“This is our country; this is our house,” one rioter told a reporter while storming the US Capitol last week in support of President Donald Trump. And that rioter wasn’t alone. The sentiment of the Capitol being “our house,” according to those who invaded the building, was heard multiple times throughout Wednesday’s event. But the
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Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, CA (KPIX) — Remember those black lights you used in college? Now, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is using its medical grade cousin to help make the trains safer. Out of sight, in the overhead compartment, is what SMART believes is the latest weapon against COVID,
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Simone Ledward Boseman tearfully paid tribute to her late husband Chadwick Boseman Monday night during the 30th annual IFP Gotham Awards. She accepted the Actor Tribute award for the actor, who died in August at the age of 43 after a private battle with colon cancer, saying, “As an artist, an actor, and a person,
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The overall impeachment process laid out in the Constitution is relatively simple: President commits “high Crime or Misdemeanor,” House votes to impeach, Senate conducts a trial. Those overall contours are constant. But there’s no such thing as a routine impeachment. The one President Donald Trump faces now, after inciting a riotous mob to attack the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) — The UK variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. There are now two cases of the new, more contagious strain in Maryland- a married couple from Anne Arundel County. “Just a couple of minutes ago, I got
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Etsy removed a “Camp Auschwitz” t-shirt from its website after a rioter was spotted wearing a shirt with the same message during the US Capitol siege. The e-commerce company removed the item immediately upon learning that the shirt was for sale and banned the shop that listed it, a spokesperson for Etsy told CNN Business.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KCNC) — A hangman’s noose was found at a work site at Denver International Airport in late 2020, bringing a $700 million airport gate construction project to a halt, triggering a Denver Police investigation and prompting the construction company involved to offer a $125,000 reward for
Continue Reading Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And as Covid-19 began to spread, that number started to dwindle. So when the Cherokee Nation began receiving shipments of the Covid-19 vaccine, the tribal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IRVING, TX (KTVT) — Irving Police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Leslie Curtis and her boyfriend, 29-year-old Codie McCrory, with capital murder in the death of Curtis’ son, 8-year-old Delmar Best-Curtis. Police said on Friday, Jan. 8, around 5:30 p.m., officers responded to to an unconscious person call
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A system moving into the region this evening with rain, snow showers and freezing drizzle. This storm is looking to bring in about 2-4″ of new snow for Teton County Idaho and Wyoming, and about 2-4″ of new snow for Island Park. Mixed precipitaion for the Snake River Plain, with gusty winds. Sustained winds are
Continue Reading The FBI warned of a violent “war” at the US Capitol in an internal report issued a day before last week’s deadly siege, but it wasn’t acted on urgently enough to prevent the domestic terrorist attack, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Post said that last Tuesday, an FBI office in Norfolk, Virginia, issued an
Continue Reading Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87. Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands last week to resume treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which his aides first disclosed in
Continue Reading The National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins will retire the jersey of Willie O’Ree, who broke the NHL’s color barrier with Boston in 1958 as the first Black hockey player in the league. The retiring of O’Ree’s No. 22 jersey is set for February 18, prior to the Bruins’ home game against the New Jersey Devils.
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the College Football Playoff, a four-team seeded postseason format which began for the 2014 season and replaced the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). January 11, 2021 – The Alabama Crimson Tide defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes 52-24 in the College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Continue Reading PayPal is cutting ties with Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo following the January 6 US Capitol siege. The site, which the far-right extremist Proud Boys group has used for fundraising, calls itself the “#1 free Christian fundraising site,” and it was used to raise funds for pro-Trump rioters who attended last week’s violent siege. “The account
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Pedestrian fatalities in the United States jumped from 4,100 in 2009 to 6,300 deaths in 2018, a 53% increase, according to the AAA.
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It has long been understood that being physically active is good for you, particularly when it comes to preventing things like heart attacks and strokes. Physical exercise may be even more important for the prevention of cardiovascular disease than previously known — and the more activity the better, a new large study led by the
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The jackpots for two lottery games continue to rise this week.
