Pelosi orders US Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff to honor fallen officer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the flags at the US Capitol to be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of US Capitol Police Officer William…
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The gates were locked, a boy dying in a woman’s arms inside. This is what police have learned about the mass shooting in Orange, California
When police were finally able to enter the courtyard of the business complex in Orange, California — where four people were fatally shot…
Continue Reading PGA Tour plans to keep its season-ending Tour Championship in Georgia
The Tour Championship, which features the richest prize in golf, will be played in Atlanta as scheduled this September, the PGA Tour said in a…
Continue Reading MLB moving All-Star Game from Georgia after state passes new restrictive voting laws
Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia’s…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie reflects on post-colonial India 40 years after release of ‘Midnight’s Children’
Forty years after the publication of “Midnight’s Children,” author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in…
Continue Reading How a Bay Area clinic is helping provide vaccines to people experiencing homelessness
While some people nationwide have successfully booked their vaccine appointments online, many others — including people who are experiencing…
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Top homicide detective says Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd was ‘totally unnecessary’
The Minneapolis Police Department’s top homicide detective testified that kneeling on George Floyd’s neck after he had been handcuffed…
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Chicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy in what the department says was an ‘armed confrontation’
Chicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy on the city’s West side early Monday morning and haven’t provided many details about the…
Continue Reading United Nations Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the United Nations, an organization of 193 member states from around the world. United Nations Charter October 24, 1945…
Continue Reading Biden orders White House flags lowered to half-staff after Capitol Police officer killed
Biden, who is spending the weekend at Camp David, also ordered the US flag to be flown at half-staff at the White House and all federal buildings…
Continue Reading Must-watch ‘Full Circle’ moments this week
Every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6 p.m. ET, Anderson Cooper hosts a digital show streaming live around the world covering the stories that…
Continue Reading Volunteers strive to make Koreatown residents feel safe during rise in hate crimes against Asians
Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — In an effort to curb a rise in hate crimes against…
Continue Reading Behind on rent? In danger of being evicted? Here’s what you need to know
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The Biden administration has extended the federal eviction…
Continue Reading Nature group warning New Yorkers not to buy ducklings as Easter gifts
Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN, New York (WCBS) — Every year, well-meaning people buy baby chicks and…
Continue Reading MLB opening day can boost your mood, psychologist Scott Bea says
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — MLB Opening Day can apparently boost your mood. Psychologist…
Continue Reading Doctors using herpes virus to treat patient with melanoma tumor
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Paul Kirsch, of Green Tree, had a melanoma removed from the…
Continue Reading Teacher faces criticism over remarks made on social media
Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A Sacramento teacher is dealing with backlash…
Continue Reading Vandal tries to start fire at Oakland Asian bakery, possible hate crime
Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Owners of an Asian bakery in Oakland say a vandal…
Continue Reading Major League Baseball has postponed the rest of the Mets-Nationals series due to Covid-19
The two remaining games of the Washington Nationals’ season-opening series with the New York Mets have been postponed due to Covid-19 concerns…
Continue Reading Judge: Minnesota inmates can sue state over COVID concerns
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Ramsey County judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit filed by…
Continue Reading Attack on Jewish family is under investigation by NYPD Hate Crime Task Force
An attack on a Jewish family in Manhattan on Wednesday is being investigated by the New York Police Department Hate Crime Task Force, Police…
Continue Reading Schools with Native American mascots would face $25,000 fine per month under new Colorado bill
Click here for updates on this story Colorado (KCNC) — Colorado schools with Native American mascots face steep fines…
Continue Reading Police now issuing citations instead of arrests for 2 ounces of marijuana or less
Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — Citing costs and racial disparity, the Plano Police…
Continue Reading COVID-19 protection from the flu shot? Experts wary about new study
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Experts say there just isn’t enough evidence to…
Continue Reading How to stop a killing like that of George Floyd from ever happening again
