Month: April 2021

Here’s a look at weapons inspections in Iraq from 1991 to 2007. Facts At the end of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, the United Nations passed Security Council Resolution 687 setting the terms for the ceasefire between Iraq and the US-led coalition. Section C of the resolution called for the elimination of Iraq’s weapons of

Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — Family, friends, even strangers commemorated 16-year-old Iremamber Sykap, the 16-year-old boy shot and killed by Honolulu Police on Monday. People gathered near Kalakaua Canal, where the vehicle Sykap was driving crashed following an alleged crime spree. Flowers, a stuffed toy and bandanas were just some

Click here for updates on this story     PUKALANI, Hawaii (KITV) — A mini-market on Maui is showing the power of aloha. Pukalani Superette is paying for school supplies for fourth graders at Pukalani Elementary School through 2022. The store shared a post on social media writing “Just make sure you have a backpack. We’ll take

Click here for updates on this story     TAMPA (WFOR) — Love is in the air if you’re an alligator or crocodile. And that means everyone else has to be on the lookout for amorous alligators and frisky crocs who are more active and visible this time of year and potentially more aggressive. That may be

Click here for updates on this story     GOSHEN, New York (WCBS) — There was a wild police pursuit in one Orange County town, but it didn’t involve a suspect. Instead, Goshen Police were after an escaped wallaby. Officers say they struggled to capture the marsupial Monday as it hopped between several streets. Eventually, they caught

Click here for updates on this story     CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (KYW) — A South Jersey man wanted to make sure children and families who are Jewish are well-served by a federal meals program that fills in the gaps in school meals. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of Kilmer Elementary School

Click here for updates on this story     HOLLYWOOD (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles Police Department is facing a lawsuit after officers arrested a Black man outside of his home during a search for a white suspect in 2019. In newly released video, officers can be seen detaining music producer Antone Austin outside of his Hollywood

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — Charges have been filed against the 17-year-old driver accused of hitting and killing 32-year-old Monique Munoz in February, Munoz’s family said Wednesday. “It brought me to tears, because it’s like we’ve been fighting for so long,” Carol Cardona, Munoz’s mother, said. “I don’t understand

Click here for updates on this story     ROXBURY, Massachusettls (WBZ) — Roxbury is one of Boston’s oldest communities. Incorporated almost 400 years ago in 1630, singing stars Bobby Brown and Donna Summer were from here. But they aren’t the only big personalities with Roxbury ties. The action starts early on Proctor Street, and lines are

Click here for updates on this story     SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — San Jose Police are investigating a hate crime against a San Jose Baptist church after suspects hacked into their online Easter services and unleashed a flurry of profane racist and homophobic comments. The incident happened on Sunday, April 4, during a Zoom livestream

Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning musician Willie Nelson. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1933 Birth place: Abbott, Texas Birth name: Willie Hugh Nelson Father: Ira Nelson Mother: Myrle (Greenhaw) Harvey Marriages: Ann Marie D’Angelo (1991-present); Connie Koepke (1971-1988, divorced); Shirley Collie (1963-1971, divorced); Martha Matthews (1952-1962, divorced) Children: with Ann Marie

Click here for updates on this story     CLIVE, Iowa (KCCI) — Here’s proof that good people are all around us. The Clive Police Department posted a picture of a diamond ring that someone found on a trail and turned in. “Today, two kind-hearted souls were walking on the Greenbelt Trail between NW 100th Street and

Click here for updates on this story     Louisiana (WDSU) — An associate athletic director at LSU says her supervisors retaliated against her when she brought sexual harassment and mistreatment allegations against former football coach Les Miles to their attention. Lawyers for Sharon Lewis said Monday they intend to file a federal lawsuit that seeks $50

Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WCVB) — A former Northeastern University track and field coach who worked at several universities is accused of tricking female student-athletes into sending him nude photos and cyberstalking at least one student-athlete. Steve Waithe, 28, of Chicago, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of cyberstalking

