Tropical Storm Beryl swirls toward southeast Caribbean and threatens to...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Beryl chugged toward the southeast Caribbean on Saturday and could strengthen into the year's first hurricane before reaching Barbados late Sunday. A...
View ArticleDiamond Shruumz products recalled due to toxic levels of muscimol
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Mesa County Public Health sent out an alert Friday about a recall involving Diamond Shruumz products after several reports of illness from consumers. The FDA found these...
View ArticleFor India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by...
JAMMU, India (AP) — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other...
View ArticleAmerican Red Cross' Sound the Alarm Campaign comes to Rocket Park Neighborhood
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The American Red Cross partnered with the Grand Junction Fire Department for their 'Sound the Alarm' event. Volunteers were divided into groups to go door-to-door in the...
View ArticlePhillip Holt appeared in Mesa County Court
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Mesa County Sheriff's office carried out an online sex sting that resulted in 6 arrests. One of the arrested men appeared in court on Friday. 45-year-old Phillip...
View ArticleParties and protests mark the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month in NYC, San...
NEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reaches its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San...
View ArticleHungary's populist Orbán to take over EU presidency as many issues hang in...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — When Hungary takes over the helm of the European Union on July 1, many politicians in Brussels will have the same thing on their minds: whether populist Prime Minister Viktor...
View ArticleBolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,' political rival Evo Morales...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Former President Evo Morales on Sunday accused his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving Bolivians by staging a “self-coup” last week to earn political...
View ArticleFrench far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections. Here's how runoff...
PARIS (AP) — French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation...
View ArticleIan McKellen withdraws from tour of his play to ‘protect my recovery’ after...
LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen said Monday he is withdrawing from a U.K. tour of his latest play because he needs more time to recover after falling off the stage at a London theater last month....
View ArticleAt 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of...
NICE, France (AP) — At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political force in France. And now he could become the country's youngest prime...
View ArticleMontrose Monday!
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — Recurring guest, Tonya Maddox, tells WesternSlopeNow about upcoming events in Montrose! On Wednesday, the Air Force Academy Band plays at the Montrose Rotary Amphitheater at 6...
View ArticleKomodo Pickleball profile
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Komodo, a company created and based out of Grand Junction, has taken off since its launch in 2020. But it wasn't always a pickleball business. Komodo actually started as...
View ArticleThings to know about the Karen Read murder case, which has ended in a mistrial
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV...
View ArticleHaiti's gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the UN says
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children's agency said Tuesday as the Caribbean country struggles to curb killings...
View ArticleTrump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next...
View ArticleHurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making...
View ArticleThe Latest | Overnight strike kills 9 in Khan Younis, hours after Israel...
An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian health officials said Tuesday, within a day of Israel ordering parts of the city to evacuate...
View ArticleArthur Crudup: What to know about the bluesman who wrote Elvis's first hit...
FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right" would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a...
View ArticleA British neonatal nurse convicted of killing 7 babies is found guilty of...
LONDON (AP) — A British neonatal nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others was convicted Tuesday of trying to kill another infant in her care....
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