Continue Reading The New York Times is facing fresh blowback for how it handled the fallout over falsehoods unearthed in “Caliphate,” the paper’s award-winning, 12-part podcast about the Islamic State. A group of 24 public radio stations sent a letter on Monday to The Times audio department with concerns about “lapses in judgment” in its response last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (WDJT ) — Windows at the state Capitol were boarded up Monday as a “precautionary measure” following violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Gov. Tony Evers also authorized the Wisconsin National Guard to support Wisconsin’s Capitol Police. Members of the Wisconsin National Guard will
Continue Reading General Motors is starting a new vehicle brand to sell electric delivery vans in the United States and Canada beginning in 2021. Called BrightDrop, the new brand has been working with FedEx to test the new delivery system, and FedEx Express will be its first customer. In addition to the vans, BrightDrop will also offer
Continue ReadingWhen one of my co-workers found out about a tiny, orphaned kitten that needed a home a few months ago, he didn’t hesitate to adopt it. He says his new companion helped make the months of COVID-19 isolation at home much less stressful. He is not alone. Animal shelters and breeders across the country have
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Isn’t there a way to communicate that allows both sides to be heard without further tearing our relationships apart? Absolutely, experts say. Here are eight suggestions on how to bridge the gap. Ask yourself: Why am I doing this? “In terms of deciding whether or not you want to have a conversation with somebody across
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A nearly human-sized robot grabs a dish out of a crowded sink with its gripper arms and neatly adds it to the dishwasher. It then sets the table, placing a flower into a vase, and pours a glass of red wine. The robot, Samsung’s Bot Handy, is the company’s vision for “a better new normal,”
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Police are investigating after thieves stole $20,000 in cash from members of the Utah Jazz.
Continue Reading A college football season shaped by the Covid-19 pandemic ended Monday with a familiar team and coach on top, and familiar — even if warned-against — scenes of celebrations. For the sixth time under head coach Nick Saban, the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide are national champions, pulling away to defeat No. 3 Ohio State 52-24
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Mobile Public Safety Director James Barber confirmed that officers arrested Todd Overstreet this morning. Overstreet, 50, is accused of breaking into a woman’s home near Country Club Village on Christmas Day while she was away. He allegedly staked out at her home, waiting to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — Students who failed during the virtual learning of 2020 have a chance to catch up and get back on the path to graduate high school. Pathways In Education is a charter school in Shreveport that serves students grades 9 through 12 in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREMONT, Nebraska (KETV) — A community is in shock and a family is in mourning after a four-month-old was stabbed to death. Police say her cousin, 19-year-old Alexander Hernandez killed her. “The baby was actually born in Chicago, I believe. There was some difficulties there with a family
Continue Reading The shocking invasion of the US Capitol by a mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump is proof that the anger and frustration that divides America politically has reached a boiling point. While only a radical few may condone violence, disappointment and animosity over the outcome of the election — fueled by false tales
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The man found guilty of shooting and killing former Saints star Will Smith has had his conviction thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices vacated the conviction of Cardell Hayes on Monday. Police said Hayes fired the shots that killed Smith and wounded
Continue Reading Some of the country’s largest firms are scrambling to distance themselves from last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol by freezing or reassessing their political donations — sending tremors through a political system that has relied for decades on the predictable flow of corporate financial support. Companies such as Google, Coca-Cola and UPS all have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A parade of encouragement took place Sunday in Natomas for a young boy battling cancer. Police, firefighters, friends, family and neighbors all turned out to support Ojas Ranade, who had beat cancer five years ago, but recently, he and his family were told
Continue Reading Thousands of armed pro-Donald Trump extremists are plotting to surround the US Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to a member of Congress who was among those briefed late Monday on a series of new threats against lawmakers and the Capitol itself. “They were talking about 4,000 armed ‘patriots’ to surround the Capitol
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Florida (WESH) — Video of a manatee spotted in a Florida river with ‘Trump’ etched into its back has been given to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for investigation. Boat Capt. Hailey Warrington shared information about the case and video of the manatee Monday with
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The City of Blackfoot is supportive of the program and what it offers citizens.
