Click here for updates on this story LAKELAND, FL (WFTS) — A lawsuit was filed Monday by the mother of a 10-year-old Lakeland boy who suffered serious injuries when he fell from a zip line at the Urban Air Adventure Park in September. According to the lawsuit, on Sept. 1 the boy fell more than
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOPE, IN (WRTV) — There are countless reasons to adopt. One of those is the life you will impact. There are still thousands of kids waiting in foster care for the right. November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and one mother from Hope, Indiana wants to share why
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Newly public cell phone records for President Donald Trump further corroborate allegations of sexual assault against him by former “Apprentice” star Summer Zervos, according to a memo filed by Zervos’ attorney. Amid a court battle over Trump’s confidentiality rights, Trump and the Trump Organization released phone records for a three-month period in 2007 and 2008
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AVONDALE, AZ (KNXV) — DPS arrested a DUI suspect after reportedly finding 24 open containers of alcohol in his car. The Department of Public Safety reports that on late Monday night, a Jeep Wrangler was pulled over near 107th Avenue and McDowell Road. DPS says the driver, Joshua
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARYVILLE, TN (WTVF) — A woman was attacked by a “humanized” whitetail deer outside a business in Maryville, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said. On Monday afternoon, the woman was getting the mail when a deer came from behind and slammed her to the ground. TWRA said the deer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story California (KSBY) — According to a study conducted by UC Berkeley, more than half of California voters have considered leaving the state. That feeling, however, is more likely among Republicans. The study was conducted for the L.A. Times and found that California Republicans are three times more likely
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, TN (WTVF) — A grand jury has returned three indictments against Kelsey Ketron, the daughter of Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron. She now faces more than 70 counts, including fraud, perjury and money laundering. Murfreesboro police say Ketron was arrested at 7 p.m. Monday at her home
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND, OH (WEWS) — Doctors and nurses have a difficult job — honestly, anyone working inside a hospital does. Studies show nearly half of medical professionals experience some symptoms of “burnout” — which can impact not only their lives, but patient care. To address this, University Hospitals is
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Iran will take another step away from its landmark nuclear accord with world powers, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, announcing that the country would begin injecting uranium gas into 1,044 centrifuges that had been spinning empty at its Fordow plant. Injecting the gas is part of the process to enrich uranium, which could ultimately
Continue Reading Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized to a former Democratic New York state assemblyman who sued her for blocking him on Twitter. Her apology is part of a settlement regarding a lawsuit filed in July by Dov Hikind. He said Ocasio-Cortez blocked him on Twitter after he criticized her June comments comparing migrant detention camps at
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The Dow and Nasdaq hit new records for a second straight day on Tuesday, as hopes over a pause for the trade war boosted investor sentiment. Since the United States and China agreed to a “phase one” trade deal in October, the progress seemed to have stalled as it remains unclear when and where the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WGN) — A family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago following a raid that went wrong. The raid happened at an apartment in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood on Jan. 29, 2015. Jolanda Blassingame was cooking dinner for her three sons while
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Drug store giant Walgreens Boots Alliance is one of the worst stocks in the Dow this year. But shares shot up Tuesday after Reuters reported that the company is considering taking itself private. Shares of Walgreens popped 3.5% in heavy trading on the report. Rivals CVS and Rite Aid briefly moved off their lows of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WGN) — Sunday was quite a busy day for Chicago Police SWAT Sgt. Mike Nowacki. The 19-year CPD veteran and SWAT medic ran the Allstate Hot Chocolate 15K in 50 pounds of gear with the “crazy idea” to propose to his girlfriend, Officer Erin Gubala, when
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND, OH (WEWS) — Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic have performed the world’s first kidney transplant using a single-port robot, according to a release from the Cleveland Clinic. The single-port kidney transplant enables all surgical instruments and the donor kidney to be placed through one small abdominal incision.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROCKY RIVER, OH (WEWS) — Two bus drivers took matters into their own hands when they boxed in a vehicle that passed a stopped school bus, which nearly hit a child and a crossing guard, according to Rocky River police. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Oct. 30, a
Continue Reading On Monday, President Donald Trump lost round two in his bid to keep his tax returns away from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which is currently investigating Trump and others in connection with the hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in 2016. A federal appeals court in New York agreed unanimously
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDGEWOOD, MD (WMAR) — With the re-release of their popular chicken sandwich, Popeyes has been a busy place. Especially their Edgewood location, so says the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. Since Sunday’s chicken sandwich debut, deputies have had to respond there three times. The first incident happened that same
Continue Reading It’s a horrific story: Nine people, including two infants, four small children and three women, were ambushed and killed in Mexico on Monday, some shot, some burned in their cars. All of them are dual US-Mexican citizens, and all members of a fundamentalist Mormon sect. Seven children who survived are now in the United States
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Steak, scallops and the future of American democracy were among the items on the menu at one of Mark Zuckerberg’s homes on Monday night as the Facebook CEO hosted a dinner for American civil rights leaders. Flanked by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook exec Nick Clegg, Zuckerberg met face-to-face at his Bay Area home
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A German mayor has hit back at the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after “openly racist” comments were made toward a teenager chosen to open his city’s Christmas market. A selection committee in Nuremberg last week picked Benigna Munsi, 17, as the traditional “Christkind” (Christ Child). The Christkind — an angelic figure, traditionally
Continue Reading Chesapeake Energy helped pioneer America’s shale natural gas revolution. Now, the company is warning that it may not survive the era of cheap gas it helped to usher in. The Oklahoma-based energy company said Tuesday in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that if “depressed prices persist,” there is “substantial doubt” about its
Continue Reading There are plenty of people arguing that President Donald Trump is breaking the law by encouraging news organizations to out the whistleblower whose complaint about Trump’s pressure on Ukraine triggered the impeachment investigation. Here’s the problem with that view: The President is the law when it comes to protecting national security whistleblowers. And now it’s
Continue Reading Customs agents seized $31 million worth of cocaine last week in Savannah, Georgia — the largest cocaine seizure ever at the Port of Savannah. Officers found the cocaine, weighing 2,133 pounds, on a vessel from South America on October 29, US Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday. The discovery came when they noticed something odd
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Keanu Reeves has sparked rumors that he is in a relationship, after walking hand-in-hand down the red carpet with artist and philanthropist Alexandra Grant at an event in Los Angeles. “The Matrix” star, 55, has reportedly been friends with Grant, 46, since they met roughly a decade ago. The pair, who were seen holding hands
Continue Reading The House committees behind the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine released on Tuesday the transcript of a closed-door deposition last month with former US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker. Read that transcript below:
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Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen star in “The Good Liar,” a film about a career con man named Roy, played by McKellen, who sets his sights on the recently widowed Betty, played by Mirren, in order to swindle her out of millions. For McKellan, signing on was a no brainer. He’d worked with director Bill
Continue Reading An Ohio woman found dead in her home was likely killed by her own dogs, police say. Mary Matthews, 49, was found in her Clearcreek Township, Ohio, home, about 40 miles northeast of Cincinnati on Friday, according to a report filed by Clearcreek Township Police. The police determined that Matthews was attacked by her own
Continue Reading Lord, I love baseball. I love every cliché — how time begins on Opening Day; how the game is designed to break your heart; how it teaches failure over and over again; how the best players in the world fail to get a hit two out of three times. And then, in those rare moments
Continue Reading(CNN) — US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland amended his previous closed-door testimony with House impeachment investigators to say that he told a top Ukrainian political aide that the release of US security aid was conditioned on Ukraine publicly announcing an investigation that would help President Donald Trump politically. Sondland’s attorney sent the
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