Month: September 2019

With his NFL career apparently over, receiver Antonio Brown has enrolled in online classes at Central Michigan University to finish his college degree. Brown posted a photo on his Instagram Story of a piece of paper with several classes for the fall semester at CMU, along with the text “Back to school.” The image shows

The New York Police Department is investigating thefts of jewelry valued at over $350,000 from Manhattan’s Trump Tower. In one case, the victim told police she had been away from the 5th Avenue skyscraper from June 21 to September 9. Upon returning, she discovered she had $236,000 of jewelry “removed or stolen; it was no

A Chicago man who worked as a restaurant delivery man has been charged with allegedly shooting an unsuspecting woman and a police officer in separate incidents over the past week. Michael Blackman, 45, shot a woman in the back as she left for lunch last Wednesday, Chicago police said on Monday. Using surveillance video and

Seven months after an off-duty Dallas police officer shot Allison Jean’s son, Botham, dead in his apartment, her attorney called with a warning: the 911 call capturing Botham’s last moments was going to be played on the evening news. Jean was on a business trip in Washington, DC, alone in her hotel room. She didn’t

Climate change activists shut down traffic in the nation’s capital Monday, blocking key intersections across Washington, DC, to bring attention to their cause. The #ShutdownDC action was part of the global climate strikes young activists have been leading since Friday, to spur government action on the climate crisis. Meanwhile, in New York, the UN was

Tropical Storm Karen formed early Sunday, and a tropical storm warning has been issued for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Grenada and its territories, the National Hurricane Center said. Karen is about 105 miles northwest of Grenada, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, the center said in its latest advisory. A tropical

It’s never too late to learn a language. And what better day to take up a new tongue than the International Day of Sign Languages? The holiday celebrates the 300-plus different sign languages used by more than 70 million deaf people across the world. There are hundreds of thousands of phrases in all of the

A school bus driver in Longview, Washington, faces charges of driving under the influence and reckless endangerment after a child who had just gotten off the bus called 911, claiming the driver was intoxicated, police said. Catherine Maccarone, 48, is on administrative leave while Longview Public Schools carries out its internal investigation of the September

Celebrity chef Carl Ruiz, the owner of La Cubana restaurant who made frequent appearances on The Food Network, has died, the New York restaurant said. He was 44. “On behalf of the La Cubana family, with heavy hearts, we are deeply saddened to share the passing of our beloved Executive Chef Carl Ruiz,” La Cubana

A college football fan who held up a sign on national TV asking for beer money has raised more than $1 million — and he’s giving it to a children’s hospital. Carson King’s sign said “Busch Light Supply Needs Replenished,” and included his Venmo username. He displayed it on September 14, during ESPN’s “College GameDay,”

When Satchel Smith’s father dropped him off for his shift at Homewood Suites in Beaumont, Texas, he expected the day to be like any other: He’d start at 3 p.m. and leave around 11 p.m. that night. That was until Tropical Storm-turned-Depression Imelda unleashed torrential flooding that trapped him and 90 other guests inside the

James South is about to hit a big milestone in his life and he’s hoping others can help him celebrate by mailing him a birthday card. South turns 100 on October 7 and his birthday wish is to receive 100 cards. It’s a wish his assisted living home is trying to make come true. Brookdale