Milwaukee activists and community members calling for peace
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — On Saturday, May 1, The People’s Revolution, local activists…
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Two people were killed and another was wounded at a Wisconsin casino shooting
Two people were killed and another was seriously wounded Saturday night at a shooting at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wisconsin, according to…
Continue Reading Black physicist rethinks the ‘dark’ in dark matter
When many kids were running around playing tag or video games, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein was thinking about particle physics. After her mother took…
Continue Reading 9 people were shot in 2 New Orleans shootings overnight. At least 1 person has died
Two shootings in New Orleans overnight left one dead and eight others injured, police said Sunday. The first shooting happened in the city’s…
Continue Reading 4 arrested at a Black Lives Matter march in Louisville following the Kentucky Derby
Four people were arrested at a Black Lives Matter march in Louisville, Kentucky, according to police, shortly after the Kentucky Derby was held at…
Continue Reading Man charged with hate crimes in connection with attacks on synagogues in the Bronx, police say
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of attacks on synagogues and Jewish centers in the Bronx, the New York Police…
Continue Reading 9 students make history by tying for valedictorian in Houston-area high school
Despite the strain that online learning has placed on students across the country, some have excelled — and made history in the process. Nine…
Continue Reading This year’s Oscars could have been a moment of pride for China. Then politics got in the way
The Academy Awards this year could have been a major moment of pride for China. Chloe Zhao, a Beijing-born filmmaker, made history Sunday by winning…
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Here is a look at the kidnapping of three women in Cleveland and the case against now-deceased kidnapper Ariel Castro. Facts Former school bus driver…
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Here’s a look at the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. On November 4, 2011, a grand jury report was released containing testimony that former…
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Here is a look at the life of Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook. Personal: Birth date: May 14, 1984 Birth place: Dobbs Ferry, New York…
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Here is a look at Russian opposition leader, Kremlin critic and activist Alexey Navalny. Personal Birth date: June 4, 1976 Birth place: Butyn, Soviet…
Continue Reading North Korea warns of ‘crisis beyond control’ in heated statements aimed at US and South Korea
North Korea warned the United States it will face a “crisis beyond control in the near future” and accused South Korea of carrying out an…
Continue Reading A change in California’s corrections system could mean earlier release or parole hearings for some inmates
Changes to the California correctional system’s Good Conduct Credit (GCC) program took effect Saturday, increasing the rate at which…
Continue Reading As families bury their dead, recriminations begin over deadly crush at a religious festival in Israel
As the Shabbat drew to a close in Israel, funerals for the victims of Friday’s crush at Mount Meron have resumed — and so have the…
Continue Reading 11 people were injured in a restaurant deck collapse in Tennessee
Eleven people were taken to the hospital after a restaurant deck collapsed on Saturday afternoon, the Hamilton County, Tennessee, Office of Emergency…
Continue Reading The scene of an active shooter situation at a Wisconsin casino has been secured, authorities say
Law enforcement agencies responded to an active shooter situation late Saturday at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wisconsin. The scene was later…
Continue Reading Law enforcement are responding to an active shooter situation at a casino in Wisconsin
Law enforcement agencies are responding to an active shooter situation at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wisconsin, a tweet from the casino said…
Continue Reading Former New York Jets player dies in a fishing accident
A former player for the New York Jets died in an accident during a fishing tournament in Texas on Thursday, according to tournament officials and the…
Continue Reading Medina Spirit wins the 147th Kentucky Derby
Medina Spirit won the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The 3-year-old brown colt was trained by the legendary Bob…
Continue Reading Medina Spirit crosses the finish line first at the Kentucky Derby
Medina Spirit crossed the finish line first during the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby. This is a developing story. Check back for…
Continue Reading A rare and protected Osprey nest was chopped down in Wales, police say
Police in Wales want to know who cut down an osprey nesting platform on Friday, sending the rare and protected birds’ nest and their…
Continue Reading Andrew Brown Jr. shooting exposes disconnect between majority rural White county and its mostly Black city
For more than a week, protesters have marched in the streets of a small, quaint, North Carolina city that has been rocked by the police killing of…
