Month: March 2021

Click here for updates on this story     JENNINGS, Missouri (KMOV) — A search is underway for a missing St. Louis County man who took a young girl and vowed that no one would ever see her again. Grenale Antonio Henderson, 35, was last seen in the 7000 block of Emma Ave in Jennings after taking

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — He was rear-ended and run off the road on his way to work and killed by an impaired driver in late January. The local baseball community celebrated the life of Grant Fisher on Saturday. Walker Stadium is a field Fisher both played on and

Click here for updates on this story     OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Two suspects connected with a brutal murder on Oahu’s North Shore will be tried together instead of separate trials. Stephen Brown, 26, and Hailey Kai Dandurand, 23, are charged with kidnapping, burglary and second-degree murder of 51-year-old Sunset Beach teacher Telma Boinville in December

Egyptian swimmer Omar Sayed Shaaban soared to success when he set a new record for the highest jump out of water while wearing a monofin. The 21-year-old from Ismailia reached the unusual event’s new best height when he made a spectacular leap of 7 feet 11 inches (2.3 meters), according to Guinness World Records. A

Over 166,000 laying hens died on Saturday after a fire broke out at a bird warehouse in Arizona. Flames engulfed three massive warehouses containing chickens and hens at Hickman’s Family Farms in Arlington, about 50 miles west of Phoenix, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). The fire broke out when a piece of

Here is a look at the life of Liza Minnelli, award winning singer and actress. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1946 Birth place: Los Angeles, California Birth name: Liza May Minnelli Father: Vincente Minnelli, director Mother: Judy Garland, actress and singer Marriages: David Gest (March 16, 2002-April 2007, divorced); Mark Gero (December 4, 1979-January 27,

Here’s a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Personal Birth date: March 17, 1945 Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Birth name: Michael Vincent Hayden Father: Harry Hayden Mother: Sadie Hayden Marriage: Jeanine (Carrier) Hayden Children: Margaret, Michael and Liam Education: Duquesne University, B.A, 1967; Duquesne University, M.A., 1969

Here’s a look at the life of Elton John, award-winning singer, composer and pianist. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1947 Birth place: Pinner, Middlesex, England Birth name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight Father: Stanley Dwight, a Royal Air Force officer Mother: Sheila (Harris) Dwight Marriage: David Furnish (2014-present); Renate Blauel (1984-1988, divorced) Children: Born via surrogate with

Swiss voters have approved a ban on full facial coverings including niqab and burqa in nearly all public places in a closely contested referendum on Sunday. The result means facial covering will be banned in all publicly accessible places, including on the streets, in public offices, on public transport, in restaurants, shops and in the

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — When Sabrina Fiorellino left her construction company during the pandemic, she wanted to help hospital patients and staff the best way she knew how: by converting shipping containers into surgical rooms. Fiorellino is the owner of Fero International, a Hamilton, Ont.-based company that

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been jailed in Iran for almost five years, has had her ankle monitor removed, but now faces another trial on separate charges, according to her husband. Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been under house arrest for almost a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Her five-year sentence was due to

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been jailed in Iran for almost five years, has had her ankle monitor removed, according to a British lawmaker. Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been under house arrest because of the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, British MP Tulip Siddiq, who has been in touch with Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s family, said Zaghari-Ratcliffe had

Debra Barnes Wilson was 8 on “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. She and her grandmother, Julia Barnes, joined the voting rights marchers, filing in at the back of the column, but turned back because the elder, an asthmatic, grew short of breath. The girl’s grandmother, who raised her, lived in George Washington Carver Homes, across

The fridges are here but the shots are not. Doctor Sibylle Katzenstein spent thousands kitting out her Berlin practice so she could administer Covid-19 vaccines as fast as possible, but she is yet to receive a single dose. “It would have been nice if I had at least 10 vaccines in my fridge. It cost

They say a dog is a man’s best friend. For one New Jersey man, his rescue dog has become much more than that. Sadie, a 100-pound German Shepherd, had been turned away by three shelters by the time she arrived at the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland, New Jersey, in early 2020. Sadie was very

