Month: May 2021

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — “When you look that kind of behavior up in the encyclopedia, it says ‘psychopath,’” said Jason Fincher. Not long ago, Fincher had gotten a pair of Great Dane puppies. “They are absolutely great dogs. I love them, they’re amazing,” he said. They lived in

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Whitney Pastorek got her annual mammogram from a hospital in her insurance network, not thinking twice about it, as she’d never paid for the preventative checkup before. Until the bill game; $403.02 from a doctor she didn’t know. “I was shocked. I didn’t know who

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — Detectives are trying to find the person who broke into Atlanta firefighters’ cars overnight. The break-in happened in southeast Atlanta at Fire Station 2 located at the 1500 block of Jonesboro Road in southeast Atlanta. According to Atlanta police, firefighters were responding to a fatal

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The University of Mobile will award the doctor of humane letters to Sarah Bailey Thomas, a UM graduate who shattered glass ceilings and became the first female official to work a Super Bowl earlier this year. Thomas will deliver the commencement address at the

Click here for updates on this story     MAGGIE VALLEY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two owners from a Maggie Valley Inn are going viral after posting what some are calling a gross message on their kiosk. Maggie Valley Inn owners say ‘no regrets’ after posting divisive sign “Right now, the kiosk says ACAB, the barrel is

A federal judge on Monday agreed to delay until the fall the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell to provide the defense team more time to prepare for the additional charges against the former girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell faces sex-trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting and grooming a 14-year-old girl to engage in sex

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Army Spc. Vahid Afsharzadeh was born in Iran, and on Monday he became a U.S. citizen. Afsharzadeh came to America at age 20 to pursue his electrical engineering degree at Cal State Long Beach. After graduating from CSULB, he made the choice to join

The Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to study the sun, but it keeps discovering new, intriguing things about our mysterious planetary neighbor Venus. The NASA spacecraft flew by Venus last summer and detected a natural radio signal from Earth’s twin. This signal revealed that the probe actually passed through the upper atmosphere of

Click here for updates on this story     ST. BERNARD PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office held a news conference Monday about an incident at the Louisiana Crawfish Festival on Saturday, and a shooting that occurred in Chalmette. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann said that, during the festival, there was an

Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque Police is handling the discovery of a body floating in an arroyo Monday as a homicide. According to Albuquerque Fire and Rescue crews got a call about two people in the Flood Channel near Claremont Avenue and Algodones Street. When rescue teams

Click here for updates on this story     OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — The self-avowed anti-Semite convicted of murdering three people on the Jewish Community Center campus in Overland Park, Kansas, in 2014 has died in prison. A notice from the Kansas Department of Corrections said Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., died Monday at the El Dorado

Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Recent social media posts are at the center of a federal libel lawsuit. A Texas businesswoman is suing Black Lives Matter Sacramento for libel. She claims the group and/or their leader Tanya Faison posted an email on social media bearing her name that was

Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. Causes of Vietnam War 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial empire French Indochina. 1946 – Communists in the north begin fighting France for control of the country. 1949 – France establishes the State

Click here for updates on this story     WESTCHESTER COUNTY, New York (WABC) — Two police officers in Westchester County went above and beyond to serve a member of the community in need. Mount Vernon Police Officers Cartwright and Velez caught the attention of our Be Kind campaign. The officers were called to a Dollar Tree

Click here for updates on this story     BRISTOL, Connecticut (WFSB) — A local healthcare worker is looking to help people who have lost loved ones to COVID-19. Adam Levine said he is raising money for the Hartford Hospital COVID Relief Fund by running the virtual Boston Marathon in October. He said his route will take

Click here for updates on this story     WOLCOTT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 5-year-old girl was found safe early Monday morning after the car she was in was stolen by thieves in Wolcott. The suspects, however, remain on the run. “She’s been shaking all night,” said Deserea Morris, the girl’s mother, in an exclusive interview with

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — For 31 years, a Franklin woman helped make Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen look good as a backup singer and performer on stage. But, a year ago a severe cancer diagnosis kept her far away from that stage. “What you see is here is

