Click here for updates on this story AMADOR COUNTY, California (KOVR) — A Jackson man has been arrested after a fight in the Walmart parking lot that escalated to a person being struck and run over by a pickup truck. The incident happened Monday afternoon in Amador County. According to the sheriff’s office, dispatchers got
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Four bystanders who witnessed former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneel on George Floyd testified in court Tuesday about the horror and fear they felt watching Floyd slowly die. The bystanders included a 9-year-old girl, two high school students and a mixed martial arts fighter. Each said they had gone to the Cup Foods corner
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Credit card fraud, payment app scams, wire transfers gone wrong; you’ve likely heard about the different ways you can get conned out of your coin through these payment methods. But today, the Morning Insiders are telling you about a scam involving a new type of
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After two years of searching for problems with the investigation into Donald Trump’s campaign advisers in 2016 and their ties to Russia, federal prosecutor John Durham hasn’t found wrongdoing by Obama-era intelligence officials involved who were outside of the FBI. But Durham is still at work, looking at early aspects of the FBI investigation into
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROXBURY, Massachussetts (WBZ) — A car crashed into a clinic that provides COVID vaccinations in Roxbury overnight, but appointments are still on for Tuesday as scheduled. The car hit and damaged the front of the Whittier Street Health Center on Blue Hill Avenue around 3 a.m. and came
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Donald Trump is back online.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — UW-Madison’s obstetrics and gynecology department changed its surgical consent process to ask patients to sign consent forms on the day of surgery, not before, after a case in which a patient’s ovaries were not removed as desired during a hysterectomy. “This reduces
Continue Reading Attorney General Merrick Garland has launched a 30-day “expedited review” to figure out how the Justice Department can “deploy all the tools at its disposal” to combat hate crimes across the country, according to a memo released Tuesday. The effort comes on the heels of a rise in hate crimes and hate incidents — specifically
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DANVILLE, Virginia (Danville Register and Bee) — Five inmates at the Danville Adult Detention Center have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the second outbreak at the facility this month and the third since December. The inmates tested positive last week and are in quarantine, said Frank Mardavich, the
Continue Reading Police in Boulder, Colorado, are paying tribute to 10 people who lost their lives in last week’s shooting at a grocery store in the city. The Boulder Police Department announced Tuesday that it has put the names of those who died in the shooting on decals on its vehicles. The victims included a Boulder police
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Kentucky’s Republican-led General Assembly this week passed bipartisan voting reform legislation setting rules for absentee and early voting — an exception to increasingly polarized partisan efforts in multiple states to remake election rules in the wake of the 2020 presidential race. The bill, which received widespread support from both Democrats and Republicans in the Republican-led
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lyndon, Wisconsin (wiscnews.com) — Court documents from a double homicide in the town of Lyndon show authorities believe the victims were murdered using a baseball bat following an argument. Deputies from the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office found the bodies of Tina Decorah, 42, and Duane Mallory, 33, at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — A Moline High School teacher is on leave after allegedly sharing a homemade sex video on SnapChat in November, where it was seen by multiple students. The Moline Dispatch-Argus and Quad-City Times on Monday obtained a copy of a heavily redacted Moline Police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County’s tax commissioner and one member of its Board of Commissioners are engaged in a public dispute over whether the county’s top tax official should charge eight cities that use her office for tax billing a fee that would reportedly
Continue Reading A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that an Ohio professor can sue a university for violating his constitutional rights after he was disciplined for refusing to use the pronouns of a transgender student. Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2018 after the school formally disciplined
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Maine (WMTW) — Farmington police say a woman was killed Monday morning when strong winds caused a tree branch to fall onto her moving car. Police say the incident occurred along Knowlton Corner Road shortly before 10 a.m. Rochelle Hager, 31, of Waterville died at the scene
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The City of Idaho Falls Neighborhood Services Department (CDS) is set to hold its fifth and final community meeting designed allow public input on the creation of a plan for future growth within the city.
