Month: April 2021

Click here for updates on this story     BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A business is coming to Bridgeport and is expected to bring jobs, investments and waterfront activity to the city. The Hornblower Group reached a lease agreement with Bridgeport Boatworks, the companies announced on Monday. Gov. Ned Lamont, Rep. Jim Himes and Mayor Joe Ganim

Click here for updates on this story     NEW HAMPSHIRE, Connecticut (WFSB) — CT State Police are spreading the love this Easter. A young girl named Eyvie was surprised when she opened her door on Saturday to find a motorcade of State Police vehicles with a special package just for her. Eyvie was more than elated

An argument between two groups of men at an Alabama park devolved into gunfire, with more than 30 gunshots fired — killing a woman and wounding five other people, including four children. The chaos started around 7 p.m. Sunday at Patton Park in Birmingham, police said. “At the time the shooting occurred, hundreds of people

Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe. Weapons experts and Western officials have expressed particular concern about one Russian

The two best teams in men’s college basketball all season long will meet in the national championship game Monday night when the Gonzaga Bulldogs take on the Baylor Bears. Though March’s tournament is known for its madness and upsets, this title matchup is no surprise. Preseason rankings from back in November pegged Gonzaga and Baylor

A driver whose truck was allegedly involved in a deadly train crash in eastern Taiwan has issued a tearful apology, saying he is “deeply remorseful.” Authorities are investigating a crane truck that slid down an incline and fell into the path of a passenger train carrying 498 people. In total, 50 people died in Friday’s

A woman is dead and five others, including a 4-year-old, were injured at a shooting in a park in Birmingham, Alabama, on Easter Sunday, police said. Officers responded to a shooting at Patton Park around 7 p.m., where hundreds of people were gathered, Birmingham Police Sgt. Rod Mauldin said at a news briefing. Officers believe

Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “sakura” — white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals covering the ground. The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been revered in

A possible military explosive training device was discovered on the shore of a popular Florida beach early Sunday. The device, believed to be a sea mine, washed ashore in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, a small beachfront town just north of Fort Lauderdale, Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Carey Codd said in a news release. Naval mines are explosive devices

We all know face masks can be troublesome to wear. They can irritate your skin, hurt your ears and fog up your glasses. That’s why the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched the $500,000 “Mask Innovation Challenge” to find new and effective masks people will find more comfortable to wear. Contest participants

After someone broke into an Augusta, Georgia, restaurant over the weekend, the owner of the business responded in an unusual way: He offered the suspect a job. “No police, no questions. Let’s sit down and talk about how we could help you and fix the road you’re on,” Carl Wallace wrote in a Facebook post,

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Parents speaking with children about anti-Asian racism should teach them cultural pride, warn them about racism before it happens, and embolden them to call it out, experts recommend. The University of Toronto recently found reported anti-Asian racist incidents in Canada have more than tripled

The number of shootings in Chicago in the month of March — and the number of shooting victims — are at their highest in four years, according to data from the Chicago Police Department. The Chicago Police’s Monthly Crime Newsletter on city shootings and crime statistics reported the increases in both the number of shootings

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A toddler was grazed by a bullet in a triple shooting in south St. Louis City early Saturday evening. Officials with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said three people arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds. One of them was a 2-year-old

Click here for updates on this story     STORRS, CT (WFSB) — University of Connecticut freshman and women’s basketball guard Paige Bueckers has been selected for two additional honors for 2021. Bueckers was selected as the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Nasmith Trophy winner and named to the WBCA NAAA Division I Coaches’ All-American team. Bueckers is the

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, AL (WALA) — As COVID-19 cases drop and vaccinations ramp up reports show people all across the country are beginning to return to their houses of worship. After more than a year of YouTube sermons, zoom meetings and outdoor prayer, members of All Saints Episcopal Church will

A suspect with his hands cuffed behind his back stole a Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) trooper’s car and led law enforcement units on a high-speed chase, KHP said in a news release. The suspect, a 23-year-old Florida native, was being taken Friday afternoon to the county jail “following a pursuit that involved a stolen vehicle,”

A North Carolina man who won $5,000 with a scratch-off lottery ticket said he was “extremely happy and surprised” to learn he’d won another $100,000 just two weeks later. Henry Harvey II, a store manager from Spring Lake, won the second prize after buying a $25 Extreme Cash ticket. He bought it from the same

