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The Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A woman who was severely injured when a gunman killed five girls and wounded her and four other girls during an attack on their one-room Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania has died 18 years later, a funeral director said Thursday. Rosanna S. King, 23, died at...

An Amish woman dies 18 years after being severely injured in a deadly schoolhouse shooting

Texas State

El Paso, TX

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who has been held in Texas since his arrest in the U.S. over the summer does not oppose being transferred to New York to face charges there, according to a court filing Thursday. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, was arrested along with Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán,” after landing at an airport near El Paso on July 25. They are charged in the U.S. with various drug crimes and remain jailed.  Federal prosecutors in Texas asked the court last month to move Zambada to the New York jurisdiction that includes Brooklyn, where the elder Guzmán was convicted in 2019 of drug and conspiracy charges and sentenced to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso had issued an order Wednesday denying the request for a move to New York. But prosecutors filed a motion Thursday saying that Zambada and his attorneys agreed to the move, and a subsequent court filing confirmed that.

Mexican drug cartel leader agrees to be transferred from Texas to New York

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Utah State

West Haven, UT

WEST HAVEN, Utah (AP) — A woman and her three children were found shot to death in a car in Utah. Authorities said they do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the public but haven’t said what they believe happened. A family member called called 911...

A woman and her 3 children were found shot to death in a car in Utah

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Where are they? Podcast

When you head out on a cruise, you’re most likely thinking about suntan lotions, umbrella cocktails, and endless buffets. You’re not likely to be thinking about disappearing without a trace.

Vanished At Sea: Mysterious Cruise Ship Disappearances

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure. The 30-year-old woman from Chengdu, the Sichuan provincial capital, hopes one day to start an online business importing furniture from her home country. “I want more,” Li said. “I want to be a strong woman. I want independence.” Li is among a new wave of Chinese migrants who are leaving their country in search of opportunities, more freedom or better financial prospects at a time when China’s economy has slowed, youth unemployment rates remain high and its relations with the U.S. and its allies have soured.

Chinese migrants flock to Mexico in search of jobs, a future and, for some, a taste of freedom

MARATHON, Greece (AP) — In the blackened remains of his workshop, sculptor Vangelis Ilias stacks what little is left of years of his efforts. In August, a ferocious wildfire swept through the mountains north of Athens, Greece’s capital, pushing into the city and coming within feet of where Ilias created made-to-order tombstones, statues and other items out of white marble.

AP PHOTOS: A ferocious blaze scars the land outside Greece’s capital

Kansas State

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Missouri State

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According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 1,467 children have been reported missing in the U.S. since January 1, 2024, a drop since the figure of 1,533 previously reported. That drop indicates 66 cases were resolved.

15 missing children in Missouri since June 2024: some cases resolved and more added

Iowa State

Anderson, IN

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — A single-engine plane traveling from Iowa to Indiana crashed in a central Indiana cornfield Friday, killing everyone on board, authorities said. The plane left Fort Dodge, Iowa, just after 6:45 a.m. and was projected to land at Anderson Municipal Airport, about 9:55 a.m. but crashed into a nearby cornfield, said Capt. Darwin Dwiggins of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. Dwiggins said the plane came in too high on its initial approach to the Anderson airport.  “They were too high. They were told to reroute and make another approach.”

A small plane from Iowa crashed in an Indiana cornfield, killing everyone onboard

Terry, MS

Mississippi News Group

A local man has been arrested following the shooting death of his wife, accorind to the Hinds County Sheriff. A fatal shooting investigation occured in the early morning hours in the 3500 block of Green Gable Rd. in Terry, accoridng to HCSO.

Local man arrested in shooting death of wife

Iowa City, IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former manager of the machine shop at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy deposited nearly $1 million that should have gone to the university into his own personal accounts, according to a state audit released Wednesday. The report from State Auditor Rob Sand said Brian Busch failed to tell the university that he was an owner of a company called D3Signtech. The report said that from July 2017 through September 2021, Busch received $943,635 from another company for work that D3Signtech completed using University of Iowa staff and equipment. The university placed Busch on administrative leave in September 2021 and requested the state audit. “When university officials learned of a potential violation in the Department of Physics and Astronomy Machine Shop, they took immediate action to protect the interests of taxpayers, students, and families,” the university said in a statement.

A former University of Iowa manager embezzled funds, an audit finds

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Commanders said they have fired an employee after he was shown making derogatory comments about players and fans in undercover video posted on social media. A team spokesperson said Thursday that vice president of content Rael Enteen had been terminated. Enteen was initially...

Commanders fire employee after undercover video showed him disparaging players and fans

A wave of odd-colored lobsters has showed up in fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year, inspiring headlines that trumpet their rarity. (AP Video: Nick Perry)

Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell

Kentucky State

Jefferson County, KY

Louisville, KY

Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

Chesterfield County, VA

Margaret Minnicks

WRIC 8 News reported that a Chesterfield special needs student was found with drugs belonging to an elementary teacher on Thursday, August 29. Mary Horton was arrested at Hopkins Elementary School after an officer with the Chesterfield County Police Department responded to a report of “what appeared to be methamphetamine” in her possession."

A special needs student found drugs belonging to an elementary teacher in Chesterfield County

Las Vegas, NV

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prisoner died after he was pepper-sprayed by guards, shut in a storage room, shackled and restrained with his face to the ground, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. Patrick Odale’s death on Dec. 28, 2023, at the Southern Desert...

Nevada inmate was pepper-sprayed and held face down before he died. His death was ruled a homicide

St. Louis, MO

Florissant, MO

Hazelwood, MO

Bridgeton, MO

Ferguson police released footage showing a protester knocking a Black police officer to the ground on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

Ferguson police release footage showing protester knocking officer to sidewalk

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