Month: January 2021

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — We’ve told you about lots of scams over the years, but this victim’s case is the biggest individual ripoff we can remember; nearly $100,000. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas explains how the promise of a discount on utilities led to a massive mistake.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state’s Covid-19 vaccines should only be administered to residents who live in the state either part-time or full-time in an attempt to cut down on “vaccine tourism.” “We’re only doing (shots) for Florida residents,” DeSantis said Tuesday in Cape Coral. “You’ve got to live here either full-time or at

Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON, DC (WJZ) — Emanuel Jackson, a Maryland man who allegedly beat a police officer with a bat during the U.S. Capitol riots, has turned himself into authorities. According to the arrest warrant, Jackson was among the violent mob that stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — Alex Padilla, California’s former secretary of state and one-time Los Angeles City councilman, took the oath of office Wednesday as the state’s newest and first Latino U.S. senator. After now-President Joe Biden and now Vice President Kamala Harris won the 2020 Presidential Election,

Our universe may be filled with unseen giants. Astronomers have discovered two giant radio galaxies, which are some of the largest-known objects in the universe. This revelation suggests that the enormous galaxies may be more common than previously believed. The study published Monday in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Astronomers found the

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — Minneapolis city leaders are at odds over how to reopen streets around the George Floyd memorial site. East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the south Minneapolis intersection where Floyd died last spring, has been blocked since May. City Council President Lisa Bender tweeted Tuesday

Click here for updates on this story     SOUTHINGTON, CT (WFSB) — Two people were arrested for defacing a Southington memorial made to honor to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Lorenzo Cavallo, 20, of Plainville, and Gina Lombardi, 21, of Bristol, face first-degree criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit first-degree criminal mischief

Click here for updates on this story     Gwinnett County, GA (WGCL) — A teen was arrested Thursday after police say he scammed nearly a million dollars from a major grocery store chain. Gwinnett County’s White Collar Detectives arrested a 19-year-old Tre Brown after he allegedly scammed over $980,000 from Kroger. According to authorities, Brown created

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis County dispatcher, who sources said is the brother-in-law of Chief Mary Barton, is no longer employed with the department after broadcasting a racial slur over the radio to dozens of on-duty police officers earlier in the month. A St.

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) — The Connecticut Restaurant Association (CRA) announced Thursday that it has partnered with the DoorDash delivery app to launch a fund to help struggling food businesses. San Francisco-based DoorDash will contribute $500,000 to get the fund started, according to the CRA, part of

Click here for updates on this story     GREEN BAY, WI (WDJT) — Former Green Bay Packers General Manager Ted Thompson passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21. He was 68 years old. Thompson led the Packers from 2005 to 2017, one of his first decisions as general manager was to pick quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the 2005

Click here for updates on this story     FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is asking for help from the public to identify the two individuals seen in the image. They were captured on home surveillance footage stealing patio furniture from a house in the Meadow Lane area. If you have

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — A bipartisan package of bills unveiled Wednesday aims to ban the use of chokeholds by Wisconsin police officers and increase transparency on other uses of force. Several of the bills, presented for co-sponsorship Wednesday, are similar to legislation called for last summer

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Three endangered bat babies were recently born at the Oregon Zoo. The new Rodrigues flying foxes – also known as Rodrigues fruit bats – add to the growing population of a species once considered the most imperiled on Earth, according to zoo officials. The

Here’s a look at Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. Egypt is located in North Africa and is bisected by the Nile River. It shares a border with Israel, Sudan and Libya. It also borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. About Egypt (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 1,001,450 sq km

Click here for updates on this story     FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Chicken Salad Chick, a southern-inspired, fast-casual chicken salad restaurant, has raised a total of $9,400 for a local food bank. A check will be presented to Northwest Arkansas (NWA) Food Bank, a non-profit food bank serving the hungry in four NWA counties, on Thursday

Click here for updates on this story     PRESCOTT, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — The manager of a gas station in Prescott was fired 24 hours after photos of controversial signs displayed in front of the store went viral. Two signs were posted in front of the gas station, Shepherd Express, near downtown Prescott. One sign said, “We

Click here for updates on this story     SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Just a few seconds was all it took, says a Scottsdale family, for their dog to end up in the jaws of a coyote. The attack happened right in their backyard in a neighborhood just south of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard. “He was

Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS (FOX5/KVVU) — In a six to one vote, Las Vegas City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday allowing businesses to partner with third-party services like Doordash or Grubhub to deliver booze to customers. Las Vegas City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Stavros Anthony introduced the ordinance about

Click here for updates on this story     BOULDER CITY, Nevada (FOX5/KVVU) — Although many businesses have had to close their doors because of economic hardships from the pandemic, one coffee shop in Boulder City is opening. Three friends, Travis Wallgren, Amber Stephens and Misty Magruder set their sights on one of the oldest buildings in

