Performer Frankie Grande is celebrating six years of sobriety by recalling what contributed to his using and the “rock-bottom moment” that prompted him to get clean. The older brother of pop star Ariana Grande dropped by TODAY with Hoda & Jenna on Jan. 4 and chatted about his sobriety journey. “It’s literally changed everything in […]
The Young Thug RICO trial resumed Tuesday after a jail stabbing delayed the process for three weeks. Much of Tuesday’s testimony focused on Young Thug and Shannon Stillwell, one of the rapper’s co-defendants who was stabbed in jail. It was the first time Stillwell had been seen since he was stabbed at the Fulton County […]
On November 28, Eric Riner was assaulted at his apartment complex in Capitol Hill. It happened just before midnight. Riner said a VRBO guest was staying in the apartment below his when he heard someone screaming in the hallway. He said he went out into the hallway and the man bull-rushed him, nearly pushing him […]
Tributes were paid Sunday on the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI, with Pope Francis praising his love and wisdom and Benedict’s private secretary expressing hope he might one day be declared a saint. Benedict, the first pope to retire in six centuries, died last December 31 at the age of 95 […]
Columbia resident Herb Griggs is a living witness to history. He celebrated his 102nd birthday Thursday at The Terrace Retirement Community surrounded by other residents, family, friends and country music duo Don Joy and Melanie Lynn, who provided entertainment at the party. Born in Boone County and educated both in Hallsville and Columbia, Griggs’ life […]
By Rami Amichay and Michal Yaakov Itzhaki TEL AVIV (Reuters) -To survive the 51 days she and three of her children spent as hostages in Gaza, Chen Almog-Goldstein had to stifle the tears over the killing of her husband and daughter when Hamas gunmen burst into their home in Israel on Oct. 7. “Within seven […]
By Steve Stecklow (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators have written to Elon Musk, Tesla’s top executive, calling on him to “swiftly” recall any steering and suspension parts that pose a safety risk. The letter cites “an alarming” Reuters investigation published on December 20 that exposed how Tesla has blamed drivers for frequent failures of components […]
A Florida company’s mistake created a possibly fatal food allergy problem and caused three lots of store-brand frozen fish to be recalled from Whole Foods Market’s nationwide. Friday’s recall from Tampa Bay Fisheries, based in the Tampa suburb of Dover, concerns 365 Whole Foods Market Beer Battered Cod and Beer Battered Pollock fillets. Both contain […]
Tesla is recalling more than 120,000 vehicles over doors that fail to comply with U.S. government regulations. In a letter posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website Thursday, Tesla acknowledged the affected doors can be unlocked during a crash, which could cause the door to unlatch and open, increasing the risk of injury. […]
Toyota is recalling roughly 1 million cars in the U.S. because the front passenger air bags may not deploy properly in a crash, posing additional risk of injury to riders, the car maker said Wednesday. A potential defect in the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensors in the front passenger seat of affected vehicles could cause […]
Toyota did not have a good Wednesday. The carmaker first halted all worldwide shipments from Daihatsu, one of its subsidiaries, over an investigation related to safety. The company also had to recall 1 million vehicles in the U.S. due to problems with its cars’ airbags. Daihatsu admitted in April that it rigged side-collision safety tests […]