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, will be tried separately from the other officers because of the ongoing pandemic, according to a Hennepin County District Court ruling. The three other officers, who are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Ne (WOWT) — In a zoom press conference Monday morning, Sen. Tony Vargas announced he’s introducing the Meatpacking Employees COVID-19 Protection Act. The legislation would better protect workers at Nebraska’s meatpacking plants by ensuring 6-feet of distance between employees and giving them access to PPE, hand washing
Continue Reading Three House Democrats said they tested positive for Covid-19 after sheltering in place with other members of Congress who did not wear masks during the violent attack on the US Capitol last week. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Brad Schneider of Illinois announced their positive test results
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The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a briefing about the COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Genesee County, MI (WNEM) — A Genesee County man who is accused of poisoning his wife’s cereal with heroin is headed to trial. Jason Harris was charged in 2019 for the murder of his wife, Christina Harris. He is accused of putting a lethal dose of heroin in
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank will no longer do business with President Donald Trump, a move that will cut off his business from a major source of loans that once helped fund his golf courses and hotels. Germany’s biggest bank has decided to refrain from future business with the president and his company, a person familiar with the
Continue Reading Boeing ended its worst year in more than 40 years with its best month of 2020. The company reported that it delivered 39 jets to customers in December — and deliveries are important because that’s when Boeing gets most of the money owed for a plane. But doesn’t change the full year or near-term outlook
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEXAS, USA (KTRK) — Some lawmakers say better medical marijuana programs in the state of Texas make sense as a means to help our economy recover from the pandemic. One advocate tells ABC13 what makes this year different is that there are a lot more lawmakers backing this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Old Town Spring, TX (KTRK) — A 3-year-old is recovering after being bitten by a dog wearing a service vest inside of an Old Town Spring restaurant on Saturday. Cleveratta Gordon-Waldroup, Ronin’s mother, said the family had just arrived to the Loose Caboose with a close family friend.
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That’s it. That’s the entirety of our Constitution’s First Amendment, the central tenet of our American way of life that gets dragged out every time someone’s banned from Twitter. There’s a lot going on in those few sentences, and it’s important to know when and how it applies to common situations — and, equally as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Colfax Township, MI (WNEM) — A 22-year-old Lansing man was arrested after a bizarre incident in Benzie County involving a deer, a machete, and the suspected use of intoxicants. A Michigan State Police trooper received a call about 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 5 for a crash involving a
Continue Reading Against the backdrop of looming threats leading up to Inauguration Day, the Department of Homeland Security is bringing in its sixth secretary under President Donald Trump, fueling concerns over a department in flux as authorities brace for the possibility of more violence. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf abruptly resigned Monday after serving in the
Continue Reading There’s more to the market than the FAANG stocks of Big Tech. It could finally be time for dividend-paying value stocks like the so-called dogs of the Dow to shine. The dogs of the Dow refers to a list of high-yielding stocks in the blue-chip average. The theory is that if investors buy these stocks,
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It truly is the most dramatic season yet. Just two episodes into the new season of “The Bachelor,” a contestant nearly collapsed during the rose ceremony. A medic was called during Monday night’s episode when Sarah Trott, a broadcast journalist from San Diego, began wobbling in full view of “Bachelor” Matt James. After noticing she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV ) — Tennessee grocery store workers are frustrated over their position on the COVID-19 vaccination priority list. Currently, the federal government categorizes grocery store workers as critical infrastructure, and in most states, those employees will receive vaccines in phase two. But in Tennessee, grocery store
