November 26, 2015

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.- A group dedicated to community service provided Thanksgiving meals to hundreds of people in Lehigh Acres on Thursday. The Rotary Club works year-round to host the dinners at St. Raphael Church. Two dozen Rotary Club members cook for days to feed as many as 600 people. “It may be someone who can’t afford […]

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador announced Thursday that it will begin requiring Cubans to get visas to enter beginning Tuesday, seeking to discourage the flow of migrants. Deputy Foreign Minister Xavier Lasso said Ecuador wants to curb the movement of migrants who have been using Ecuador as a transit country to reach other nations without […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Authorities say a man faces charges in Louisiana accusing him of killing his father and stabbing his mother because they ordered fast food and didn’t get any for him. Ronald Pritchett, 32, of Purvis, Mississippi, faces charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and auto theft in the New Orleans suburb […]

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – New national guidelines are being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to protect swimmers and kayakers from the growing threats posed by toxic algae in lakes and rivers. Agency officials said the focus will be on people who are likely to swallow water during recreational activities. The EPA issued a […]

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say a street fight in Marathon, Fla., turned ugly Wednesday night when several men attacked Monroe County sheriff’s deputies investigating the beating of a man found with multiple cuts and bruises to his face. The beating victim, Ignacio Aguila, 48, was found lying in the road on 15th Street with […]

IMMOKALEE, Fla.- More than 2,000 people got a warm Thanksgiving meal on Thursday as part of the Guadalupe Center’s “Thanksgiving in the Park.” “A lot of people when they think of Thanksgiving, they have this concept of what’s there. My Thanksgiving was never ABC Family, traditional Thanksgiving. It was a park with a bunch of strangers who you kinda […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas quarterback Tony Romo was knocked out of the game against Carolina with an injury to the shoulder that sidelined him for seven games this season. Romo, who threw three interceptions and had two of them returned for touchdowns, stayed down in the field after he was sacked by linebacker Thomas […]

MIAMI (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard in Miami rescued two people after their fishing boat capsized and sank hundreds of miles from Key West, Fla. The names of the two people rescued late Wednesday were not released in a statement issued Thursday by the Coast Guard in Miami. The pair was rescued from a […]

DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford dropped back and perfectly lofted the ball where only Calvin Johnson could catch it. Johnson leaped to come down with the 25-yard pass in the end zone for the first of a career-high matching three touchdown receptions, Stafford tied a personal best with five scoring passes, and the surging Detroit […]

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Michael Gbinije and Trevor Cooney each had 17 points and Syracuse beat No. 18 Connecticut 79-76 on Thursday to advance to the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Tyler Lydon added 16 points off the bench. Gbinije also had seven assists. The teams traded the lead at the start […]