After a funeral home invited the public to a veteran’s service because he had no family, more than 1,000 people showed up to mourn him. The honor guard silently folded an American flag as members of the military, countless veterans and people from the Sarasota, Florida, area watched on Tuesday. “It just touched my heart.
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The man who received support from all over the world after losing his wife in the Walmart mass shooting was charged with DWI Tuesday morning. El Paso County jail records show Antonio Basco is being held under a $2,500 bond. Police said he was arrested at 12:44 a.m. on the 1100 block of Piedras in
Continue Reading Kade Lovell never dreamed he would win the St. Francis Franny Flyer 10K run — heck, the 9-year-old didn’t even know he was running it until he was about halfway through the race. The St. Cloud, Minnesota, fourth-grader was supposed to be running September 21 in the 5K (3.1-mile) race, but a volunteer told him
Continue Reading A Michigan high school marching band had no football team to play for, but not too far away, a football team needed a band. Luckily, they found each other and completed the perfect pair. The match was made last Friday night when the Glen Lake Lakers football team heard that their neighboring Forest Area Marching
Continue Reading Park officials at Antelope Island State Park in Syracuse, Utah, have had two reports of bison attacks this year, which happened in separate incidents several months apart. In an unlikely coincidence, both victims happened to be at the park together on September 27 when the second attack took place. Kyler Bourgeous, 30, had been hiking
Continue Reading We now know that a lot of people in South Carolina have the same strategy for the Pick 4 lottery game — and it just won them a lot of money. Nearly 1,400 people won the South Carolina Education Lottery’s Pick 4 midday drawing Saturday with the same set of numbers: 2-2-2-2. It was a
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The El Paso Police Department is working with the city’s Streets Department to reduce the number of deadly traffic crashes after about 250 deaths were reported in the last 4 years. According to a power point presentation given to city council this week, “Traffic Engineering and Police Special Traffic Investigation (STI) Unit share data on
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Another state has announced plans to work toward banning the sale of certain e-cigarette products. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday called for a statewide ban on the sale of flavored vaping products, including mint and menthol. The ban will not include tobacco-flavored products, according to the governor’s office. “Today I’m specifically asking the members
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The Ysleta Independent School District is hosting active-shooter training sessions in an effort to help the community be better prepared for emergency situations. The Civilian Response to Active Shooter Event (CRASE) trainings will be in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies. The sessions are free and open to the public. All sessions begin at 5:30
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If Real Madrid is to win a 14th European Cup title then Zinedine Zidane’s team is going about it the hard way. Humiliated by Paris Saint-Germain in its opening Group A game — the Parisians won 3-0 — Real had to come from two goals behind against Club Brugge, a team the La Liga club
Continue Reading Athletics has been crying out for the next Usain Bolt and Noah Lyles, the sprinter with the silver hair, proved he might just be the heir apparent to the fastest man of all time. On Tuesday, Lyles delivered on his pre-IAAF World Athletic Championships promise to win 200-meter gold — and then some in Doha,
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Zamyra Lugo-Principe was 18 years old when she began experiencing a terrible stomachache. Doctors thought it was a virus. She thought it was something more. “I had so much energy and it was just gone,” Zamyra said. When she stopped eating and her stomach bloated, her mother took her to get bloodwork done. Shortly after
Continue Reading A convicted murderer serving a life sentence without parole has been caught after his second escape from an Arkansas prison. Calvin Adams, 49, escaped from the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys, about 46 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee, according to a tweet from the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The escapee was found Tuesday morning
Continue Reading When the city of Ames, Iowa, installed rainbow-colored crosswalks at a downtown intersection, it wanted to signal that it was welcoming and inclusive to people of all gender identities, sexualities and races. So when the federal government threw the city a roadblock, they decided to ignore it. In a letter dated September 5, the Federal
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Who is accountable for your safety as you drive through construction zones along I-10? The question is prompted after ABC-7 learned that no criminal charges and no citations are pending against local company JAR Construction after a piece of its heavy machinery sheared through the 18-wheeler containing Patrick Van Fossen, 24, and Keserie Paredes, 22,