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CNN correspondent Sara Sidner has been covering COVID-19 grief firsthand, and on Tuesday, she shared the pain that comes with reporting on the deadly virus. More than 375,000 people in the United States have died from COVID-19, and Sidner, who has reported from 10 different hospitals during the pandemic, emphasized that the virus is hitting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STUDIO CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Former students and their families are sharing memories of a beloved San Fernando Valley teacher who passed away due to complications from COVID-19. Nicholas Glover died Friday, Jan. 8 at his home. He had taught at Carpenter Elementary in Studio City for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IMPERIAL, MO (KMOV) — David Zahn owns a construction company in Imperial and that was his day job until recently. “One day I was just doing some research on chickens and decided I wanted to get some. I actually found some. I went and picked them up and
Continue Reading Former Destiny’s Child star LeToya Luckett has announced that she has split from her husband Tommicus Walker. The couple welcomed their second child just three months ago. “After very prayerful consideration, Tommicus and I have decided to get a divorce,” Luckett wrote on Instagram. “It is my deepest desire for us to be loving coparents
Continue Reading Sixty-one: That’s the number of arrests Washington, DC, police made the day rioters laid siege to the Capitol in protest of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. More have been arrested since, and several jurisdictions are now involved in hunting down the supporters of President Donald Trump who invaded and ransacked the Capitol during a joint
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — State officials announced on Monday that the COVID-19 vaccine will be opened up to nearly a million people in the next phase, which should start next week. Connecticut’s vaccine distribution panel is expected to meet on Tuesday to talk about facilitating “Phase 1B.” In
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Teachers unwilling to teach from inside their classrooms are expected to teach virtually from outside the building once again Tuesday, according to the Chicago Teacher’s Union. Chicago Public School officials have threatened to dock pay for teachers who are unwilling to return to in-person teaching.
Continue Reading Thousands of babies and children died in 18 of Ireland’s mother and baby homes — church-run institutions where unmarried women were sent to deliver their babies in secret, often against their will — over eight decades, according to a landmark report. On Tuesday, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related
Continue Reading Parler all but vanished from the internet this week. Major tech platforms, including Apple and Amazon, booted the social network popular with the far-right for what the companies said was a failure to moderate incitement and violent rhetoric on its service that contributed to last week’s deadly Capitol riots. But that hasn’t stopped angry Trump
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — The Kansas City Police Department is holding a board meeting on Tuesday to discuss the 2020 fatality crash report among other things. The meeting will be closed to the public in person. It will be available to watch via live-stream on the City
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is leaving America in a vortex of violence, sickness and death and more internally estranged than it has been for 150 years. The disorientating end to his shocking term has the nation reeling from a Washington insurrection. The FBI warned Monday of armed protests by pro-Trump thugs in 50 states, which raise
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Steve Wozniak is from New Jersey and says it didn’t take long after moving into his new home to find out that Arizona can get really hot. “We noticed the sun comes directly into the house during the summer time,” Steve told 3 On Your
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — The soft launch of the State Farm Stadium COVID-19 vaccine site and the open registration that began Monday brought frustration for numerous families who tried to sign up. Many seniors say they struggled to make appointments, hitting roadblocks and finding themselves unable to get
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The Teton County Courthouse in Driggs has been closed to the public effective immediately, with the exception of court offices.
Continue Reading Israel is no longer a democracy but an “apartheid regime” devoted to cementing the supremacy of Jews over Palestinians, the country’s best-known human rights group said in a report published Tuesday. B’Tselem, which until now has confined its work to scrutiny of human rights issues in the Palestinian territories, has now also decided to look
Continue Reading Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week and the Secret Service has been instructed to begin its preparations for the inauguration ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, the National Guard has plans to have up to 15,000 National Guard troops to meet current and
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Allegiant Air has announced a new nonstop route from Idaho Falls Regional Airport to Portland International Airport in Oregon.
