Month: April 2021

Aaron Rodgers, the reigning NFL MVP and the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, does not want to return to the team, according to a report from ESPN. ESPN’s Adam Schefter, citing unnamed league and team sources, said Rodgers has told some inside the organization he wants to leave. The ESPN report says that

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — High winds and hail forced air traffic controllers to evacuate an air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The forced evacuation happened on April 25 just after 8:38 p.m. During the evacuation, The Atlanta Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in Peachtree City, assumed

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced the postponement of planned parliamentary elections, saying Israel has failed to confirm it will allow voting in East Jerusalem. The announcement ends weeks of mounting speculation that Abbas would nix the vote and looks certain to trigger a blame game involving the international community, as well as widespread

As the vaccine rollout continues and parts of the US loosen restrictions, school reopenings in some communities are still in flux. For many families of remote students, parents returning to work remain in a difficult position. “We don’t want them to make the choice, me earning a living versus my child getting an education. What

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — An investigation is underway into an infant’s death near 29th and St. Paul in Milwaukee. Police say it happened around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, April 26. According to police, the child’s cause of death was a result of blunt force trauma. A 20-year-old Milwaukee man

At 114 years old, Thelma Sutcliffe just became the oldest living American, according to the Gerontology Research Group. She is also the 7th oldest person in the world, and all she wants to do is eat meals with her friend. Luella Mason, a longtime friend, told CNN that Sutcliffe has lost most of her eyesight

A Minnesota man was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $12 million in restitution for his role in damaging a Minneapolis police station amid racial injustice protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, pleaded guilty in December to one count of conspiracy to commit arson for

Click here for updates on this story     PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — In November of 2019, an Oklahoma police officer was on the other side of the law, accused of killing his boss, a small-town police chief. Investigators said the crime happened at the Hilton Hotel on Pensacola Beach. Deputies found the body in the men’s

Click here for updates on this story     RAPID CITY, South Dakota (Rapid City Journal) — A Rapid City woman is facing a felony charge because her children were hospitalized after she allegedly left marijuana edibles in an area where they were able to access them, according to a news release from the Pennington County Sheriff’s

Click here for updates on this story     DECATUR, Illinois (The Pantagraph) — Police said a Decatur woman, faced with her husband pleading with her not to take the car without him, ran him over with it instead. A sworn affidavit from Decatur police said the couple, married for two years, had gotten into an unspecified

Click here for updates on this story     ELROY, Wisconsin (Kenosha News) — An Elroy woman is suing Kraft Heinz Food Company for allegedly deceptive packaging, claiming the company misleads purchasers of Bagel Bites Pizza Snacks into believing they are getting real tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese even though the product contains imitation sauce and cheese.

Five people are dead, including two North Carolina sheriff’s deputies, after a check on a person who did not show up for work ended in gunfire and a 13-hour standoff, authorities said. The sheriff’s deputies were ambushed and fatally wounded heading down to the basement of the home, Watauga County Sheriff Len Hagaman told reporters

Eight people were indicted Thursday in the death of Bowling Green State University student Stone Foltz, who died after drinking at a fraternity event, prosecutors said in a news release. “The indictments stem from an alleged Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity event the evening of March 4th at an off-campus house which Mr. Foltz was required

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Police say a man is in custody after trying to get inside a Kansas City Panera Bread restaurant with a shotgun, then pointing the gun at people inside. Officers were called around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to the Panera Bread on Brookside Avenue in

Click here for updates on this story     STORRS, Connecticut (WFSB) — University of Connecticut Police have arrested a UConn student in connection to anti-Semitic graffiti that was spray painted on a building. On March 27, police were notified of anti-Semitic graffiti that was spray painted on the UConn Chemistry Building. Officials said the graffiti consisted

The Ingenuity helicopter had risen to every challenge it faced on Mars so far, and now it’s confronting a new one. But the little chopper will live to fly another day — specifically on Friday. Ingenuity was supposed to lift off Thursday for a flight that pushed it further, faster and longer than before. However,