Continue Reading With so many challenges facing us here on Earth — the pandemic, climate change, the economy — it might seem like an odd time to focus on space. But space exploration offers enormous benefits for all of us. There’s a long list of innovations that have emerged as a result of space research that have
Continue Reading The Internal Revenue Service will start sending stimulus payments to low-income Social Security recipients this weekend, and expects most of the money to be received electronically on April 7. Most eligible households have already received the stimulus payments approved by Congress in the latest Covid relief bill passed earlier this month. Roughly 127 million payments
Continue Reading A professional mixed martial arts fighter who came upon the scene of George Floyd’s death testified Tuesday that he called 911 after watching former officer Derek Chauvin’s actions on May 25, 2020. “I called the police on the police,” Donald Wynn Williams II testified Tuesday. “I believed I witnessed a murder.” Williams, whose testimony began
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Phoenix (KPHO/KTVK) — Phoenix police have released dramatic body camera video of officers saving a man from a burning car last week. The crash happened near 34th Street and Osborn Road at around 6:30 a.m. last Thursday. Phoenix police said when officers arrived to the crash, they found
Continue Reading Officer Eric Talley was remembered for his bravery at a public funeral in Lafayette, Colorado, on Tuesday — one week after giving his life as the first police officer to arrive at the King Soopers store where a gunman killed 10 people. “This is part of that bravery, in that, rightfully so, everyone in that
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Japan recorded the second-biggest win in its history, thrashing Mongolia 14-0 in a World Cup 2022 qualifier. Werder Bremen striker Yuya Osako scored a hat trick, while Liverpool midfielder Takumi Minamino — who is currently on loan at Southampton — was also on the scoresheet. Mongolia, who are ranked No. 190 in the world, registered
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Students are learning about the human body from models dead and alive. Anatomy and art students have used the Real Bodies exhibit on the Las Vegas Strip to practice. A local performer serves as a model and poses alongside the cadavers on exhibit for
Continue Reading The Biden administration is expanding the pause on student loan interest and collections to the more than a million borrowers who are in default on loans made by private lenders, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. “This step particularly protects 800,000 borrowers who are at risk of having their tax refunds seized,” Psaki
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Wyoming lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday to set up a fund to sue states that move away from using coal to generate electricity.
Continue Reading GameStop is adding to its growing list of new executives hired from Amazon and Chewy with the hope of turning the struggling, longtime mall staple into an e-commerce powerhouse. The video game retailer on Tuesday announced the hire of Elliott Wilke as its chief growth officer. Wilke spent the past seven years at Amazon, including
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Georgia (WGCL) — Georgia State Patrol announced a settlement with 26 troopers who were accused of cheating on a radar test during Trooper School. In January 2020, GSP announced state troopers were fired after an investigation, according to the GSP, revealed the troopers cheated on their radar tests
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMOND, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers on Monday night rescued a 4-year-old child who was abducted out of North Texas. Authorities said the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force put out an alert on a vehicle, and Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers were able to track it down to
Continue Reading Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s head and neck for 4 minutes and 45 seconds as Floyd cried out for help, stayed on his neck as Floyd flailed and had seizures for 53 seconds, and then remained on a non-responsive Floyd for another 3 minutes and 51 seconds, prosecutors said during
Continue Reading George Floyd’s public death under the knee of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last May set off an intense debate about societal issues on anti-Black racism, on police accountability and on the entire American criminal justice system. But over the next four weeks, the debate in Chauvin’s trial inside a Hennepin County, Minnesota, courthouse
Continue Reading A professional mixed martial arts fighter who stumbled onto the scene of George Floyd’s death testified Tuesday that he called 911 after watching former officer Derek Chauvin’s actions on May 25, 2020. “I called the police on the police,” Donald Wynn Williams II testified Tuesday. “I believed I witnessed a murder.” Williams, whose testimony began
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCCI) — The couple who owns the World’s Largest Truck Stop in eastern Iowa is behind a big gift. Will and Renee Moon have donated $10 million to fund the University of Iowa football program and other athletic projects. Part of the donation will fund
