Month: May 2021

Click here for updates on this story     New York (WCBS) — The 4-year-old girl who was shot in Times Square on Saturday got a special surprise from police Thursday. Officers brought some new toys to Skye Martinez’s home in Brooklyn, and Minnie Mouse even stopped by for a visit. There was also a parade of

Click here for updates on this story     WEATHERFORD, Texas (KTVT) — Parker County Sheriff‘s Crimes Against Children investigators arrested a woman in connection with a child abuse case involving her 5-year-old son who died on Monday, May 10. Sheriff Russ Authier said Brooke Baker Chadwick, 42, contacted emergency services on Friday, May 7, just before

Click here for updates on this story     BROCKTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — When Abigail Mack posted a video to TikTok reading her college admissions essay, she never imagined it would get over 17 million views. “People just around the world are proud of me is crazy,” said Mack. The Cardinal Spellman High School valedictorian shared the

Click here for updates on this story     LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The owner of a video store in Leominster has been arrested for allegedly hiring dozens of shoplifters to steal items from numerous stores that he later sold on his person eBay and Amazon accounts. John Duplease, who owns Adopt A Video on Central Street,

Students at an upstate New York high school were given a writing assignment about whether Derek Chauvin should be granted a new trial over the murder of George Floyd because of questions about one of the jurors. Chauvin was convicted on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in April for kneeling on

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON (KTRK) — Every once in a while, opportunities present themselves to help a neighbor in need. The next time that happens, will you rise to the occasion? Maybe Ms. Bobbie can be your inspiration. Houston resident Bobbie Tallent drives the only pink taxi in the city. It

Click here for updates on this story     FREEPORT, Texas (KTRK) — The family of a little girl from Freeport who touched many hearts got an emotional surprise Wednesday. Abigail Arias captured attention when she became an honorary Freeport Police Officer. She said she wanted to fight the bad guys, and her rare cancer. Sadly, she

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Alabama Rep. Shane Stringer is no longer a captain with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, the office announced Friday. According to the MCSO, Sheriff Sam Cochran made the decision Wednesday “because of different political views held by his administration.” The MCSO statement did

Click here for updates on this story     FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Less than two weeks after the state announced it would increase early release credits for 76 thousand inmates, 41 of California’s 58 district attorneys are challenging the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “We’re talking about the most violent offenders that are now subject to

Click here for updates on this story     FIREBAUGH, California (KFSN) — The community of Firebaugh is mourning the loss of a high school student after a devastating accident inside a tire shop. The sheriff’s office says 16-year-old Omar Gutierrez was working under a car at the Firebaugh Tire shop when it suddenly slipped off a

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 154, now Wisconsin Act 31, designating May 14 as Hmong-Lao Veterans Day in Wisconsin. The governor issued Executive Order #115 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff in

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KABC) — In the two years since their 6-year-old daughter Roxie drowned at a summer camp in Altadena, Doug Forbes and Elena Matyas say every day is spent weeping and working. “Drowning is something people think won’t happen to them, won’t happen to their children, until

Click here for updates on this story     SOUTH EL MONTE, California (KABC) — Disturbing video captures a man robbing and pistol-whipping a Lyft driver at a gas station in South El Monte. The video, which was recorded on the driver’s camera, may serve as a critical clue to help police track down the suspect. The

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland police are investigating a shooting that injured one person in the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood early Friday morning. Just after 4 a.m., officers responded to shots fired in the 4400 block of Northeast Shaver Street. Officers arrived to the scene and found a man with

An MIT graduate student wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Yale University student in February has been arrested, authorities said Friday. The US Marshals Service did not provide details of the arrest other than to say that “Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Middle District of

Click here for updates on this story     REGO PARK, Queens, New York (WABC) — It is a racial slur that would set off any Asian American. “One of them said ‘Ch*** ch****,” said Leting Cai. 15-year-old Cai was in a playground in Rego Park, Queens with two friends on May 1, when two other teens

Click here for updates on this story     LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) — Three people were slashed and a fourth punched in separate incidents within 12 minutes on a subway train as it moved through Lower Manhattan early Friday, and an additional incident may be linked. Police say the spree began at 4:25 a.m., when

Click here for updates on this story     FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) — A local longtime educator received a surprise sendoff Thursday. Co-workers and friends gathered at Fletcher Park to show their appreciation for Avery’s Creek Elementary School principal Denise Montgomery, who is preparing to retire. Montgomery has spent 30 years as an educator in Henderson

Click here for updates on this story     OGEMAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — An Ogemaw County man has to pay nearly $775,000 in restitution for alleged insurance fraud. Darrell Lee Hardenburgh, of West Branch, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years of probation for receiving and concealing stolen property in excess of $20,000.

