A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials apparently has crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of his country.
Earl Meyer, 96, of St. Peter still has shrapnel in his thigh from a 1951 mortar attack, which continues to cause him occasional pain.
There’s never a good time to carry a credit card balance, but right now is arguably the worst time. Experts say there are solutions for those who feel trapped.
The Las Vegas Strip’s storied Mirage hotel-casino, longtime host to Siegfried and Roy and Cirque du Soleil’s dazzling Beatles show, helped transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination.
America's first Black astronaut candidate finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other passengers on Sunday.
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday. (Scripps News)
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President Joe Biden told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he hears their voices of protest over the Israel-Hamas war, and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza have been heartbreaking.
The upcoming Biden-Trump debates will be the first televised general election matchups ever hosted by individual networks — a virtual guarantee they’ll be among the least-watched ever.
Early in the pandemic, a surge of interest in cycling sent bike sales soaring. The boom didn’t last; many shops are slashing prices or rethinking inventory to woo shoppers back.
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to deliver the commencement address Sunday Morehouse College, one of the nations preeminent HBCUs located in Atlanta, Georgia. Kim Brunhuber speaks with Gevin Reynolds, a contributor to The Root, about Biden's efforts to shore up support from Black voters.
A lawsuit over a Virginia prison inmate's death has raised broader questions about conditions at the lockup and newly obtained records are providing further insights. The Marion Correctional Treatment Center houses predominantly mentally ill offenders. Records obtained by The Associated Press show inmates there were hospitalized for hypothermia at least 13 times in three years. They also show medical providers expressed concern about temperatures and one inmate described ice forming on toilet water. In the pending lawsuit, a judge has paved the way for further discovery over records relating to hypothermia and cold exposure. The Department of Corrections has refused to comment on the AP's findings, citing the pending litigation.
The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest has crowned a grand prize winner after hundreds of dedicated pitmasters sweated through smoke to be named the best in pork. Brad Orrison and Brooke Lewis, a brother and sister who led a team from Mississippi, won the grand championship on Saturday, the third time they have cooked their way to the big prize. Considered one of the premiere cooking contests in the U.S., teams from around the country and internationally spend days working on huge whole hogs, massive slabs of shoulder and cuts of ribs in the heat and sometimes rain of Memphis, Tennessee. Orrison and Lewis say the “the Super Bowl of Swine” is friendly but fierce.
Seize the Grey has won the Preakness Stakes for 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. His victory ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid. Seize the Grey returned off the same two-week turnaround as Mystik Dan after impressing in a win on the Derby undercard enough to convince Lukas to try the Preakness. Lukas has saddled more horses in the Preakness than anyone else in the race’s 149-year history. He has now won the middle leg of the Triple Crown seven times and is one back of the record held by good friend Bob Baffert. Mystik Dan finished second.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office held its annual Fallen Officer Memorial Ceremony on Friday to recognize those who have died in the line of duty.
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Archaeologists made a surprising discovery — the ground they were digging in did not contain graves.
150 days after suffering critical injuries in a car accident, Lauren Worley celebrated a big milestone on Friday when she graduated from Patrick County High School.
The teacher's husband was found in the school parking lot with a 2-year-old. He appeared to be under the influence of narcotics and required medical attention, an official said.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office held its annual Fallen Officer Memorial Ceremony on Friday to recognize those who have died in the line of duty.
A Wise County man has been charged with malicious wounding and other charges after shooting an individual on Dan Hall Mountain Hall Road.
A Bristol Tennessee man was arrested Thursday and charged with vehicular homicide and several other charges in connection to a fatal vehicle crash on Highway 394 on Feb. 16, 2024.
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office will hold its annual fallen officer memorial service on May 17.
ABINGDON, Va. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine was at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Friday, where he met with members of the Appalachian Peace Education Center and heard their concerns regarding the ongoing violence in Gaza.
Washington County Virginia Treasurer Fred Parker wants the county to implement a 20-cent-per-pack tax to net as much as $400,000 annually to fund the county’s fire and rescue operations.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — To fund 15% raises for all employees and other matters, the Sullivan County Board of Education is seeking an additional $6 million this year from the county.
The number of Sullivan County Commissioners will stay at 24 after a measure to reduce the number of commissioners to 14 was withdrawn this week.