New video shows emotional moments after a Fort Lauderdale K-9 officer was shot while chasing a burglary suspect

CNN Newsource on April 24, 2026

By Abby Dodge, Ana Maria Soler

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    MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Newly released video shows the moment a Fort Lauderdale K-9 officer was shot while pursuing a burglary suspect, followed by the handler’s emotional exchange with his dog while driving him to the emergency clinic.

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department released footage detailing the lengths officers went to capture the suspect, Christian Bouie.

Officers searched a home Saturday night near 1600 N.W. 16th Court for Bouie.

“FLPD, show yourself,” an officer called out.

It took the Fort Lauderdale Police Department more than an hour to approach Bouie with the help of a SWAT team and heat-sensor cameras attached to a helicopter.

“Yeah, we have him. He’s in a tree,” a pilot can be heard saying.

That’s when the K-9, Appie, went to work. Police say Bouie shot the dog, shattering his upper arm in two places.

The K-9 handler rushed Appie to an emergency clinic, sharing an emotional moment in the car.

“My dog has been shot,” the K-9 handler said. “Buddy, I love you. I love you, bud.”

After a five-hour surgery, Appie received a hero’s welcome back home.

“Today, we celebrate not just survival, but heroism,” Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Bill Schultz said. “Appie, he is, and always will be our canine hero.”

Another K-9 helped take down Bouie, leaving Appie to focus on recovery. The department is still weighing the option of Appie returning to duty.

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Village Jazz Series showcases Kofa High School and Arizona Western College talent

KYMA on April 24, 2026

Moses Femino

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – Live jazz filled the air Thursday night as Arizona Western College and Kofa High School students took the stage for the Village Jazz Series.

Highlighting local talent and creating a bridge between high school and college musicians.

Both jazz bands delivered energetic performances in an outdoor setting at the Yuma Palms Regional Center.

Giving families a chance to enjoy music under the stars while showcasing the growth of Yuma’s jazz scene.

For the student musicians, the event was more than just a performance. It was an opportunity to connect with the community and inspire the next generation.

“We get to show our talent and how much we’ve worked towards this for the people of Yuma County,” Maximiliano Campos, a third-year music major at Arizona Western College, said. “They get to see it and they get to enjoy it as much as we do.”

Lorenzo Paredes, a first-year music major at Arizona Western College, said performing alongside Kofa High School students highlights the strength of local music programs and opens the door for younger musicians to continue their education at Arizona Western College.

“I feel excited too, cause it also shows me how talented high schools are with music,” Paredes said. “And it also shows them that we, AWC here, we have a jazz program. Pretty good one too so if they want to join next year, they can.”

Kofa High School opened the concert, with Arizona Western College closing out the two-hour performance.

The Village Jazz Series is set to wrap up its 2026 run next Thursday.

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Florida nurse arrested for inappropriately touching patient while under anesthesia, deputies say

CNN Newsource on April 24, 2026

By Allison Petro

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    KISSIMMEE, Florida (WESH) — A nurse is behind bars after a patient accused him of touching her while she was under anesthesia, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies identified the nurse as 45-year-old Carlos Herrera, who worked at AdventHealth Celebration in Kissimmee.

On March 16, deputies responded to reports of a battery incident.

During the investigation, deputies spoke with the victim, who told them that while she was in a post-anesthesia state, Herrera took her to another room.

She said Herrera yelled her name multiple times, but she was unable to speak or open her eyes. That’s when Herrera allegedly squeezed and massaged her breast, according to the arrest warrant.

The victim immediately opened her eyes after the contact and said Herrera claimed he was trying to move her so she could lie flat.

When a female nurse entered the room, the victim asked whether it was common practice to reposition patients in that manner. The nurse said it was not.

After the incident was reported, Herrera was suspended pending further investigation.

According to the arrest warrant, Herrera was charged with abuse of a disabled adult without causing great bodily harm, as the victim was under medication and recovering from surgery at the time of the incident.

He was also charged with committing a lewd and lascivious act.

WESH 2 reached out to Advent Health for comment, which shared the following statement:

“Patient safety is our highest priority. We take concerns like this seriously. In accordance with our policy, we immediately placed the team member on leave on March 16 after the allegation was made, and he remains on leave.”

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Human skull, bones found in Birmingham neighborhood

CNN Newsource on April 24, 2026

By Riley Conlon, Ryan Lovell

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    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — An investigation is underway in Birmingham after residents discovered a human skull and bones that investigators believe were dragged into the area by roaming dogs.

The remains, which the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said include a skull and two long bones, were found at 11:48 a.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of Sixth Avenue North. That’s in the city’s Smithfield community, not far from the Smithfield Community Center.

Residents spotted the bones near a residential roadway surrounded by overgrown, vacant lots and empty houses. Police and crime scene units quickly blocked off a portion of the road to investigate.