Of the duo that created 3M’s now-ubiquitous Post-it Notes, Spencer Silver was, quite literally, the glue. Silver, a chemist from Texas, created the adhesive that gives Post-it Notes their stickiness. It took years for his colleague Art Fry to realize the specific genius of Silver’s invention. If it weren’t for Silver sticking by his adhesive,

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A former massage therapist arrested for a second time on Thursday afternoon following several investigations by News4. Tarek Mentouri, the massage therapist at the center of a year-long News4 investigation and accused by more than 15 women of sexually touching them or himself during

Click here for updates on this story     CLAYTON County, Georgia (WGCL) — An off-duty Clayton County deputy helped rescue a woman who was being held against her will. The incident happened on Tuesday at the QT on Tara Boulevard near Highway 54. According to Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, while on his way to work,

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta police are working to find the man who reportedly kidnapped an Uber driver at gunpoint. The kidnapping happened around 2 a.m. on Friday near Edgewood Avenue and Boulevard Northeast. Police said the Uber driver dropped off a customer near the BP on Westland Boulevard

Click here for updates on this story     TORRINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — Two brothers were struck by a driver in Torrington Thursday night. According to emergency personnel, the children were struck in the area of 545 Prospect St. shortly before 9 p.m. The 13-year-old was released from the hospital early Friday morning. The 9-year-old, who suffered

Click here for updates on this story     Hilo, HI (KITV) — A Hilo man was recently arrested in connection with a stabbing that happened last Saturday in Hilo. Officers responded to reports of numerous stabbing victims just after 10:45 p.m. at the old Pu‘ueo Poi Factory on Kekuanao‘a Street. Upon arrival, officials saw a man

Students at an upstate New York high school were given a writing assignment about whether Derek Chauvin should win a new trial over the death of George Floyd because of questions about one of the jurors who presided over his trial. A high school English teacher at Saugerties Senior High School in Ulster County, 30

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found that the majority of children infected with COVID-19 may not show typical symptoms including fever, cough or shortness of breath. As a result, the study’s authors say more vigilance is needed when screening children for SARS-CoV-2, the virus

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canadians hoping to get a bike in time for the summer cycling season may have a hard time finding one as businesses struggle to keep up with the sport’s surging popularity. Demand for bikes began early last year during the start of the

The Colonial Pipeline is up and working again, but gas shortages — and the ensuing gas panic — probably won’t be resolved for a few more days. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered

The resignation of University of South Carolina president Bob Caslen for plagiarizing remarks in a commencement speech is the most recent example of the awkwardness faced by educators and school leaders when higher-ups find inspiration in the wrong ways. Caslen resigned from his position Wednesday after admitting his commencement speech plagiarized portions of a speech

“Truth! Truth! Truth,” shouted the dozens of people gathered outside a Chinese high school on Tuesday in a video widely circulated online. Holding white flowers, they demanded to know why a 17-year-old boy had suddenly fallen to his death on campus that weekend. Within minutes, the video — which hasn’t been independently verified by CNN

The former landlord of a woman missing since 2006 in Texas surrendered to authorities Wednesday after being indicted for her murder, according to the Llano County Sheriff’s Office. Jimmy Wolfenbarger, 57, of Lubbock was indicted on May 3 on one count of murder in the death of Holly Simmons, according to the Texas Department of

The civil lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey that alleges he sexually assaulted a teenager in the 1980s is expected to be dismissed after attorneys for the accuser on Thursday said he refused to identify himself. A federal judge ruled last week that the man — identified in court documents as C.D. — who alleged Spacey