Month: April 2021

Click here for updates on this story     CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A crash investigation is underway after a car slammed into a Clarksville home on Monday. Clarksville Police say the vehicle crashed into a house in the 3300 block of Clearwater Drive around 3:30 p.m. There were two people reportedly inside the home’s garage at

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A special commission focusing on the Christmas morning bombing and the recovery efforts for Nashville’s historic Second Avenue district will meet Tuesday. The group is made up of nine appointed members, ranging from downtown property owners to public safety experts. Today they’ll hear from the

Click here for updates on this story     BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan man continues his battle against COVID-19, spending weeks breathing through a ventilator. “The sweetest, most loving person you’ll ever meet. It’s been hard being here without him. Just got to have faith that he’ll eventually come home,” Heather Duchane said. 32-year-old

Click here for updates on this story     FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A United States Postal Service mail carrier has been charged with assault and lying to police after a physical altercation that happened with two other women in the city of Flint. On April 8 at 1:30 p.m., Flint Police were sent to the area

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — Governor Brian Kemp will sign three laws that will impact human trafficking in the state. According to a spokesperson, Gov. Kemp will sign SB 33, SB 34, and HB 287. SB 33 allows victims of human trafficking to sue their traffickers. Also, victims will be

Here’s a look at Osama bin Laden, the former leader of al Qaeda who was killed in 2011. Personal Birth date: 1957 Death date: May 2, 2011 Birth place: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Birth name: Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden Father: Muhammad Awad bin Laden, construction company executive Mother: Hamida al-Attas Marriages and Children:

Click here for updates on this story     OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — Overland Park Police Department announced that they will be releasing the report regarding the controversial 2018 officer involved shooting of 17-year-old, John Albers. John Albers was 17 when he was shot and killed by officer Clayton Jenison during a mental health call. Jenison

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A robber armed with a knife was unable to get any money when he held up the Texaco Food Mart at 4126 Moffett Road, according to the Mobile Police Department. Police said the incident took place at 12:50 a.m. today. According to police, an

Here’s a look at the phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom. Journalists at British newspapers are accused of making payments to police and hacking into the phones of celebrities, law makers, royalty, murder victims and other figures in the news. Most cases involve News Corp.’s News of the World, but the Sun as well

Here’s a look at the life of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1949 Birth place: Lisbon, Portugal Birth name: Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres Father: Virgílio Guterres Mother: Ilda Cândida de Oliveira Marriages: Catarina Vaz Pinto (2001-present); Luisa Melo (1972-1998, her death) Children: A son, a daughter and a stepson

Click here for updates on this story     GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — More than half a dozen people were shot in Gresham late Monday night, at the same location a person was found dead the day before. Officers responded to a reported shooting at Southeast 174th Avenue and Southeast Stark Street around 11:30 p.m. At the

Click here for updates on this story     RHINELANDER, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A male bald eagle died after wildlife officials believe it was exposed to a toxin or poison used to control rodents. Wild Instincts, a wildlife rehabilitation center in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, says the poisons are concerning not only for wildlife, but pets as well. Wild

Click here for updates on this story     EDMOND, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — University of Central Oklahoma researchers are trying to better understand Oklahoma’s “alarming” veteran suicide metrics while developing new strategies to reverse long-term trends. Oklahoma’s veteran suicide rate in 2018 is 10th highest in the nation, according to the latest data available from the

Click here for updates on this story     DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A Davenport congregation that’s been meeting in a gymnasium for the last three and a half years wants to build a permanent home in the woods. Davenport zoning code, city staff, and Plan and Zoning Commission members say otherwise. “It’s changing people’s lives,”

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The novel coronavirus has been well documented in cats big and small across the world, and now a U.K. study shows evidence of human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in two cases. The two cats were from different households and suffered different severities of the

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — New research from the United Kingdom suggests shift workers are associated with higher likelihoods of COVID-19 hospitalization compared to people with more traditional working hours. Using data from more than 280,000 participants in the U.K. Biobank study, hospital episode statistics and U.K. health

Noor Kayas fled the refugee camp without telling anyone at home. At sea the next morning, the teenager used a satellite phone to call her mother, Gule Jaan, 43, to say she was heading for Malaysia on a small wooden boat, packed with 87 Rohingya refugees, including 65 women and girls. Some were fleeing what

Human Rights Watch has accused the Israeli government of committing crimes of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians in a new report Tuesday, eliciting an angry response from Israeli officials. In its 213-page report, the United States-based advocacy group says the term apartheid has generally been used in a “descriptive or comparative” sense in relation to

Titanium has been discovered in the beautiful remnants of the Cassiopeia A supernova about 11,000 light-years away. This discovery could help scientists understand what leads some giant stars to explode, according to the new study. Observations of the supernova were made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, which has been in operation since 1999, between 2000

The largest naval flotilla assembled by Britain in recent years will set sail in May on a months’ long voyage through the Pacific, the country’s Defense Ministry said Monday. “When our Carrier Strike Group (CSG) sets sail next month, it will be flying the flag for Global Britain — projecting our influence, signaling our power,

The Three Rivers Fire has burned 4,000 acres in New Mexico and has not been contained, according to a press release on the New Mexico Fire Information site. The fire “is being driven by steep terrain and extreme fire weather conditions, including gusty winds and low humidity levels around 8 percent,” the release said. There

Police in the New York suburb of Long Island are investigating a report of a noose found hanging in a storeroom at a local business, a Suffolk County police spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Monday. Kyrin Taylor, a 23-year-old electrician who had been working as an apprentice since December at Cooper Power & Lighting Corp.,