Archives: 2021

World News

US missionaries say 2 of 17 abductees freed in Haiti

Associated Press,

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An Ohio-based church organization says two of 17 abducted members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti. Christian Aid Ministries issued a statement Sunday saying the two “are safe, in good spirits and being cared for.” It said it could not give the names of those released, why they were freed or other information….
Local News

TBI investigating “Suspicious Death” in Decatur Co.

WBBJ Staff,

DECATUR CO., Tenn. — Suspicious Death occurs in Decatur Co. According to information received from the TBI, an investigation is currently underway involving the suspicious death of a 20-year-old female from Decatur County that occurred on November 19. This remains an active and ongoing investigation. Other agencies involved in the investigation include Henderson Co. Sheriff’s Office, and Decatur Co. Sheriff’s…
U.S. News

‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic moved to North Carolina facility

Associated Press,

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — A defense attorney says the former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic has been transferred to a medical facility in North Carolina for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis. Defense lawyer John Phillips says Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was taken from a federal medical center in Forth Worth, Texas, to…
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Jackson to join Kenosha march to protest Rittenhouse verdict

Associated Press,

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to join a march in Kenosha to demand criminal justice reform following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. A statement by Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition says the march Sunday afternoon is set to trace the route Rittenhouse took the night in August last year that he shot and killed two people…
U.S. News

Phone companies must allow texting new ‘988’ suicide line

Associated Press,

(AP) — U.S. communications regulators are requiring that phone companies allow people to text as well as call a new “988” number for the suicide-prevention hotline. The Federal Communications Commission last summer voted to require phone companies support the 988 number for people to call to reach an existing suicide-prevention hotline. Recognizing that texting is critical to Americans, particularly young…
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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ captures $44 million in theaters

Associated Press,

(AP) — The latest attempt to revive “Ghostbusters” has drawn a sizable audience to movie theaters while the awards darling “King Richard” is struggling. With a reverence for nostalgia and a few high-profile cameos in its arsenal, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” opened above industry expectations with $44 million in ticket sales from 4,315 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Sony movie…
World News

Hamas gunman kills 1 before Israeli police shoot him dead

Associated Press,

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Hamas militant has opened fire in Jerusalem’s Old City, killing one Israeli and wounding four others before he was fatally shot by Israeli police. It was not immediately clear whether Hamas, an Islamic militant group sworn to Israel’s destruction, had ordered the attack or whether one of its members had acted alone. The Islamic militant group,…
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Kardashian West Helps Fly Afghan women soccer players to UK

Associated Press,

LONDON (AP) – Members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team have arrived in Britain after being flown from Pakistan with the help of a New York rabbi, a U.K. soccer club and Kim Kardashian West. A plane carrying more than 30 teenage players and their families, about 130 people in all, landed at Stansted Airport near London early Thursday….