Month: January 2021

The woman who was caught on video falsely accusing the 14-year-old son of a popular Black musician of cell phone theft has been charged with two counts of attempted assault, New York police said. Miya Ponsetto, 22, of Piru, California, also faces attempted robbery and grand larceny charges as well as a charge of acting

Firefighters in Florida this week helped rescue a bald eagle with a fishing hook stuck in its beak and the attached line wrapped around its wing and beak. Firefighters at Pasco County Fire Rescue Station 21 on Thursday were greeted by two children holding the injured bald eagle and seeking help, according to the station’s

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A man and a woman were shot and killed in Spanish Lake Friday night. Officers with the St. Louis County Police Department found a man and a woman shot in the 11000 block of Lilac Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. The woman was

Click here for updates on this story     NORTHUMBERLAND, PA (WNEP) — Joe Diblin was a familiar face on Newswatch 16 throughout the years. The Air Force veteran from Northumberland enjoyed sharing his memories of World War II, both good and bad. Diblin died this week from complications with COVID-19 at the age of 103. “Joe

The Los Angeles Clippers found out just how hot Stephen Curry can be after allowing the Golden State Warriors to come from a 22-point deficit. It’s not like NBA fans have not seen this kind of performance from Curry before, but Friday night felt like the Warriors star was on another level. Curry hit 9

Aaron Rodgers is showing his charitable side by throwing $500,000 to the Barstool Fund, a non-profit organization helping small businesses struggling in the pandemic. Barstool President Dave Portnoy hosted the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback on an Instagram live Friday not knowing what Rodgers wanted to discuss. But shortly into the conversation, Rodgers made his intentions

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, AL (WALA) — When an elderly woman got a call this week informing her someone would be stopping by her house the following afternoon to give her a COVID-19 vaccine, nothing seemed amiss. After all, the caller had key details. “I just thought it was a result

Click here for updates on this story     FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — A woman has been arrested after allegedly fatally shooting a Fort Smith man over a cell phone. Fort Smith Police have arrested 27-year-old Kelsey Christine Dampier (aka Kelsey Christine Stafford) of Hackett in the shooting death of 37-year-old Joshua Flanagan of Fort Smith.

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — If COVID-19 forced you to quarantine, running errands probably got a whole lot harder. As the pandemic unfolded, the Douglas County Health Department’s contact tracers tracked exposures and told people to isolate. Some of those families needed help getting food or other services, and

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — As California deals with a massive surge in COVID-19 cases, Oregonians are being sent to that state help ease the burden. California hospitals are overrun with COVID-19 patients, and frontline healthcare workers are taking on grueling shifts to deal with the problem. Ryan Hutchinson,

Click here for updates on this story     VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — The Vancouver School District is recommending plans for students to return to hybrid learning. After months of at home virtual learning, this news comes as a relief to the Weaver family. “I was excited,” Jeanette Weaver said. “I’ve seen what this COVID has been

Click here for updates on this story     CARLISLE, Pa. (WPMT ) — A bang and a bright light woke up the quiet residential street. It was 1:30 a.m. in Carlisle, and a crashed car was burning. “We were the very first to be on scene,” said Grace Snyder, an EMT with Cumberland Goodwill EMS. Snyder

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — A drive-thru Covid-19 vaccine clinic sounds like an easy way to vaccinate thousands of people in an efficient way. One in Lake County, Illinois has been working well. The county north of Chicago opened the drive-thru clinic for health care workers who do

Click here for updates on this story     SOUTHINGTON, CT (WFSB) — Connecticut has reached a new milestone in the fight against COVID-19 and it is certainly good news. The last nursing home left in the vaccine phase received its first dose on Friday. Governor Ned Lamont said the positivity rate hovers around 8.5 percent. Meanwhile,

Click here for updates on this story     Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — The Georgia State University school officials announced Friday that all men’s basketball team activities will be paused due to multiple positive COVID-19 test results. The school says this will impact Tier 1 individuals which include student-athletes, coaches, and support staff. According to school officials,

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A St. Louis company is now the first in the state to be granted a license to both cultivate and manufacture medical marijuana and be able to do it under one roof. The state granted Proper Cannabis a license to grow marijuana plants

