Month: April 2021

An Arizona police officer was fatally struck and another critically injured by a “violent felon in a stolen vehicle following a multi-agency shooting and pursuit,” authorities said Friday. A Pinal County Sheriff’s deputy was pursuing a vehicle when the person inside it began to shoot at the deputy Thursday about 10 p.m. The deputy continued

Prosecutors for the state of Minnesota and an attorney for Derek Chauvin argued in separate filings Friday whether additional factors should affect Chauvin’s sentence. The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted on April 20 of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, and sentencing will be determined in June. Prosecutors said five aggravating

A California family was awarded nearly $1.8 million after an Anaheim jury ruled that police officers were primarily responsible for the death of a 35-year-old man in 2018. Christopher Eisinger died in March 2018 in an encounter with officers from the Anaheim Police Department. The officers were responding to a report of an auto burglary

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned a man who was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree arson in 1995, a news release from the governor’s office said. Darryl Anthony Howard can now file a claim for compensation for the years he spent in prison. In North Carolina, people wrongly convicted of felonies

A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy who pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge also previously discussed assaulting a Black person and wanting to charge Black people with felonies in order to prevent them from voting, federal investigators allege in court records. Cody Richard Griggers, 28, of Montrose, Georgia, entered a guilty plea on Monday of

Hundreds of buses stretched over miles of winding road were ferrying thousands of worshipers off Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday after 45 people were killed and some 150 others injured in a crush at a mass Jewish gathering overnight. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident a “huge disaster,” while paramedics described

Click here for updates on this story     SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Sioux City Journal) — Don’t let anyone tell you that these NAIA championship tournaments Sioux City hosts are just another event, not all that important in the grand scheme of things. For Gary and Tyler Steinke, the NAIA tournaments are not just a father-son bonding

When US President Joe Biden urged Americans to “win the 21st century” in his joint address to Congress, he painted a picture of a new great power competition with China and repeatedly name checked its leader, Xi Jinping. “He’s deadly earnest on (China) becoming the most significant, consequential nation in the world,” Biden said of

Click here for updates on this story     FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — First, it was lead, now Flint residents may be facing new health concerns about how they were tested for it. “Kinda worried it harmed my child,” said Amber Stebbins, who is 28 weeks pregnant. Stebbins already had to live through the Flint water crisis,

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — One man’s cross-country bike ride brings him to St. Louis for a stop in what he calls “The Organ Trail” to visit the man who inspired him to donate his kidney. From Madison, Wisconsin to here in St. Louis all the way to Louisiana,

Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar has been banned from Major League Baseball following an independent investigation into an allegation of sexual misconduct in 2014, the league announced Friday. Alomar, who retired before the 2005 season, has also been terminated from his job as a consultant to Major League Baseball. Commissioner Robert Manfred said his office

Once there was a bustling construction zone here. Now it’s like a ghost town, frozen in time. Heavy machinery is parked and motionless. Stacks of steel bollards stretch as far as the eye can see. The Trump administration built more than 450 miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border — including hundreds of miles of

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A group of St. Paul high school students walked out of class Thursday to address the issues of social justice and racism. More than 100 Cretin-Derham Hall students dressed in black walked in solidarity to express their feelings about what some students have had to

Three Colorado officers who laughed at body camera footage of the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia are “no longer employed” by the department, Loveland Police Chief Robert Ticer said Friday. Karen Garner was arrested in June for walking out of a Walmart with $13.88 worth of items, according to a federal lawsuit

Ma’Khia Bryant loved styling her curly hair in front of her camera phone and posting about it on TikTok. “This was a child that had so much love in her heart,” her cousin Don Bryant said at her funeral on Friday. “A smart girl, capable, and deserving of fulfilling all her hopes and dreams in

Click here for updates on this story     AUSTIN, Texas (KTVT) — It sounds like science fiction but “ghost voting” is a real, if little-known legal practice at the Texas state capitol. And it happens thousands of times during the legislative session. During most votes in the House, members use buttons to vote from their desks

Click here for updates on this story     BETHEL PARK, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Three plumbers rescued a man after he fell into a creek next to a T stop in Bethel Park. John Oakes’ is the owner of All Pro Plumbing, which is located near The T stop on Logan Road. On Thursday morning, Oakes was

After four successful flights on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter is graduating to a new phase of its mission and will fly for at least another month on the red planet. The little 4-pound chopper has achieved all of its objectives — and now it will chase after new ones. This also means the Perseverance rover

Click here for updates on this story     GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — When the virus locked people out of nursing homes, one Grove City man found a creative way to get in. “On a Positive Note,” he shows us why time is always more valuable than money. Wayne Winarski enters the kitchen every afternoon around