First there was the agonizing video, showing Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin grinding his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly…
Continue Reading City considers building housing for agriculture workers
Click here for updates on this story ELK CITY, Nebraska (WOWT) — Agriculture workers who come to the Heartland for the…
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Man gets COVID-19 double-lung transplant
It’s hard to tell, but at one point this fall, walking for Jake Immink might as well have been climbing a…
Continue Reading Man dies in front yard shooting
Click here for updates on this story DICKINSON, Texas (KTRK) — A man died early Thursday after he was shot during a…
Continue Reading Deputy captured on camera punching teen on ATV
Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County Sheriff’s deputy is on desk…
Continue Reading Employee shot in Gun Outlet shooting not letting bullet in leg stop him from living life
Click here for updates on this story METAIRIE, Louisiana (WDSU) — An employee at the Jefferson Gun Outlet is sharing…
Continue Reading Woman who survived 2-month coma after contracting COVID-19 goes home
Click here for updates on this story SCARBOROUGH, Maine (WMTW) — A Maine woman, who contracted COVID-19 and spent two…
Continue Reading Catalytic converters stolen from Boys and Girls Club vans, officials say
Click here for updates on this story LISBON, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A community is coming together to help the Boys and…
Continue Reading Guests kicked out, employees fired after resort abruptly closes
Click here for updates on this story KISSIMMEE, Florida (WESH) — After spending hundreds to get a room at a Central…
Continue Reading Seven detention officers fired, one resigns, after an in-custody death in a Texas jail
Seven detention officers in Texas have been fired, and an eighth has resigned, following the death in custody of Marvin David Scott III, a news…
Continue Reading Suspect dead and Capitol Police officer stabbed, another injured after car rams into barrier outside building
The suspect in Friday’s attack on US Capitol Police officers outside the iconic Washington building has died, multiple sources told CNN, and two…
Continue Reading Warrant: Fresno County employee took $16,000 from developer as he negotiated big housing deal
Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A big affordable housing project in Fresno is back to…
Continue Reading Gyms offering free martial arts classes for street vendors
Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Fists are flying as members of the Missing Link MMA…
Continue Reading Authorities remove mountain lion from tree in golf course
Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Authorities removed a mountain from a tree in a Summerlin golf…
Continue Reading Detroit community crowd-funds the only Black-owned grocery store in the city
When Raphael Wright thought about what he could do to build back his community in Detroit, he realized that food sovereignty, or the ability for a…
Continue Reading Man found nude with a 15-year-old runaway who was missing
Click here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (WHNS) — Deputies from the Spartanburg County…
Continue Reading Coroner: Driver dies after being trapped in a flaming vehicle
Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE, North Carolina (WHNS) — A driver died on Friday morning after a…
Continue Reading Portland mom says return to in-person learning should have been sooner for son with special needs
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Many Portland Public Schools’ students have been…
Continue Reading New York Governor signs bill enacting restrictions on solitary confinement in state prisons and jails
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law that will enact restrictions on solitary confinement procedures in the state’s prisons…
Continue Reading Four residents indicted in unemployment fraud scheme
Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM) — Authorities say that four people from…
Continue Reading Russian immigrant ends sanctuary in church after nearly 3 years
Click here for updates on this story NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM) — There was major development Thursday for…
Continue Reading Top homicide detective says Derek Chauvin violated policy by kneeling on George Floyd
The Minneapolis Police Department’s top homicide detective testified at the murder trial of the former officer who knelt on George…
Continue Reading St. Louis Zoo’s oldest female Amur tiger euthanized after years of treatment for degenerate joint disease
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Kalista, an Amur tiger, has died at the St. Louis Zoo.…
Continue Reading Man comes face-to-face with angry octopus in rare attack
Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive. But an Australian…
Continue Reading Chief homicide detective was on the scene shortly after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee
The Minneapolis Police Department’s top homicide detective was on the scene after former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George…
Continue Reading What it’s like to attend ‘Space Club’ with astronauts and planetary explorers
When NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was in fifth grade, he found his calling to be a scientist — by blowing up his living room. He calls it…
Continue Reading Man rebuilds home four times after flooding
Click here for updates on this story WILSON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — Many people are still dealing with the issues…