A thorough search of the area by investigators and a cadaver dog didn’t turn up any additional remains, nor could they find where the bones originally came from. Because of this, the coroner’s office suspects that dogs roaming the neighborhood brought the remains to the street.

An examination is scheduled for Thursday to begin the difficult process of identifying the person and figuring out how they died. At this time, the person’s identity, age, race and sex remain a mystery.

The Birmingham Police Department said its investigation into the discovery is ongoing.

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Skyline faithful celebrate Kenyon Sadiq’s big day in Idaho Falls

KIFI on April 24, 2026

William Syslo

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Today at Eagle Rock Middle School, the Skyline High School Alumni Association put on an NFL Draft watch party. The reason? Kenyon Sadiq, a former Skyline High School football player, was projected to be a first-round pick.

“This is a really, really cool opportunity,” Skyline Principal Josh Newell told me, ahead of the party. “Kenyon is a great young man, and we had the opportunity to have him here for a few years… we all kinda feel like we’re part of it you know? So tonight we’re really excited to be able to do that.”

As fans streamed in, they had plenty to do and eat before the draft began. Olive Garden and Buffalo Wild Wings provided food for those in attendance. Vantage Point Homes provided pizzas, and Discovery Construction provided beverages.

The Skyline band was playing all night, Skyline’s student government ran trivia, the baseball and football teams ran a 50/50 to raise funds, and they had a “guess where Kenyon will be drafted” game.

This was a huge undertaking that all resulted in one electrifying moment when Sadiq was announced as the 16th overall pick to the New York Jets, sending the Eagle Rock auditorium into a frenzy. A camera streaming to ESPN was present to capture it all, and when the watch party was shown on the national broadcast, the crowd erupted yet again, maybe even louder the second time around.

“To celebrate a kid like this is easy,” Bridger Taylor, who coached Kenyon at Skyline, told me. “…He was one of the best kids you’d ever wanna be around…”

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National Crime Victims’ Rights Week observed in Yuma

KYMA on April 24, 2026

Lauren Duffel

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) is this week, and a gathering was held Thursday night to highlight the focus of honoring survivors and protecting victims’ rights and services.

The event recognized victims and honored the work of victim advocates.

NCVRW, created in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan from the 1970s victims’ rights movement, highlights and advances legal protections and support for crime victims who had long been overlooked by the justice system.

Mark Martinez, chairman for the Victim Rights Committee, said, “It’s a way to share the awareness of the advocacy that’s available to them if they become a victim. It’s also a way to celebrate our survivors, to bring them together and remind them that you are still being supported. We just want to provide a dinner or meal for them so we can all fellowship together and enjoy our time together.”

The gathering honors all victims of crimes to show them that they are not alone or forgotten.

Amberly’s Place Executive Director Tori Bourguignon spoke at the event and emphasized the importance of recommitment to victim support.

“It’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week,a time to honor survivors, those we’ve lost, and recommit ourselves to the work we do,” Bourguignon said. “The healing has to come from support, from using the resources that are available, from digging deep to finding that courage and resilience on days when you don’t think that you’ve got it. On the darkest days, reaching out so that you can continue to realize that you’re never alone and that there will always be one of us in this room to stand beside you. That’s the work of advocacy every day when the rest of the world isn’t looking. This profession gives us an opportunity to leave people better than when we found them, and that is what draws me back in the door day after day, year after year.”

Advocacy work is essential to the fabric of the community, providing critical support and a light at the end of the tunnel.

If you, or someone you may know, is in need of support or would like to volunteer, please visit the Amberly’s Place website for more information.

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Police standoff in Yuma ends with a man in custody, investigation ongoing

KYMA on April 24, 2026

Moses Femino

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – The Yuma Police Department (YPD) is sharing new information following a standoff in a local neighborhood that lasted nearly three hours and led to one person being taken into custody.

A heavy police presence shut down part of a Yuma neighborhood Thursday afternoon as officers responded to a standoff near 17th Avenue and Colorado Street.

YPD confirmed officers were searching for a suspect from an alleged aggravated assault that happened earlier in the week.

“Earlier in the week we had an aggravated assault that occurred between two individuals,” Officer Hayato Johnson, an officer on the YPD Public Affairs Unit, said. “And yesterday, some of our detectives were able to locate the suspect for the assault. So from there, we went to the residence, did a call out and we were able to take one into custody without any further incident.”

A loud explosion was heard just before 4 P.M., which was a tactic deployed by YPD to try to get individuals to cooperate and exit the residence.

Police could be heard over a loudspeaker calling for the suspect to come out. Telling them they were surrounded and to exit with their hands up and unarmed.

Shortly after the explosion, a woman exited the home. A man was later seen coming out of the residence as well

Several police units remained in the area after the individuals left the home. Officers shortly thereafter cleared the scene, while forensic teams and investigators stayed behind to continue processing the residence.