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CASA GRANDE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — An off-duty Casa Grande police officer is in the hospital after he was attacked in the parking lot of a Lowe’s store and dragged by a car. On Sunday afternoon, the officer was leaving the store when he noticed a man trying to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A non-native lizard hitchhiked its way from Florida to Massachusetts this past week. A person brought the lizard to the Animal Rescue League of Boston’s Brewster Animal Care and Adoption Center. The person said the reptile had somehow got into the interior of the vehicle
Continue Reading NATO scrambled fighter jets 10 times Monday to track and intercept an unusually “rare peak” of Russian bombers and fighters flying over the North Sea, Black Sea and Baltic Sea, according to a NATO official. “NATO aircraft intercepted six different groups of Russian military aircraft near alliance airspace in less than six hours,” the organization
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Demi Lovato is not just sharing revelations in her new docuseries, “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil.” In a recent interview with EW, the singer and actress opened up about how ending her engagement to actor Max Ehrich helped her understand she’s “just too queer” for such a commitment to a man at the moment.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Emily Smaniotto said she was disqualified and discriminated against during an event at Bethel Baptist Church in North Union Township, Fayette County because she is a woman. “They pretty much scolded us for being female,” Smaniotto said. Smaniotto was attending a Wild Game
Continue Reading The story of the Navajo Code Talkers, who played a vital role in US victories during World War II by using their native language to send coded messages, will be memorialized in Arizona with a new state holiday. Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation on Monday that will honor the Code Talkers every year on August
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI, Ohio (WLWT) — An Over-the-Rhine restaurant and bar is offering adult happy meals to go, complete with alcohol and candy. Dunlap Cafe is offering a carry-out box just for adults. It includes an entree with a side of fries, along with boozy drinks, Twizzlers and a koozie.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SRPI: The Value of Internships in a Student’s Future Career Path (WTRT, Tigers Roar, SSU, Kareem McMichael, Serena Garcia, Southern Regional Press Institute, SRPI) — The Southern Regional Press Institute (SRPI), was held from February 25-27. This years event was like others in the past where many passionate
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The Gate City area is expanding the limited options for couples to tie the knot.
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President Joe Biden is not scheduled to toss out the Opening Day first pitch on Thursday for the Washington Nationals, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. But she added that baseball fans will be hearing from him in the next few days. “I know the President’s eager to get out to Nationals’
Continue Reading Republican Kelly Tshibaka, a former Alaska Department of Administration commissioner, launched her Senate campaign on Monday against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, pitching the election as an outsider versus a powerful, longtime insider. “We know what Washington, DC thinks about Alaska: We’re here for their benefit; we’re not going to put up much of a fight,” said
Continue Reading The chairwoman of the House Progressive Caucus said Tuesday that she is convinced that in order to ensure that President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package can include all of the green energy initiatives, worker protections and other key progressive priorities, the Senate must either gut the filibuster or overrule the Senate parliamentarian. The comments from Democratic
Continue Reading Seth Rogen is clarifying a story that he told British GQ about Emma Watson storming off the set of his 2013 film, “This Is the End.” Rogen took to Twitter on Monday night to explain what actually happened. “I want to correct a story that has emerged from a recent interview I gave. It misrepresents
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AIEA, Hawaii (KITV) — The family of a man in Aiea shot and killed over the weekend is looking for answers. Malakai Maumalanga’s brother calls it a tragic ending. Sione Maumalanga says his brother spent a year in jail as a young adult for his involvement in a
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The Idaho Falls Fire Department reports 200 piglets died in a structure fire on the 14000 block of North 5th East Friday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Michigan (WNEM) — As communities work to restore a sense of normalcy after a year of the pandemic, one town is trying to bring back a lost tradition. Little League Baseball. After years of the ballpark going untouched, a number of parts have fallen in disrepair.
