Month: April 2021

An expert cardiologist testified Monday that George Floyd died from cardiopulmonary arrest caused by low oxygen levels brought on by prone restraint and positional asphyxia — making him the fifth doctor to say as much in Derek Chauvin’s trial. Dr. Jonathan Rich, a cardiologist based in Chicago, testified that Floyd’s heart was unable to get

Click here for updates on this story     CARROLL COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Three officers were shot in Carroll County early Monday morning in a deadly pursuit that crossed several city lines. “This morning we had a very horrific incident that happened here in Carroll County,” Carroll County police chief Terry Langley said during a press

Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Distance learning has been rough for many valley students, however a pair of first graders used their virtual learning experience as a time to build a friendship. First grade student Julia Mclain built a lasting bond with fellow first grader Luna through distance learning.

Hundreds of people protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic stop. The shooting happened Sunday in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park, about 10 miles from where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the killing of another Black

Click here for updates on this story     FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. (WTVD) — As if planning a wedding during the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t hard enough. “Disheartening is the word I would use,” McCae Henderson, an attorney in Raleigh and groom-to-be told ABC11. “We had not had anything like this throughout the process or really in our lives.”

An expert cardiologist testified Monday that George Floyd died from cardiopulmonary arrest caused by low oxygen levels brought on by prone restraint and positional asphyxia — making him the fifth doctor to say as much in Derek Chauvin’s trial. Dr. Jonathan Rich, a cardiologist based in Chicago, testified that Floyd’s heart was unable to get

After two weeks of testimony and 35 witnesses, Minnesota prosecutors are nearing the end of their case against former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. A doctor and members of Floyd’s family are still expected to testify for the prosecution before they give the defense an opportunity to call witnesses,

More than 2 million migrants are expected to make it to the US-Mexico border by September, according to internal government estimates reviewed by CNN. That number — a record high — includes an estimated 828,000 families and more than 200,000 unaccompanied children who are expected to arrive by the end of this fiscal year. Many

Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There was a big demand for vaccine all across the Bay Area Saturday. With only days away from California opening up vaccine eligibility for everyone 16 and older, San Francisco is getting a jump-start by offering free vaccinations to those in priority zip codes

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — There’s a new exhibit at the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City dedicated to the many lynching victims across the state of Missouri. Today the group held a memorial ceremony and funeral procession for one of those victims, Levi Harrington, who was

Britain’s Prince Harry has paid tribute to his grandfather Prince Philip, describing him as “a man of service, honour and great humour,” after flying back to the United Kingdom ahead of the funeral on Saturday. “He was authentically himself, with a seriously sharp wit, and could hold the attention of any room due to his

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, AL (WALA) — An error by Prichard prosecutors has prompted a judge to dismiss criminal charges against an Eight Mile man accused of operating a funeral home without a license. Presiding Mobile County Circuit Judge Michael Youngpeter was scheduled to hold a trial for Cederick McMillian on

Multiple officers have been shot in Georgia during a police chase early Monday that ended in Carroll County, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. The chase was initiated by the Georgia State Patrol, and “multiple agencies joined the pursuit,” said Ashley Hulsey, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office. “There were multiple officers shot resulting

Click here for updates on this story     Genesee County, MI (WNEM) — Genesee County Sherriff Chris Swanson announced on Facebook live a 24-year-old Clio man was taken into custody after a witness watched him take a video underneath a 14-year-old girls dress with his phone at a local business. On April 5, a grandfather and

Click here for updates on this story     PLAINFIELD, CT (WFSB) — A woman in Plainfield was arrested four times in the span of 24 hours. Heather Poplasky, 32, was first arrested on April 10 for threatening to cut herself with a large kitchen knife and blame it on her boyfriend. Police said they were called

Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — Several dryers caught fire late Sunday at a Shreveport laundromat. The fire broke out just before midnight at the 24/7 Coin Laundry on East Kings Highway near Centenary College. Several people were inside when the fire started. Luckily they were able to escape. There

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A grant program is once again hoping to help nonprofits in the mountains. Dominion Energy is accepting applications for its grants supporting critical community needs until May 31. The Community Housing Coalition of Madison County (CHC) is a past recipient of the grant.

