LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Family and friends will hold a candlelight vigil on Wednesday for a 28-year-old woman killed after police said she fell off the hood of an SUV last week. The Clark County coroner’s office identified Alondra Rivera as the person discovered Friday night around 11:30 p.m. near Nellis and Charleston boulevards. Rivera had […]
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday will award the Medal of Honor posthumously to two U.S. Army privates who were part of a daring Union Army contingent that stole a Confederate train during the Civil War, the White House said. Philip Shadrach and George Wilson, will receive the medals […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor on Wednesday for “conspicuous gallantry” to a pair of Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the American Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines. U.S. Army Privates Philip […]
Members of the Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association are set to gather 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Lubbock County Courthouse to read in public the country’s founding documents ahead of the July 4th holiday. Lubbock attorney Chuck Lanehart speaks in 2021 about the significance of reading the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights […]
Prince Harry, left, will be honored with the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the July 11 ESPYs. Tillman, a former NFL player, was killed by friendly fire during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2004. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo/Columbus Ledger Enquirer, Mike Haskey) ESPN is standing by its decision to honor Prince Harry […]
A mural dedicated to Samyia Spain, the teen girl fatally knifed after rejecting her killer’s advances in March was unveiled outside her Brooklyn home on Saturday afternoon. Dozens gathered in a courtyard at the NYCHA Wyckoff Gardens housing complex in Boerum Hill for the dedication of the commemorative mural by artist Tracy Molloy titled, “Their […]
If you look up in the sky in West Des Moines on Saturday morning, you may catch F-16 jets overhead. They are in honor of Brig. Gen. Travis Acheson who died June 21 after battling brain cancer for the last year. Who is Brig. Gen. Travis Acheson? Acheson was born on July 4, 1968, in […]
An event that serves as an opportunity to remember lost children while advocating for a safer future for all children will take place Sunday in Greene Township. Join motorcyclists from near and far, along with the Riders Advocating Against Child Abuse, for the Angels Gone Too Soon Pennsylvania Memorial Wall Ride and Dedication from noon […]
CHICAGO — Six and a half decades ago, a young man from Chicago witnessed the horror of the Vietnam War. He earned two Purple Hearts and on Thursday, his family, including his son-in-law WGN’s Patrick Elwood, along with the White Sox, honored him for his service. At just 18, Chicago born and raised Frank Sawaski, […]
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — In a gathering near a picturesque lake outside Yellowstone National Park, hundreds of people cheered Wednesday as a Native American leader spoke the name revealed on a painted hide for a rare white buffalo that was born in the park earlier this month: Wakan Gli, which means “Return Sacred” in […]
Jun. 24—Two New Mexico hospitals, one of which is in Santa Fe, have been named to the Lown Institute’s annual “Honor Roll” for acute care. According to the institute, 154 acute care hospitals are recognized each year out of nearly 3,000 nationwide and are scored on measures of equity, value and outcomes. The University of […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Flags around Arkansas will be lowered to half-staff Friday as a show of support and mourning for the victims of the deadly mass shooting at a Fordyce grocery store the week prior. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday issued a statement saying US flags and Arkansas state flags will fly at […]