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a diverse slate of 11 judicial nominees, including three African American women for Circuit Court vacancies and a candidate who, if confirmed, would be the first Muslim federal judge in US history. The list, first reported by The Washington Post, is Biden’s first wave of judicial nominations, and also
Continue Reading Maryland’s oft-debated state song, a relic of the Confederacy that calls Union supporters “Northern scum,” is one signature away from being repealed. The state’s House of Delegates voted Monday to repeal “Maryland, My Maryland” as the state song. It’s the closest legislators have come to removing the pro-Confederate song from the state canon in decades.
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Teton County, Idaho Fire and Rescue was called to a small, two-room cabin in the middle of a Monday morning windstorm.
Continue Reading The children of three late civil rights movement leaders released a joint letter late Monday night to corporate leaders and lawmakers in response to the new voting law in Georgia. Bernice A. King, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.; Al Vivian, the son of the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian; and John-Miles
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The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. MST Tuesday.
Continue Reading Joseph Biggs, a Proud Boys leader who is charged with conspiracy related to the January 6 insurrection, claims the FBI had checked in on him several times in recent years, according to a new defense filing arguing that Biggs’ contact with law enforcement shows he’s not a threat to the public and should stay out
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — The chairman of the Michigan GOP and member of the University of Michigan board of regents is being asked to resign after calling the top three elected women in the state witches. An organization of catholic sisters is also joining the calls for him
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Cobb County Police arrested 3 men who they say shot a child and another person outside Cumberland Mall March 23. Karanji Reese, 18, Jokava Harris, 19, and Desean Powell, 19 were all charged with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST LYME, Connecticut (WFSB) — A correctional officer was arrested for sexually assaulting an inmate, according to state police. Troopers announced the arrest of 38-year-old Wesley Applegate on Tuesday. Applegate was charged with second-degree sexual assault when he was taken into custody in Wethersfield on Monday. The incident
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A South Dakota bill that would have banned transgender women and girls from female sports was effectively vetoed by Gov. Kristi Noem, but she quickly issued executive orders to enact a limited ban.
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Southeastern Idaho Public Health will be vaccinating the City of Pocatello’s Mayor, Brian Blad, on Tuesday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Monday’s intense winds tore a large metal awning off a Kansas City building. It fell on a man who was getting out of a car below it, sending him to the hospital. It’s a sight that stunned people who come to the strip
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The North Fork Ranger District will begin a prescribed fire plan Tuesday near Gibbonsville and Leadore.
Continue Reading The New York Police Department is investigating what they say is a “hate crime assault” against a 65-year-old Asian woman who was punched and kicked Monday in midtown Manhattan by an attacker who allegedly made anti-Asian statements toward her, according to the police. The incident — which comes at a time when New York City
Continue Reading Officer Eric Talley will be remembered at a public funeral in Lafayette, Colorado, on Tuesday — one week after giving his life as the first police officer to arrive at the King Soopers store where a gunman killed 10 people. A brief procession and motorcade will precede the memorial service at Flatirons Community Church for
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Donovan Mitchell scored 19 points and Rudy Gobert added 18 points and 17 rebounds to power the Utah Jazz to their sixth straight win, a 114-75 victory over Cleveland.