Aalayah Eastmond was scrolling through Twitter this week when she saw a meme comparing lawmakers on lockdown at the Capitol to students during active-shooter drills in public schools. Eastmond survived the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. She was a junior and recalls sheltering in place that day

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Money is coming in for a scholarship honoring a nurse shot and killed on I-440 in December. Caitlyn Kaufman was on her way to work at St. Thomas West when it happened. The scholarship is called the Caitlyn Kaufman Legacy Nursing Scholarship at Butler

Wendy Walsh has gone from frustrated to angry about the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in Florida. She wants her mom protected, fearing that if the 92-year-old gets the virus, it’s essentially a death sentence. “It’s like a ticking time bomb — you’re just waiting,” Walsh told CNN. Her mom, Marie Schreiner, lives in an

Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air lost contact with a plane that left Jakarta on Saturday, according to Indonesia’s Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono. Sriwijaya Air flight SJY 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak lost contact at 2:40 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (2:40 a.m. ET) on Saturday, according to state-run Antara news agency. The missing Indonesia

When the coronavirus pandemic first hit, nursing homes across the United States scrambled to protect their vulnerable residents. They shut their doors and banned visitors, leaving seniors isolated from the outside world. It was only March, but 16-year-old Hita Gupta suspected that life wouldn’t return to normal for a long time. To support lonely seniors

As the NFL regular season came to a close, Michael Carsley knew the penalty for finishing last in his fantasy football league. Their rule: Whoever ended that season at the bottom of the league had to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House. For every waffle eaten, one hour would be removed from the total

It’s been almost five months since Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by Officer Rusten Sheskey. Sheskey, a White officer, shot Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, while responding to a domestic incident on August 23, 2020. Blake survived the shooting but was left paralyzed from the waist down. No charges were brought

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is developing new weaponry including a nuclear-powered submarine, tactical nuclear weapons and advanced warheads designed to penetrate missile defense systems. In comments published Saturday, Kim said North Korea is pushing ahead with the armaments to deter the United States, comments that appear to show President Donald

For Augustine Tang, driving a taxi was a way to carry on his father’s legacy, who died unexpectedly in 2015. But the coronavirus pandemic has turned his taxi into a burden, a sentiment shared by thousands of other cabdrivers in New York. “It’s a ghost town,” Tang remarks, as he drives through Chinatown. With ridership

The relentless surge of Covid-19 patients has strained resources and health care workers at Los Angeles hospitals to the point that officials are preparing to ration care with triage officers, who will decide which patients receive what treatment. Once a hospital reaches a phase called “crisis care mode,” triage officers at the county’s four public

Maj. Dwight Christensen remembers the sense of shock he felt first walking through the doors of St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California. “I was seeing patients, just lining up in the hallway, in the emergency room … ICU patients just throughout the hospital,” he told CNN. Christensen is part of a National Guard

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — No matter how old we get there’s still a kid in all of us. The town of Winthrop is learning that first hand thanks to 91-year-old Dean Conklin and his sledding skills. John Lauritsen shows us the reason why his trip down the hill was

Click here for updates on this story     Miami (WFOR) — Doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been incredibly successful in treating severe cases of COVID. The study involved patients at Jackson Memorial Hospital and at the University Miami Tower. Many of them had acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). “I

Click here for updates on this story     FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — After recent moments of division in the country, a Texas woman has found a way to thank police officers all across the nation and remind them why they are appreciated. The initiative called “I’ve got your 6,” stemmed from the organization South Plains

Click here for updates on this story     OAK LAWN, Illinois (WBBM) — It turns out that in addition to the skyrocketing incidence of violent carjackings in Chicago over recent months, the number of cars just being stolen is up too. Some thieves want the cars so bad, they are pushing them right out of driveways

Here’s a look at the life of retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1940 Birth place: Columbus, Ohio Birth name: Jack William Nicklaus Father: Louis Charles Nicklaus Jr., a pharmacist Mother: Helen (Schoener) Nicklaus Marriage: Barbara Jean (Bash) Nicklaus (July 23, 1960-present) Children: Michael, July 24, 1973; Gary, January 15, 1969;

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Many people have taken up hobbies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but what about treasure hunting? Two Baltimore amateur historians are doing just that and may end up knocking on your door to see if they can dig things up. The duo — historian and artifact