Continue Reading A woman was found dead after an apparent bear attack in Colorado
A 39-year-old woman was found dead Friday night after an apparent bear attack in southern Colorado, according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife news…
Continue Reading What you need to know before the J&J vaccines are distributed in Canada
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canada welcomed the newest vaccine to its supply…
Continue Reading Guidance for what Canadians can, and can’t do after vaccines coming ‘shortly’: Hajdu
Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ont. (CTV Network) — OTTAWA — Canadians will “shortly” receive…
Continue Reading US adds Yangtze sturgeon fish to endangered species list
The United States has placed a new fish on its foreign endangered species list. The US Fish and Wildlife Service determined the Yangtze sturgeon…
Continue Reading Former teacher accused of sending sexually charged texts to former student
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — William Gardner is charged with transmitting obscene…
Continue Reading Veteran donating fishing charter in online auction; every bid helps injured service members across country
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It’s been 10 years since Marine Corps veteran Johnny…
Continue Reading More than 2 dozen SUVs at a car dealership hit by catalytic converter thieves
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The hunt is on for thieves who hit a local car dealership…
Continue Reading Post office halts delivery to neighborhood, blaming dogs chasing after mail truck
Click here for updates on this story THEODORE, Alabama (WALA) — A Mobile County post office has halted its delivery…
Continue Reading Special education teacher shortage worries educators
Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — A shortage of special education teachers in Michigan is growing…
Continue Reading State trooper charged after unborn child died in crash
Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — A state trooper accused of causing a crash that killed an unborn…
Continue Reading NASCAR race car makes pit stop at park for a cause
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A NASCAR race car made a pit stop in Hartford on…
Continue Reading Baby great horned owlet blown from nest
Click here for updates on this story WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — An owlet was blown from its nest in West…
Continue Reading Father of 2 dies following shooting outside barbershop, suspect sought
Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WGCL) — Family and friends are morning the death of a man they…
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Booms in Idaho, Utah buck the curve of slowing US growth
Two Western states known for rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth, which dipped to the…
Continue Reading Family, friends rally in honor of Riley Howell, push for gun violence prevention
Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Friday, April 30, marks two years since…
Continue Reading Ice Age fossil find turns Las Vegas couple’s new pool into a dig site
Workers building a new swimming pool for a Las Vegas couple got a bit of a shock when they dug up a set of bones that are believed to date back to…
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One dead, two injured in crash north of Shelley
Idaho State Police responded at approximately 6:55 p.m. to a two-vehicle fatality crash at the intersection of E 1500 North and N 800 East, just…
Continue Reading Red Cross to honor 2 women who help mountain veterans, loved ones in hospice care
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Charles George VA Medical Center serves…
Continue Reading Bill to raise minimum age requirement for marriage halted, despite bipartisan support
Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WLOS) — A bill to raise the minimum age to get married…
Continue Reading Police: Wanted suspect arrested with illegally modified gun
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Police say a wanted suspect has been arrested with an…
Continue Reading Lance Bass wants you to dance like ‘It’s Gonna Be May’
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Continue Reading Two juveniles shot and killed outside their home
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Officers are investigating an overnight double…
Continue Reading 1 dead, 11 shot within 6-hour span across St. Louis
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A string of shootings across St. Louis left one person dead and…
Continue Reading Bus driver rescues toddler sitting alone in field
Click here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A MetroBus driver is being honored for his heroic actions…
Continue Reading 15-month-old girl hit by vehicle, left with life-threatening injuries
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Police say a 15-month-old girl is in the hospital with…
Continue Reading Surveillance video shows man shoot at home
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Police are looking for a person caught in surveillance…
Continue Reading Climbers rescued after becoming stuck on a cliff
Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Search…
Continue Reading Apollo 11 legend dies and 5 other top space and science stories this week
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Continue Reading Andrew Brown Jr. shooting exposes disconnect between majority rural Black city and the county
