Month: May 2021

Two years since Ronald Greene’s death — and two days since Louisiana authorities released a series of videos of their encounter with him — his mother says she’s still in shock. “Just trying to… bring it into reality, that this has happened to my son, grief stricken isn’t the word,” Mona Hardin told CNN on

A young Palestinian boy in thick eyeglasses stood dumbstruck as Israeli police dragged his grandmother, Rifqa, out of his family home. His eyes shifted between the uniformed men and the 92-year-old woman who squirmed in their clutches. Shouts rang out and, within minutes, the family was driven out of half of their home in East

A young Palestinian boy in thick eyeglasses stood dumbstruck as Israeli police dragged his grandmother, Rifqa, out of his family home. His eyes shifted between the uniformed men and the 92-year-old woman who squirmed in their clutches. Shouts rang out and, within minutes, the family was driven out of half of their home in East

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth visited the country’s new aircraft carrier on Saturday, giving the UK’s biggest warship a royal sendoff before it leads a flotilla of British, US and Dutch ships to Asian waters on its maiden operational voyage. The 95-year-old monarch stepped aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, seven years after she named the

A Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after allegedly attempting to set a synagogue and Jewish school, or yeshiva, on fire Wednesday, according to court documents. Ali Alaheri, 29, was allegedly caught on camera “piling numerous garbage bags against the door” of the yeshiva and synagogue located in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, and then

A man has been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in connection to an altercation earlier this week that Los Angeles police are investigating as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime. In a news release Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department described the man as “one of the primary suspects in the assault and beating

Amazon has temporarily shut down construction of a new fulfillment center in Connecticut after the discovery of seven apparent nooses at the site. Police in Windsor, Connecticut, say the nooses were found placed around the construction site starting on April 27. The police department said it is investigating the incidents as potential hate crimes along

Emmanuel Kelly Cooper was resurrected last year. After spending 27 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit, Cooper was released in January 2020, just before the coronavirus began wreaking havoc across America. The pandemic has not been easy for the world, but he remains unfazed. “I’ve been incarcerated a long

When Dai Xiao Lei arrived at her Beijing apartment with her husband and son, after a long flight back from Canada, her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were already waiting inside. They wanted to take her 16-month-old to their family home in Gaoyang, several hours’ drive away, Dai said. Her then-husband seemed unsurprised and told her he

A 2-year-old girl is in an “exceptionally critical condition” after being shot by her 3-year-old brother late Friday when he found a handgun that had been hidden in a couch, according to a Florida sheriff’s office. The shooting took place at a residence in West Lakeland where three men had met to watch an NBA

An image that appears to show Dubai’s “missing” Princess Latifa has been posted on a social media account. If legitimate, the photo would signify the first time Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum has been seen in public since she claimed in video messages obtained by the BBC and shared with CNN that she was

Click here for updates on this story     OTTAWA, Ont. (CTV Network) — Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella marked her last day on the bench on Friday, a day she says was filled with emotion and reflection of the long and decorated career path that got her to this point. In an exclusive interview on CTV’s

Two Bureau of Prisons guards who were on duty at the Metropolitan Correctional Center when Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide have entered into agreements with Manhattan prosecutors that could end the criminal case against them if they cooperate with an ongoing Department of Justice Inspector General review, authorities said Friday. In November 2019, the guards,

Click here for updates on this story     SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — With pandemic upending everyone’s lives last year, many high schoolers missed out on their senior prom and other memories that came with those cherished years. But after missing out on last year’s prom, one school district made sure none of their students missed out

Click here for updates on this story     CARO, Michigan (WNEM) — A 36-year-old from Caro was rescued by boat and brought back to shore unharmed after their canoe was being overcome by wind according to the Huron County Sheriff’s Office. Around 11:45 a.m. on Saturday Huron Central Dispatch received a call about an individual in

Yoga classes will return to Alabama public schools after a nearly 30-year hiatus but the traditional “namaste” greeting as well as chanting remain forbidden. Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed legislation this week that reversed a longtime ban on yoga instruction in classrooms amid claims that the practice would introduce Hinduism into public schools. The

Click here for updates on this story     THEODORE, Alabama (WALA) — A suspected prowler — caught on camera in Theodore — trying to make a fast one with some coolers. Investigators say it happened Monday, May 10th around 10:30 p.m. on Brantley Drive. The homeowner’s motion sensor going off alerting them of activity in their

Click here for updates on this story     KENOSHA COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Two young men, ages 19 and 20, are accused of leading Kenosha County authorities on a pursuit that exceeded 100 mph. The two men were on motorcycles. According to a criminal complaint, on May 13, officials received a call about two motorcycles traveling

Two people died and four others were injured during a shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey, Friday night. Six people were sitting in a car near Crescent Avenue and Brinkerhoff Street when two shooters walked up to them and fired, shooting all six of them, New Jersey Mayor Steven Fulop said Saturday morning. The victims,

Charlie will soon bite his brother’s finger for the last time. The memorable and meme-able YouTube video “Charlie bit my finger,” one of the most viewed videos in the website’s history, will be sold off as a non-fungible token, or NFT, on Sunday and then deleted from YouTube, according to a website set up by

Click here for updates on this story     TRUMBULL, Connecticut (WFSB) — Trumbull police are putting out a warning to residents after a bear was reportedly trying to get inside homes. On Friday morning, the department received several reports from residents in the area of Barnswallow Drive, Scenic Hill Road, and Deer Run of a bear

Click here for updates on this story     BEVERLY, Massachusetts (WFSB) — A Connecticut graduate got quite the surprise during her commencement ceremony on Saturday at Endicott College. Not only did Emily Rose Booth, of Stratford, receive a degree in nursing on Saturday, but she was also surprised to see her brother on stage when she

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — When you want to turn your food hobby into a food business, hundreds of entrepreneurs have sought the help of seasoned chef Laura Wilson. The 8-time Executive Chef has helped launch more than 300 food businesses in Nashville since starting Citizen Kitchens in 2015.

