Listen Live Home Connect Media On Air Local Contests & Rules News Chambana Deals Contact Home » News » Features FEATURES 5 DAYS AGO Officials: Brian Laundrie fatally shot himself in the head Laundrie had been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators searched for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, during their cross-country van trip together. 6 DAYS AGO Milwaukee’s ‘Dancing Grannies’ devastated by parade crash Late Sunday afternoon, the driver of a red SUV roared through a Christmas parade in the suburban Milwaukee town of Waukesha, killing at least five people and leaving 48 injured, according to authorities. 6 DAYS AGO Yes, there are turkeys for Thanksgiving – for a price The Thanksgiving table hasn't been spared the price inflation that is rampant elsewhere in the economy because of strong consumer demand and labor shortages. 7 DAYS AGO As tourism brightens, Times Square hopes to regain luster The return of foreign tourists to a place popularly called the crossroads of the world may help hasten recovery for the businesses — many of them mom-and-pop shops — that collectively employ thousands of people and serve as one of New York City's most important economic engines. 1 WEEK AGO Police in Memphis hunt for suspects in Young Dolph’s killing Police scoured the city of Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday as they searched for suspects in the killing of influential rapper Young Dolph at a popular local cookie shop, a shooting that drew shocked and mournful reactions from the music world and throughout his hometown. 2 WEEKS AGO Kardashian West helps fly Afghan women soccer players to UK By DAVID KEYTON and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team arrived… 2 WEEKS AGO San Diego Zoo ‘smiling hippo’ named Otis is dead at age 45 A 45-year-old male river hippopotamus named Otis and nicknamed the "smiling hippo" has died at the San Diego Zoo. 2 WEEKS AGO Millionaire pooch selling Miami villa once owned by Madonna Gunther the German shepherd spent a recent morning playing with his tennis ball, rolling in the grass, slobbering a little and napping a lot. Later, he had a "meeting" with the real estate agents selling his Miami mansion that his handlers bought from Madonna. 2 WEEKS AGO After record low, monarch butterflies return to California There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. 2 WEEKS AGO US population center moves 11.8 miles; still in Missouri Some people might describe Hartville, Missouri, as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday announced that it's the closest town to the middle of the nation. 2 WEEKS AGO Dallas boy, 9, is youngest of 10 killed at Houston festival The death toll stemming from a crowd surge during a Travis Scott performance at the Astroworld music festival in Houston rose to 10 on Sunday. The latest victim is also the youngest, 9-year-old Ezra Blount, of Dallas, who had been in a medically induced coma since Nov. 5. 2 WEEKS AGO Teddy bear lost in Glacier park returned to 6-year-old girl A little girl who lost a special teddy bear she'd had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last year. Her parents and family friends still held onto a glimmer of hope. 3 WEEKS AGO Man earns Ph.D., fulfills dream of being physicist — at 89 An 89-year-old Rhode Island man has achieved a goal he spent two decades working toward and nearly a lifetime thinking about — earning his Ph.D. and becoming a physicist. 3 WEEKS AGO Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s son sentenced for stabbing neighbor The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was sentenced to six months in jail for stabbing a Southern California neighbor with a hunting knife during an argument over trash cans, prosecutors said Wednesday. 3 WEEKS AGO Augmented reality project brings Olympics birthplace to life An unusual partnership between Microsoft and Greece's Ministry of Culture and Sport is offering an immersive tour at one of the world's major archaeological sites that launched Wednesday. 3 WEEKS AGO Are you vaxxed? Some families face fraught divide over jabs Many have been looking forward to Thanksgiving this year after calling it off in 2020 due to the pandemic, but one of the most pressing issues of the times is getting in the way: Who's vaccinated and who's not? 3 WEEKS AGO SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight Four astronauts returned to Earth on Monday, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that began last spring. 3 WEEKS AGO Denver Zoo reports world’s first coronavirus cases in hyenas Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide, a national veterinary lab announced Friday. 3 WEEKS AGO No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station as early as this weekend will be stuck using diapers on the way home because of their capsule's broken toilet. 3 WEEKS AGO Family mourns woman’s death in crash involving ex-NFL player The family of a Las Vegas woman who died in a fiery crash that authorities say former Raiders player Henry Ruggs III caused after driving 156 mph with a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit in Nevada said Thursday they are devastated. Page 1 of 212 RECENT HEADLINES 4 DAYS AGO IN MUSIC ‘Get Back’ series dispels, and confirms, some Beatle myths For 50 years, the fixed narrative had the Beatles' "Let it Be" recording session as a miserable experience with a band where members were sick of each other, sick of their work and in the process of breaking up. 4 DAYS AGO IN ENTERTAINMENT, TRENDING Performers gear up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Growing up in Chicago, Broadway star Brittney Mack faithfully watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV after fulfilling her own parade duties. Now she's getting ready to bundle up, hit the streets of Manhattan and be part of the big one for the first time. 4 DAYS AGO IN NATIONAL, TRENDING All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder Three men were convicted of murder Wednesday in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was running empty-handed through a Georgia subdivision when the white strangers chased him, trapped him on a quiet street and blasted him with a shotgun. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! Copyright 2021 Saga Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. 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