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Employment gains continue as economy adds more than 200k jobs
The economy appears to be holding steady, with the arrival of the Labor Department's latest jobs report. Employers hired 206,000 workers in June, making for 42 consecutive months of growth, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Still, the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.1%, reaching that level for the first time since November 2021. The strongest gains last month, occurred in government as well as the health care, social assistance and construction industries.
Muskogee City leaders planning to request audit ahead of multi-million dollar bond vote
In the public meeting, Cale announced the City’s plans to ask the state auditor and inspector’s office to look into four development projects in the last decade that a citizen group brought to their attention.
Man missing after jumping in to assist child in Grand Lake, GRDA Police said
The Grand River Dam Authority Police Department is searching the waters of Grand Lake, near the Patricia Island area, for an adult male who jumped into the water from a boat and did not resurface.
Tulsa attorney says number of abuse allegations at juvenile detention center is growing
“I would characterize it as a brothel for children where there were essentially detention officers and other staff nurses to have free reign to abuse these children, to rape these children with impunity,” Brecht said.
Three dead, seven injured after suspected drunk driver plows into New York City park on 4th of July
Three people are dead and seven others have been injured after a suspected drunk driver plowed his vehicle into a park on New York City's Lower East Side on Thursday night, police said. The driver of a gray Ford F-150, Daniel Hyden, 44, struck multiple pedestrians in the park at 8:53 p.m. on Thursday night, police said. The man was driving eastbound on Water Street when he sped through a stop sign, jumped the curb and crashed into Corlears Hook Park, police said. The pickup truck was on top of four of the victims when authorities arrived. Good Samaritans held the driver until police arrived, authorities said. Hyden, from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, has been charged with three counts of driving while intoxicated and one count of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, according to police.
Shark believed to have injured four people in waters off South Padre Island on Fourth of July
Four people are believed to have been injured by the same shark while in waters off the southern coast of Texas on the Fourth of July, officials said. Texas Game Warden Capt. Chris Dowdy told Weslaco, Texas, ABC affiliate KRGV that four separate incidents involving the shark, including two bites, were reported off South Padre Island. In one of the incidents, the South Padre Island Police Department said it received a call reporting a "severe" shark bite to the leg at around 11 a.m. local time Thursday near the 4100 block of Gulf Boulevard. First responders from the South Padre Island police and fire departments provided treatment at the scene before the man was transported to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, police said.
Laura Day speaks out on drowning murder of her stepson
In an encore 20/20 airing July 5 at 9 p.m. ET, the show, which originally aired in 2022, revisits the case of Laura Day, who was convicted of murder in the 2012 death of her 6-year-old stepson. In 2013, Laura Day was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the drowning death of her 6-year-old stepson. Serving nearly 10 years of her life sentence, she maintains that the boy's drowning death at a Texas beach was an accident. Day said now is the right time to tell her story. "A tragic accident happened. I tried to save him," Day told 20/20 in her first interview.
Shark attacks man in water off South Padre Island on Fourth of July
A man was attacked by a shark on the Fourth of July while in the waters off South Padre Island in Texas, police said. The South Padre Island Police Department said it received a call reporting a "severe" shark bite to the leg at around 11 a.m. local time Thursday near the 4100 block of Gulf Boulevard. First responders from the South Padre Island police and fire departments provided treatment at the scene before the man was transported to a nearby hospital, police said. A police spokesperson did not provide an update on the man's condition. Footage from a beachgoer who witnessed the incident showed a shark swimming near the shore in the vicinity of the attack.
Retired military dogs reunite with their former Marine Corps handlers after years apart
Two military service members -- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Isaac Weissend and Marine Corps veteran Dalton Stone -- have been reunited with the dogs they handled in service overseas. Weissend and Stone first connected while serving in Japan with one another as military dog, or K-9, handlers. They built a strong bond with each other and became best friends. They also created strong connections with their respective German shepherd counterparts, 6-year-old male Poker and 6-year-old female Aida. Poker and Weissend even protected President Joe Biden during a special mission in Korea, where they swept flights, hotels, vehicles, and buildings for explosives. "Every day with Poker was a great day," Weissend said, according to American Humane, an animal-welfare organization that helped reunite the men with their K-9s.
Suspect fatally shot by park rangers at Yellowstone National Park after allegedly making threats
An armed suspect who was allegedly making threats in Yellowstone National Park is dead following a shootout with rangers, the National Park Service said. A Yellowstone law enforcement ranger was also injured in the incident, NPS said. The "significant law enforcement incident" occurred at Canyon Village in the central part of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming overnight and Thursday morning, NPS said. "Rangers responded to a report of an individual with a firearm who was making threats," NPS said in a press release. "When rangers contacted the individual there was an exchange of gunfire between the subject and law enforcement rangers."