Continue Reading The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the lagging number of vaccinations in the first month — effectively adopting the approach proposed by President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. The Trump administration plans to release reserved second doses immediately, a
Continue Reading A growing number of businesses suddenly want very little to do with Donald Trump after he incited a mob to attack the Capitol. That could make it more difficult for the Trump Organization to do business after he leaves office. “I think it’s a huge problem for him,” said Michael D’Antonio, a CNN Contributor and
Continue Reading Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will soon be the first “super” COVID-19 vaccination site in Orange County, California, officials said Monday. The resort will be one of several “super POD” — Point-of-Dispensing — sites where thousands of residents daily will be able to get vaccinated, officials said. It will be operational later this week. “The Disneyland
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A family in Waialae Iki claims they were robbed at home twice Monday. The second time was by an armed man. Madisyn Goto’s father lives in the house on Laukahi Street. She says a man entered the master bedroom while two people were sleeping Monday
Continue Reading Ken Jennings debuted as guest host on “Jeopardy!” Monday, and opened the show with a tribute to the late Alex Trebek. “Sharing this stage with Alex Trebek was one of the greatest honors of my life,” Jennings said. “Not many things in life are perfect, but Alex did this job pretty much perfectly for more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROOKHAVEN, Georgia (WGCL) — The city of Brookhaven announced it has filed a lawsuit against DeKalb County over a popular Brookhaven park. Brookhaven Park, located at the southwest corner of Peachtree Road and Osborne Road, is a 21-acre park that has athletic fields and courts, trails, multi-use fields
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A metro-Atlanta man in critical condition and his fiancé are stuck in the Dominican Republic trying to find a hospital that has room to take them. They cannot find a hospital in the Atlanta area – or the surrounding states — that will take him
Continue Reading New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has announced that he is declining the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which he was scheduled to receive from President Donald Trump on Thursday. Belichick cited the “tragic events of last week” as leading to his decision. Pro-Trump rioters rampaged in the US Capitol last Wednesday. Five people died
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We’ll warm to 32-25 today with some patchy clouds before a messy cold front with rain/snow mix stirs things up for later tonight and into tomorrow. Gusty winds to 40mph will cross through the SRP with blasts of snow/freezing rain/rain. Highs make it to the 40’s with Winter Weather Advisories for some eastern mountains and
Continue Reading A Dutch television network has filmed border officials seizing food, including meat sandwiches, from travelers entering the Netherlands from the UK — blaming post-Brexit rules. In a segment aired on public broadcaster NPO 1, officials are shown explaining to a driver arriving at Hoek van Holland, home to an international ferry terminal: “Since Brexit, you
Continue Reading A US Secret Service officer is under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason and sharing conspiracy theories about the election on social media, according to The Washington Post who obtained images of the comments. News of the investigation comes as law enforcement agencies broaden their investigations into what role their own officers played in the
Continue Reading A computer chip shortage has shut down the Louisville, Kentucky, Ford plant this week, the latest shutdown because of an industry-wide problem that is expected to spread to many other auto plants in the coming months. The Louisville plant employs 3,800 hourly workers, who will receive about 75% of their normal pay during the one-week
Continue Reading A third “Deadpool” film is happening — and it will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with Collider, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed that Ryan Reynolds, the star of the R-rated superhero movies, is currently working on a script. “It will be rated R and we are working on a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAKE OSWEGO, Oregon (KPTV) — Lake Oswego teachers are pushing back on the district’s plans to start hybrid in-person learning next month. In a press release titled “Lake Oswego teachers don’t want to die or kill their families,” the education association said teachers responded with fear and anger
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story UMATILLA COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — It took a team effort to rescue a snowmobiler after a crash in Umatilla County. The sheriff’s office was notified about the crash at 1 p.m. Sunday. A 56-year-old man was thrown from his snowmobile while navigating an embankment. The snowmobile then landed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAUREL RUN, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — State police in Wyoming said the driver of a pickup truck has died after a crash with a cement truck along East Northampton Street in Laurel Run. It happened around 11:30 a.m. Monday. The steep, winding road is also called Giant’s Despair. It’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — At the beginning of the pandemic, he worked three nights at Lancaster General Health. But, his week was far from over. The next day, a University of Pennsylvania student made an hour-and-a-half commute to Temple University hospital where he worked two nights. His week