For more than a week, protesters have marched in the streets of a small, quaint, North Carolina city that has been rocked by the police killing of…
Continue Reading Knoxville, Tennessee, is reeling after another Black high school student is killed — this time by police
The Rev. Calvin Skinner has given hundreds of sermons, but he says this past Sunday’s felt more urgent than ever. “The city of Knoxville…
Continue Reading Three Loveland police officers involved in violent arrest of elderly woman with dementia resign
Three Colorado officers who laughed at body camera footage of the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia are “no longer…
Continue Reading He was adopted months after he was born. After decades of searching, he’s finally met his birth family
The door was open and a “frail little voice” called out for the brothers to come inside. Sitting in a medical lifting chair was their…
Continue Reading The Siege of Sarajevo lasted for years — now the city’s battle with Covid-19 is dragging on with no end in sight
In the hills above Sarajevo, thousands of uniform white headstones line the slopes, marking the graves of just some of the victims of the Bosnian…
Continue Reading The Kentucky Derby returns to its regular race day, but fewer fans will attend because of Covid-19
One of America’s most famous sporting events takes place Saturday in front of a reduced crowd, a sign that the country is returning to normal…
Continue Reading Nigerian teen gets 19 scholarship offers worth more than $5 million from the US and Canada
One Nigerian teenager must feel like she has the world at her feet after receiving 19 full-ride scholarship offers from universities across the…
Continue Reading Tang! The space-age drink that’s still a worldwide staple
When you think of Tang — if you think of Tang at all — you probably think of its association with the United States space program in the…
Continue Reading One officer dead and another injured in Arizona after being struck by suspect in stolen vehicle
An Arizona police officer was fatally struck and another critically injured by a “violent felon in a stolen vehicle following a multi-agency…
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Idaho Art Lab starts campaign for ‘Forever Home’
The Idaho Art Lab announced Thursday that it was kickstarting a campaign to stay in its current…
Continue Reading Prosecution and defense teams in Derek Chauvin’s sentencing argue whether aggravating factors apply
Prosecutors for the state of Minnesota and an attorney for Derek Chauvin argued in separate filings Friday whether additional factors should affect…
Continue Reading Family is awarded $1.8 million after their son died while in police custody
A California family was awarded nearly $1.8 million after an Anaheim jury ruled that police officers were primarily responsible for the death of a…
Continue Reading North Carolina governor grants pardon to man who spent 22 years in prison for killings he didn’t commit
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned a man who was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree arson in 1995, a news…
Continue Reading Former Georgia deputy called beating Black man in custody ‘sweet stress relief,’ FBI says
A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy who pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge also previously discussed assaulting a Black person and…
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Idaho facing potential government shutdown starting in June
A legal analysis has determined legislation intended to change the effective date of some 200 pieces of previously passed legislation should be…
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Distracted, aggressive driving patrols
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office took part in an Aggressive Driving Mobilization throughout April, as part of a collaboration with the Idaho…
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Idaho Gives raises $1 million in second day of campaign
During its second day of a week-long campaign, Idaho Gives has raised $1 million for nearly 600 of the registered organizations.…
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Bingham Healthcare to sponsor the Idaho Falls Auditorium District
Bingham Healthcare will be donating $400,000 to the Idaho Falls Auditorium District as the event center’s newest community sponsor.…
Continue Reading Feds launch human smuggling investigation after police find more than 90 people in Houston home
Houston police officers following up on a kidnapping report found more than 90 people jammed in a two-story home in what authorities said turned out…
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First lady Jill Biden to visit Salt Lake City next week
First lady Jill Biden is planning to visit Salt Lake City next week as part of a tour of several Western states.…
Continue Reading Crush at religious festival in Israel’s Mount Meron kills 45 people
Hundreds of buses stretched over miles of winding road were ferrying thousands of worshipers off Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday after 45…
Continue Reading Father, son keep tradition alive at NAIA volleyball tournament
Click here for updates on this story SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Sioux City Journal) — Don’t let anyone tell you that these…
