Month: February 2021

Click here for updates on this story     Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT ) — A Gretna homeowner dreams of a new look for her house and paid thousands of dollars to make it all come true, but instead, she got excuses. After paying a house painter $3,000 in September, Shawn Weyh claims she’s been getting the brush

Here’s a look at the life of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Personal Birth date: February 12, 1965 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Brett Michael Kavanaugh Father: Everett Edward Kavanaugh Jr., president of a trade association Mother: Martha Kavanaugh, teacher, prosecutor and judge Marriage: Ashley (Estes) Kavanaugh Children: Liza and Margaret Education: Yale College,

Click here for updates on this story     Logan County, Arkansas (KFSM) — A 19-year-old from Danville, Ark. is dead after a vehicle he was in slid off an embankment at Mount Magazine State Park in Logan County on Monday (Feb. 1). According to a fatality report from Arkansas State Police, Roberto Oblea was a passenger

A woman who strapped nearly 1,000 succulents and endangered cacti to her body in an attempt to smuggle them into New Zealand has been sentenced to 100 hours of community work, the country’s biosecurity ministry said. Wenqing Li, 38, who also goes by the name Wendy, was caught bringing plants and seeds from China to

A US marshal was shot Thursday morning while serving an arrest warrant in Baltimore, according to a tweet from the Baltimore Police Department. The shooting happened in the 1400 block of N. Mount St. in Baltimore, the tweet said. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Separated from the rest of the United States by the closed Canadian border, one community in Minnesota put its northern ingenuity to work to restore its lifeline to the outside world. The so-called Northwest Angle is a geographical oddity associated with the Canada-U.S.

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Anti-hate and civil rights groups are cautiously relieved the terrorist designation wasn’t expanded for the Proud Boys, which they say could have given law enforcement more leeway to surveil Black Lives Matter, Indigenous land defenders or others. Critics have been worried about the

Finally, the Covid-19 vaccine is available to millions, including health care workers, chronically ill people and seniors. But with wider availability comes the inevitable spike in vaccine scams. Fraudsters are promising early access to vaccines or even a personal shipment of vaccines — at a cost, of course. But their offers aren’t legit, and those

The former Columbus, Ohio, police officer charged in the death of Andre Hill will make his first appearance in court Thursday morning after his indictment. Adam Coy was indicted Wednesday on several charges, including murder in the commission of a felony, felonious assault, and two counts of dereliction of duty related to Hill’s December 22

A former Ugandan rebel commander has been convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Dominic Ongwen, a child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander, faced 70 charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s. The LRA’s fugitive chief Joseph Kony waged a bloody campaign from 2002 to 2004 in

The body of a skier was recovered Wednesday after an avalanche in the New Hampshire Ammonoosuc Ravine in the White Mountain National Forest, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. It was the third time in less than a week where a back-country skier has died in an avalanche in the US. The

FBI Special Agents Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger, who died in a Sunrise, Florida shootout Tuesday, devoted their careers to investigating crimes against children. The two were killed at an apartment complex executing a federal search warrant. Three other agents were wounded, two of whom were transported to the hospital and have since been released.

The United States Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the first time a US warship has gone through the waterway that separates China and Taiwan during the Biden administration. The Japan-based USS John S McCain made the routine transit in accordance with international law, Lt. Joe Keiley, a spokesperson for

The COVAX initiative for equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines has announced its plan to distribute more than 330 million doses to developing nations in the first half of 2021. In an interim distribution plan published Wednesday, the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility said the doses will cover an average of 3.3% of the total population of

Internet and news services continued to be disrupted across Myanmar on Thursday, as the country’s military sought to secure their grip on power after deposing the democratically-elected government earlier this week. Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s de facto leader, along with President Win Myint and dozens of other senior figures in their National League

Click here for updates on this story     FORESTHILL, California (KOVR) — David Deshon was found dead two days after he was reported missing near his Foresthill home last week – but his dog wouldn’t leave his side, family says. “He didn’t die alone. He didn’t die alone at all,” said David’s daughter, Shona. Shona believes

The three missing skiers caught in a large avalanche in Colorado on Monday have been identified and are presumed dead, according to a joint statement from Eagle County and the Town of Eagle, Colorado. “While an official announcement has not yet been made by our partners in San Juan County, the families of Seth Bossung,

Click here for updates on this story     WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — For some Watertown residents, paying for parking can be a little tricky these days. In the last few weeks, hundreds of new meter heads with updated technology have been installed in the city that allow for card payments, and eventually, payments through an app.