Continue Reading The head-up display, which projects information onto the windshield for drivers, has been available in some cars since 1988. But while over the past decade they’ve gone from relatively simple information displays like speed and music selections, Panasonic wants to take things to another level by precisely linking up symbols and text with real-world objects
Continue Reading The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the lagging number of vaccinations in the first month. The Trump administration plans to release reserved second doses immediately, a senior administration official tells CNN — a plan already announced by President-elect
Continue Reading Members of Congress were briefed late Monday on a series of new threats against lawmakers and the US Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, Rep. Conor Lamb said on CNN Tuesday. The briefing follows an FBI bulletin warning of “armed protests” being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington, DC, and provides
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Pharmacists are encountering an unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 vaccine process: at the end of the day, they’re often left with a few extra doses. Many are taking measures into their own hands to ensure those doses don’t go to waste. There are several
Continue Reading A US Capitol Police officer bounded up the stairs of the Capitol building, a growing mob of insurrectionists behind him. Using himself as “bait,” he lured the rioters away from the entrance to the Senate chambers, where lawmakers were still debating an objection to Arizona’s Electoral College vote count. That man is Officer Eugene Goodman.
Continue Reading GoFundMe will no longer allow people to fundraise for travel expenses used for potentially violent political events after pro-Trump protesters used the platform to rake in cash ahead of storming the US Capitol. “Due to the violence, GoFundMe has removed numerous fundraisers intended to raise money for travel expenses,” a spokesperson for the company told
Continue Reading Following the reopening an investigation into the 2009 fatal police shooting of Oscar Grant, no charges will be brought against a second former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer, the Alameda County district attorney said in a statement Monday. Grant was fatally shot on January 1, 2009, while lying face down on a platform at the
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Customers observing coronavirus violations at businesses and restaurants can now complain on Yelp. The crowd-sourced review platform is expanding its Covid-19 section on profile pages to include information about enforcement of social distancing and if staff are wearing masks with new indicators activated by user reports. Yelp said Tuesday that the changes aim to “instill
Continue Reading The next few days are going to be long, but by the end of Wednesday, we expect that President Donald Trump will be impeached a second time. The story over the upcoming days will continue to be not just what is happening on the floor, but how the Capitol and the members in it prepare
Continue Reading John Reilly, a longtime soap opera actor known for his time on “General Hospital,” died on Saturday, his daughter confirmed to CNN. He was 86. “John Henry Matthew Reilly AKA Jack. The brightest light in the world has gone out,” Caitlin Reilly said in an Instagram post. “Imagine the best person in the world. Now
Continue Reading Following last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol, a growing number of companies are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump and supporters who are peddling false claims about his election loss. What’s happening: Airbnb said it will try to ban Capitol rioters from staying at properties on its platform as fears grow about more violence
Continue Reading Crocs’ bittersweet moment has arrived in the midst of a global pandemic. The foam clog, derided by many for being “ugly,” expects 2020 to be a record sales year. On Monday, Crocs raised its fourth-quarter (ended Dec. 31) outlook and full-year outlook for 2021, now forecasting fourth quarterly year-over-year revenue to have increased about 55%
Continue Reading An Indonesian search team has recovered one of the two black boxes that belonged to the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea with 62 people on board, a crucial instrument for investigators probing the cause of the crash. The flight data recorder was found as a team — including divers and a
Continue Reading 2020 was one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers in history, according to a group that tracks officer deaths in the line of duty. A report released Monday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) found that 264 federal, state, military, tribal and local law enforcement officers to date died in
Continue Reading Facebook will begin removing all content that mentions the phrase “stop the steal,” a full 69 days after Election Day. The social media giant said in a blog post that it will ramp up enforcement against the phrase because it was used by those who participated in last week’s riots at the US Capitol. “With
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