Click here for updates on this story     RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Investigations continue after a camera was found in a bathroom at the Target in Richland Township off of Route 8. On Monday evening, a Target employee found the camera in the family public restroom and turned it over to management. The Northern Regional

A 2020 wildfire that killed two people in Northern California and eventually became part of one of the largest fires in the state’s history was set intentionally in an attempt to cover up a woman’s murder, authorities announced Wednesday. Douglas Mai, 82 and Leon “James” Bone, 64, died in the Markley Fire, which started on

Click here for updates on this story     SARVER, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A family in Sarver has put up a reward to recover their missing Clydesdale horse. They believe Jesse the mare was stolen off their farm early Monday morning. They are heartbroken over their missing animal. The Fliesner family raises beautiful Clydesdales on their farm

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A $3,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever is responsible for fatally shooting 15 cats in western Wisconsin. The Dunn County Humane Society said Wednesday that the dead cats were found in the southwest corner of the township of

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Two men working in the same building met by chance. The rest is an incredible story about giving the gift of life. Treat others how you’d like to be treated. That’s how one man lived his life, but he never knew one small act of

Click here for updates on this story     LAREDO, Texas (KTVT) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $1.9 million in one enforcement action over the weekend. A container stores more than 98 pounds of methamphetamine discovered by CBP officers within a passenger vehicle at Laredo’s

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Does your family know if you’d like to be an organ donor? It’s not exactly a conversation you’d have over breakfast. As National Donate Life Month wraps up, the Morning Insiders take you inside a mother’s decision -full of pain and pride. CBS 2’s Lauren

Click here for updates on this story     New York (WCBS) — A bird-smuggling suspect was stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday when live finches were found stuffed into hair curlers. CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez spoke with New York City finch owners about why the birds are worth a lot of money. They may

Click here for updates on this story     SAN JOSE, CA (KPIX) — Students at a school in San Jose make history again, as the youngest group to advance to the semifinals of a prestigious international robotics competition. Despite pandemic school closures, they’ve managed to compete against adults twice their age from 16 countries to create

Click here for updates on this story     New York (WCBS) — A child was left with no choice but to jump from six stories up after a fire broke out at a Bronx apartment building Wednesday. She is critically injured but expected to survive. It happened at a 17-story high-rise apartment building near 169th Street

Click here for updates on this story     GRANITE BAY, CA (KOVR) — An unusual sight at Folsom Lake has become an overcrowding headache. The Lupine super bloom is getting so much attention that park rangers are doing non-stop traffic control, trying to prevent backups and illegal parking. Word about the flowers is spreading fast. “I

Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — A fifth-grade math and science teacher at Centner Academy told her students Wednesday morning the COVID-19 vaccine was dangerous, and warned that if their mothers and fathers have been vaccinated, they should not hug their parents for more than five seconds. The 10-year-old girl immediately

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A bill that would allow patrons at restaurants to order alcohol to-go has passed the state legislature on Wednesday. Restaurant owner Will Newman told News4 he hopes the move is a permanent one. Will Newman is the owner of Edley’s Bar-B-Que and said he hopes

Click here for updates on this story     LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — (CBS) — A woman in Lexington is helping hundreds of families deal with severe food allergies. Amy Thieringer is the creator and CEO of A.R.T. Allergy Release Technique. She started this holistic alternative treatment after nearly losing her own son to a severe allergic

The Ingenuity helicopter had risen to every challenge it faced on Mars so far, and now it’s confronting a new one. The little chopper was supposed to lift off Thursday for a flight that pushed it further, faster and longer than before. However, the flight didn’t happen as planned. “Aim high, and fly, fly again.