Click here for updates on this story     HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Henderson County beekeeper Jim Poe says he has just under 1 million bees in his backyard. “I like to say I’m bee evangelizing, telling people about bees,” Poe said. The Director of External Communications for the Henderson County Beekeepers’ Association says he is

Atlanta-area drivers are used to sitting in traffic, but for those on Interstate 285 this weekend, the cause for their delay was unusual: a loose cow on the highway. Police in Dunwoody, Georgia, responded to a traffic jam Saturday morning on the interstate that circles Atlanta around 9 a.m. because a cow was running on

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Court records show a witness helped police track down a man who was seen on the front porch of a home before it caught fire. A woman who was pulled from the burning home did not survive. A 3-year-old who was also rescued

An elderly Asian woman was stabbed to death while walking her dogs Saturday morning in Riverside, California, police said. But investigators say they don’t think it’s a hate crime. Riverside police received several calls about a woman suffering from stab wounds on Golden Avenue in the city’s La Sierra neighborhood. The woman, 64-year-old Ke Chieh

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Millions of Americans are signing up for coronavirus vaccine shots online. But what about those without computer or online access? Morning Star Baptist Church is taking its vaccine clinic a step further, going through hundreds of messages a day to connect people with

Click here for updates on this story     NORWICH, CT (WFSB) — Easter service marks the first major gathering since the state eased restrictions. Traditionally, Christmas and Easter services are when churches see a spike in attendance. Perhaps that may be the case tomorrow, but not in ways we’re used to. “Last year this time, Father

Click here for updates on this story     Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — While many Georgians took to household or craft projects to stay busy at home during the pandemic, one metro Atlanta teen did something more unique: he built a real-life roller coaster in his own backyard. Using two-by-fours, PVC pipes, and cinder-blocks, 19-year-old aspiring engineer

Click here for updates on this story     ST. PETERS, Mo. (KMOV) — Easter eggs were falling from the sky in St. Peters Saturday, as a helicopter flew over 370 Lakeside Park and dropped 10,000 of them for kids to hunt. First Assembly Church hosted an Easter Community Egg Drop event and the eggs were filled

Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect Alabama’s Black community. Last month, the Census Bureau announced that it won’t be delivering data that state lawmakers and redistricting commissions use to redraw legislative districts until the end of September 2021.

Pope Francis condemned “scandalous” armed conflicts around the world, naming Myanmar and Tigray among other areas, during his Easter Sunday mass. Francis led the service in St. Peter’s Basilica, in a scaled-back event due to Covid-19 precautions. He also called for vaccines to be shared with the world’s poorest countries. “The pandemic is still spreading,

Pope Francis condemned “scandalous” armed conflicts around the world, naming Myanmar and Tigray among other areas, during his Easter Sunday mass. Francis led the service in St. Peter’s Basilica, in a scaled-back event due to Covid-19 precautions. He also called for vaccines to be shared with the world’s poorest countries. “The pandemic is still spreading,

David P. was a 42-year-old gay man living in Beveren, Belgium. He worked as a crane operator, was loved by his family and friends and, a few weeks ago, he was found dead in an abandoned park. Three youths aged between 16 and 17 have been arrested on suspicion of his murder. David P., had

Tiffany Crutcher still remembers the numbness she felt when a jury announced it was acquitting the Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter in her twin brother Terence Crutcher’s death. After the nationwide outcry over his death, the release of police dash cam video, and standing by through nine hours of jury deliberation, Crutcher said she

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a man of many parts, constantly on the go. In his day job, he is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, as well as a noted astrophysicist who has made many contributions to cutting-edge space science. Tyson is better known, however,

One person is dead and two others are injured after an exchange of gunfire on Saturday between gunmen and New York Police Department officers, the NYPD said. One suspect and an innocent bystander have been transported to local hospitals for treatment following the incident, NYPD Assistant Chief Kenneth Lehr said during a press briefing from

The president of Northern Kentucky University said the school will launch an investigation after supremacy graffiti was found on campus for the second time since the beginning of the year. “NKU will not tolerate the white supremacy graffiti defacing our campus today or any day,” the school’s president, Ashish Vaidya, said in a statement Saturday.