Stanley Robinson, a former star forward for the University of Connecticut’s basketball team, has died, the school announced on Wednesday. He had turned 32 just last week. Robinson, who led the Huskies to dozens of wins between 2006-2010, passed away suddenly on Monday evening at his home in Birmingham, Alabama, according to a news release.
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. No, a reporter didn’t call White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany a “lying b**ch” at Tuesday’s White House press briefing. This is a story that illustrates how quick some factions of the country are to
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A group of Hungarian aquatic scientists was looking for ways to save the fish responsible for some of the world’s finest caviar from extinction. Instead, they made a Frankenfish. But their accidental hybrid, a fish that’s part American paddlefish and part Russian sturgeon, could benefit fish farming and the industry’s carbon footprint. And on their
Continue Reading On what would’ve been Robin Williams’ 69th birthday, his daughter honored her comedian father by donating money to homeless shelters. Zelda Williams donated $69.69 on Tuesday to several groups in San Francisco and Los Angeles, noting that her father had been a passionate supporter of organizations that help the homeless. “Today would’ve been Dad’s 69th
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If you want to watch football in person you’re going to have to mask up. The National Football League announced on Wednesday that fans who attend games will be required to wear face coverings. Brian McCarthy, the league’s vice president of communications, tweeted on Wednesday, “For those wondering, yes, it is league-wide: fans at NFL
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Click here for updates on this story Saginaw, MI (WNEM) — “We’re taking a leap of faith by doing this,” said Saginaw Sheriff William Federspiel. On July 22, three Great Lakes Bay Region law enforcement departments devoted time and resources to make their staff more diverse with the help of Bridge the Gap. “We talked
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RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Missouri — A large shopping mall near St. Louis was forced to close Wednesday after a shooting, but police said it was not considered an “active shooter incident.” At least two people were injured in the shooting that happened around 12:30 p.m. at the St. Louis Galleria in the St. Louis County town
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Major League Baseball is preparing to begin the 2020 season Thursday without fans in the stands. However, you may still be able to cheer, clap or boo players and teams in real time during the season. MLB is launching a new feature called Cheer at the Ballpark that allows fans to participate virtually from the
Continue Reading America has embarked on the long road to recovery following the pandemic lockdown, but the path back to a healthy economy is littered with obstacles, according to Goldman Sachs’ CEO. “It will be a very very bumpy ride economically,” Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Wednesday during an event with the Economic Club of New
Continue Reading Emergency officials are warning people to watch out for flash floods in areas scorched by Arizona’s Bighorn Fire. Officials in Pima County released video last week of a debris flow in Tucson’s Cañada del Oro Wash after a light rain. They said wildfires increase flood risk because they leave the ground charred, barren and unable
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — The granddaughter of Johnny Cash has started a petition asking Nashville Mayor John Cooper to close Broadway to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. “So many of the citizens of Nashville and its small businesses have made huge sacrifices for the safety of our
Continue Reading Roger Ailes was forced to walk the Fox News plank four years ago this week. Now the network is defending itself against yet another lawsuit alleging a climate of sexual misconduct. These suits have been coming ever since Gretchen Carlson sued Ailes for sexual harassment in July of 2016 and opened the floodgates for numerous other
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Open wide. Insert dark chocolate. Chew slowly, savor and lick any bits off fingers. Smile broadly as you bask in the relief that this guilty pleasure is actually helping your heart. After all, one more study published Wednesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology said so. Bless you, science. “Our study suggests that chocolate
Continue Reading When struggling single mom Shetara Sims won $100 on the lottery she decided to donate it all to the family of a police officer who had been shot in the line of duty. Sims did so despite her own money worries. Like many Americans impacted by coronavirus-related furloughs and layoffs, she had recently lost her
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced Wednesday that federal agents will surge into several more states, including New Mexico, to help combat rising crime, expanding the administration’s intervention in local enforcement as Trump runs for reelection under a “law-and-order” mantle. Trump and Barr were joined at the White
