Russia launches fresh drone strikes in Ukraine after promising retaliation...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod that killed 24 people Saturday “would not go unpunished.” The...
View ArticleGerman officials detain 3 more suspects in connection with a Cologne...
BERLIN (AP) — Three more people were detained Sunday in connection with a reported threat of an attack on the Cologne Cathedral over the holidays, German authorities said. The detentions came only...
View ArticleSurfer dies after shark "encounter" in Hawaii
PAIA, Hawaii (AP) — A surfer in Hawaii has died after being injured in a shark encounter off Maui's northern shore, according to the Maui Police Department. Authorities stopped short of calling the...
View ArticleUS Navy helicopters fire at Yemen's Houthi rebels and kill several in latest...
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces opened fire on Houthi rebels after they attacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea, killing several of them in an escalation of the maritime...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35 as Netanyahu says war will...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel’s prime...
View ArticleJapan issues tsunami warnings after a series of very strong earthquakes in...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan. The Japan Meterological Agency reported quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures...
View ArticleKlee Benally, Navajo advocate for Indigenous people and environmental causes,...
PHOENIX (AP) — Klee Benally, a Navajo man who advocated on behalf of Indigenous people and environmental causes, has died, his sister said. He was 48 years old. Benally died Saturday at a Phoenix...
View ArticleNYE Celebrations at Powderhorn
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Powderhorn Mountain Resort held its annual torchlight ski and fireworks celebration on December 31 to welcome 2024. It's a tradition local have been celebrating for more...
View ArticleOlympic hopeful canoeist Zach Lokken working toward qualifying
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Zach Lokken, a slalom canoeist, is on a mission to return to the Summer Olympics this year in Paris after finishing seventh at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Growing up in...
View ArticleMental health incident at Mesa Mall on Friday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On Friday, Dec. 29 several police officers responded to a call about a person experiencing a mental health crisis at Cabela's in the Mesa Mall. Officials say the mall...
View ArticleGJPD responds to assault on North Avenue on Saturday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Around noon on Saturday, Dec. 30 Grand Junction Police responded to a report of an assault in the 700 block of North Avenue. Authorities say a man identified as...
View ArticleIsrael is pulling thousands of troops from Gaza in a possible precursor to a...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military confirmed Monday that it was pulling thousands of troops out of the Gaza Strip, a step that could clear the way for a new long-term phase of lower-intensity...
View ArticleA missing person with no memory: How investigators solved the cold case of...
CHICAGO (AP) — Buried at the edge of a Chicago Catholic cemetery are an elderly person’s remains marked only by a cement cylinder deep in the ground labeled with the numbers 04985. The person died in...
View ArticleHarbaugh's Michigan Wolverines to play for national title after stopping...
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jalen Milroe caught a low snap on fourth down in overtime at the Rose Bowl and ran straight ahead into wall of blue and maize. That wall of Michigan defenders had been hardened...
View ArticleMichael Penix Jr. leads No. 2 Washington to 37-31 victory over Texas and spot...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The remarkable comeback story of Michael Penix Jr. is a victory away from a perfect ending for Washington. Penix passed for 430 yards and two touchdowns, and the Huskies held off...
View ArticlePowerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along Japan's...
WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least 48 people dead and damaging thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats, with officials warning people in some...
View ArticleA Hamas official killed in a Beirut strike had been on Israel's hit list for...
BEIRUT (AP) — Saleh Arouri, the deputy political head of Hamas and a founder of the group’s military wing, had been in Israel’s sights for years before he was killed in a drone strike in a southern...
View ArticleGunman breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building; intrusion unrelated to...
DENVER (AP) — A man leaving the scene of a car wreck Tuesday shot his way into the Colorado Supreme Court building and inflicted “extensive damage” to the building before being arrested by police,...
View ArticleSouvenir sellers have flooded the Brooklyn Bridge. Now the city is banning them
NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to New York City hoping to take home a souvenir from the Brooklyn Bridge will now have to settle for a photograph, as vendors are about to be banned from the iconic span. The...
View ArticleProsecutors say Sen. Menendez cashed in by linking Qatari royal family member...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez used his international clout to help a friend get a multimillion-dollar deal with a Qatari investment fund, partly by taking actions favorable to Qatar’s...
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