Author: KVRR Staff

Search is on for parents charged in Michigan school shooting

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) – Michigan authorities say they’re searching for two parents charged with involuntary manslaughter in a high school shooting. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the parents of Ethan Crumbley, who is charged with murder and terrorism in the deaths of four students at Oxford High School on Tuesday. Crumbley’s parents were charged Friday. A prosecutor says they gave…

Plumber finds missing money in wall of Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church

Joel Osteen (Fox News) HOUSTON (FOX 13) – A plumber doing repairs at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church has made a discovery — money stashed in a wall inside of the Houston megachurch. Church officials did not confirm the amount but did say that money was found. In a statement to KHOU, a representative from Lakewood Church said: “Recently, while repair…

Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Earlier in the day, congressional leaders announced they had finally reached an agreement…

First US case of COVID-19 omicron variant identified

Omicron variant (World Health Org.)WASHINGTON (AP) – A person in California has become the first  in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant of COVID-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the person was a traveler who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22 and tested positive on Nov. 29. The person was vaccinated but had not received…

Conservative justices signal changes during historic abortion arguments

(Fox News)WASHINGTON – Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority are suggesting they may make sweeping changes to limit abortion rights in the United States. The high court heard arguments Wednesday in which the justices are being asked to overrule the court’s historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion and its 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which…

Clinic director: Supreme Court case ‘grave threat’ to abortion rights

FARGO (AP) – The head of North Dakota’s only abortion clinic says the stakes have never been higher in the debate over a woman’s right to an abortion. Red River Valley Women’s Clinic Director Tammi Kromenaker will join a group of abortion supporters outside the Supreme Court Wednesday, when justices will hear testimony on a case that many believe could…

Red River Broadcast, Forum Communications reach purchase agreement for Fargo, Duluth TV stations

FARGO (KVRR) – Red River Broadcast has entered into an Asset Purchase agreement with Forum Communications Co. for the sale of their station assets, FOX affiliates KVRR in Fargo, N.D. and KQDS in Duluth, Minn.  The transaction is pending the grant of a waiver from the FCC. Forum currently owns WDAY, the ABC affiliate in Fargo, as well as a…

Cosby prosecutors urge U.S. Supreme Court to restore conviction

Bill CosbyPHILADELPHIA (AP) – Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction, arguing in a petition that the verdict was thrown out over a questionable agreement that the comic claimed gave him lifetime immunity. They said the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in June to overturn Cosby’s conviction created a dangerous precedent by giving a press…

Boebert apologizes to Muslim community after Ilhan Omar comments

Fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the Capitol, this whole story is made up. Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout. Anti-Muslim bigotry isn’t funny & shouldn’t be normalized. Congress can’t be a place where hateful and dangerous Muslims tropes get no condemnation. https://t.co/S1APT7RbqW — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 26, 2021 WASHINGTON (FOX) – Rep. Lauren…