One person was shot to death Saturday night in Minneapolis at the same intersection where George Floyd died last year — an area that has since become a memorial site. “The victim and the suspect had a verbal disagreement, and the suspect shot the victim,” Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder said. Police responded to

When Australia’s attorney general last week outed himself as the minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, his denial was emphatic. “The things that I have read did not happen, and to suggest that they could be forgotten is ridiculous,” said Christian Porter, who oversees legal affairs and national security, before starting a

The Police Accountability Board in Rochester, New York, is calling for fundamental changes in the city’s police department after police said a Black mother was pepper-sprayed during an arrest, which body camera footage showed took place in front of her 3-year-old child. The incident is the latest involving Rochester police officers that have prompted widespread

Newly-released police body camera footage shows a California man telling Fresno police officers, county sheriff’s deputies and paramedics that he can’t breathe as they restrain him in the moments before he died in 2017. In an introduction to the edited video released Friday, former Fresno Police Chief Andrew Hall said 41-year-old Joseph Perez was contacted

A 12-year-old boy was arrested Thursday evening after a series of attempted armed carjackings and one successful one in Washington, DC. All four incidents happened in the span of one hour, according to a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) news release. The boy was arrested by the MPD on the same day and charged with four

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, Connectitcut (WFSB) — A Hartford father lost his life after heroically saving his daughters from drowning. The tragedy happening on a family vacation to Puerto Rico. The family is now running into obstacles in bringing their father’s body back home. On Christmas, the Gonzalez family surprised their

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Responding to a growing controversy over 7-year-old Halloween photos the recently resurfaced, the University of South Alabama on Friday put three professors on leave and launched an internal investigation. But several dozen angry students who gathered outside a board of trustees meeting said the

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — From accused to charged, public records show that a contractor, first reported upon by News4 Investigates, has been arrested on Home Improvement Fraud. Joshua Murphy, a man customers have complained they’ve had trouble getting to respond, is facing charges for Fraud by Home Improvement Services

Meet Ian Jenkins and his partners, Alan and Jeremy. They’re a “throuple”: a committed polyamorous relationship involving three people. And after a complicated and expensive court battle to all become legal parents, the trio are raising two toddlers in Southern California — and proving how families come in all forms. They’re part of a unique

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — The biggest and fastest known asteroid of 2021 is expected to make a flyby of Earth later this month. The space rock, officially called asteroid 231937 (designated 2001 FO32), will zoom past Earth on March 21 travelling at a speed of 123,887 kilometres

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — One serious bout of COVID-19 may not be enough to keep you from getting sick a second time, a new case study suggests. The peer-reviewed study published in ‘BMJ Case Reports’ in February looked at a 43-year-old man who had severe COVID-19 in

Click here for updates on this story     MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV) — According to the Department of Public Safety, 75 inmates and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19 and there are 43 active infections inside the Maui Community Correctional Center. People protested outside MCCC Friday evening, demanding safer living conditions for the inmates

Mark Pavelich, a member of the “Miracle on Ice” 1980 Olympics US men’s hockey team, has died at age 63. He died in North Sauk Centre, Minnesota, according to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Ramsey, Minnesota, which is investigating the cause of death. The Star Tribune reported Pavelich died Thursday morning at a residential

Click here for updates on this story     HENRY COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Police are investigating an armed robbery after a good Samaritan reportedly pulled over to the side of the road to help a stranded motorist. According to Henry County police, a man called 9-1-1 on March 1 and reported he was robbed while attempting

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — New technology being developed at UNO is helping to put an end to hunger in the metro. Soon people could be growing their own nutritious food from their home. Kiran Bastola is an associate professor at UNO and for the better part of five

Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, said she was “tailed” and told “you look suspicious” by a security guard as she walked home Friday night. “A security guard tailed me on my walk home tonight. He demanded if I lived there because ‘you look suspicious.’ I showed my keys & buzzed myself into