DERA ISLAMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout, killing 11 in an overnight operation in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest, authorities said on Tuesday. The intelligence-based raid was in retaliation to Sunday’s roadside bombing that killed seven soldiers in the same Lakki Marwat district […]
THOMS COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — Two men from out of state were seriously injured in a crash in northwest Kansas Sunday morning. 1 critically injured in east Wichita crash According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at 6:22 a.m., a 51-year-old man from Delray Beach, Florida, was driving a 2022 Freightliner Semitrailer hauling a trailer westbound […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing seven soldiers, including an army captain, the military said, a sign of a surge in militant attacks on security forces. The latest attack happened in Lakki Marwat, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, the […]
A silent colossus lurks off the Pacific coast, threatening hundreds of miles of coastline with tsunamis and devastating earthquakes. For decades, scientists have warned about the potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a megathrust fault that runs offshore along the coast from northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino, California. When the fault — or even a […]
Jun. 6—FLAG ISLAND, Minn. — A longtime resort at Flag Island on Minnesota’s Northwest Angle has been purchased and again is open for business. Justin and Tanya Ferguson, who own Cyrus Resort on the south shore of Lake of the Woods, have purchased the resort on Flag Island, which is now known as Cyrus’s Flag […]
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said someone stole a car with a woman inside it in Northwest D.C. on Monday afternoon. Police said that at about 1:10 p.m., they received a call about a stolen car in the 100 block of Irving St. NW. at Washington Hospital Center. The victim […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen fatally shot a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan’s northwest, an official said Monday. At least 11 police have died this year while on security duty for vaccination campaigns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The gunmen fired at a team working in the Wargari area of Lakki Marwat […]
A 16-year-old boy is hospitalized after Atlanta police say he was shot in the face. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] On Sunday, just before 2 a.m., officers were called to a home on Oldknow Drive regarding a person shot. When police arrived, they found a 16-year-old boy who had sustained […]
A 34-year-old concealed carry license holder fired at armed carjackers early Saturday morning in the East Irving Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 3:30 a.m., the victim was walking to his vehicle in the 3700 block of North Spaulding Avenue when a black sedan approached and three gunmen exited and demanded his vehicle, police said. […]
May 31—BEMIDJI — The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2024 Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor Award. Formerly the Unsung Hero Award, the Heart of Community Honor Award is given out to those across Minnesota whose compassion and contributions serve as the heartbeat of our communities, and who inspire others to […]
CONGRESS, Ariz. – US 93 is shut down in both directions northwest of Phoenix due to a deadly crash involving four vehicles. The crash happened just before 8 a.m. on May 30 at milepost 179 near Alamos Road. The Arizona Department of Transportation says the northbound lanes are closed at State Route 71. Southbound is […]
This week you may be seeing some thunderstorms and cloudy skies. This less than desirable weather is part of an active weather pattern that is hitting the northwest region. Davyon Hill, National Weather Service Lead Meteorologist said, “we’re transitioning into what we call northwest flow aloft and under that pattern we basically get a series […]