Month: March 2021

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — For almost a decade, a Northeast Philadelphia man and his family have brought joy to hundreds of children, finding new homes for bikes. Ukee Washington has this week’s story of Brotherly Love. Sophia might be only nine, but she has a steady hand with a

Click here for updates on this story     FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — North Texas businesses are grappling with the changes Gov. Greg Abbott made to current COVID-19 restrictions. Many are celebrating, while others are concerned about how to keep their customers and employees safe. “It’s been a year, I think that’s enough,” said Joanna Perez,

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — The shortcomings of the U.S. Postal Service are now hitting a suburban couple where it hurts: on the ring finger. They purchased a $360 wedding band in November, but they still haven’t gotten it, and they told CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas that USPS

Click here for updates on this story     WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A West Sacramento mother of seven put a sign on their family basketball hoop saying, “This neighborhood is full of Karens!” Raquel Davis said that she had reached her breaking point when a neighbor had a problem with her children and others skateboarding

Click here for updates on this story     TAHOE, California (KOVR) — It is world-famous for its spectacular setting, and now people trying to protect Lake Tahoe’s beauty have added something new underwater to help keep it crystal clear: a “bubble curtain.” Millions of tiny bubbles are pumped up from a line placed at the bottom

Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A would-be thief tried to break into an optical store by using a blowtorch in San Francisco. San Francisco Optics by Alexander Daas on Chestnut Street was targeted on Sunday Feb. 28 around 6 a.m. Store surveillance video shows the moment the glass cracked.

Here’s a look at the life of His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II. He was formally invested as Monaco’s ruler on July 12, 2005, following the death of his father, Prince Rainier. Personal Birth date: March 14, 1958 Birth place: Monte Carlo, Monaco Birth name: Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi, His Serene Highness, the Hereditary

Click here for updates on this story     GILBERT, Arizona (KTVK/KPHO) — A pet owner in Gilbert is looking for the person who shot her cat. Crystal Reidy says her cat, named Halloween, was found paralyzed with a small metal object lodged by his spine. Reidy’s neighbors found the 14-month-old cat in their backyard, struggling to

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO) — It was a dramatic rescue Tuesday evening as Phoenix firefighters worked to reach a hiker who got stuck on Lookout Mountain. The hiker, a man in his 40s, apparently got lost while climbing on a trail. He found himself stuck high up, perched precariously on

Starting next season, Washington Football Team (WFT) fans will no longer see a traditional NFL cheerleading squad on the field, instead, they will be entertained by a coed dance group. The franchise is removing its cheerleaders from the field after 50 years as part of its rebranding effort, which include dropping Redskins, and a re-imagined

Click here for updates on this story     BROOKHAVEN, Georgia (WGCL) — Brookhaven investigators are working to learn all they can about a man whose body was discovered inside the construction site of their next police department. Investigators told CBS46 News the man’s body was found inside the fencing, at an area that isn’t easily reached

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO) — A phased plan has now turned hybrid for the state of Arizona. The state’s sudden change on its vaccine rollout plan has some who were next in the line for the shot frustrated, as they’re now pushed back weeks, possibly months. The big question is,

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO) — A ride-share driver lost his job after he snapped photos of passengers sleeping in the backseat and posted them on a Facebook group for other Uber and Lyft drivers in the Phoenix area. “I saw this post pop up the other day with a woman

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC ) — A 10-year-old boy has a new lease on life after receiving a new heart. “He had a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,” said Ingrid Malsam. At just 4 months old, Garrett Malsam’s family knew that at some point he was probably going

Click here for updates on this story     AU GRES, Michigan (WNEM) — The state expanding capacity limits is welcome news by the service industry, whose been hit relatively hard by pandemic restrictions for the better part of the last year. For plenty of servers, big buck tips can make any shift that much better. For

Click here for updates on this story     DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — Illinois Quad City farmers are helping local families with a donation to the Riverbend Food Bank through the ‘Bushels for Hunger’ program. On Tuesday March 2, 2021, the Illinois Farm Bureau in District 3 presented the food bank with a check for $15,793. That

Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — “That’s my contribution, to being able to change what the face of STEM looks like and to be able to just be out there in the community as well.” That’s the mission for Dr. K. Renee Horton. Not only is the Louisiana native helping

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — A Maine native found himself in one of the most remote places on Earth as the coronavirus pandemic hit last year. U.S. Antarctic Program weather observer Jeff DeRosa spent much of 2020 at the South Pole. It wasn’t his first time spending time there.

Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Questions continue to arise about whether city leaders did enough prior to the winter and ice storms to prevent problems that caused the shutdown at the water treatment plant. According to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, there were plans in place to construct a

Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Residents in a Sacramento neighborhood were asked to evacuate after a hazardous material situation caused by a small vapor cloud, officials said Tuesday night. A 55-gallon drum is emitting the vapor cloud in the 1600 block of Helena Avenue, the Sacramento Fire Department said.

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — It’s been a year since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Oregon and almost a year since the stay-at-home order went into effect. Most people started working from home and students began distance learning. But – what has the last year done to

It’s a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have enjoyed. But the nostalgia and thrill of bonding over a book makes it all the more crushing when an offensive paragraph stops the young reader in their tracks. It’s

Click here for updates on this story     BARABOO, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 23-year-old man was caught trying to cash a $4,500 check and sell fake bars of gold and silver in Baraboo on Tuesday, March 2. Kolton Kretschmer, 23, went to Absolute Auto in Baraboo with a $4,500 check, according to Baraboo police. Kretschmer allegedly

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have taken control of 10 out of 14 districts of the strategic northern city of Marib, the Houthi deputy foreign minister, Hussein al-Ezzi, told CNN Wednesday. Despite this, Marib’s key city center district still remains under the control of the Saudi-backed government. “Most of Marib is now in the hands of the

Here is a look at the life of civil rights activist and former ambassador Andrew Young. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1932 Birth place: New Orleans, Louisiana Birth name: Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Father: Andrew Jackson Young, a dentist Mother: Daisy (Fuller) Young, a teacher Marriages: Carolyn (McClain) Young (April 15, 1996-present); Jean (Childs) Young

Here’s a look at former Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is serving life in prison without parole for the murders of 16 Afghan civilians in 2012. About former Staff Sgt. Bales Bales was assigned to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington. The unit was

Click here for updates on this story     WATERLOO, Iowa (The Courier ) — A juvenile court employee has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $100,000. Deputies with the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nicole Sue Foelske, 36, of rural Jesup, on Tuesday for ongoing criminal conduct, first-degree theft and felonious misconduct in office.

Click here for updates on this story     MISSOULA, Montana (The Missoulian) — The Montana Highway Patrol is investigating whether a woman was driving drunk when her young son died in a car crash in February. Brecken Beard, 10, of Florence, died Feb. 15 while riding in the front passenger seat of his mom’s white Mazda.

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation that would ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports at the K-12 and college levels, launching Republicans into a potentially fraught debate over a thorny social issue. Rep. Barbara Dittrich, R-Oconomowoc, introduced the “Protecting

Click here for updates on this story     TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — The continuing campaign for reparations for Black Tulsans is part of a broader effort of global proportions, panelists on a Zoom conference sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College of Law said Tuesday. “We see reparations activity taking place throughout America, throughout the