Hatch Baby recalls nearly 1 million sound machine adapters due to shock hazard
This story has been corrected to specify that the power adapters are being recalled. Hatch, a popular sleep aid device company, has recalled more than 900,000 Rest 1st Generation sound machine adapters due to a shock hazard. "In partnership and compliance with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Hatch has issued a voluntary recall for power adapters issued with some Hatch Rest 1st generation devices, which were primarily sold between 2019 and 2022," the company stated in an online recall notice. "The recall is specific to power adapters issued by Jiangsu Chenyang Electron Co. after learning that the white housing of these power adapters can come off when removing them from the power outlet, leaving the power prongs exposed and posing a shock hazard to consumers," the statement continued.
Former classmate found guilty in murder of gay teen Blaze Bernstein
(NEW YORK) - -Samuel Woodward, a California man accused of murdering his former classmate in 2018, has been found guilty in the hate crime case. Blaze Bernstein -- a 19-year-old gay, Jewish student at the University of Pennsylvania -- went missing while visiting his family in Newport Beach during winter break in January 2018. His body was found following a dayslong search buried in a park in Lake Forest he went to with Woodward the night he went missing, authorities said. He had been stabbed 28 times, prosecutors said. Woodward, now 26, was charged with first-degree murder with a hate crime enhancement. Prosecutors had alleged that Woodward murdered his high school classmate because Bernstein was gay. Woodward had pleaded not guilty.
Girl, 13, 'tragically murdered' in mall shooting in Washington, police say
A 13-year-old girl died Wednesday after being hit by gunfire during a fight in a mall in Lynnwood, Washington, police said. Jayda Woods-Johnson was "tragically murdered" at the Alderwood Mall, the Lynnwood Police Department said. "The suspect has been identified as a 16-year old male from Edmonds," the department said in a statement. "He was brought in by his mother and is in custody. He will be booked into jail for Murder." Two groups had been in an "altercation" near the mall's food court, police said. Woods-Johnson had not been involved with either group and appeared to have been struck by a stray bullet, police said.
Sixth hot car-related child death this year highlights ongoing risk
A 2-year-old boy was found dead Tuesday evening inside a hot car in Cobb County, Georgia, officials said Wednesday, marking the sixth hot car-related death in 2024. According to the Cobb County Police Department, the child was found unresponsive in a parked vehicle at approximately 5:36 pm. He was transported to Kennestone Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. "This is one example of some things that can go wrong, but there are others," Chief Stuart VanHoozer said during a news conference Wednesday.
Pair of 19-year-old men arrested for illegally hunting on Oprah Winfrey's Hawaii ranch
Two 19-year-old men have been arrested after being accused of illegally hunting on Oprah Winfrey’s ranch in Hawaii, officials say. The incident occurred just before midnight on June 21 in the Kula area of Upcounty Maui, according to the Department of Land and Natural resources in Hawaii, when two men were stopped by officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) after they were observed allegedly using a spotlight for hunting purposes. “This happened near the intersection of Thompson Road and Kamaʻole Road, in the Kula area of Upcountry Maui. Thompson Road is a public road that runs through private property owned by the Oprah Winfrey Ranch,” officials said. “Luke Allen and Ty Munoz, both 19, of Upcountry Maui were arrested after being stopped.” Allen and Munoz were subsequently taken to the Maui Police station in Wailuku for booking but further charges are expected following a police investigation.
Video shows dog starting house fire by turning on stove in middle of night
Authorities have released a video of a dog starting a housefire when it turned on the stove in the middle of the night and ignited some boxes sitting on top of it, fire officials said. The incident occurred early in the morning on June 26 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, when the Colorado Springs Fire Department was dispatched to a home on the 1600 block of Rushmore Drive at approximately 4:43 a.m. after receiving a call from a family saying they had experienced a fire on their stove but had been able to extinguish it relatively quickly, according to a statement released by fire officials. “Engine 23 arrived on scene at 4:47 a.m. at a residential home with no visible fire or smoke. Upon investigation, crews did not find any active fire but did find evidence of a fire,” said the Colorado Springs Fire Department in a statement on social media. The male homeowner was able to extinguish the fire before crews got there, authorities said, but he was later transported to a local hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. There were no other injuries reported in the home, either to people or their pets.
Glaciers on Alaskan ice field melting at 'incredibly worrying' pace, study finds
The glaciers on a major Alaskan ice field are melting twice as fast than recorded over a decade ago, with researchers saying the rate of ice loss is "incredibly worrying." The research, led by scientists at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and published in Nature Communications Tuesday, identified how ice volume on Juneau Icefield has dramatically decreased since 2010 compared to decades prior. Juneau Icefield lies 2,000 feet north of Juneau and extends through the border with British Columbia and is the fifth-largest ice field in North America. Researchers looked at historical data to determine three periods where ice volume significantly changed.
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