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The Jersey shore is the place to be this summer. With coronavirus restrictions slowly being lifted, more and more people are making plans to put their toes in the sand in a few months. And that’s driving up demand for rental homes with Memorial Day

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — All across our region there are thousands of unsolved mysteries. It takes just one memory or tip that could help close one of these cold cases and bring closure for both families and detectives who’ve vowed to never give up hope. We kick off our

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — There’s new video of the moment two Chicago police officers made a decision that saved the life of a 13-year-old boy in South Chicago. Swaysee Rankin was walking with his 14-year-old cousin Monday night at 82nd and Coles when someone in a red Jeep shot

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — A shooting at an iconic Brooklyn steakhouse left two innocent men hurt as they were dining outside at Peter Luger Steakhouse in Williamsburg. The suspect, Arkies Sommerville, remained in custody Friday and was charged with two counts of attempted murder in addition to several

Click here for updates on this story     GOLD RIVER, California (KOVR) — California’s water woes and slow-running rivers in the Central Valley are causing a big problem for the state’s salmon stocking program. Instead of releasing them into the river, where they’d likely die under current conditions, hundreds of thousands of salmon will be hitching

Click here for updates on this story     CALAVERAS COUNTY, California (KOVR) — There is controversy brewing as several people in Calaveras County are working on plans to form a militia for protection. The main organizer, Doug Rockey of Copperopolis, claims the militia would not be armed. Rockey owns Spur R Guns. He hosted a community

Click here for updates on this story     GLEN COVE, New York (WCBS) — With hate crimes surging in New York, critics say the state is failing to teach students a vital lesson. The state mandates schools have lessons about the Holocaust, but doesn’t specify what or how much to teach. A group of lawmakers wants

Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — Youth sports is a big focus in many children’s lives, but some parents say new legislation may prevent them from participating. “I was terrified to tell her the one thing that has been constant in her life since she was 3 years old, for 10

Former reality TV star Joshua Duggar has been arrested on federal charges related to the possession of child pornography, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Arkansas. Duggar allegedly downloaded material that depicted the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.

Click here for updates on this story     NORTH READING, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Voters in North Reading are upset someone is circulating anonymous campaign fliers targeting the town’s select board and school committee elections next week. One of the fliers challenges what is being taught in the town’s classrooms and it advocates to vote for write-in

Click here for updates on this story     SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Santa Clara County’s Human Rights Commission is tackling the thorny issue of caste discrimination in education and on the job in Silicon Valley. “This is one of the oldest systems of oppression in the world,” said Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the Executive Director of Equality

Click here for updates on this story     ALBANY, California (KGO) — During the COVID-19 pandemic, all non-essential businesses were forced to shut their doors indefinitely. Blue Bear School of Music closed their doors mid-March of 2020 and had to cancel all future in-person music lessons and programs to students. Within a week, Blue Bear School

Click here for updates on this story     THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) — Vic Cherubini has been in business at his Woodlands Photo Studios for more than 30 years. He got quite the shock when his latest electric bill from Entrust Energy was $17,903. “It’s frustrating and something to lose sleep about as well,” Cherubini said.

Click here for updates on this story     ALTON, Illinois (KMOV) — Officers with the Alton Police Department pitched in to buy a new bicycle for a boy who had his stolen while running an errand for his mom. Keyondre Latham’s bicycle was stolen while he was in Dollar General running the errand. The boy frequently

Click here for updates on this story     CANNON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — It’s the sign of an emergency: Loud sirens and flashing lights — but these scenes can be overwhelming for a child with autism. “Sometimes you don’t even know until the responders arrives on scene, but sometimes we will be told by the caller

Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT, Michigan (WDJT) — A huge sturgeon caught in the Detroit River is one for the record books. The Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office reported Friday, April 30, a native species crew caught a giant sturgeon weighing in at 240 pounds, measuring 6’10’ long, and a girth

Here’s some background information about the NBA Finals (men’s) and the WNBA Finals (women’s). The finals follow the professional basketball leagues’ regular seasons. 2021 NBA and WNBA Finals May 22, 2021-July 22, 2021 – The NBA Playoffs and Finals are scheduled to take place.September 23, 2021 – The WNBA Playoffs begin. 2020 NBA and WNBA

A new species of tiny, neon orange toadlets was discovered in the mountains of Brazil. This amphibian measures in at just under an inch and is a part of the pumpkin toadlet genus, a collection of tiny, bright-colored toads, according to a study published Wednesday in PLOS One. First believed to belong to an existing