Adam Coy, the former Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot and killed Andre Hill, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on several charges and later arrested, according to an announcement from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. Coy was arrested at his attorney’s office Wednesday afternoon. He is charged with murder in the commission of

Prisoners in Massachusetts have a special incentive to get the Covid-19 vaccine. If they receive both doses, watch and read educational materials and submit a form for approval, they could shorten their sentence, the Department of Corrections said in a memo. The incentive is made possible by a Massachusetts law, which states that prisoners are

Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Thirty American terrier pit bulls, four children and several other animals, some dead, were removed from a mobile home in Lawrence County. State police say when they arrived to the home on Rabbit Haven Lane in Washington Township Saturday, they found deplorable conditions.

Click here for updates on this story     NORTH CALDWELL, New Jersey (WCBS) — A North Caldwell man says he and his wife have a snow angel. Seventy-five-year-old John Krug says their neighbor, Ed Devries, helped them dig out from 20 inches of snow after Monday’s winter storm. Krug says their good neighbor has been shoveling

Click here for updates on this story     OAKLAND, New Jersey (WCBS) — When most people adopt a dog they’re looking for companionship. But one owner got so much more. “When I talk about this story, I get emotional,” Brian Myers told CBS2’s Steve Overmyer on Wednesday. Myers is currently in rehab after suffering a stroke.

The man suspected of fatally shooting five children and one adult in Oklahoma on Tuesday has been charged with six counts of murder. Jarron Deajon Pridgeon, 25, was additionally charged with one count of shooting with intent to kill and a count of possession of a firearm while on probation, Muskogee County District Attorney Orvil

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — A grieving Plainfield mom reached out to CBS 2 a year after her daughter unexpectedly passed away in North Carolina. Debbie Heater has subpoenaed documents, and called local law enforcement in North Carolina, but still can’t get clear answers about how her daughter’s death is

Click here for updates on this story     HALIFAX, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Ten-year-old Charlie Eldridge is in the fifth grade at Halifax Elementary School. Recently his teachers and classmates hung peace flags up on the back walls of their classrooms. Charlie says they hung them as a reminder, “That up there was showing that everyone should

Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WBZ) — Inmates in the Massachusetts Department of Correction can get a week taken off their prison sentence by getting the coronavirus vaccine. Commissioner Carol Mici made the announcement in a letter to inmates last week. “I have determined that receiving the vaccine is significantly valuable to

California is opening two mass Covid-19 vaccination sites as part of a federal pilot program to quickly boost the number of available doses, as the state continues to see improving numbers in cases, deaths, positivity rate and hospitalizations. “Everything that should be up in relationship to this virus is up. Everything that should be down

The Navy’s efforts to improve equality have clearly fallen short of “addressing the societal challenges of today,” a military task force created following the nation’s racial reckoning found. Task Force One Navy issued dozens of recommendations on Wednesday after months of evaluating the military branch’s diversity and inclusion practices. “We have fallen short in the

It’s been more than two years since Joe Dimeo could smile. In July 2018, Dimeo, 20 at the time, fell asleep at the wheel of his car on Route 22 in New Jersey. He lost control, and the car hit the curb, flipping over before bursting into flames. A passerby pulled him out of the

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A Council Bluffs man accused of secretly recording juvenile boys in the bathroom of his home has made a deal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Bottom line he won’t be getting out of federal prison anytime soon. The allegations against Thomas Boatright are disturbing