Month: May 2021

Click here for updates on this story     INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A family from Greenwood is contemplating legal action after a hospital prevented a wife from saying goodbye to her husband dying of COVID-19. They found out a couple days too late about a new Indiana law that requires visitation be allowed even during a public

After spending nearly two-and-a-half years together, a NASA spacecraft will bid farewell to its asteroid companion Monday and begin the long journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, and it carries a generous amount of material collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Tune in live to NASA Television

Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police are investigating a report of a missing 2-year-old boy last seen east of the Strip. About 3:11 p.m. on May 5, the child, identified as Amari Nicholson, was reported missing in the area of 3600 block of Paradise Road near Sands

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A 24-year-old man didn’t let the pandemic stop him from giving back to others. Jesus Morales’ viral TikTok videos have moved people to tears and let him gift thousands of dollars to many street vendors in Southern California. Morales worked at a gym but

Click here for updates on this story     REDLANDS, California (KABC) — An Inland Empire woman received the perfect Mother’s Day present: Welcoming her first child into the world. Kelsey and Christopher Richards of San Jacinto had their first child at Redlands Community Hospital. The baby boy, Miles Richards, was born early Sunday morning weighing a

Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — Saturday night in Honolulu the Maui Classic made its return, a bodybuilding competition. Triceps & biceps at their best otherwise known as the Ikaika Classic. Leading to a Sunday Mother’s Day special, for mom turned first time competitive bodybuilder Melanie Gonzalez there was a lot

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta police are working to find the driver who left the scene of an accident after hitting a 3-year-old girl on Sunday. The auto vs pedestrian crash happened around 3:30 p.m. outside of the Quick Mart near the 3200 block of Martin Luther King Jr.

Click here for updates on this story     BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WFSB) — It was a special Mother’s Day for one Bridgeport couple. Bailey Williams and Nazjeir Davis welcomed a brand new baby into the world at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport. Baby Noelani was born just after midnight Sunday, right on time for Mother’s Day.

Click here for updates on this story     POMFRET, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Putnam man died during an incident out on the Quinebaug River over the weekend. DEEP spokesperson Will Healy says crews initially responded to the Pomfret area of the river after receiving a report that a kayak was found submerged and there weren’t any

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who hiked the Horsetail Falls or the Rock of the Ages Ridge trail in the Columbia Gorge on Saturday to report if they saw a 71-year-old man who is lost in the area. Joseph (Joe) Edward Dean,

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Nearly one year after Gregory Sledge was killed, the pain for his mother weighs heavy on her heart, intensified by the fact that his murder is still unsolved. “I miss my son everyday. It’s not a day that go by that I don’t think

Click here for updates on this story     OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV, KSMO) — Olathe North High School’s head baseball coach was placed on administrative leave Friday and could be fired as soon as Monday because of comments to a player the night before that the district calls “totally unacceptable.” Olathe Public Schools announced the action against

Irish musician and mental health advocate Niall Breslin was standing alone in a coffee shop in March when he was approached by an elderly man. After some brief small talk, the man made a surprisingly intimate admission to Breslin. He was deeply lonely. His wife had passed away a few years before, and the pandemic

A joint US Navy and Coast Guard team seized thousands of illicit weapons last week after stopping a small ship in the North Arabian Sea, the Navy said in a statement. The cruiser USS Monterey stopped the stateless dhow on May 6 during a routine operation to verify its registry, the Navy said. A US

For a week, China’s Long March 5B grabbed global attention, as space agencies and experts closely tracked its trajectory, speculating where debris would fall upon the rocket’s uncontrolled reentry. In China, however, the country’s space administration stayed silent for days amid criticism that allowing such a large rocket stage to free fall towards Earth was

A French pilot has filed a legal complaint for “aggravated voluntary violence” and “endangering someone’s life” alleging colleagues in the French Air Force tied him to a target and ordered fighter jets to open fire around him in a “hazing ritual,” his lawyer Frédéric Berna told CNN on Saturday. The complaint filed this week in

Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday postponed a hearing on the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from their homes in Jerusalem and will set a new date within 30 days. The Supreme Court said the hearing, which was supposed to take place Monday, was canceled at the request of the State Attorney General. Last week,

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A sailor of the doomed 1845 Franklin arctic expedition was identified using DNA from a living relative in South Africa, marking the first time a crew member of that infamous voyage has been positively identified this way. The skeletal and tooth remains were

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Some pregnant Canadians aren’t able to get fully vaccinated before their due date because of the extended interval between doses. Many provinces have prioritized vaccinating pregnant people against COVID-19 as their risks for severe disease are increased and they can pass antibodies on

A brush fire that broke out Friday east of Phoenix, Arizona, has grown to 2,560 acres, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The Copper Canyon Fire was about 20% contained as of Sunday, the department said on Twitter. Fire crews are focused on monitoring the blaze’s southern and western edges, according

Click here for updates on this story     Oahu, HI (KITV) — The median price of a single-family home continues to skyrocket on Oahu. “The (interest) rates are the lowest its ever been in years and years and it’s still frustrating how hard it is to find a decent living place where you can afford,” said

Click here for updates on this story     PRICHARD, AL (WALA) — Just three days after his body was found in the street, across from a church in Prichard, Daylen McBride’s loved ones gathered at the very spot that has brought them so much pain. The 14-year-old boy was shot multiple times Wednesday morning; a callous

More than 825 baby diamondback terrapin turtles rescued from New Jersey storm drains have made their home at Stockton University in recent weeks. As the small turtles attempt to cross streets, they can easily slip into storm drains. Local volunteers have been scooping up the hatchlings using modified nets, and bringing them to the university

Stacey Abrams is known as a fierce voting rights advocate, a former gubernatorial candidate and a rising star in the Democratic Party. But the Georgia Democrat is also known by another name: Selena Montgomery. Berkley, a Penguin House imprint, announced last week that it will re-release three romance novels Abrams wrote under the pen name