Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, IL (WQAD ) — Amanda Carter is taking action, and started a Facebook fundraiser called “Fill Our Schools with Diverse Books” to get more multicultural books in school libraries across the Quad Cities. The mother of three boys says the idea started at home. “In our house,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JONESBORO, GA (Albany Herald) — A video of a Clayton County police officer holding what appears to be five teenagers at gunpoint Monday afternoon is drawing the ire of the community. The Clayton County Police Department stated on its Facebook page Tuesday morning that they are aware of
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Ford is bringing back one of the company’s performance car icons, the Mustang Mach 1. The new limited edition Mach 1 will be powered by a version of the Mustang GT’s 5.0-liter V8 engine and will produce an expected 480 horsepower. As with the original 250 horsepower Mach 1, introduced in 1969, this new car
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Alex Kompothecras has been axed from the MTV reality series “Siesta Key” in the wake of recirculated alleged racist posts and comments. “We’ve made the decision to cut ties with Alex and are editing the current season to minimize his presence,” an MTV spokesperson said in a statement provided to CNN Wednesday. “He will not
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — Nearly three dozen contract workers renovating the Superdome have tested positive for the coronavirus. The 32 workers are part of the latest renovation work at the dome. A statement from the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District says those workers have been removed and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GATLINBURG, TN (WSMV) — A cracked glass panel on the Gatlinburg Skybridge is expected to be repaired today after a guest attempted a “baseball slide” across the surface. Park officials said a single panel was cracked Monday after a guest tried sliding across the bridge and a piece
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Greensboro, NC (WGHP) — The search continues for a Greensboro man who went missing on Lake Norman this past Sunday. North Carolina wildlife officials say Aaron Jones was on a boat with friends. He got into the water without a life jacket and never resurfaced. Jones’ girlfriend has
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Sir Isaac Newton, the polymath who discovered gravity in his early twenties and is credited with groundbreaking advances in calculus, physics and optics, took notes on a possible cure for the plague that no doctor today could recommend. In a previously unpublished two-page manuscript dating to 1667, Newton wrote that to cure the plague, “the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHOW LOW, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — Nancy Faulkner uses Facebook to keep up with family. “I am often on with my daughter because she posts pictures of the grandkids and what they’re doing,” Nancy told 3 On Your Side. But recently, a scammer used the social media giant to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — A man is dead after police shot him during a domestic violence situation in central Phoenix on Tuesday night. It happened at an apartment complex on Indian School Road near 22nd Avenue. According to police, multiple neighbors heard a fight in an upstairs apartment
Continue Reading New fossil egg discoveries show early dinosaurs and marine reptiles laid soft-shell eggs like those of turtles, snakes and lizards and not the hard shells of bird eggs today, according to a new study. Over time, dinosaurs likely evolved to lay hard-shelled eggs, according to the study which published Wednesday in the journal Nature. But
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Patriot fans, you may want to look away. Tom Brady, the former beloved quarterback of the New England team, has officially traded in the Patriots blue and white for his new colors of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On Tuesday, the Buccaneers unveiled the first photos of Brady in his new uniform. And because one photo
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In the search to find a vaccine to put an end to the coronavirus pandemic, some scientists worry that President Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” is missing out on tried and true vaccine technologies that have over and over again resulted in proven winners. The Trump administration is not funding vaccine approaches that have been used
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A man was arrested early Wednesday morning in Portland after police say he hit three people with his car and fled the scene before he was apprehended. The incident happened during a demonstration downtown. Protests have been ongoing in the city. Tuesday marked the
Continue Reading A recent high school grad, running errands with her grandmother, was shot to death in Akron, Ohio, when her car was stopped at a red light. Now, Crime Stoppers of Summit County, Ohio, is offering a $50,000 reward for information on the case. Na’kia Crawford, 18, was killed Sunday. And while calls have poured into