Continue Reading Worsening inequality, trillions of dollars in economic damage and depressed economic growth. Those are the outcomes that economists fear we will face unless the world aggressively confronts the climate crisis. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of economists agree “immediate and drastic” action is warranted to curb emissions, according to a survey released Tuesday from the Institute for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SSU launches Tiger Vision for athletic season (WTRT, Tigers Roar, SSU) — Where Tiger Arena once was a family- and fan-filled venue with a roaring crowd pumped for action, it is now a place where spectators are not permitted because of restrictions due to COVID-19. These health protocols
Continue Reading Rachel Bilson had what she thought was a cool throwback photo of her and Rami Malek, but according to her, Malek didn’t think so. It turns out they went to high school together, and according to “The O.C.” star, were good friends. “We were in the same crew. We did ‘The Crucible’ together senior year,”
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is aiming to pass his sweeping infrastructure and jobs proposal this summer, a senior White House official told CNN, setting an ambitious timeline to achieve his next major legislative goal. The package, which could cost between $3 and 4 trillion, includes two pieces: one piece investing in domestic manufacturing, research and development,
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Waste from lifesaving personal protective equipment (PPE) is killing birds, fish and other wildlife across the globe, a study has found. Animals are fatally ingesting or becoming entangled in discarded latex gloves and disposable face masks, while others have started building their homes using the same material, researchers said. “As always with these single-use items,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Saraland Police said four people died in a crash Sunday night caused by a wrong-way driver. It happened on Highway 45 between Spice Pond Road and Kushla McLeod Road. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said 39-year-old Towanda O’Field was chasing her children’s father
Continue Reading Several civil rights groups announced on Tuesday that they have filed a joint federal lawsuit over the Georgia election overhaul bill, the third federal lawsuit challenging the legislation since it was signed into law last week. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Southern Poverty Law Center,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — While swordplay has been around for thousands of years, a certified instructor at arms in Milwaukee is giving this ancient sport a pandemic-era twist. On CBS 58 Sunday Morning Brendan Cullerton joined Sean Newton outside Discovery World on the Milwaukee Lakefront to see what attracts
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PEA RIDGE, Arkansas (KFSM) — A Pea Ridge Police Officer is receiving praise after saving a woman’s life with Narcan. According to the Pea Ridge Police Department, on March 27 around 4:47 p.m., first responders with PRPD and the Pea Ridge Fire Department were dispatched to a possible
Continue Reading Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, says it has been an “emotional roller-coaster” sitting in the courtroom for the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd told CNN that it was only on Monday that he learned for the first time that Chauvin actually knelt on his brother’s neck for 9 minutes
Continue Reading The children of three late civil rights movement leaders released a joint letter late Monday night to corporate leaders and lawmakers in response to the new voting law in Georgia. Bernice A. King, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.; Al Vivian, the son of the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian; and John-Miles
Continue Reading Andrea Lessing had seen a lot of unique donations in her time as an Oklahoma Goodwill employee, but none nearly as valuable as $42,000 in cash. Lessing had been sorting through a pile of donations at the Norman Goodwill location when she felt something odd between two sweaters. As she unwrapped the sweaters, she found
Continue Reading It looks like NBC is saying — in the nicest possible way — “Thank U, Next” to coach Nick Jonas. Grammy-winning singer Ariana Grande tweeted Tuesday that she will be taking Jonas’s slot as a judge on “The Voice” next season. “Surprise !!! i am beyond thrilled, honored, excited to be joining @kellyclarkson @johnlegend @blakeshelton
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Jaxson Demsey, age 8, of Hazleton, is very protective of his 20-month-old baby sister Lelia
Continue Reading New COVID-19 cases have spiked in the US in the last several days, the latest data showed Tuesday — and White House and health officials are pleading with the country to take more precautions until more people can be vaccinated. The country has averaged 65,700 new cases a day over the last week — a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, Oregon (KPTV) — A 5-year-old Beaverton boy is fighting a rare disorder called Krabbe disease. His parents say it’s possible his life could’ve been saved had the Oregon legislature acted more quickly. Krabbe disease is a neurological condition that only affects 1-in-100,000 people. It’s slowly shutting down
Continue Reading An alleged Mafia fugitive who had been on the run since 2014 was arrested by police in the Dominican Republic thanks to his hobby as a YouTube chef. Marc Feren Claude Biart, a 53-year-old suspected member of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia organization, arrived in Milan, Italy, on Monday following his arrest on March 24, according to
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The Board of Trustees announced Dr. Eric Pingrey as the new superintendent for Idaho Falls School District 91.