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A former car wash in East Nashville is transforming into a dining destination. However, it will not be just one restaurant; six restaurant concepts will fill the space. Located on the corner of McKinnie and Gallatin Avenues, each restaurant will have micro kitchens inside

Click here for updates on this story     CLAYTON County, Georgia (WGCL) — Bradley May, 22, had just moved into a condo on Redland Drive in Clayton County two weeks ago to be closer to his restaurant job at the airport and to take care of his 8-month-old son. May never made it inside his home

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — Bars in East Atlanta are taking a proactive approach to prevent drug overdoses. At least five people overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl at or near metro Atlanta bars this week, according to the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition. “Usually you don’t find fentanyl, an opioid,

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate the discharge of a weapon in response to an Asheville Police Department call. On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at around 7:40 p.m. police responded to a call for a reported

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Police say an out-of-compliance sex offender was arrested after being found with a missing teen in southeast Portland on Thursday. Just after 11:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the 14600 block of Southeast Harrison Street. Officers saw

Click here for updates on this story     RIDGEFIELD, Washington (KPTV) — Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue, along with TLC Towing, helped rescue a cow that had been stuck in mud for several hours Thursday afternoon. CCFR says a family milking cow slid down a 20-foot embankment and got stuck in mud up to its belly. The owners

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A 31-year-old woman died and three other people were injured early Saturday morning, after a pickup crossed over the median and struck her vehicle head-on, according to the Kansas City Police Department. A Dodge pickup was driving northbound on Broadway Boulevard near 29th

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A house with a backyard coop found out the true meaning of the phrase, “Madder than a wet hen.” Lucky Perez has been raising chickens for a few years in her KC home, selling the eggs to neighbors through her side business, Hoops

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A woman’s terrifying story is a snapshot of what people in St. Louis City say is a rise in gunfire. Sarah Gilland stayed crouched behind a trash can for nearly three minutes, to dodge gunfire at her bus stop near North Market and Florissant.

Tennessee State University announced it is exploring adding men’s and women’s ice hockey teams, a development that would make TSU the first of the historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, to do so. TSU, in partnership with the National Hockey League, the Nashville Predators and College Hockey Inc., is conducting a feasibility study on

A Black teenager in Fairfield, Connecticut, was the target of a racist Snapchat post allegedly made by a classmate earlier this month, according to the teen’s mother and the Fairfield Police Department. Sixteen-year-old Jamar Medor was sitting in his Fairfield Warde High School homeroom on May 7 when a classmate, who is White, allegedly took

Astronomer Carl Sagan famously once said that “we’re made of star stuff.” It’s a beautiful thought that the material dispersed throughout the universe when stars explode came together to form something else: life. But our own lives are too brief to watch star birth unfold. This incredible process can take tens of millions of years.

Randa Aweis, 58, waited nine years for the organ donation that would change her life. An Arab Christian, born in the Old City of Jerusalem, she was relying on regular dialysis sessions as her kidneys failed. Then the call came: A donor kidney was available. Aweis had surgery Monday at Jerusalem’s famed Hadassah University Hospital

Four Seattle Mariners relief pitchers were placed on the injured list after a potential positive Covid-19 test on the team was reported, the team’s general manager said in a press release. The person with the potential positive test was not named, but relief pitchers Robert Dugger, Anthony Misiewicz, Drew Steckenrider and Will Vest were placed

Two men were killed and eight other people were injured in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to a tweet from police early Saturday morning. Seven of the victims are at local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and one man is in the hospital in critical condition, said the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). Of the

China’s Zhurong rover left its landing platform and drove on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state media reported — making the country only the second after the US to land and operate a rover on the red planet. The six-wheel solar-powered rover, which weighs about 240 kilograms (529 pounds), touched down on Mars on

Protesters are expected to rally in cities across the United States this weekend in support of Palestinians, as Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire ending days of destruction and bloodshed. Since May 10, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 243 people in Gaza, including 66 children, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. Twelve

Police in Minnesota brought a murder charge this week in the killing of a woman 11 years after her death. Nicholas James Firkus, is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Heidi Firkus, in their Minnesota home in 2010, according to a criminal complaint. “After years of tenacious work by investigators and our law enforcement partners,

A federal lawsuit has been filed in Tennessee by the daughter of a man who died while in jail custody in May 2020, according to the complaint. In the complaint filed in October 2020 and amended in February 2021, Dominique Jennette alleges her father, William Jennette, 48, died as a result of “savage beating, suffocation”