Month: April 2021

Designer Mossimo Giannulli, the husband of actress Lori Loughlin who made a plea deal with prosecutors last year related to a college admissions scam for his daughters, has been released from prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Giannulli is now under supervised release administered by a Bureau of Prisons field office in San

Two men have been arrested and charged with attempted murder after five people were injured during a shooting outside an Alabama bar early Saturday morning. Police responded to a call in downtown Tuscaloosa at 2:47 a.m. after shots were fired in a bar parking lot in Temerson Square, the Tuscaloosa Police Department said in a

A shooting at a house party early Saturday left three people dead and four others injured in Wilmington, North Carolina, police said. Gunfire erupted inside the home during a party, striking the seven people, according to police, who said they were called there shortly after midnight. Police described the shooting as a gunfight in a

The St. James Theatre in New York on Saturday became the first Broadway theater to open its doors since the coronavirus pandemic shut down performance venues more than a year ago. Nathan Lane, a three-time Tony-winning actor, and Tony-winning choreographer Savion Glover performed for frontline workers at the Actors Fund and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Evelyn Colon was one of five siblings in Jersey City, New Jersey, when she got pregnant in 1976 at age 15 by her 19-year-old boyfriend, Luis Sierra. “Back then, things were a little different,” said Miriam Colon-Veltman, Evelyn’s niece. “It was a different culture, a different time, in the 70s. You get your girlfriend pregnant,

At least five people were injured during a shooting outside a bar in Alabama early Saturday morning. Police responded to a call in downtown Tuscaloosa at 2:47 a.m. after shots were fired in a bar parking lot in Temerson Square, the Tuscaloosa Police Department said in a news release. The shooting took place outside of

Philadelphia 76ers’ shooting guard Danny Green surprised a 94-year-old fan with a signed jersey after seeing a tweet from the fan’s granddaughter that went viral. After learning that her grandmother had spent the past year studying the NBA while in quarantine, Lili Gu tweeted her picture with a notepad where she had drawn a table

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — The future of how employees work is unclear in a post COVID-19 world. Over the past year, many people have been sent home to work. But will that continue once everyone is vaccinated? A new space located near 19th and Howard has been transformed

Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game from Georgia in response to a new restrictive voting law is likely to cost the state tens of millions of dollars. The “estimated lost economic impact” from the relocation is more than $100 million, according to a statement from Holly Quinlan, president and CEO of Cobb

Click here for updates on this story     LAPEER COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a pickup truck crashed into a tree Thursday afternoon. It happened about 2:25 p.m. on April 1 on Haines Road, east of Roods Lake in Lapeer County’s Mayfield Township. A 40-year-old Lapeer man was

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will resume visitation for inmates at all facilities beginning next weekend. During COVID-19 restrictions, the possibility of inmate visitation varied across counties and facilities. Now the TDOC has opened up all facilities for visitation with modified schedules to

Click here for updates on this story     CAROLL COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Carroll County investigators call the shooting of a local teen a ‘horrific accident,’ as two families are heartbroken. The teen’s friend was arrested and charged after a backyard target practice went wrong. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office asked for more gun security and

Click here for updates on this story     DUNWOODY, Georgia (WGCL) — Dunwoody police responded to reports of a cow blocking traffic in the area of I-285 Westbound near Ashford Dunwoody Road on Saturday morning. The cow fell out of a trailer and began running down the interstate. With help from a bystander who had a

Click here for updates on this story     FLORISSANT, Missouri (KMOV) — A person was found dead by suicide after barricading themselves inside a Florissant home Friday. Officers were called to a home in the 2400 block of Allen Friday morning. While attempting to contact the homeowner, officers heard a single gunshot from inside of the

Click here for updates on this story     LANE COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Deputies say a call about a stolen vehicle led to the discovery of firearms and hundreds of pounds of illegal drugs. On Thursday deputies responded to the 27000 block of Lawrence Road that is northwest of Elmira regarding the location of a stolen