Continue Reading The rain pounded the streets and neighborhoods of Houston for more than four days following the landfall of Category 4 Hurricane Harvey in late August 2017. The downpour caused historic flooding and triggered thousands of rescues. The situation became so dire and resources were so strapped, that the most unlikely law enforcement members were called
Continue Reading The first week is over in the trial of an off-duty officer charged with killing a man in his own apartment in Dallas, and more details have emerged in the case that made headlines and sparked outrage nationwide. Amber Guyger is accused of entering the apartment of 26-year-old Botham Jean last year and fatally shooting
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter, the son of a peanut farmer who served as America’s 39th president, turns 95 today. He is the oldest living former US president, a title once held by the late George H. W. Bush, who died in late 2018 at 94. People may leave President Carter a birthday wish from anywhere in the
Continue Reading As of October 1, some Florida teachers can carry firearms on campus. The measure is part of a controversial bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in May. The legislation was based on recommendations made in response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018. The bill authorizes school districts to
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A Dallas resident who fatally shot a backyard intruder and then went back to bed has been charged with murder, according to police. The homeowner, James Michael Meyer, said he didn’t know whether he struck the person, so he went back to bed and didn’t call police, according to an arrest warrant released by the
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A white former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own was found guilty of murder on Tuesday. A jury reached the verdict in Amber Guyger’s high-profile trial for the killing of Botham Jean after six days of witness testimony but just a handful
Continue Reading Exactly two years ago, the country’s spate of deadly mass shootings took an unimaginable turn. A gunman fired 1,057 rounds into a crowd of outdoor concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 58 people. It became the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. An Illinois man drove across the country to deliver his 58
Continue Reading In the two years since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the federal government and states have tightened some gun regulations. But advocates say they’re frustrated that more hasn’t been done since 58 people died at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, and that mass shootings keep happening nationwide. “People are genuinely
Continue Reading The time has come to wrap yourself in the warm, gooey embrace of cheese, settle into a heavenly array of toppings, and chomp down on some comforting crust. That’s right. October is National Pizza Month. Now, that’s not to be confused with National Pizza Day (February 9), National Cheese Pizza Day (September 5), National Pepperoni
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Federal authorities in Arizona say a 6-year-old boy is dead after his father forced him to swallow hot water from a bathtub faucet as part of an attempted exorcism. Court documents say Pablo Martinez faces a first-degree murder charge. A criminal complaint says authorities went to a home Sept. 26 on the Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s
Continue Reading A drive home from the happiest place on Earth turned into a nightmare for one family. Jaime Sagona was driving her brother, her mother and her infant back home to Miami early Sunday afternoon from Disney World in Orlando. Tired from the drive, she pulled over at a gas station in Palm City, Florida, for
Continue Reading Florida’s ban on sanctuary cities just went into effect. What will that mean in a state that demographers estimate is home to nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants? That depends on who you ask. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who made passing the ban a campaign promise, argues it will make communities safer by requiring police to help
Continue Reading If Japan was to lift the Rugby World Cup on November 2 it would constitute one of the greatest shocks in sporting history. The home nation is in the second tier of rugby playing nations, but landed a remarkable 19-12 win over world No.1 Ireland Saturday to add to an historic victory over mighty South
Continue Reading A 48-year-old man suffered severe burns after falling into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming late Sunday night, the National Park Service announced. Cade Edmond Siemers told park rangers that he took a walk off the boardwalk without a flashlight and tripped into the thermal water near the cone of Old Faithful
Continue Reading At the end of “Take the Ball, Pass the Ball,” the documentary about Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Barcelona team of 2008-2012, the coach remarks that he is often asked whether his was the greatest team of all time. He says that, much like a new book or a new film, it is too early to tell;
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