Britain’s Prince Harry has paid tribute to his grandfather Prince Philip, describing him as “a man of service, honour and great humour,” after reportedly flying back to the United Kingdom ahead of the funeral on Saturday. “He was authentically himself, with a seriously sharp wit, and could hold the attention of any room due to

Click here for updates on this story     Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — Animal lovers will soon have the opportunity to rescue the latest addition of cats and kittens from The Atlanta Humane Society. The Atlanta Humane Protection Unit rescued 14 cats and kittens from a home in Fort Valley, Georgia after their owner passed away. The

Click here for updates on this story     Saginaw, MI (WNEM) — No appointment necessary attracted hundreds of people today to a walk-in vaccine clinic in Saginaw. “Stay in line. Stay there ‘til you get it,” said Edwin David. “If not, go to the next one, wherever it’s at, because you know it’s for, it’s not

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A Lake St. Louis teen was arrested in after a 29-year-old woman found dead in a north St. Louis City home Saturday night. Police found 29-year-old Jamanda Gordon, stabbed to death inside the front door of a home in the 5500 block of

Click here for updates on this story     FORT MYERS, FL (WBBH) — When police searched a U-Haul on Colonial Boulevard this weekend, they didn’t find furniture. Instead, they discovered several people sleeping inside the truck — and a large amount of methamphetamine, Fort Myers police reported. Officers made contact with three men in the U-Haul

One person was killed and another injured after a shooting in front of a private hospital in Paris on Monday, a police source told CNN. The source told CNN the attacker fled the scene outside the Henry Dunant Hospital, in the 16th arrondissement of the French capital, using a two-wheeled vehicle. A motive is not

Click here for updates on this story     SALEM, OR (KPTV) — An award-winning journalist from South Salem High School was disinvited to appear before the Salem-Keizer school board shortly after writing a critical article on the school board members. FOX 12 first met Eddy Binford-Ross on the streets of Portland last summer. She was one

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — In-person learning resumes Monday at south Portland’s Cottonwood School, but teachers and parents are worried about more than just COVID-19 and social distancing “I’m glad the playground is closed even though it’s really a bummer for my daughter because she can’t play there because

Hundreds of people protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic stop. The shooting happened Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb of about 30,000 people. The city is about 10 miles from where former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial

Tracy thought she’d built her forever home. She and her 5-year-old granddaughter live in an energy-efficient house in Northern California that Tracy designed — by a pond that’s frequented by otters, ducks and herons (oh my!). Then came the fires, the smoke, the evacuations, the days when the sky turned red and they were unable

Tracy thought she’d built her forever home. She and her 5-year-old granddaughter live in an energy-efficient house in Northern California that Tracy designed — by a pond that’s frequented by otters, ducks and herons (oh my!). Then came the fires, the smoke, the evacuations, the days when the sky turned red and they were unable

Prince Harry has flown back to the United Kingdom from his home in the US on Sunday ahead of the Duke Of Edinburgh’s funeral, several British media outlets reported Monday. The Duke of Sussex is said to have been spotted at London’s Heathrow Airport disembarking from a British Airways flight from Los Angeles at 1:15

Israel’s army chief has appeared to hint at possible Israeli involvement in an incident at the Natanz nuclear site in Iran, which was described as “terrorist action” by the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency. Iranian officials on Sunday confirmed an “incident” at Natanz, an underground facility where uranium enrichment takes place. “Fortunately, the incident

Hundreds protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic stop. The incident happened earlier that afternoon in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, about 10 miles from where former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the killing of another Black man,

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Hindu devotees packed the streets of Haridwar, in northern India, on Monday for the largest religious pilgrimage on Earth, in scenes that defied social distancing rules just as Covid-19 infections soared in the country. As many as 5 million visitors were expected to descend on the city Monday — an auspicious day in the ongoing