Continue Reading Three people have been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of three Florida men who’d set out to go fishing — killings authorities say came shortly after the suspects encountered one of the victims at a store. Tony “TJ” Wiggins, 26, has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing the three men near
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, La (KTBS) — Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins officially launched on Wednesday his candidacy for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Perkins will be trying to unseat Republican incumbent Bill Cassidy in a last-minute entrance into the competition as the candidate signup period begins. Perkins made the following statement announcing
Continue Reading Fifteen people were shot in a drive-by shooting in Chicago on Tuesday at a funeral for a victim of another drive-by shooting, Chicago Police said. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said Wednesday that rival gang factions were repeating a cycle of violence and revenge. “We can’t keep meting out violence with violence,” Brown said. “An
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — The financial toll of the pandemic is hitting Omaha public libraries hard. Their doors have been closed to the public for the last 19 weeks. The executive director of the Omaha public library, Laura Marlane, says this has been really difficult. “I’ve worked in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, HI (KITV) — New data finds nearly 900 businesses closed – both temporary and permanent – amid the pandemic. The closures were between March 1st and July 10th in Honolulu. This data is according to Yelp, which also found that more than 10% of the closures were
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EL PASO, Texas — An arrest warrant has been issued for a third man wanted in a murder last month in the Lower Valley that police have called a drug-related slaying. Police on Wednesday said they were looking for 20–year old Gabriel Vega, aka Gabriel Alvarez, who they described as Hispanic, 5’5” tall, weighing 130
Continue Reading Humans aren’t the only creatures who love leftovers. It turns out foxes during the Ice Age had a craving for them, too. Arctic foxes ate food scraps left by humans around 42,000 years ago, according to a new study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE journal. Researchers studied fox remains dating back to the ice age
Continue Reading In 2004, the body of a Black man named Alonzo Brooks was found in a creek. Now, over a decade after the trail went cold, the FBI exhumed Brooks’ body after Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries” brought his case to the forefront. Brooks’ grave was dug up at the Topeka cemetery on Tuesday “as part of an
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Layoffs could be coming for those who work for the city of Asheville. Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer said that during a conference call with five other North Carolina mayors on Tuesday. The mayors of High Point, Salisbury, Asheville, Kinston and Lexington said they need
Continue Reading Engineers have designed a robot with flapping wings, which can perform nimble movements in the air, hovering, darting, diving and recovering like a bird or an insect. Humans have been trying to perfect flight for centuries. Leonardo da Vinci sketched plans for the first human-powered, flapping-wing aircraft, known as an ornithopter, more than 500 years
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BOSTON, Massachusetts — A new poll finds very few Americans think schools should return to normal operations this fall, even as President Donald Trump pushes for a full reopening. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that only about 1 in 10 Americans say daycare centers, preschools and K-12 schools
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN CO., AL (WALA) — The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office announced its recently expanded the K9 Unit. The Sheriff’s Office now has six K9 handlers in the unit, officials announced Wednesday. Three of the handlers are new to the unit to include, Deputy Stephanie Lewis. They say Lewis
Continue Reading A global consortium of astrophysicists have created the world’s largest three-dimensional map of the universe, a project 20 years in the making that researchers say helps better explain the history of the cosmos. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), a project involving hundreds of scientists at dozens of institutions worldwide, collected decades of data and
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says she’ll issue an executive order making face masks mandatory outside the home. It’s an unprecedented step in the nation’s capital as cases are rising. Bowser says the order, to be issued late Wednesday, will include “enforcement language” detailing possible fines for violations. After saying they had
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Attorney Ken Schwartz filed a lawsuit Monday against Das Bevo in South City, accusing the venue of not giving money back to a couple who no longer wants their reception there due to COVID-19 restrictions. Jacob Lamberth and Caitlin McGrath got engaged in
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