Track is the reason Eric Ingram is a student at an Ivy League school like Brown University. Coming from a small suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Ingram said he had never even heard of the Rhode Island school until a coach reached out to recruit him to run sprints. When Ingram woke up to news that
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Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — A first-of-its kind surgery was performed at Johns Hopkins this week. Neurosurgeons; Dr. Timothy Witham, Dr. Daniel Sciubba and Dr. Camilo Molina performed an augmented reality surgery on a living patient. During the procedure, they placed six screws in someone’s spine for a spinal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Three dead dogs were found in a Kane County home, but neighbors weren’t surprised. They’ve made animal abuse reports for years. CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory shows us the long list of complaints, and the action that’s been taken – or lack thereof.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, CA (KPIX) — Even before Governor Newsom promised state funds to help undocumented workers through the pandemic, hundreds of San Francisco educators pledged part of their federal stimulus checks. During the shelter in place, Frank Lara couldn’t stop thinking of his fifth graders at Buena Vista
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Smithtown, NY (WCBS) — Trees, trees, everywhere. Residents in one Long Island town are sprucing up their yards, but in the process are making life extremely difficult for municipal workers. Now, local government is trying to put a stop to it, CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday. It’s an
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Kelly Clarkson and husband Brandon Blackstock are going their separate ways. Clarkson has filed for divorce from Blackstock, citing “irreconcilable differences,” according to court documents obtained by CNN. Representatives for Clarkson have not yet responded to CNN’s request for comment. The “Voice” coach and Blackstock, a music manager, have been married since October 2013 and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lauren Victory (WBBM) — Three dead dogs were found in a Kane County home, but neighbors weren’t surprised. They’ve made animal abuse reports for years. CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory shows us the long list of complaints, and the action that’s been taken – or lack thereof.
Continue Reading The Flaming Lips found a creative way to perform on Wednesday night’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” The band performed its 1999 song, “Race for the Prize,” while inside giant bubbles — which happens to be its signature thing but works especially well during a pandemic. The band performed to a live audience, each
Continue Reading Garth Brooks might be headed to a drive-in concert near you. The country singer announced on Thursday that he is going to perform at a drive-in theater on June 27. But here’s the best part for his fans: The concert will air live at 300 drive-ins across the country. “They’re going to run it just
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she would allow breweries and brew pubs – but not bars – to reopen at 50% capacity as she weighs the risk of the current Covid-19 situation in the state. Health officials reported 10 new virus-related deaths across the state, which included two fatalities in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Fort Smith, AR (KFSM) — In a Facebook post on Wednesday (June 10) Benson’s Grill asked the public for help in identifying a man who stole the waitresses’ and cooks’ tips jar. Restaurant security footage showed the man taking the jar off of the cash register stand while
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man is suspected of using a sword to kill his neighbor, telling other neighbors afterward that he “had to do it,” authorities said Thursday. Arturo Francisco Quintana, 31, is charged with first-degree felony murder in the death of 33-year-old Efren Valdez Gutierrez. He was being held without
Continue Reading Eleven billion metric tons. That’s how much plastic is expected to accumulate in the environment by 2025, according to new research from a group of scientists. Much of that plastic ends up as a pollutant. More than 1,000 metric tons of microplastic particles fall onto National Parks and protected lands in the western US annually.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Torrance, CA (KTLA) — A young woman said she was working out at at a park in Torrance when a woman became enraged and unleashed a racist tirade. The woman captured on cellphone video can be seen screaming profanities at the young woman, accusing her of blocking a
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DALLAS, Texas — President Donald Trump said Thursday he would pursue an executive order to encourage police departments to meet “current professional standards for the use of force,” while slamming Democrats for broadly branding police as the problem. He also defended his calls on governors and mayors to aggressively quell violent protests that erupted across
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Modesto, CA (KOVR) — A controversial meme spotted on social media for years is making new rounds following recent unrest and protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of officers in Minnesota. The image shows a cartoon drawing of a pickup truck driving through stick
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A young woman in the United States whose lungs were ravaged by Covid-19 is alive and able to talk to her family thanks to a double lung transplant, surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago announced on Thursday. The surgery was performed on Friday last week and the patient is now recovering. “The patient is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Denver, CO (KCNC) — A Denver family is questioning why it took 17 minutes for a Denver Health ambulance to arrive at their southwest Denver home after they called 911. In December, their infant daughter stopped breathing. “It just felt forever until they got there,” said Javier Barraza
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Digital support for Black Lives Matter is at an all-time high: Millions of people are using the hashtag daily. Recent polling suggests Americans’ views of police and the current protests against police brutality are changing offline, too. The use of the Black Lives Matter hashtag peaked three days after George Floyd died in police custody,
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NEW YORK, NY — The stocks mega-rally hit a roadblock on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 1,860 points, or 6.9%, as investors seemed concerned about new spikes in Covid-19 cases on the heels of a gloomy economic forecast. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 closed down 5.9% and the Nasdaq tumbled 5.3%. Thursday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Jackson, MS (WAPT) — Several families held a news conference Tuesday to accuse the Jackson Police Department of brutality. The families included those of George Robinson and Mario Clark, both of whom died in 2019 after encounters with Jackson police officers. “It was good to see they had
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mississippi (WAPT) — A famous Mississippi actress is continuing her fight to change the state’s flag. Aunjanue Ellis has been calling for the removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi flag for years. After thousands of people rallied Saturday in front of the governor’s mansion in
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The Tamagotchi is back. The virtual pet that was so popular in the 90s is coming to North America again in July, with a new product called Tamagotchi On Wonder Garden. The $59.99 toy will launch on July 26. Online pre-orders are available starting Thursday at Target, Amazon, Walmart and GameStop. The On series updates
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Venice Beach, CA (KTLA) — Police say a passerby pulled an injured driver out of an SUV after it crashed into a guard shack in Venice Beach early Thursday morning. The crash occurred about 3:30 a.m. as the driver of the silver SUV was heading down Washington Boulevard
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EL PASO, Texas — To examine whether there is racial profiling by El Paso police, ABC-7 filed a public records request and received copies of police reports from 2015 to 2019. The reports over the four year period showed whites in El Paso were stopped at higher rates than the percentage of whites in the
Continue Reading Nicki Minaj and Tekashi 6ix9ine are making music with the aim to help others. The rappers are releasing a new single titled “Trollz,” a portion of proceeds from which will go to charity. Minaj confirmed the collaboration on Instagram Wednesday. “A portion of the proceeds from #Trollz including merch items, will be going directly to
Continue Reading With just a few months to plan for a school year that will look very different from any before, education leaders are pleading for billions more in federal aid for K-12 schools because of the coronavirus pandemic. The $2 trillion congressional relief package passed in March allocated about $30 billion for education, including colleges. About
Continue Reading One of the six Atlanta police officers charged last week after allegedly using excessive force on two college students was named in a lawsuit over a 2016 shooting during a police raid that killed a mentally ill man. Details of the 2016 incident are spelled out in two separate and related federal complaints, the first
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HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — An El Paso motorist died and several others were seriously injured in a head-on highway crash Thursday morning just east of a Border Patrol checkpoint. That crash, involving a pickup truck towing a trailer and a car, occurred along U.S. Highway 62/180 near milepost 54 just after 9 a.m. The Texas Department
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cape Elizabeth, Maine (WMTW) — At his daily press briefings, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Nirav Shah often says each person who dies from coronavirus complications is not just a statistic and that each one is someone meaningful to someone else. One of those
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