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The Bidens are getting an early start on the Thanksgiving week by having dinner with service members

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to visit naval installations in Virginia on Sunday for an early kickoff to the Thanksgiving holiday week. He plans to host a screening of the movie “Wonka” and have a “friendsgiving” meal with service members and their relatives. The president and first lady Jill Biden are heading to Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads for the screening of the film about the early life of Roald Dahl’s eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka.Later, the Bidens plan to help serve dinner with service members from the USSS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USSS Gerald R. Ford at Norfolk Naval Station, the largest installation of its kind in the world, along with their families. There’s also a military event on Donald Trump’s schedule for his visit Sunday to Texas. The former president, who has a commanding early lead in the 2024 Republican primary, is giving a speech in Edinburg after serving meals to National Guard soldiers, troopers and others who w...

Australia beats India to win Cricket World Cup for sixth time as Head hits 137

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Australia won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time Sunday, ending India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a low-scoring final on the back of Travis Head’s 137.A heavily pro-Indian crowd inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium was silenced as Head combined with Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out ) in a 192-run partnership to chase down the target of 241.Australia was wobbling on 47-3 after seven overs but Head and Labuschagne dug in to help their country regain its status as the king of one-day international cricket, adding to its 50-over world titles in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015.Head was dismissed off what proved to be the next-to-last ball of the match, caught in the deep while attempting to hit a title-clinching boundary. In came Glenn Maxwell and he ran two off his first ball, securing a victory that prompted fireworks above the world’s largest cricket venue.The Indians won all 10 of their mat...

A toddler accidentally fires his mother’s gun in Walmart, police say. She now faces charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Police say a woman is facing a child endangerment charge after her toddler found a gun in her purse and accidentally fired it in a southern Ohio Walmart store last week.The Waverly Police Department said the woman told officers who responded shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday that the 2-year-old boy took her Taurus 9mm firearm from her purse, and it went off.Police said the bullet went into the ceiling of the store, and the child was left with a minor injury to his forehead “due to contact with the magazine.”Police said the woman, whose name wasn’t released, was taken into custody and charged in Pike County Court with endangering children. The boy was released to the care of a guardian and taken to an urgent care facility, police said.Waverly police said in a statement on their Facebook page that such incidents “underscore the need for heightened awareness and safety measures” and the department “emphasizes the importance of responsible firearm ownership and s...

An orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia last year during the war in his country returned home after being reunited with relatives in Belarus on his 18th birthday Sunday.Bohdan Yermokhin was pictured embracing family members in Minsk in photographs shared on social media by Russia’s children’s rights ombudswoman, Maria Lvova-Belova. Andrii Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, confirmed that Yermokhin had arrived back in Ukraine and shared a photo of him with a Ukrainian flag. Yermak thanked UNICEF and Qatari negotiators for facilitating Yermokhin’s return.Yermokhin’s parents died two years ago, before Russia invaded Ukraine. Early in the war, he was taken from the port city of Mariupol, where he lived with a cousin who was his legal guardian, placed with a foster family in the Moscow region and given Russian citizenship, according to Ukrainian lawyer Kateryna Bobrovska.Bobrovska, who represents the teenager and his 26-year-old cousin, Valer...

31 premature babies 'very sick,' 291 trauma patients remain at Gaza hospital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thirty-one “very sick” premature babies in critical condition have been transported to another hospital in and 291 patients remained stranded there days after Israeli forces raided the hospital.The fate of the newborns at Shifa Hospital had captured global attention after the release of images showing doctors trying to keep them warm. A power blackout caused by Israeli airstrikes had shut down incubators and other equipment, and food, water and medical supplies ran out. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media that the “very sick" babies were evacuated along with six health workers and 10 staff family members. They were taken in ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent to a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where they were receiving urgent care.The babies suffered from dehydration, vomiting, hypothermia and some had sepsis because they didn’t receive any medication, and they had not been in “suitable ...

Butterball turkey talk-line expert

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

Butterball turkey talk-line expert Michael Maddox joins WGN Weekend Morning News with on how to prepare for Thanksgiving.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

31 'very sick' babies evacuated from Gaza's largest hospital, trauma patients remain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thirty-one “very sick” premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza's main hospital to another in the south on Sunday, and will be moved to Egypt on Monday, health officials said, as scores of other critically wounded patients remained stranded there days after Israeli forces entered the compound.The fate of the newborns at Shifa Hospital had captured global attention after the release of images showing doctors trying to keep them warm. A power blackout had shut down incubators and other equipment, and food, water and medical supplies ran out as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants outside the hospital.World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media that the “very sick" babies were evacuated along with six health workers and 10 staff family members. They were taken in ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent to a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where they were receiving urgent care.The b...

What is Illinois' preference for frozen pizza?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – When Americans give up on making dinner and settle for a frozen pizza, which types of frozen pizza do they most often settle for?It might depend on where they’re located.A new analysis from Instacart suggests that America is a nation divided by its favored frozen-pizza varieties. The findings, as determined by Instacart’s recent online-ordering data, appear to indicate that varieties like pepperoni, supreme and even veggie pizza have their own little strongholds over certain sections of the country.It’s important to note, however, that Instacart’s analysis doesn’t indicate which pizza varieties are the top-selling in each state, but rather which varieties each state’s customers are ordering at the highest rate over the national average. (When considering sales volume alone, an Instacart analyst confirmed with Nexstar that the actual top-selling pizza varieties, in each state, were either pepperoni or cheese across the board, with nearly 40% of Instacart’s frozen-pizza pu...

Austin police investigating death in east Austin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating a death reported in the vicinity of Art Dilly Drive in east Austin.APD Watch Command confirmed to KXAN they aren't investigating it as a suspicious death at this time. However, officials added the investigation is ongoing.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

U.S. circuit court upholds Texas pornography age verification law

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:26 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a case surrounding age verification on pornography websites, according to an AG release Friday.A group of pornography distributors filed the initial suit in an effort to prevent Texas from enacting a new law that would require pornography websites to verify the users are at least 18 years old. Per the release, the latest ruling "stayed a district court's injunction against the law." PAST COVERAGE: Federal judge strikes down a Texas law requiring age verification to view pornographic websites The Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1181 earlier this year, with the legislation requiring adult content websites both verify a user's age and incorporate a warning "describing the harmful medical and societal side effects of pornography consumption," per the release. The owners or operators behind Pornhub, XVideos and XNXX filed a lawsuit in response to try and halt the law. Unde...