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Why a gun store manager says people like him can be a missing link to stop suicide
Joe Liuni felt a little strange in a room full of mental health professionals in New York state. As a gun owner, general manager of a gun store and…
Continue Reading The great power race between the US and China is on. And Beijing is confident of winning
When US President Joe Biden urged Americans to “win the 21st century” in his joint address to Congress, he painted a picture of a new…
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Local teen raises money for kids battling cancer
A Snake River Junior High student collected $700 to help families with kids battling childhood…
Continue Reading Woman worried how bone scan for possible lead will affect her
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — First, it was lead, now Flint residents may be facing new…
Continue Reading Kidney donor cycles cross-country to meet recipient stops in St. Louis
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — One man’s cross-country bike ride brings him to St. Louis…
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177 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
Idaho officials reported 177 new COVID-19 cases and one new death…
Continue Reading Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar banned from MLB after sexual misconduct investigation
Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar has been banned from Major League Baseball following an independent investigation into an allegation of sexual…
Continue Reading Biden stopped building Trump’s wall. Here’s what it looks like now
Once there was a bustling construction zone here. Now it’s like a ghost town, frozen in time. Heavy machinery is parked and motionless. Stacks…
Continue Reading Students walk out of class to ‘end the cycle’ of racism
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A group of St. Paul high school students walked out of class…
Continue Reading Three Colorado police officers involved in violent arrest of 73-year-old woman step down
Three Colorado officers who laughed at body camera footage of the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia are “no longer…
Continue Reading Ma’Khia Bryant’s funeral was filled with calls to protect Black girls
Ma’Khia Bryant loved styling her curly hair in front of her camera phone and posting about it on TikTok. “This was a child that had so…
Continue Reading Practice of ‘ghost voting’ alive and well
Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN, Texas (KTVT) — It sounds like science fiction but “ghost voting” is a…
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 27 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 27 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading 3 plumbers rescue man who fell into creek
Click here for updates on this story BETHEL PARK, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Three plumbers rescued a man after he fell into…
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Phone scammers take advantage of Wyoming information breach
Telephone scammers are trying to take advantage of an accidental Wyoming Department of Health data release affecting over a quarter of the state’s…
Continue Reading After fourth successful flight, Mars helicopter gets a new mission
After four successful flights on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter is graduating to a new phase of its mission and will fly for at least another month…
Continue Reading Retiree finds creative way to keep the love going
Click here for updates on this story GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — When the virus locked people out of nursing…
Continue Reading Jersey shore rental properties booking fast as Coronavirus restrictions eased
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The Jersey shore is the place to be this summer. With…
Continue Reading Police hope break in 1957 unsolved murder leads to the boy in the box’s identity
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — All across our region there are thousands of unsolved…
Continue Reading CPD officers credited for saving the life of 13-year-old shot on
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — There’s new video of the moment two Chicago police officers…
Continue Reading Police: Family dispute sparked shooting that hurt innocent bystanders dining outside restaurant
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A shooting at an iconic Brooklyn steakhouse left two innocent…
Continue Reading Measures underway to save California salmon population from drought conditions
Click here for updates on this story GOLD RIVER, California (KOVR) — California’s water woes and slow-running rivers…
Continue Reading Effort to establish militia for community protection faces backlash
Click here for updates on this story CALAVERAS COUNTY, California (KOVR) — There is controversy brewing as several…
Continue Reading Lawmakers push for minimum standard curriculum on Holocaust education amid surge of hate crimes
Click here for updates on this story GLEN COVE, New York (WCBS) — With hate crimes surging in New York, critics say the…
Continue Reading Parent of transgender athlete speaks out against legislation banning participation in girls’ sports
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Youth sports is a big focus in many children’s lives, but some…
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