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Five youth, one adult taken to hospitals after school bus rolls over north of Calgary

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

DIDSBURY, Alta. — Six people have been transported to hospital after a collision involving a school bus in central Alberta.An RCMP officer from Didsbury, about 82 kilometres north of Calgary, came across the school bus rollover on Highway 2A at Township Road 320, police said Monday. “The bus contained numerous students,” they said in a news release. Emergency Medical Services said paramedics responded around 10:30 a.m. “A total of six individuals were transported to hospital,” spokesman Adam Loria said in an email.Two youths and an adult were taken to hospitals in Calgary, while three youths were taken to Didsbury Health Centre.Loria said all six were transported by ground ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.Highway 2A is closed and no traffic can get through the area.Police said earlier they were responding Monday to multiple collisions in the area, including potentially 12 between Carstairs and Olds on Highway 2, due to poor road conditions.Alberta...

2 Israeli women held hostage in Gaza released by Hamas

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.The death toll in Gaza was rising rapidly as Israel ramped up airstrikes, flattening residential buildings in what it says was preparation for an eventual ground assault. The United States advised Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to allow time to negotiate the release of more hostages.A third small aid convoy from Egypt entered Gaza, where the population of 2.3 million has been running out of food, water and medicine under Israel’s two-week seal. With Israel still barring entry of fuel, the U.N. said its distribution of aid would grind to a halt within days when it can no longer fuel its trucks. Gaza hospitals are struggling to keep generators running to power life-saving medical equipment and incubators for pre...

Remains of WWII soldier from Winnetka to be buried Friday

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — The remains of a suburban U.S. Army soldier who was killed during a World War II battle will be buried on Friday.Pfc. John Gordon, a Winnetka native, was killed in action during the Battle of Reipertswiller in France in January 1945. He was just 32 years old.That day, his company, Company G, was subjected to a German counterattack after it had been cut off from allied forces the day before. By Jan. 20, all of the men from Company G had been killed or captured — and American forces were unable to recover Gordon’s body.Last summer, Gordon's remains were accounted for. Suburban rescue in ‘dire’ need of new van to save animals from being euthanized His remains will be buried Friday at Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee.

The 50 'rattiest cities' in the US, as ranked by Orkin

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

(KTLA/NEXSTAR) – It's their world. We just live in it.Orkin has released its 2023 list of the “rattiest cities” in the U.S., which ranks 50 of the nation’s busiest metro regions by “the number of new rodent treatments” performed over a period of 12 months. Specifically, Orkin studied new rodent treatments executed between Sept. 1, 2022, and Aug. 31, 2023, at both residential and commercial properties.Perhaps not surprisingly, Chicago was ranked as the No. 1 "rattiest" city for a ninth consecutive year.SEE ALSO: Chicago’s ‘Rat’ Rage GrowsRounding out the top five "rattiest" cities were Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco — the usual suspects, as Orkin's previous reports have suggested.A complete list of the 50 "rattiest" cities can be found below, with plus (+) or minus (-) symbols indicating their change over last year’s list:ChicagoLos Angeles (+1)New York (-1)Washington, D.C. San FranciscoPhiladelphiaBaltimoreDenverDetroit (+1)Cleveland-Akron (-1)Minneapolis-S...

Teresa Weatherspoon's hire continues building of the 2024 Chicago Sky

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

Subria Whitaker of Grow The Game joins "9 Good Minutes" on WGN News Now to talk about the Chicago Sky's upcoming offseason & the hire of Teresa Weatherspoon.CHICAGO — Once again, the Chicago Sky are starting a new era of their franchise in 2024.Last year, the team was moving on from Courtney Vandersloot, Candace Parker, Allie Quigley, Emma Meesseman, and Azura Stevens in a major reshaping of their roster around All-Star Kahleah Copper.Now the team is replacing head coach and general manager James Wade, who made a number of deals to reshape the roster for 2023. This time the job will be split, with Basketball Hall of Famer Teresa Weatherspoon taking the head coaching position with a general manager still to be hired. She'll be introduced at a news conference on Tuesday morning at Wintrust Arena. Yet this is just the start of getting the Sky back to the championship level they were at just a year ago before the high-profile departures. The team has Copper on a new two-year deal w...

