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todayFebruary 19, 2024

National News

Joel Osteen prays for 7-year-old shot at Lakewood Church in 1st Sunday service since shooting

Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Joel Osteen preached for "restoration and healing" in the first Sunday service following the shooting that erupted at his Lakewood Church in Houston last week."Lord, we think of your faithfulness, especially this week, Lord, what you brought us through," Osteen said during the service.Osteen noted how the shooting, which took place last Sunday in between services, could have been far more deadly. "We don't take it for granted. Your angels were watching over […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

National News

Flooding, mudslides threaten California amid back-to-back winter storms

Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some 37 million people remain on alert for flooding in California, spanning the coast from the cities of Eureka to San Diego.An area just northwest of Santa Barbara is under a flash flood warning until at least 10:30 a.m. PT on Monday, due to back-to-back winter storms bringing up to 4 inches of rainfall with another 3 to 4 inches expected. Flash flooding, mud and debris flows, as well as landslides and rockslides […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

National News

One dead, five injured in shooting at Indianapolis Waffle House, police say

mphotoi/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS) -- At least one person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a Waffle House in Indianapolis, Indiana, early Monday, police said.Authorities said they were dispatched to the scene at approximately 12:40 a.m. ET and, upon arrival, they found five people with gunshot wounds.Those five victims -- three men in stable condition, one woman in stable condition and one woman in critical condition -- were transported via ambulances to area hospitals, according to the […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

Music News

People’s Choice Awards honors Lenny Kravitz with Music Icon Award

Disney/Randy HolmesLenny Kravitz was honored Sunday night with the Music Icon Award at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards.Kravitz talked about how when he first started out people offered him big deals but only if he changed his music, sharing he turned them down because he couldn’t do something “inauthentic.”  "An icon, to me, is someone who inspires and teaches others to believe in themselves, and their direction, whatever that direction is," he said. "It's never been about how many records I sell, or how […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024

Sports News

NASCAR delays Daytona 500 race by a day due to heavy rain

James Gilbert/Getty Images(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.)-- Steady rain and gusty winds in Florida prompted NASCAR to delay the start of the iconic Daytona 500 race until Monday, officials said.The race at the Daytona International Speedway, the official opening of the NASCAR Cup Series season, had been scheduled to begin around 3 p.m. on Sunday but was called off hours before as the weather forecast showed no sign that the rain would let up, officials said.The green-flag start to the stock car […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024

National News

2 police officers, 1 firefighter killed after responding to a domestic call in Minnesota: Officials

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, STOCK(BURNSVILLE, Minn.)-- Two police officers and one firefighter were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Sunday after responding to a "call of a family in danger," according to Gov. Tim Walz."Horrific news from Burnsville," Walz began his statement on X. "While responding to a call of a family in danger, two police officers and one firefighter lost their lives, and other officers were injured.""We must never take for granted the bravery and sacrifices our police officers […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024

National News

37 million California residents on flood watch amid back-to-back storms

ABC News(NEW YORK)-- An already drenched California is bracing for a second storm as a multiday atmospheric river is projected to bring rainfall, wind and snowfall to the Golden state Sunday and extend through Wednesday.The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for nearly the entire coast of California -- from Redding to San Diego and the Mexico border -- putting about 37 million residents on alert.The first storm hit central California on Saturday, dumping less than half an inch […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024

National News

One firefighter killed, 10 more injured in ‘catastrophic’ house explosion in Virginia: Officials

Courtesy Loudoun Fire Rescue on X(STERLING, Va.) -- A firefighter was killed and 10 others injured when a house in Virginia exploded while they were responding to a gas leak, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the home in Sterling around 7:48 p.m. Friday after a resident reported smelling gas, according to Keith Johnson, chief of the Combined Fire & Rescue System in Loudoun County. A 500-gallon underground propane tank on the side of the house was leaking gas into the home, […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024

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