Some nearby residents say this circumstance has been happening more frequently this year.

“This is probably the third or fourth time since I’ve lived here that this has happened,” Julie Cross, a local said. “The house behind me also had the same thing and we were asked to leave our house because they said we were not safe.”

Other neighbors told KYMA they were not aware of any suspicious activity leading up to the standoff.

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Skyline High School to remain closed as work on Air Conditioning System Continues

KIFI on April 24, 2026

Abi Martin

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Skyline High School will remain closed for the third day in a row as maintenance continues on the school’s air conditioning system. 

According to a press release from District 91, All water from the AC system has been removed. 

Local News 8 will continue to follow this story.

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Ashland woman, teen seriously injured in Pike County crash

KMIZ on April 24, 2026

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman and a girl from Ashland were seriously injured in a Pike County crash Thursday on Highway 54, west of Route UU, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Three vehicles were involved in the crash. The report says they were heading eastbound when the driver of a semi-truck – a 35-year-old man from Jefferson City – slowed down for ducks in the roadway.

The driver of a 2024 Nissan Rogue – a 53-year-old Ashland woman – then slowed down her vehicle, but was hit by a 2021 Isuzu NPR that was driven by a 53-year-old Edwardsville, Illinois, man, according to the report.

The Ashland woman and her passenger – a 14-year-old girl from Ashland – were flown to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis with serious injuries, the report says. The Edwardsville man had moderate injuries and was brought to St. Joseph Hospital by ambulance, the report says.

The Jefferson City man had no reported injuries. Everyone in the crash wore seatbelts.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.  

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Problem Solvers: Polluters over people; EPA’s repeal of emission standards puts Oregon’s climate goals in jeopardy

KTVZ on April 24, 2026

Triton Notary

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) In what President Donald Trump called “the single largest deregulatory action in American history, by far.” his administration revoked the 2009 Environmental Protection Agency Endangerment Finding. Essentially pulling the federal rug out from under states and their emission standards. It limits states powers to regulate emissions and puts Oregon off track for its greenhouse gas reduction benchmarks. This decision has drawn strong opposition, with 25 states, including Oregon, joining a lawsuit to challenge the repeal.

The action undoes a decades-long approach to environmental policy that allowed states to build off of federal emission standards.

The 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding provided the scientific and technical foundation for the federal government’s regulation of climate pollution. Transportation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gases nationwide and in Oregon. Gerik Kransky, senior transportation policy advisor for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality told me “pollution from vehicle tailpipes creates about 35% of the state’s climate emissions.”

The repeal of the Endangerment Finding represents a shift in environmental policy that has historically operated under a system of cooperative federalism. Central Oregon Democratic representative Emerson Levy noted this system, where the EPA established a baseline, allows states to implement more stringent regulations. “All of our federal policies and all of our environmental policies since the Nixon administration has operated under a system of cooperative federalism where the EPA set the floor but the states they would set the ceiling, so they could always go above the floor and basically what the administration is saying now is there isn’t a floor but what I worry for is the signal that this is sending us is that they don’t want to be our partner and that undoes 50 years of cooperative federalism on these issues,” Levy said.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Oregon’s DEQ outlined their concerns in a letter to the White House. Stating the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment finding and the Clean Air Act would negatively affect Oregon. “The harms of recession would fall directly on the people of Oregon,” Kotek said. She also emphasized the importance of federal standards, adding, “GHG emission standards for vehicles and power plants are essential to Oregon meeting climate-change mitigation targets.” The City of Bend also expressed strong opposition to the EPA’s decision in a letter. The city highlighted that a lack of federal standards could worsen fire seasons, making them more severe and increasing threats to Central Oregonians.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin defended the administration’s decision to revoke the finding, critiquing the scientific process the EPA, under then president Barack Obama, used to reach the finding. “To reach the 2009 endangerment finding, they relied on the most pessimistic views of the science,” Zeldin said. He added, “We can rely on 2025 facts as opposed to 2009 bad assumptions.” President Donald Trump called the 2009 finding “one of the greatest scams in history.” However, scientists worldwide quickly asserted that the evidence supporting the endangerment finding has only grown stronger in the 17 years since its publication. Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality also told KTVZ News a direct connection exists between climate pollution and the impacts of drought and wildfire across Oregon.

Twenty-five states across the country are suing the repeal of the Endangerment Finding. This legal action is expected to prolong the dispute over federal climate regulations. “25 states have joined in a lawsuit and so I think honestly this thing will be tied up in litigation for a long time,” Rep. Emerson Levy said.

Despite the repeal of the Endangerment Finding, leaders in Oregon remain committed to managing emissions. Officials from the Department of Environmental Quality and elected officials in Bend recognize the importance of limiting emissions to protect the state’s forests, water and natural environment. What else makes our community so great, if not the natural beauty surrounding us.

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