Click here for updates on this story     ANN ARBOR, Michigan (WNEM) — Keeping her balance as she takes a single step forward is a challenge 20-year-old Rebekah Caudle never thought she’d be facing this year. “It’s frustrating, but I have to realize that my future isn’t going to look like my past,” Rebekah said. Caudle

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — A tornado has not been confirmed in South Fulton but one truck driver who was flipped upside down said he witnessed its impact Monday. Powers crews remained lined along Fulton Industrial Boulevard where the storm hit the hardest in South Fulton. From warehouses to cars,

Human remains were found in the stomachs of two black bears suspected of killing a woman in southwestern Colorado, state wildlife officials said. The 39-year-old woman was found dead on Friday in Durango, and bear scat and hair was found at the scene. Officials later found three bears — a mother and her two yearling

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It has been six years since a shooting nearly killed Kearria Freed. The soon to be South Alabama graduate is beating the odds and even her own expectations. “You have to find hope in your detours in life,” she said. “You have to make

Click here for updates on this story     DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (WALA) — The search continues this morning for an 18-year-old Southern Miss student missing in the Gulf of Mexico off Dauphin Island. The Coast Guard says Rob Brent disappeared while swimming off the west end of the island. He was reported missing around 6 p.m.

Click here for updates on this story     CITRONELLE, Alabama (WALA) — Investigators in Citronelle and Washington County are revealing more about former teacher, William “Billy” Gardner, who was arrested on Friday, accused of having sexually charged conversations with a teenage girl over the course of several years. Citronelle Police and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Violence has spiked in Milwaukee, and police say the spike is occurring sooner than normal. Police said 300 shots were fired at a gathering at the Midtown Center Sunday, May 2, injuring two people. The acting chief said he’s hopeful someone will come forward with

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A team of researchers in New England found that even the rich and powerful in the early 19th century weren’t immune to fecal parasites. Prior research indicated that things such as poor sanitization and unclean outhouses contributed to a rise in fecal parasites

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — German authorities say they have busted one of the world’s largest international platforms for child pornography via a complex investigation that took them to the darknet and was aided by Canada’s RCMP. Frankfurt prosecutors and the Federal Criminal Police Office released a statement

Grace was full of hope as she entered the final stretch of high school. The 16-year-old was two years away from graduating, and she wanted to make her parents proud — especially her father. “I told him I loved him, and I would always do my best,” Grace said.    This would be the last

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has one more day to convince potential partners to join him in a new government, or risk seeing the country’s President hand the opportunity to a rival. One of the key figures Netanyahu needs to get onboard is former Defense Minister Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yamina party. Bennett appeared

The shipping container raised suspicions as soon as it arrived in remote northwestern Laos last July. Paperwork showed it was packed with 72 tons worth of blue vats filled with propionyl chloride, a relatively obscure chemical, and bound for an area in northern Myanmar notorious for the industrial-scale manufacturing of synthetic drugs. The cargo had

The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two attacks on Asian Americans that occurred over the weekend, an NYPD spokesperson told CNN on Monday. A woman in her 50’s and a teen were assaulted on the same day, the NYPD said.. The latest attacks come as the city has seen an

Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez has been charged with kidnapping and killing a woman who said she was pregnant with his baby, according to court documents. Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child were found dead in the San Jose Lagoon on Saturday. A day later, Verdejo — who competed in the 2012 Olympics

The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two attacks on Asian Americans that occurred over the weekend, an NYPD spokesperson told CNN on Monday. A woman in her 50’s and a teen were assaulted on the same day, the NYPD said.. The latest attacks come as the city has seen an

Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez has been charged with kidnapping and killing a woman who said she was pregnant with his baby, according to court documents. Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child were found dead in the San Jose Lagoon on Saturday. A day later, Verdejo — who competed in the 2012 Olympics

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has been awarded a prestigious leadership prize, in a move that could infuriate Beijing, and following reports of attempted interference by Ottawa. Tsai is the 2020 recipient of the John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service, the Halifax International Security Forum (HFX) announced late Monday. Though now independent, the Washington

The Philippine foreign minister on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced Twitter message that China’s vessels get out of disputed waters, the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over the South China Sea. The comments by Teodoro Locsin, known for blunt remarks, follow Manila’s protests for what it calls the “illegal” presence of