Month: February 2021

It’s going to be a bone-chillingly cold Valentine’s Day weekend — the perfect time to snuggle up with your sweetheart (or your house plant). Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox

Christine Lloyd-Jones was at work when the first call came: One of her friends, Annette, 62, had died of coronavirus. The following day, as she ate breakfast, her phone flashed again. This time it was news of another friend, Lloyd, dead at 58. The next day, another call. Her friend Haydon, 51, was in the

An Aurora, Colorado police officer was fired on Thursday for using excessive force during an arrest last August, according to a press release from the Aurora Police Department (APD). Officer Robert Rosen was assisting a fellow officer attempting to arrest a man allegedly trespassing in an Aurora supermarket. Rosen punched the man multiple times and

Police in St. Louis County, Missouri, are searching for a funeral home van that was stolen Thursday with the body of an adult female inside. According to police, the white cargo van was stolen after the driver stopped at a convenience store shortly after 10 a.m. The van was left unattended and running. Neither the

A city in California is including farmworkers among those who must receive hazard pay for the risks they are undertaking during the Covid-19 pandemic. Coachella, a Southern California city known for its popular annual music festival, passed an ordinance on Wednesday that requires retail pharmacies, grocery stores, restaurants and agricultural businesses in the city to

The family of Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot 16 times and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies last summer, has filed a $35 million claim for damages. The claim alleges the sheriff’s department failed to properly train the involved deputies and accuses them of using unreasonable deadly force. The move

In the Big Apple, even mass transit can be a pollution risk. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, New York’s subways are the most polluted in the Northeast — and one subterranean station has higher levels of particulate pollution than any other station in the world. The study, conducted

Click here for updates on this story     BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — Researchers have developed a new kind of wearable device that draws power from your body heat — transforming the human body into a biological battery that can drive electronics. A stretchy material called polyimine is used to create a ring, wristband or any other

Click here for updates on this story     MAYFIELD, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A Pennsylvania State Police trooper is among four men arrested for alleged involvement in illegal activity at a Lackawanna County gentlemen’s club, State Police announced Thursday. Trooper Robert E. Covington Jr., 48, a 13-year veteran of the police force, was allegedly co-owner of the

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A West Asheville woman said she’s concerned after she found surveillance video of a man with a knife on her front porch on Wednesday morning, Feb. 10. She said she made the disturbing discovery when she checked the video after returning home to

A grand jury chose not to indict two Buffalo, New York, police officers who pushed a 75-year-old protester to the ground last June, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn announced Thursday. Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe each faced a felony second-degree assault charge in Martin Gugino’s fall, which fractured his skull and left him unable

Five thousand years after Stonehenge was built, archaeologists have finally pinpointed exactly where the bluestones that form part of the imposing UK monument came from and how they were unearthed. The researchers revealed in 2019 the stones came from an ancient quarry on the north side of the Preseli Hills in western Wales, which meant

A new bill in Utah that would have required students to learn about consent was shot down by lawmakers this week. HB177, introduced earlier this year, would have updated Utah’s health education curriculum by requiring schools to teach consent, sexual violence behavior prevention and sexual assault resource strategies. The proposal was defeated in Utah’s House

Two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso was hospitalized after a road accident while cycling in Switzerland, according to a tweet from the Alpine F1 Team. “Fernando is conscious and well in himself and is awaiting further medical examinations tomorrow morning,” the team’s tweet read. The 39-year-old is an avid cyclist who is returning to

Click here for updates on this story     San Francisco (KPIX) — Last week, a pedestrian was hit by a car in San Francisco’s Excelsior District. While he survived, what surveillance cameras captured of the incident has shaken people’s faith in humanity. Arnulfo Villanueva walks gingerly these days. While his shoulder and hand are still in

Click here for updates on this story     Sacramento (KOVR) — A big orange and white cat named Garfield is down one life after a brush with death roughly two weeks ago. Front Street Animal Shelter’s Chief Animal Control Officer Jace Huggins said that the shelter strongly suspects that someone shot Garfield with the six-inch bolt

Click here for updates on this story     New York (WCBS) — Take a stroll through Central Park and you never know what you’ll encounter. Recently a snowy owl ruffled many feathers. Now coyote sightings have hairs standing on end. As CBS2’s Vanessa Murdock reports, it was something unusual caught on camera – a coyote in

Click here for updates on this story     Los Angeles (KCAL/KCBS) — Police say a woman in Texas was scammed out of $100,000 after she fell in love with someone pretending to be entertainer Bruno Mars. The woman claims to have had an online relationship with the imposter after she thought she was communicating with Mars

Click here for updates on this story     Dallas (KTVT) — An instrumental version of the Star-Spangled Banner echoed through the American Airlines Center Wednesday night, Feb. 10. It was the first time all season the Dallas Mavericks played the national anthem before a home game. That fact came to light after the first home game

The family of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul issued a scathing rebuke to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a press conference Thursday, a day after the women’s rights defender was released from prison. Hathloul, who alleges that she was tortured and sexually assaulted while in prison, is a prominent women’s rights defender. Her arrest in

Click here for updates on this story     Boston (WBZ) — Boston College has issued a warning to its students – follow COVID-19 precautions or you may be kicked off campus. The school said cases have spiked on campus because students aren’t following the rules. This week, there have been 24 confirmed cases on campus, and

Click here for updates on this story     St. Louis (KMOV) — A van with a body inside of it was stolen from a North County QuikTrip Thursday morning. The white 2012 Nissan NV1500 van was transporting a body when it was stolen off the parking lot of the QuikTrip at 12110 Lusher Road just before