Continue Reading Border apprehensions spiked in March, including a record number of unaccompanied migrant minors
US Customs and Border Protection encountered 171,700 migrants in March, including a record number of unaccompanied minors, far exceeding the prior…
Continue Reading Driver ejected from car in fatal crash on interstate
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A driver was ejected and died Thursday night in a…
Continue Reading Child, age 8, dead after finding gun in family member’s vehicle
Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, Pitt County, North Carolina (WLOS) — A child is dead after…
Continue Reading Aging Well: Maui man is first-time father at age 75
Click here for updates on this story KIHEI, Hawaii (KITV) — An an age when some people are becoming grandparents, or…
Continue Reading 600 pounds of oil-soaked pennies turned into cold, hard cash
Click here for updates on this story PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia (WGCL) — Thursday, bin trolleys showed up and rolled in to…
Continue Reading Woman’s desperate plea: ‘He’s not in his right state of mind’
Click here for updates on this story IRVINGTON, Alabama (WALA) — On the same day authorities say James Carl Caballero…
Continue Reading Business fills Final Four stadiums with fan cutouts
Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — The Final Four is this weekend for both the men and…
Continue Reading OSP: 1 killed, 2 injured in crash on highway
Click here for updates on this story WOODBURN, Oregon (KPTV) — One person was killed and two others were injured…
Continue Reading Baldwin Co. and its municipalities upset over $130 + million in late FEMA reimbursements
Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Baldwin County and its municipalities said…
Continue Reading Hungary records the deadliest day of the pandemic, despite its leading vaccine rollout
Hungary has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic so far, struggling to contain the latest surge of new coronavirus cases even as its vaccine…
Continue Reading Tug vessel ‘Presque Isle’ and crew to quarantine at Port Milwaukee due to COVID-19 outbreak
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — There is a coordinated effort underway to help a vessel in…
Continue Reading Coach Roy Williams has deep mountain roots, including the job that jumpstarted his career
Click here for updates on this story SWANNANOA, North Carolina (WLOS) — One of the greatest college basketball coaches…
Continue Reading WCU’s digital Black history collection preserves oral history of local African-Americans
Click here for updates on this story CULLOWHEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Recordings of local African-Americans made in…
Continue Reading Oxfam suspends two aid workers in DRC after sexual misconduct claims
The international poverty charity Oxfam has suspended two aid workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as part of an ongoing investigation…
Continue Reading ‘Two bullets is enough’
Dawit was watching television at a relative’s one-room apartment in Axum, a historic city in Ethiopia’s war-torn, northern Tigray region,…
Continue Reading Italy makes vaccines compulsory for health workers. But some are unconvinced
Italy’s government has passed a decree making vaccination mandatory for all healthcare and pharmacy workers with the aim of protecting medical…
Continue Reading Ethiopia dismisses evidence of war crimes verified by CNN investigation
Ethiopia’s government said Friday that “social media posts and claims cannot be taken as evidence” after a CNN investigation found…
Continue Reading Passenger train carrying 490 derails in Taiwan, killing at least 51 and injuring dozens
A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 51 and injuring dozens more, authorities…
Continue Reading Coronavirus pandemic: How experts say Canada can escape the third wave
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As COVID-19 case levels rise across Canada,…
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5 things to know for April 2: Covid-19, immigration, Capitol riot, Iran, Myanmar
The goal of the Covid-19 vaccination push is to achieve herd immunity so everyone can live safely. However, it’s possible to actually lose herd…
Continue Reading Passenger train carrying 490 derails in Taiwan, with at least 48 dead and dozens injured
A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 48 and injuring dozens more, authorities…
Continue Reading The family of a Philadelphia man is suing two police officers who fatally shot him last year
The family of Walter Wallace Jr. is suing two police officers who fatally shot him in West Philadelphia last year. Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man,…
Continue Reading Suspect in mass shooting at Orange, California, business complex knew the victims, police say
The suspect who police say killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, at an Orange, California, business complex Wednesday had professional and…
Continue Reading Ancient mummies to parade through streets of Cairo
Ancient mummies of Egypt’s royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search…
Continue Reading North Korea sees mass exodus of foreigners due to Covid-19, Russian Embassy says
Foreign diplomats and aid workers have fled North Korea en masse in recent months due to shortages of goods and “unprecedented”…
Continue Reading A North Dakota town is evacuated as governor declares a statewide emergency due to wildfires
