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CHICAGO, IL - Losing muscle mass isn’t the only potential side effect of taking weight loss medications such as Ozempic: Brittle bones are another.

According to a study published in the journal JAMA Network, bones can become less dense with rapid weight loss, especially in people older than 65 and predisposed to osteoporosis.

The study followed 195 adults with obesity for one year after an initial eight-week low-calorie diet.

Orthopedic surgeon Rick Lehman at the US Center for Sports Medicine told NewsNation local affiliate KTVI that while these medications are popular for weight loss, they often reduce muscle mass rather than just fat, potentially increasing the percentage of body fat despite a lower overall weight.

This could lead to a paradox where individuals are thinner but have a higher body fat percentage.

Bone loss is a common concern during weight loss, potentially increasing the risk of fractures. The study measured bone mineral density at the hip, spine and forearm — key areas for assessing fracture risk. Click here to read more.

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - A clip of Vice President Kamala Harris went viral this week that showed remarks she made as San Francisco’s district attorney in which she said that police had the right to “walk into” people’s homes and inspect their legally-owned firearms.

The Democrat presidential nominee made the remarks while speaking to reporters during a press conference in 2007 about a law that was being introduced that she helped write.

Harris said, “We’re going to require responsible behaviors among everybody in the community, and just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible and safe in the way you conduct your affairs.” Click here to read more.

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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 53-year-old man is charged with trying to kidnap two children in Escambia County last Saturday.

George Carpentier Jr. is being held in Escambia County Jail on a $401,000 bond. He's charged with two counts of attempted kidnapping and one count of resisting arrest.

According to the report, the incident happened around 7 p.m. last Saturday near the intersection of Flaxman Street and N 57th Ave.

The report states a group of kids were playing near the front entrance of a trailer park when Carpentier rode up to them on a bike. Click here to read more.

 

BROOKS COUNTY, Ga. - Many residents moved to rural Brooks County in southern Georgia for peace, quiet and the red-dirt views of farmland.

But in the last several years, thousands of acres worth of solar farms have taken over peanut and cotton farms, meaning residents now live right next to industry.

Danny Sapp and Peg Howard said they have called Brooks County home for a long time and they said they’re concerned about the changes they’re seeing.

Howard said she wasn’t initially opposed to the solar farms, but after a second project totaling more than 1,700 acres moved in, she’s had enough.

She said solar panels in Brooks County stretch as far as the eye can see. Click here to read more.

 

The office of Ohio governor Mike DeWine is not disclosing which country is responsible for some of the bomb-threat hoaxes called into Springfield schools. The aim is to “discourage further threats to the schools and other buildings.”

This is more than a little frustrating because the general public already has a short suspect list. The FBI has already publicly discussed the desire of Russia, China, and Iran to influence the 2024 election and how “sowing discord and undermining democracy is consistent across the board.” Earlier this month, an official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told reporters:

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Some viewers of ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir are apparently unhappy with how the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris played out on the network.

During the event on September 10, Muir and co-moderator Linsey Davis fact-checked Trump several times, but they failed to pounce on Harris with corrections, Fox News reported on Tuesday.

Numerous conservatives have suggested that the debate was not fair, which has reportedly cost the network. The outlet continued:

Muir’s “World News Tonight” averaged 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the three episodes following the debate, after averaging 7.6 million in 2024 leading up to the debate.

The 12% drop in viewers for “World News Tonight” is more significant than slight declines “CBS Evening News” and “NBC Nightly News” saw when comparing the three episodes following ABC’s debate to the year-to-date totals, although Muir’s newscast remained the No. 1 broadcast evening newscast.

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STARK COUNTY, Ohio (Gray News) - A 27-year-old woman was arrested by police in Ohio for allegedly killing a cat and eating the animal.

According to court records filed in Stark County, Allexis Telia Ferrell, of Canton, is charged with injuring animals, prohibitions concerning companion animals and disorderly conduct.

Investigators with the Canton Police Department said Ferrell killed the cat by stomping on its head. She then went on to eat the cat “in a residential area in front of multiple people” at a housing complex on 13th Street SE.

Ferrell was arrested on Aug. 16 at around 11 p.m.

The initial bond was set at $100,000 during Ferrell’s arraignment on Monday, according to court documents.

Ferrell is scheduled to return to court again on Aug. 26. Click here to read more.

 

McALLEN, Texas — Two U.S. Border Patrol sectors in South Texas had slight increases in migrant encounters in August from July, but still are way down from the huge numbers they’ve had in the past and at the end of 2023, according to new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

In August, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector encountered 5,244 migrants, which was up 4% from 5,032 in July. That’s down 71% from 18,216 in December.

Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector encountered 7,666 migrants in August, which was up 6% from 7,236 in July, but still down 89% from 71,050 in December, CBP reports. Click here to read more.

 

PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. – A man from Honduras living in Arkansas illegally faces several charges including negligent homicide and driving under the influence in connection with a deadly crash in Pulaski County.

