Month: October 2019

Six years ago, Robbin Carroll stood on a street corner in Chicago’s turbulent West Englewood neighborhood. She handed out sandwiches and asked anyone who walked by, “Do you want to take back your community?” The resounding answer: “Absolutely, yes.” When she returned the next day, residents came out asking, “When are we starting?” More than

A number of schools in Las Cruces experienced a lockdown or shelter-in-place on Thursday afternoon due to a possible threat as well as lightning in the area. Hermosa Heights Elementary was on lockdown for about a half-hour while police investigated reports of what the school district called “a potential threat near the area.” That lockdown

In an encouraging trend, the number of murders and shootings in Chicago is down more than 10% this year, compared with the same time period in 2018, authorities report. But the statistics mean little to the families whose lives have been forever changed after losing a loved one to violence. Homicides spiked three years ago

Classmates of a teenager who died days after saving a mother and son from drowning have honored him in a huge way: by spelling out the word “HERO” on the school’s field for the world to see. Cristian Burgos, 17, rescued a 9-year-old boy who tried to swim out to his 25-year-old mother off Virginia

The Vatican is investigating the Diocese of Buffalo, whose bishop has been accused of mishandling sexual abuse allegations, the Holy See announced on Thursday. No reason was given in the short statement issued by the Vatican’s envoy to the United States. The announcement said the investigation would be conducted by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn

Do you know who might be pointing a blue laser at incoming airplanes near JFK? Tell them to cut it out — then call the FBI. The FBI’s New York Field Office issued an appeal for assistance on Thursday for help identifying the individual, or individuals, responsible for aiming a blue laser at airplanes coming

Thursday marks two months since the Walmart shooting that left 22 people dead and more than two dozen wounded in El Paso, and still no word from the El Paso Police Department about its emergency response and what happened. KVIA-TV is still waiting for law enforcement to fulfill a number of public records requests the

Honda is dusting off a name it used for its first SUV many years ago for an all-new crossover that promises go-anywhere capability with modern safety and convenience.

An all-new Ford Explorer will be hitting the roads this summer.

Employees at a Maine hospital created a “wall of shame” where they displayed confidential medical records of disabled patients in 2016, the state Human Rights Commission says. The records detailed sexual activity, private body parts and bodily functions of patients at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, according to the commission. St. Mary’s said

Police officers and firefighters around Fort Dodge, Iowa, loved the Rev. Al Henderson. Supporting those public safety workers became a second calling for Henderson, a Lutheran minister. For instance, when an officer had to knock on a door and tell a family a loved one had died in an auto accident, Henderson often accompanied them,

Three people died and three others were transported to a hospital in critical condition Thursday after a small plane crashed near Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan, authorities said. Clinton County Sheriff Lawrence Jerue said the pilot, co-pilot and four passengers were on board the single-engine plane, which appeared to be a leased aircraft

Democratic donor Ed Buck has been indicted by a federal grand jury on narcotics distribution offenses, including two counts of distributing methamphetamine resulting in death, according to prosecutors. The prominent 65-year-old donor was named this week in a five-count indictment that alleges Buck provided meth to Gemmel Moore, who overdosed on the drug and died