LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A DoubleTree hotel guest describes the moments he thought he wouldn’t make it out alive after a fire broke out. KGNS spoke with Adrian Espinoza, who was inside the hotel when it happened. Espinoza said he was in the shower and kept hearing banging noises. He said he figured...
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LINCOLN, Neb. ( KOLN /Gray News) — A baby girl is continuing to fight for her life after suffering a number of serious injuries that could have ended her life. The month-and-a-half-old child is recovering at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. According to police, the infant suffered l...
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LAKE CHARLES, La. ( KPLC /Gray News) - An 84-year-old man in Louisiana was arrested for allegedly creating and selling explosives from his home, according to deputies. On Oct. 2, detectives searched the home of John W. Sinkankas in relation to an ongoing joint investigation. Inve...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - As tropical Storm Isaias intensifies into a hurricane in the gulf, it will track far east of Texas, likely making landfall Friday night in Alabama or the western Florida panhandle. Un related to Isaias, an easterly flow of somewhat more moist air between ~4,...
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CHARLESTON, S.C. ( WCSC /Gray News) — President Donald Trump used an anti-transgender slur to refer to Annie Andrews, a Democratic Senate candidate in South Carolina. In a post on Truth Social this week, Trump wrote, “Annie ‘Tr*nnie’ Andrews is running against our wonderful Darli...
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ST. CROIX COUNTY, Wis. ( WEAU /Gray News) - A man is accused of sexually assaulting two students he met while working as a school employee in Minnesota. Derrick Pfeffer, 42, is charged with 10 felonies in St. Croix County, Wisconsin: Repeated sexual assault of the same child (at ...
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LANSING, Mich. ( WILX /Gray News) - Days into bowhunting season in Michigan, questions about safety are being raised after a hunter was shot in the chest. The hunter was hit by an errant round from a target shooter while they were sitting inside a hunting blind, according to offi...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Nearly 24 hours after a fire spread across multiple floors of a 14-story Laredo hotel, officials have not said when people could return to retrieve their belongings or when nearby streets will reopen. The fire broke out around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Four candidates will take the stage for the Laredo Chamber of Commerce’s mayoral forum. The candidates include incumbent Mayor Dr. Victor Treviño, District 8 Council Member Alyssa Cigarroa, Alfonso “Poncho” Casso and J.D. Gonzalez. The chamber said questions...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - President Donald Trump is expected to speak at a campaign event for Ken Paxton and congressional candidate Carlos De La Cruz on Oct. 7. Doors are scheduled to open at 2:30 p.m., with Trump expected to speak around 6 p.m. KSAT video shows crews preparing Free...
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LINCOLN, Neb. ( KOLN /Gray News) - A Nebraska man has been arrested for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material. According to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, Timmy Lee Topil, 60, was arrested Tuesday after his wife reported finding suspected child sexual abuse mat...
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ATLANTA (Gray News) - Chick-fil-A leadership says customers can continue to expect to be served by its team members at restaurant locations and not artificial intelligence. Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy recently shared in a CNBC interview that it’s not pursuing AI voice ordering i...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo Animal Care Services is looking for a forever home for Luna, a 4-month-old Lab mix. “She’s just very curious...She wants to go everywhere,” said Estevaun Delgado, foster program coordinator for LACS. Luna still needs some vaccinations and to be spayed...