2 women held hostage released by Hamas, International Committee of the Red Cross confirms

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.The death toll in Gaza was rising rapidly as Israel ramped up airstrikes, flattening residential buildings in what it says was preparation for an eventual ground assault. The United States advised Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to allow time to negotiate the release of more hostages..A third small aid convoy from Egypt entered Gaza, where the population of 2.3 million has been running out of food, water and medicine under Israel’s two-week seal. With Israel still barring entry of fuel, the U.N. said its distribution of aid would grind to a halt within days when it can no longer fuel its trucks. Gaza hospitals are struggling to keep generators running to power life-saving medical equipment and incubators f...

Ghoulish deep-sea fish found on California beach in rare discovery

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) – For the second time in three years, a ghoulish, reclusive species of deep-sea fish washed ashore on a beach in Orange County, California.Seasonal lifeguard at Crystal Cove State Park Sierra Fockler discovered a deep-sea anglerfish lying on the shore of Moro Beach near the lifeguard headquarters earlier this month. The discovery was made just in time for Friday the 13th, and the park later shared the pictures of the find on social media. VIDEO: Dolphins swim through bioluminescent waters in Orange County With a gaping mouth and spiny fin, the specimen, identified as a Pacific footballfish, was the same species as the anglerfish discovered by a Moro Beach visitor in May 2021. The specimen found in May 2021 is currently at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.Lifeguards estimate that the latest specimen, which was found intact but deceased, washed up with the morning high tide, at around 9 a.m. Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife pick...

APD officers involved in fatal north Austin shooting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A man is dead after being shot by Austin Police Department officers in north Austin Sunday night. According to Interim Police Chief Robin Henderson, APD got a call around 8 p.m. that a man was threatening his wife and child with a gun inside an apartment in the 9000 block of Northgate Boulevard, between Highway 183 and West Rundberg Lane. Henderson said officers tried to get the man to come out, but he wouldn't. Around 8:30, officers saw the man on the balcony with the gun and fired a "less lethal" weapon at him, then he went back inside. APD called in the SWAT team, but before it arrived, officers were worried the woman and child were in danger and entered the apartment themselves, according to Henderson. Henderson said as officers entered the apartment, the suspect began firing a gun at the officers, who returned fire, hitting the man. Officers tried to save the man's life, but he died. The woman and child were able to get out of the apartment safely without any i...

1 dead following 2-vehicle crash on SH 130 Monday

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS confirmed one person died following a two-vehicle crash along State Highway 130's southbound service road Monday afternoon.ATCEMS responded to the blocks of 10638-11106 South SH 130 service road, near Maha Loop, shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday. Medics attempted CPR on one adult patient, who ultimately died at the scene.Two additional patients were evaluated for minor injuries before refusing to be taken to the hospital by medics, ATCEMS noted. No additional information is available related to the crash, officials added.

When will CapMetro wrap construction on McKalla Station near Q2 Stadium?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC fans will be able to take CapMetro's Red Line straight to Q2 Stadium next season, with work on the upcoming McKalla Station projected to finish in time for the start of the 2024 Major League Soccer season.The CapMetro board of directors approved Monday an additional $676,000 in funding for the transit authority's existing McKalla Station construction contract, with a total contract amount of more than $21.5 million. CapMetro officials told the board some of that extra funding is needed to address some stormwater and wastewater easement efforts. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: CapMetro’s McKalla Station on track to launch before 2024 Austin FC season While the new-approved contract funding extension also flagged a timeline extension of 102 days, CapMetro President and CEO Dottie Watkins told the board the project remains on time and on budget. The reason for some of the tweaks along the way is the nature of the project's design-build contract, where a designer and cons...