Continue Reading If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most nutritious foods, but bee species have been significantly declining in recent decades. That could be due to pesticides, parasites, competition with
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Americans alive today have never lived in a country without police. But, sparked by the death of yet another black man at the hands of police, there’s a growing movement to create a police-free America — or at least one that dramatically scales back the role of police. The movement supports shifting the responsibility to
Continue Reading To many, these are not matters for debate. If historical figures embraced hate or violence, it doesn’t matter that they were great singers, innovators or wartime strategists, nor that they had changes of heart later in life. “In many cases, preserving history was not the true goal of these displays,” former Southern Poverty Law Center
Continue Reading There’s a growing group of dissenters who believe Americans can survive without law enforcement as we know it. And Americans, those dissenters believe, may even be better off without it. The solution to police brutality and racial inequalities in policing is simple, supporters say: Just defund police. It’s as straightforward as it sounds: Instead of
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Reigning world 100m champion Christian Coleman has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after a third missed drugs test. The independent body, which combats anti-doping, announced on Wednesday that Coleman had been issued a charge in relation to a “whereabouts failure.” The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) “whereabouts” system requires athletes to let
Continue Reading Los Angeles City Council members are angling to replace some LAPD officers with unarmed responders — and the city’s police union supports the move. The proposed replacements wouldn’t be affiliated with law enforcement agencies, and they’d handle nonviolent calls. Those responders could include medical professionals, mental health workers and homeless outreach workers, Los Angeles City
Continue Reading In a statement released in support of Black Lives Matter, the Boy Scouts of America said it will require Eagle Scouts to earn a diversity and inclusion badge. It’ll examine its own role in perpetuating racism, too. The organization, which also condemned the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, said it “has
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EL PASO, Texas — Two bodies were recovered from separate canals in the city on Wednesday, according to the El Paso Fire Department. The latest body was noticed in a canal in the 4600 block of Edna in south central El Paso, less than a mile away from the Mexican border, around 6 p.m. The
Continue Reading Youth sports are coming off the sidelines as states begin to reopen. Baseball and softball have resumed in Iowa, and youth football leagues in Indiana returned for on field practices last Sunday. In hard-hit New Jersey, non-contact outdoor organized activities can begin next Monday. In Texas and Florida, two of the states that were among
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported four new coronavirus deaths and 51 new cases on Wednesday morning. The death toll now stands at 113. The latest victims were identified as a woman in her 40s, two women in their 60s and a man in his 70s. There have
Continue Reading For those who were planning to go to the 2020 Riot Fest in Chicago, they are going to have to wait one more year. Organizers of the festival announced on Wednesday the event will now take place in September 2021 at Douglas Park. The artists who are already on board include Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical
Continue Reading Rob Lowe being buddies with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a true WTF moment, which of course stands for “Wait, They’re Friends?!” The “Parks and Recreation” star has been in Hollywood for so long that he has multiple friend groups, including with people most folks aren’t even aware he knows. Thomas definitely falls into
Continue Reading Spun out of the novel turned 2018 film “Love, Simon,” “Love, Victor” offers a breezy yet touching extension of that story, with a new teen — having transferred to the same high school — experiencing his own coming-out story. Diverted to Hulu from Disney+, it’s a well-crafted teen soap, with a few clever wrinkles and
Continue Reading Keanu Reeves is giving one lucky fan the chance to spend some quality one-on-one time with him for a very important cause. The “John Wick” and “Matrix” star has partnered with Camp Rainbow Gold — an Idaho-based children’s cancer charity — to offer a 15-minute Zoom call to the highest bidder. “Bill & Ted. Speed.
Continue Reading Rapper J. Cole has weighed into the discourse around the Black Lives Matter movement with his first single of 2020. On Tuesday night, the hip-hop star surprised fans with the release of “Snow on Tha Bluff,” an introspective track that addresses racism, activism and police brutality. In the politically charged song, the North Carolina native
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