Month: May 2021

We lost civil rights icons. They lost friends. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Xernona Clayton and Andrew Young are some of the last remaining members of a generation of civil rights activists who reshaped the US and challenged their country to become a genuine multiracial democracy. But they are also survivors who have witnessed some of

The nation’s two largest public school districts will be open for in-person learning five days a week when the next academic year begins, officials said Monday. While schools in Los Angeles will also offer an online option, New York City schools won’t have a remote option. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told MSNBC

The New York Police Department and state police are stepping up their presence in New York’s Jewish communities following two hate-related incidents in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood over the weekend, officials said. At around 7:45 p.m. Saturday, two teens, ages 18 and 17, were approached by two men who “demanded that the victims repeat anti-Jewish

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s a day to remember for a handful of strangers who now share a special bond. Five Minnesota kidney donors and recipients met for the first time Friday morning. It’s not every day a 28-year-old from St. Paul and a 5-year-old from the Iron Range

Click here for updates on this story     ARRANT COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — Four days after a high school senior was killed from a blow to the head in Tarrant County, his family is still searching for clues to what happened. Just a week after Leo Pantalion had his 18th birthday, on Mother’s Day, his mother

Click here for updates on this story     DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — Two children and one adult were killed after a head-on crash on Highway 380 in Denton Sunday, police said. Police said they responded to the crash just before 11:45 a.m. on westbound 380 near Rockhill Road. In one vehicle, one adult was pronounced dead

International condemnation grew Monday after the authoritarian leader of Belarus diverted a Ryanair flight to Minsk in order to arrest a dissident journalist, in what the airline’s boss described as a “state-sponsored hijacking.” Some European leaders variously called for airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace, their citizens to leave the country, and for the release of

Click here for updates on this story     TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Oklahoma first lady Sarah Stitt toured the church during Juneteenth celebrations last year and took special interest in a worn-out book, the pages cracked and mildewed. “The Book of Redemption,” the congregation calls it at historic Vernon AME. It’s a ledger recording donations

A series of mass shootings over the weekend left at least 11 people dead and another 69 injured. There were at least 12 mass shootings between Friday night and Sunday, according to CNN reporting and an analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), local media and police reports. The shootings took place across

Click here for updates on this story     FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Whether she’s finding them an avenue to sobriety or offering basic needs from healthcare products to haircuts, Gordie Ochinero-Bermudez proves she’ll go the distance to help the homeless. Her latest endeavor is pedaling 470 miles from the Bay to Los Angeles to raise awareness

Click here for updates on this story     FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — Water officials are tackling toxic blue-green algae coming down the Caloosahatchee River. Several health alerts have been put in place due to the green gunk making a mess of some canals. The area near the Franklin Lock in Alva is one of the

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KPHO KTVK) — A 3-year-old boy who was pulled from a Phoenix canal early Sunday evening has died, police say. At around 5:30 p.m., Phoenix police say someone passing by called them after he thought he had seen a small child floating in the Grand Canal near

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON (KTRK) — A Harris County Precinct 1 sergeant made a ‘dying declaration’ of child sex assault and implicated two co-workers before taking his own life. The complicated web of allegations started unraveling a week ago when officials with the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office said they

New York City schools will fully return to in-person learning in September with no remote option, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday on MSNBC. De Blasio said that the increase in vaccinations, decrease in cases and layering of health measures will make the move possible. New York City has the biggest school district in the

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Click here for updates on this story     SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (WSHM) — One man is dead after a house fire in Springfield overnight Sunday. Western Mass News spoke exclusively with the residents of that house. The victim’s name has not been released yet, but residents told Western Mass News he was a friend of more than

It’s not just tourists who invade Florida in the summer. The colorfully named, obnoxious — and sometimes deadly — microorganisms known as red tide and blue green algae also take advantage of the change in temperature to proliferate. And it causes major problems. Both types of algae bloom are starting to make their presence known

Click here for updates on this story     MORGAN, UTAH (KSL) — A 7-year-old boy from Morgan has returned home to recover following a traumatic injury. Isaac Evans fell on a pencil that punctured just above his eye and went into his brain. Caid and Alicia Evans, Isaac’s parents, sat down with KSL-TV to talk about

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Among the students who donned their cap and gown and walked in USC’s commencement ceremony last week was 78-year-old Robert Kroener. “It has been a long time coming. So, I’ve waited a long time for this,” said Lt. Colonel Kroener. The retired Air Force

A house party packed with hundreds of guests devolved into chaos when gunfire erupted, killing at least two people and wounding a dozen more. Kevin Elliot, 30, and Asia Hester, 25, both of Bridgerton, New Jersey, were killed in the shooting, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said. At least 12 more people were shot in the

Hundreds of children are feared missing or were separated from their families after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Sunday that the children were lost amid chaos as residents fled the nearby city of Goma. More than 150 children have been separated

Click here for updates on this story     ORANGE, California (KABC) — The family of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in a road rage shooting in Orange is hoping to offer a cash reward for information leading to an arrest. Joanna Cloonan, the boy’s mother, spoke out over the weekend and called for his killers

An attacker stabbed two men near Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Monday, according to Israeli police, wounding them before being shot and killed by police officers. There are conflicting reports about the condition of the injured. One report from Israel’s Red Cross, Magen David Adom, said one of the injured was in a severe condition.

Ryanair slammed Belarus on Monday over what it described as a “state-sponsored hijacking” of one of its passenger planes, as new details emerged about the brazen operation to arrest a dissident journalist on board Sunday’s flight from Greece to Lithuania. Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary accused Belarus of “state-sponsored piracy” after its flight 4978 from Athens

Ryanair flight 4978 was about to begin its descent to Vilnius in Lithuania on Sunday when it suddenly changed direction after a “security alert,” turning sharply east and descending towards the capital of Belarus, Minsk. Whether that security alert was a fabrication by the Belarus authorities is now at the heart of an incident which

Click here for updates on this story     MANCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man from South Windsor who is accused of killing his wife is due in court on Monday. Tahj Hutchinson, 22, was charged last week in connection with the death of Jessica Edwards. He’s due in Manchester Superior Court. As of Monday morning, the

Click here for updates on this story     SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — A delivery driver is accused of throwing out packages, including medicine for a 6-year-old child, instead of delivering them. Brianna Bushey, 23, of South Windsor, was arrested on Saturday for charges of third-degree larceny and risk of injury to a minor. An arrest