Month: December 2019

A Colorado Springs bank robbery got a Christmas spin. Around noon on Monday, police said that an older man threatened a bank with the use of a weapon. But he took a page from another man with a white beard, according to a witness. “He robbed the bank, came out, threw the money all over

A hero of this galaxy is now also a hero of one far, far away. The makers of Star Wars have created a character in honor of Riley Howell, according to CNN affiliate WLOS. Howell was a 21-year-old ROTC cadet and student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He died in April while

A 9-year-old boy hit a car thief over the head with an iPad and his 16-year-old sister choked the thief and called 911 until he bailed out of the stolen SUV, police told CNN affiliate WGN. The incident started outside a Domino’s in the Chicago neighborhood of West Rogers Park on Sunday, police said. The

A grandfather in Oregon just bought a small school bus so he can take his 10 grandchildren to school. Last Friday, Doug Hayes revealed the little yellow bus to his grandchildren just in time for Christmas. It has the words “Grandfather Express” plastered across the side. Hayes staged the surprise at home in Gladstone, Oregon,

The first time Vivian Walker met a Santa the same color as she is, she was 41. “My first time, in the flesh,” Walker said. “I’d seen him in pictures, but I’d never in the flesh seen a black Santa.” Walker grew up seeing a photo of a black Santa at her little brother’s day

Police in St. Louis want to return hundreds of items — including tools, stained glass panels and generators — taken in burglaries targeting residential rehabbers. Detectives have recovered more than 800 items, and while many have been returned, most of the pilfered goods sit in a warehouse awaiting reunification. Two people were taken into custody,