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — The Nebraska Humane Society gets a lot of calls about abandoned pets, but the one it received last Friday stood out. “People don’t abandoned their pets at a groomer,” Kisha Witherspoon said. Witherspoon, an animal control officer at the humane society, responded to the

Investigators believe former NFL player Phillip Adams shot and killed five people — including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two young grandchildren — at a South Carolina home on Wednesday evening, a South Carolina state official confirmed to CNN Thursday. Adams, 32, was later found dead in a nearby home outside the city

Police arrested a Brooklyn, New York, resident on assault and reckless endangerment charges after he allegedly struck a 7-Eleven worker in the face multiple times while making anti-Asian statements, according to the NYPD. The alleged assault occurred at a 7-Eleven in midtown Manhattan early Saturday morning, police said. Gregory Jacques, 33, was later arrested Wednesday

Click here for updates on this story     MASON CITY, Iowa (Globe Gazette) — The photo fairly oozes with tension as you look at it. In the background, a Ford F-150 is in flames, heavy black smoke billowing into the sky. The man in a red shirt in the foreground has burnt-red hands smudged with soot.

Click here for updates on this story     MOLINE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Four Moline police officers received a Valor Award from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police on Tuesday for saving a woman from a burning building, according to a news release from the Fraternal Order of Police. Sergeant Derrick Cullison and officers Joshua McManus,

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — For Mao Lor, 65, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was painless and will make her feel safer leaving home, she said. “There’s no hurt,” the resident of the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison said after receiving a shot Wednesday. “I need to protect

[Breaking news update, published at 12:47 p.m. ET] Former NFL player Phillip Adams is the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting that left five people dead — including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two young grandchildren — in Rock Hill, a South Carolina state official confirmed to CNN Thursday. Adams, 32, was found dead of

Travis Rudolph, a former wide receiver for the Florida State Seminoles, is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with a shooting early Wednesday morning, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a double shooting in Lake Park, Florida, soon after midnight Wednesday, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. One

The majority of American eagles likely have rat poison in their systems, a new study reported Wednesday. Bald eagles once had faced grave threats to their survival in the 1960s due to hunting and DDT poisoning, but are now thriving thanks to past protections afforded by the US Endangered Species Act. The eagle population has

Click here for updates on this story     GWINNETT, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County Solicitor General Brian Whiteside announced this week that, despite what Georgia’s new election reform law says, his office will not prosecute people who hand out food and water to voters waiting in long lines if the action was not motivated

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WABC) — 15-year-old Mireille Lee and her sister Elodie, who is just 13, have rocked the adult world of publishing from their home base more than 3,000 miles away from New York City in Brighton, England. What’s got everyone’s attention is their TikTok account called “A

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A 28-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection to the January murder of a local father and his 7-year-old daughter. Javonn Nettles, 28, is facing two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action. Officials said Darrion Rankin-Fleming, 26, and Dmyah

Here’s a look at the life of Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. She is the fourth woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: April 28, 1960 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Elena Kagan Father: Robert Kagan, attorney Mother: Gloria (Gittelman) Kagan, teacher Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1981,

Click here for updates on this story     ORION TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WNEM) — A 4-month-old baby boy is in good condition after he was found during a search by Oakland County Sherriff’s Office Deputies on the banks of an Orion Township Creek face down in a wooden area. According to police, the baby was found near

Click here for updates on this story     GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — The Genesee County Sheriff’s inmate rehabilitation program celebrated the latest three graduates on Wednesday. Joe Walker, Delante Darrough, and Dallas Whiting-Popielski are the latest graduates of IGNITE, a rehabilitation program that helps inmates with prior felonies. After eight weeks of more than 200

A Colorado mass vaccination site paused operations this week after 11 people experienced adverse reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine. More than 1,700 people received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, a soccer stadium where the state of Colorado and health care provider Centura Health operate a mass vaccination site.