RIVERSIDE, Calif. — They were starved and shackled to their beds, sometimes for months. They were beaten and choked. They were given scant medical care, often denied use of a toilet and allowed to shower but once a year. They lived mostly at night, out of sight of neighbors, and knew virtually nothing of the outside world.And yet, some of the children of David and Louise Turpin hatched an escape plan.[gh:iframe src="https://omny.fm/shows/ap-news- [...]

Q: My Windows update has stopped working. I have it set up to automatically notify me when there are updates, but I have the settings so that I can install when convenient for me. When I tried to run updates, I receive the message "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer."I checked and the service is set to start up upon booting and is running per the Windows task manager. [...]

President delivers new support to the anti-abortion movement

PENSACOLA —  American Airlines will launch daily nonstop service between Pensacola International Airport (PNS) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) on June 7, 2018. Passengers will be able to begin booking flights Monday, January 22 at http://www.aa.com.Flights are scheduled to depart Pensacola daily at 4:09 pm CST and arrive in Philadelphia at 7:39 pm EST. Passengers will enjoy a 2-class configuration aircraft with Wi-Fi.Philadelphia International becomes [...]

DESTIN — Crews knocked down a fire at a vacant home in Destin Friday morning.Rick Moore, a Destin Fire Commissioner, said there were no occupants of the Sibert Ave. home and nobody was injured. The home had been for sale.The cause of the fire is unknown and is being investigated by the State Fire Marshall.The Destin Fire Department, North Bay Fire Department, Okaloosa Island Fire Department and [...]

The waters around Florida may not be as safe from offshore drilling as Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke led the world to believe earlier this month. Walter Cruickshank, the Trump administration’s acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, told a U.S. [...]

NAVARRE — Kim Hunt enjoys the wildlife that stop by her home along East Bay. Sometimes she spots an osprey or hawk. "Tons of squirrels" come in and out of her yard.But there's one guest that's not particularly welcome.For the past six months or so, Hunt has been carefully working to avoid a large opossum and her baby that live under her neighbor's shed."I see the possum hanging in my trees," she said. "We're tried putting up a new fence. ... I just wish [...]

In a speech Wednesday on the Senate floor, Flake called Trump's repeated attacks on the media "shameful" and "repulsive" and said Trump "has it precisely backward."

The famously spry, beloved actress and “Golden Girls” star is celebrating her 96th birthday on Wednesday.

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