Mountain View, CA

CBS News

Ukraine's far western city of Lviv has been spared most of the bloodshed and destruction since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its former Soviet-era ally two-and-a-half years ago. But before dawn on Wednesday, Moscow reminded Ukraine — and its Western backers — that the city only 40 miles from the border with NATO-member Poland is not immune from the war. Lviv residents started reporting explosions at 5:40 a.m. local time, with buildings near the city's railway station, homes, schools and clinics all being hit. Mayor Andriy Sadovy said Russia had launched drones and hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, damaging more than 50 buildings...

NATO member Poland scrambles jets as Russia attacks western Ukraine

NBC News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was assailed Wednesday by angry protests from families of hostages, colleagues-turned-critics and leaders across the Middle East. Netanyahu's insistence on a controversial demand in cease-fire talks has defied the eruption of anger in the wake of the killings of six hostages in Hamas captivity, threatening to derail hopes that their deaths might at least force progress in stalled negotiations.

Netanyahu faces mounting protests and outrage but stands defiant on hostage deal demand

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba led a spate of high-level resignations in Ukraine on Wednesday, as Kyiv looked to match its reinvigorated battlefield efforts with renewed leadership. The biggest reshuffle of the country’s government since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion comes as Ukraine presses on with its offensive inside Russia but reels...

Ukraine's foreign minister resigns in major leadership 'reboot'

The Guardian

Academics say vulnerability of the two countries’ nuclear launch sites makes dangerous mistakes more likely

US arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warn

From Donald Trump’s perspective, his upcoming sentencing in the New York hush money case should include jail time. A spokesperson for his 2024 campaign commented this week on reports of a Trump clemency recipient being convicted of a domestic violence-related charge by saying, "President Trump believes anyone convicted of a crime should spend time behind bars.”

Trump campaign says the former president believes 'anyone convicted of a crime' should be jailed

Maine State

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Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

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

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J. Souza

A recent TikTok video has gone viral, highlighting the strict drug policies enforced by Carnival Cruise Line. In the clip, a passenger named Gloria (@coppertoneqt) recounts an incident involving a drug-sniffing dog that detected illicit substances in a fellow traveler's luggage.

Cruise Passenger Warns of Strict Drug Policies: "Carnival is not playing with y’all"

Dallas, TX

DALLAS — Newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a hospital after he was fatally wounded will go up for auction later this month. Experts say the find isn’t necessarily surprising even over 60 years after the assassination.

Footage of motorcade racing JFK to the hospital after he was shot is set to go to auction

Butler, PA

Among the documents Donald Trump’s would-be-assassin studied while formulating his plans for an attack on the former president was a public document from the Department of Homeland Security, describing different kinds of improvised explosive devices and the number of explosives needed to inflict casualties over certain distances, a senior law enforcement official told CNN.

FBI discovered a DHS document describing improvised explosive devices during investigation of Trump’s would-be assassin

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder , which covers rural America, and Climate Central , a nonadvocacy science and news group. On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis.

Some Kentuckians, like many rural Americans, are too poor to qualify for federal flood protections

Wyoming State

Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Pennsylvania State

Johnstown, PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man arrested last week at a Pennsylvania rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had hoped to hang a banner to protest Trump’s policies, Johnstown’s police chief said Tuesday. Authorities announced that misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest were filed against...

Man arrested at Trump rally in Pennsylvania wanted to hang a protest banner, police say

Straight Arrow News SANcom

NATO jets and U.S. Coast Guard monitor Russian military near western borders to ensure safety and manage geopolitical tensions.

NATO responds to Russian military activity with air and sea operations

Salem, OH

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

Georgia State

A 14-year-old student suspected of gunning down four people at his Georgia high school Wednesday was previously investigated in connection with threats to carry out a school shooting, federal authorities said. The suspect, then 13, was a possible suspect in connection with threats made online last year using photos of...

Georgia high school shooting suspect was investigated in 2023 for online threats, authorities say

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

Arizona State

Arizona Luminaria

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41,000 Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

New York City, NY

A New York man was sentenced Tuesday to 13 months in prison in connection with threatening phone calls he made to members of Congress and a threat to kill a staffer. The sentencing of Ade Salim Lilly, 35, included three years supervised release, the Justice Department said in a news release.

New York man sentenced to prison after thousands of harassing calls to Congress and threat to kill staffer

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups in killings that occurred during the protests that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election. Human Rights Watch, in a report detailing repressive measures the government unleashed after the...

Human rights group implicates Venezuelan security forces in killings during post-election protests

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Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election

WASHINGTON — The Departments of Justice, State and Treasury announced Wednesday a joint effort to target with sanctions and criminal charges what the Biden administration says...

Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election

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