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum declared a statewide emergency Thursday as wildfires led to the evacuation of one small town in the state. The…
Continue Reading ‘We hope to get our pilots alive,’ Nigerian air force says, as military plane disappears from radar
The Nigerian air force says it has yet to establish the whereabouts of a military plane that disappeared off the radar Wednesday evening near Borno…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi charged with violating state secrets as wireless internet shutdown begins
Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with violating the official secrets act, her lawyer said Thursday, as the…
Continue Reading A year after Breonna Taylor’s death, Kentucky lawmakers limit, but don’t ban, use of no-knock warrants
The Kentucky state legislature passed a bill on Tuesday setting restrictions on warrants authorizing entry without notice, more commonly known as…
Continue Reading Ohio woman arrested over an April Fools’ Day text about a possible active shooter
A 57-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after an apparent April Fools’ Day joke about a possible active shooter at the manufacturing plant…
Continue Reading An 8-year-old cancer survivor sold over 30,000 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies. She’s using proceeds to help ‘fellow childhood cancer warriors’
An 8-year-old cancer survivor in San Bernardino, California, is using some of the proceeds from her Girl Scout cookie sales to give back to others…
Continue Reading Philippines says illegal structures found on reefs near where Chinese boats gathered
The Philippines said Thursday it has discovered illegally built structures on features in the Union Banks, a series of reefs in the South China Sea…
Continue Reading At least 20 mass shootings have taken place in the two weeks since the metro Atlanta spa attacks left 8 dead
Two weeks have passed since the three Atlanta-area spa shootings claimed the lives of eight people, and in that time at least 20 other mass shootings…
Continue Reading US Olympic hopefuls will be allowed to protest racial and social injustice at trials
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has announced that it will not sanction athletes who kneel for the national anthem at the…
Continue Reading The first Korean American first lady in the US: We will not stand silent any more
Forty one years. That’s how long I have lived in the United States since emigrating from South Korea to pursue the American dream. Twenty…
Continue Reading Iran, China, Russia, and Europe will discuss possible US return to nuclear deal
A virtual meeting of Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will take place on Friday to discuss a possible US return to…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin defended restraining George Floyd in phone call with supervisor
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin spoke to his supervisor in a phone call shortly after kneeling on George Floyd for over 9 minutes…
Continue Reading Son who beat mom with meat cleaver pleads guilty
Click here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — According to a statement released by the Cobb County…
Continue Reading Two men arrested after police find assault rifle, drugs inside Waterbury home
Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — State police have arrested two people after…
Continue Reading A man returned from shopping and found 15,000 bees in his car
A man who went shopping in New Mexico came back to find his car was full of bees. Thousands and thousands of them. He called 911, as anyone would do…
Continue Reading Legendary UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams retires after 33 seasons
One of college basketball’s all-time coaching greats is calling it a career. Roy Williams, who led North Carolina to three national…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin told supervisor that George Floyd was ‘going crazy’ and witnesses were hostile
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin spoke to his supervisor in a phone call shortly after kneeling on George Floyd for over 9 minutes to…
Continue Reading Pristine interstellar comet came from a system containing giant planets
An interstellar comet that crossed into our solar system nearly two years ago is revealing more of its secrets. Researchers have determined that the…
Continue Reading Meet Rusty. He has spent half of his dog life in an animal shelter
A dog in Waco, Texas, has done a lot of living in his two short years on Earth. The latest twist? An adoption that lasted less than 24 hours. Rusty…
Continue Reading Paramedics who treated George Floyd say he appeared dead when they arrived
Two Hennepin County paramedics who treated George Floyd last May said Floyd was unresponsive, not breathing and had no pulse when they arrived on the…
Continue Reading Major League Baseball is back with a 162-game schedule and actual humans in the stands
After an abbreviated 2020 season that is now a blur, Major League Baseball returns Thursday with all 30 teams in action before actual human…
Continue Reading ‘Go somewhere else’: Yutan residents grow frustrated with solar farm developers
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Not in my backyard — that’s what Yutan residents told…
Continue Reading Border patrol video shows young children being dropped over 14-foot border fence into the US
Border Patrol agents rescued two young Ecuadorian sisters after alleged human smugglers dropped them over a 14-foot-tall border fence in the New…
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