Click here for updates on this story     ROOKLINE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — This week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said Gerald Alston was wrongfully fired after complaining of a racist work environment at the Brookline Fire Department. “The truth is the truth and I knew it was going to come to the surface and right now

Atlanta police are assisting Arizona authorities in the search of a homicide suspect who escaped custody at the Atlanta airport Thursday morning. Investigators from Maricopa County, Arizona, were transporting Jsaan Carlos Strover, 20, from Georgia to Arizona when he escaped just before 9 a.m at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said. Strover was handcuffed at

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Over the weekend, TSA officers at Lambert International Airport confiscated four “cat eyes” from passengers. “Cat eyes” are a martial arts-type item that some people carry for self-defense. To use them, two fingers are put through the “cat’s” eyes to enable the user to

The in-custody death of Marvin David Scott III in Texas has been ruled a homicide by the Collin County Medical Examiner. Scott died after being placed on a restraint bed, pepper-sprayed, and having a spit mask put on his face while in custody at the Collin County Detention Facility north of Dallas in March. Scott’s

Click here for updates on this story     HILO BAY, Hawaii (KITV) — 15 officers from three law enforcement agencies conducted a sweep of all 146 rooms inside the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel Wednesday morning. No one was found on the property, but there was evidence showing many of the rooms were recently occupied.

Click here for updates on this story     STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — Thousands of students in the Stockton Unified School District have the opportunity to return to in-person learning on Thursday as the district opens its doors for the first time since the pandemic started. To get kids back at their desks, the district adopted a

Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A tragic death has brought a Des Moines aunt and her nieces and nephews closer than they ever imagined. Deb Simmons lost her sister, and now she’s adopting all six of her kids. From 6 to 19 years old, Simmons has her hands

Click here for updates on this story     DELMAR, Delaware (WBAL) — UPDATE 4/28: Delmar police Cpl. Keith Heacook died Wednesday due to injuries sustained after being assaulted when he responded to a fight-in-progress call, ATF Baltimore said in a tweet. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Thursday that he has directed that the U.S. and

Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A Jackson State University student survived COVID-19, but the effects from it have left her in another life-threatening battle. Trianda Plummer received a kidney transplant when she was 11. COVID-19 weakened that kidney so much that doctors have said that she needs another transplant.

Click here for updates on this story     WINDSOR, Maine (WMTW) — The operator of a day care in Windsor is accused of severely injuring a toddler in her care. Family members told WMTW News 8 that the 19-month-old Raegan Blagdon can’t see, walk or talk. “Before the incident, she was a very happy, energetic –

Click here for updates on this story     COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) — It’s an activity that’s socially distanced, active, and creative. “I just like to paint intuitively, I’m not artistic at all,” says Kelsey Kovalik. Kelsey is self-employed and a mother. When the pandemic struck, she looked for ways to keep herself and her kids

Here’s a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-winning actress Cher. Personal Birth date: May 20, 1946 Birth place: El Centro, California Birth name: Cherilyn Sarkisian Father: John Sarkisian, truck driver Mother: Georgia Holt, model Marriages: Gregg Allman (1975-1979, divorced); Sonny Bono (1969-1975, divorced) Children: with Gregg Allman: Elijah Blue; with Sonny Bono:

Click here for updates on this story     FRESNO, California (KFSN) — 28-year-old Simranjit Kaur was working on getting her master’s degree while her cousin, Navneet Kaur, was a hardworking 20-year-old who dreamed of one day becoming a police officer. But both their dreams came to a devastating end when they were killed in a fiery

Here’s a look at the life of former professional basketball player Dennis Rodman. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1961 Birth place: Trenton, New Jersey Birth name: Dennis Keith Rodman Father: Philander Rodman Mother: Shirley Rodman Marriages: Michelle Moyer (2003-2012, divorced); Carmen Electra (1998-1999, divorced); Anicka Bakes (1992-1993, divorced) Children: with Michelle Moyer: Trinity and Dennis

Click here for updates on this story     MERCED, California (KFSN) — Frances Chamberlain is a Merced resident. She says she is not worried about her safety with an inmate on the loose, but she is shocked about how he escaped. “It’s not the first time that that’s happened,” she said. “There has been more than