Click here for updates on this story     RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man is facing several charges, including trafficking methamphetamine and driving while license revoked, after leading deputies on a chase Friday night in Rutherford County. Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office deputies said they attempted to stop a motorcycle for a traffic violation in

Click here for updates on this story     HAZELWOOD, Missouri (KMOV) — Charice Boyd says the first day of school for her 5-year-old daughter went from fun to frantic. Boyd said on Monday, teachers at Grannemann Elementary in Hazlewood mistakenly placed her daughter on the wrong bus. “My worst fear was to have to get the

Click here for updates on this story     MEDFORD, Oregon (KPTV) — Police say one person was taken into custody after driving a pickup truck into a hospital building on Friday. At about 12:29 p.m. officers responded to Providence Hospital for a vehicle that drove into the building. When officers arrived on scene they discovered a

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Workers at The Blood Connection in Buncombe County say they’re seeing a historically low donor turnout — even lower than during the start of the pandemic last year. Local hospitals are consuming twice as much blood as the community has donated. The Blood

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A 15-year-old is under arrest in Tacoma, Washington, for an apparent attack on an Asian couple seen in a cell phone video that was circulated on social media. The Tacoma Police Department said the suspect is charged with second-degree assault. The video of the attack shows a person wearing a red top running up to

Conflicting reports have emerged in Nigeria over a video of a downed plane, after the country’s air force disputed claims from Boko Haram that its militants shot down a jet. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) strongly questioned the authenticity of the Boko Haram clip which purports to show fighters shooting at the military plane, eventually

US Sen. Chris Coons calls “deeply disturbing” reports and footage of executions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. “New reports and footage emerging from Tigray of extrajudicial killings, murders of civilians, sexual and gender-based violence, and forced displacement are deeply disturbing,” Coons, a Delaware Democrat, tweeted Saturday. His comments come after a CNN investigation found that men

A small boy strolled up to Pope Francis during his Good Friday service, in a surprising exchange at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The boy was followed by a few other children who hugged and chatted with the Pope. The children were part of a special Stations of the Cross ceremony and came from

The American Civil Liberties Union says plans to roll out a standardized vaccine passport must account for social inequalities and privacy rights. Anything short is a “nonstarter.” President Joe Biden’s administration is working to establish a set of standards for people to prove they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19, an administration official said last Sunday. The

The Seattle Police Department has announced plans to remove concrete barriers around the East Precinct, the center of the city’s Capitol Hill Occupation Protest (CHOP) area last summer. The concrete barrier will be removed and temporarily replaced with a fence, according to a press release from Seattle Police. Broken windows are being replaced and will

Three people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting overnight in Wilmington, North Carolina, police said. Word of the shooting was received at around midnight Saturday and police learned there had been a house party at the location prior to the shooting, according to Lt. Irving, a Watch Commander with the Wilmington

Three people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting overnight in Wilmington, North Carolina, police said. Word of the shooting was received at around midnight Saturday and police learned there had been a house party at the location prior to the shooting, according to Lt. Irving, a Watch Commander with the Wilmington

It started four years ago with a small donation. Darius Brown dropped off about 25 handmade bow ties at New York City’s ASPCA animal shelter. Hundreds of displaced dogs and cats made their way up north to this shelter following Hurricane Irma, hoping to get adopted and find a new forever home. Brown wanted to

Of the teams competing in the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four, just one of them — Arizona — was on this stage for the first time. The Wildcats were ready for the moment. Arizona, a No. 3 seed in this year’s tournament, stunned No. 1 seed Connecticut 69-59 on Friday night at the Alamodome in

A heart monitor beeps in the background when Andre answers his phone, his voice still slightly raspy. He is recovering from a first round of surgery after being shot as he and dozens of others fled a terrorist attack in the northern Mozambique town of Palma. Andre is in pain but knows how fortunate he

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — While Friday marks World Autism Awareness Day, some Canadians say the federal government’s long-promised national strategy isn’t coming fast enough with affordable and accessible support varying drastically between provinces. Tiffany Baker, who’s seven-year-old son Kameron has autism, says she has faced heartbreaking roadblocks in