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — One person was critically injured overnight driving into a concrete wall outside Legoland. Police were called about 12:30 a.m. Thursday to 24th Street and Grand Avenue on a single-vehicle crash. Officers say a black Ford Focus was traveling south on Grand Avenue at

Click here for updates on this story     RIDGEFIELD, CT (WFSB) — A Connecticut man was charged for his participation in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, specifically for pushing against a D.C. Metropolitan police officer who was crushed by a door. On Tuesday, police arrested Patrick Edward McCaughey III of Ridgefield and charged

Click here for updates on this story     FLINT, MI (WNEM) — The proposed $641 million settlement in the Flint water cases has been approved. U.S. District Judge Judith Levy granted preliminary approval of the proposal on Thursday, Jan. 21. The settlement was filed on behalf of thousands of children, adults, property owners, and business owners

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — For those that traverse the bi-state for work, there are several options to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Health officials in both St. Charles and St. Louis County tell News 4 those who live in Illinois and work in Missouri, or vice versa,

Click here for updates on this story     Midland, MI (WNEM) — Nature Preschool at Chippewa Nature Center in Midland is in its 14th year. This is the first year, however, the preschool will be almost 100 percent outside. The weather wasn’t going to deter any preschoolers from putting on their thinking caps and getting their

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Across the country, young students watched history unfold Wednesday, as Kamala Harris became the first Black woman and Asian-American inaugurated as vice president. The newly inaugurated vice president is a former California senator and district attorney. Facts rarely left out in African-American circles:

Click here for updates on this story     MONROE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A man has been charged with homicide after a deadly shooting in the Poconos on Tuesday. Randy Halterman, 66, from Stroud Township, is behind bars after police say he shot and killed Adam Schultz, 20, from East Stroudsburg, and shot and wounded a

Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — As President Biden took the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol back in Hawaii the State Capitol was surrounded by a sea of Hawaiian flags. For Kumu Hina Wong it’s a reminder that a changing of the guard does not change history. “And I

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — One Atlanta artist is marking this historic day with a Kamala Harris mural finished just in time for the inauguration. The message is small, but the meaning is huge. ‘Dream big’ is the tiny sentence stamped on the mural which shows the progression of the

Click here for updates on this story     GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — A controversial Confederate monument that has stood on the grounds of the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse for nearly 30 years is coming down. County commissioners voted to remove the monument and put it in storage — officially to ensure its preservation during

Amanda Gorman is fast becoming a household name after she delivered a powerful inauguration poem at the US Capitol on Wednesday, challenging Americans to unify and “leave behind a country better than the one we were left.” And if her words to the country weren’t incredible enough, the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate has two

US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy to-do list is long, complicated, and may soon hit speed bumps left by his predecessor. In the past four years, tensions with China and Iran have grown, Russia has gone rogue, North Korea has become a greater nuclear threat and relationships with allies have been damaged. But perhaps the

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday that Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has died of Covid-19. Mthembu was one of the government’s key leaders in its response to the pandemic and the public face during many Covid-19 press briefings. “It is with deep sorrow and shock that we announce that Minister in the

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — State funding could be on the line if school systems like Metro Schools don’t reopen their doors soon. It’s a new proposal being considered in this week’s special legislative session. It would require school systems to provide in-person instruction for a minimum of 70

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A woman called News 4 Nashville in tears after she says the puppies that she wanted never arrived. “I feel really stupid. And there’s nothing I can do about it,” Deborah McCahon said. $1,000 gone and no puppies to keep her company. “And now,

We are all better after a decent night’s sleep — and insects are no different. But two new studies have found a commonly used pesticide is disrupting the sleep of bees and flies — with big consequences for the important insects. In one study, researchers looked at the effect of pesticides on bumblebee behavior by

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KCTV) — Teneka Moore is St. Louis’ queen of bling. She’s been making everyday items sparkle since 2012. She started making sparkly baby gifts for her daughter, Taylor, who her company “TaylorMade Bling” is named after. Moore’s latest project stood out on a historic day

Click here for updates on this story     BAINBRIDGE, Pa. (WPMT) — A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Lancaster County sold a winning Mega Millions® ticket worth $1 million for Tuesday night’s drawing. The ticket matched all five white balls are drawn, 10-19-26-28-50, but not the yellow Mega Ball 16, to win $1 million, less applicable withholding,

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Police said at least four gatherings of demonstrators and protesters were planned for Inauguration Day in Portland. By Wednesday afternoon, one group that gathered at Revolution Hall and marched toward the Burnside Bridge had already shown “aggression” toward police, including swarming and throwing objects