Continue Reading Here is a look at North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and the history of its weapons program. 1985 North Korea signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 1993 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) demands that inspectors be given access to two nuclear waste storage sites. In response, North Korea threatens to quit the NPT but eventually
Continue Reading The mother of a DC Police officer who was brutally assaulted while defending the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection said Monday that she and her family are outraged by former President Donald Trump’s claim that his supporters were “hugging and kissing” officers during the riot and that the mob posed “zero threat.” Terry
Continue Reading An experimental SpaceX rocket exploded at the end of a high-altitude test flight Tuesday, but heavy fog at the site left even SpaceX at least publicly uncertain about exactly what caused the explosion. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk did confirm the explosion on Twitter, though, saying “At least the crater is in the right place!” All
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Your Health Idaho will continue to enroll Idahoans on the state health insurance exchange throughout the month of April so they may take advantage of enhanced financial assistance, which lowers consumers’ monthly premiums.
Continue ReadingChipotle is jumping into the bitcoin craze. Sort of. No, the chain isn’t accepting the cryptocurrency as payment for its Mexican dishes. Instead, Chipotle is giving away $100,000 worth of bitcoin on Thursday to celebrate National Burrito Day. The contest marks the first time a US restaurant chain has given away bitcoin, according to Chipotle.
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The Idaho Fish and Game Department hatchery staff is ramping up its fish stocking plans around the state.
Continue Reading In a move intended to reflect its new push into electric vehicles, Volkswagen’s US arm says it is changing its name to “Voltswagen.” Yes, really. In what seemed to be a shocking goof — pun absolutely intended — Volkswagen of America on Monday briefly posted an unfinished press release announcing a plan to change its
Continue ReadingPizza Hut is doubling down on the growing popularity of the drive-thru with a new digital-focused version now opening at more than 1,500 restaurants with more to come. The pizza chain announced Tuesday a new pick-up window called “The Hut Lane,” which it said offers “convenience and speed without customers ever having to park their
Continue Reading The names of the key players are different, but the lessons similar. The spectacular implosion of hedge fund Archegos Capital Management, much like the GameStop saga earlier this year, serves as a reminder of the dangers posed by extreme leverage, secret derivatives and rock-bottom interest rates. ViacomCBS, Discovery and other media titans’ stocks crashed Friday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (WRAL) — With large gatherings and unauthorized parties leading to coronavirus clusters on campuses since last summer, college students have borne much of the criticism for spikes in cases in North Carolina and elsewhere. But now, those students have a chance to help the
Continue Reading The second day of Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death began Tuesday with further questioning of a professional mixed martial arts fighter who stumbled onto the scene of the 46-year-old Black man’s final moments. Donald Wynn Williams II began testifying Monday as the third witness in the trial and said that he was one
Continue Reading The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 probably spread to people through an animal, and probably started spreading among humans no more than a month or two before it was noticed in December of 2019, according a new 120-page report from the World Health Organization. But the search for the origin of the virus is ongoing.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — Elementary school teachers will be retrained to teach phonics in early grades to help improve literacy among North Carolina youngsters, under a bill filed Monday that is backed by top lawmakers and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt. The Excellent Public Schools
Continue Reading An experimental rocket that SpaceX launched at its South Texas facilities Tuesday appears to have exploded, but heavy fog at the landing site left even SpaceX uncertain about what had occurred. “At least the crater is in the right place!” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted. All three of SpaceX’s previous prototypes crash landed or exploded
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT BEACH, California (KABC) — People in the Newport Heights community and the surrounding area woke up Sunday morning to flyers outside their homes promoting Ku Klux Klan ideologies. Devin George came to Southern California more than two years ago to escape what he calls more prevalent racism
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A confrontation that took place right before a man was fatally shot in South City Friday was caught on camera. Craig Williams, 23, was shot in the 4000 block of Hydraulic Friday evening. Williams was arguing with his girlfriend before a neighbor armed with
Continue Reading US Customs and Border Protection is deploying more agents to the US-Mexico border as the agency continues to face a growing number of migrants, an agency spokeswoman told CNN. Stephanie Malin, a CBP spokeswoman, said more than 300 agents, including those that were part of an initial deployment earlier this year, are being moved primarily
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