According to Arkansas State Police, 30-year-old Maynor Yair Sorto-Herrera was arrested on Sept. 9 in connection with a crash that killed 48-year-old Jennifer Ann Morton of Little Rock near Arch Street.

ASP officials said that Herrera was driving a truck south on Arch Street on the morning of Sept. 8 when his vehicle crossed into the northbound lane, striking Morton’s car.

Special agents said that Herrera was found walking away from the scene and taken to a local hospital for treatment for his injuries. He was later taken to the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility, ASP officials said. Click here to read more.

 

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood followed through on a promise to publicly release a mug shot and “perp walk” video of an 11-year-old student arrested for making a school shooting threat, First Coast News reported.

“Because you don’t want to raise your kid, so Sheriff Chitwood’s going to raise them,” the sheriff said.

The student, from a Port Orange middle school, was taken into custody after allegedly creating a written list of names and targets. Although the child claimed it was a joke, the sheriff’s office took the threat seriously, recovering airsoft rifles, pistols, fake ammunition, knives and swords that the student had shown off to others in a video, according to the report.

The sheriff’s office published a video showing the student being led in handcuffs from a patrol vehicle into the police station, where he was processed before being placed in a holding cell. Click here to read more.

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LANSING, Mich - The 2025 state budget spends $200,000 on traffic control at the Michigan International Speedway, and a prominent policy advocate is waving a red flag.

“Those dollars are headed in the wrong direction,” John Mozena, president of the Center for Economic Accountability, told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email. “It should be NASCAR compensating taxpayers for the costs its races are imposing on the surrounding community, not the other way around.”

When fans leave the speedway, state police provide traffic control services. Attendees pay admission fees, but Michigan taxpayers foot the bill for traffic control for up to 125,000 people leaving the track.

The events turn a quiet rural area into a giant traffic jam, Mozena said, and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing should bear the cost for traffic control. Click here to read more.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA - Ryan Wesley Routh was charged on Monday with two federal gun crimes in connection with his alleged assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump one day earlier.

But Routh’s interactions with authorities — and reporters — began long before he was taken into custody on Sunday after the barrel of his rifle was spotted sticking out from a bush at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club.

Routh, who is likely to face additional charges as federal prosecutors seek an indictment, has a long history of run-ins with police.

But after years spent developing a rap sheet — that included involvement in an armed standoff with police after a traffic stop in 2002 and other lesser offenses — Routh rebranded himself as a Ukrainian resistance fighter who was taken seriously by reporters, sitting for interviews with several major media outlets the past two years, including the New York Times, Semafor, and Newsweek. Click here to read more.

 

OXFORD, Mass. - A Massachusetts teen is proving hard work and some free time after school pays off big.

The Cordova family says their 16-year-old son Dylan is already cruising toward a successful future.

Dylan’s new Jeep Wrangler is everything he dreamed of.

But in order to get his new set of wheels, he put in a lot of hours behind another set of wheels.

It all began in 2020 during the pandemic. Dylan was only 12 years old.

“You’re just sitting at home playing Fortnite and I wanted to save up because I wanted a Jeep. I see everyone driving a Jeep, having fun,” Dylan described. “My dad came from Guatemala, so he started working really young, too. So, I kind of wanted to follow in his footsteps.”

“I always tell them, ‘Work hard. Work for your goals because nothing comes easy. Nothing is free, especially in these times.’ You know?” Dylan’s father, Samuel Cordova said. “Everything is so expensive. I tell them, ‘Do the best you can.’” Click here to read more.

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WASHINGTON D.C. - The Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024 becomes the first nationwide school choice bill to pass out of committee in U.S. history. Now it goes to the U.S. House floor, giving hope to Illinois families denied the option by state lawmakers.

For the first time in U.S. history, a federal school choice bill has passed out of committee and advanced to the U.S. House floor – a hopeful move for 15,000 low-income Illinois students whose scholarships were taken away by state lawmakers.

The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means passed H.R. 9462, or the Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024, aimed to “help end the skilled labor shortage and expand educational scholarships for low-income families and students.” It passed the committee by a vote of 23-16 on Sept. 11. Click here to read more.

 

AUSTIN, TX - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday declared the Venezuelan gang, Tren De Aragua (TDA) as a foreign terrorist organization. Texas Department of Public Safety is aggressively targeting gang members who were released into country by Biden administration, he said.

“I will not allow them to use Texas as a base of operations to terrorize our citizens,” Abbott said at a news conference in Houston. “Texas is a law and order state and I will ensure that law enforcement has every tool they need to keep our community safe.”

Tren De Aragua is characterized as “MS13 on steroids,” Abbott said, referring to a violent El Salvadoran gang. It’s “the largest criminal organization in Venezuela … that has now expanded to a transnational criminal organization … dominating the international flow of migrants from South America through Mexico into the United States.” Click here to read more.