Click here for updates on this story BUCHANAN, MI (WBND) — One Michiana Library has created a new initiative to lend out more than just books to their community. The concept of a library of things has been in the works since before the pandemic began. “It was donated my Ohana music out in California.
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Yaseen Aslam never set out to drive for a living. But in 2006, laid off from his job in tech with few other options, he found work as a taxi driver. He stuck with it because it offered flexibility and paid well — £500 ($635) in a weekend, after expenses. In 2013, he was lured
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, according to two officials familiar with the plans. The U.S. Supreme Court last year blocked the administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the census form,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELKHART, IN (WBND) — Two weeks ago ABC57 brought you the story about a man in a wheelchair beat and robbed by two people outside an Elkhart church. On Monday, 61-year-old Donnie Jackson speaks out about this experience and why the money lost hurts him especially. Jackson has
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PARK CITY, UT (KSL) — Many businesses are trying to slow the spread of COVID-19 by requiring customers to wear masks, but it has caused some problems as a Taylorsville woman claims she was assaulted for not wearing a mask at a Park City Walmart. Police are now
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — The highly anticipated battle between Governor Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over a mask mandate that was set to start Tuesday has been delayed after a judge’s recusal. The delay, confirmed by CBS46.com, happened Tuesday morning just hours before the two
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University Interscholastic League (UIL) released new guidelines which postpone the start of fall sports for the two largest conferences across the state. The new guidelines directly apply to the 5A and 6A conferences in the state, which will affect most schools in the El Paso region. High school football
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DUNMORE, Pa (WNEP) — Don’t be fooled by the beautiful princess dress, Avery Schivock isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. The three year old from Dunmore has a hobby not too many girls her age likely share, picking up cigarette butts people have tossed on the ground
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Florida educators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s emergency order that forces schools to open for in-person instruction next month. The president of the Florida Education Association, Fedrick Ingram, announced the suit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez, the Florida Department of Education and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Monday night several groups joined forces in the parking lot next door to fire station 1 in Winston-Salem to show support for Black firefighters. They are demanding action from the fire chief and city in response to allegations of racism, harassment and intimidation within
Continue Reading Anna Levine always carried her pocket Constitution, and she knew it cover to cover. She was always ready to cite certain parts of it if she saw any injustice, racism or discrimination in the world. From an early age, Levine had a passion for civil rights and activism. She traveled to Washington, DC, in 1963
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN (WSMV) — Tonight Rutherford County School leaders will meet to go over reopening plans with classes set to start in just a few weeks. The school district is considering three options for reopening schools, with the Rutherford County Board of Education looking at phase-in days
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Laguna Beach, CA (KTLA) — A former Laguna Beach police officer has been charged with pulling out a gun and holding it to the back of his fellow officer’s head after a night of drinking last year, officials announced Monday. Luke Christian Gilbertson, 35, pleaded not guilty to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GARDEN GROVE, CA (KTLA) — A convicted sex offender who’s been pushed from city to city since his release from a Central California mental hospital has landed in Garden Grove, officials said Monday. Garden Grove police have been monitoring 59-year-old Cary Jay Smith since they learned of his
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The powerful Republican speaker of the Ohio House and four other people were arrested Tuesday in a $60 million federal bribery investigation, a person briefed on the matter said, as the FBI raided the legislative leader’s rural farm. Speaker Larry Householder was one of the driving forces behind a roughly $1 billion financial rescue
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Women who don’t need an epidural during childbirth might be carriers of a rare genetic variant that gives them a much higher threshold for pain, scientists have discovered. Only about one in 100 women have the variant, which reduces the ability of nerve cells to send pain signals to the brain, researchers at the University
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Federal officials say a Kansas City, Kansas, man was the first person arrested under a new Department of Justice initiative designed to address growing levels of violent crime in the metro. In a release issued Monday, officials said 20-year-old Monty W. Ray has
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Child advocates with the state of Missouri say the numbers of abuse are down drastically and while it sounds strange to say, that’s not actually good news. Child abuse reports are down nearly 50% for April and May compared to 2019, and child
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — A healthcare provider based out of Atlanta is participating in a large international clinical trial to study COVID-19. Piedmont Healthcare is partnering with other agencies to look into the effects of ventilation and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, or ECMO, in the critical care setting on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WETHERSFIELD, CT (WFSB) — The Connecticut Department of Labor reported a heat-related power outage on Sunday night which brought down the unemployment benefits filing system. Power has since been restored and all access to unemployment claims information and weekly filing is now available to claimants The DOL sought
Continue Reading After almost five days of fraught discussions, European leaders have agreed to create a €750 billion ($858 billion) recovery fund to rebuild EU economies ravaged by the coronavirus crisis. The European Commission will borrow the money on financial markets and distribute just under half of it — €390 billion euros ($446 billion) — as grants
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across the world and more recently targeting firms developing a vaccine for the coronavirus. The indictment says the hackers in recent months had researched vulnerabilities in the computer networks of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO (KDVR) — The Jefferson County Education Associating is calling on the district to push back the start of in-person learning for the upcoming school year. This comes after a recent series of surveys revealed 75 percent of educators, who submitted feedback, are uncomfortable with how
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV) — The leaders at Middle Tennessee State University said students will need wear a mask or face covering and practice social distancing when they return to campus. Students are expected to return to the Middle Tennessee State University campus this fall. Middle Tennessee State University
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Ex-Formula One driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has been transferred from hospital to a specialist neuro-rehabilitation center, after suffering a horrific cycling crash in June. The 53-year-old Zanardi, who had both his legs amputated after a motor racing accident almost 20 years ago, had lost control of his handbike while competing in a relay
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Denver, CO (KDVR) — What started as a peaceful rally in support of law enforcement on Sunday quickly devolved into violence. Laurel Imer, the Republican nominee for House District 24 in Colorado, found herself caught in the middle of it all. “Several people were carried off stage to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Laveen, AZ (KPHO) — A Laveen bodybuilder is learning how to live with a dramatic lifestyle change after he was infected with COVID-19 in March. His bout with the illness came before a lot was known about the virus in Arizona. Charlie Aragon, 35, nearly died, and the
Continue Reading Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will donate a portion of a $1.14 million prize to fighting coronavirus in the Brazilian Amazon. This week, Thunberg won the very first Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, launched by Portugal’s Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, for her environmental activism. In a Twitter video accepting the honor, she said the winning prize was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — Police have identified the man arrested Saturday after being found with explosive devices and other weapons during a traffic stop. Alex Michael Conlin, 25, of the 900 block of Pine Hill Road in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, is charged with DUI, drug-related offenses
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, AZ (KPHO) — A man, identified as 42-year-old Robert Moore, was arrested Monday night around 9:30 p.m. in connection to the Scottsdale shooting and injuring a teenage boy who, Scottsdale police say, is his son. The shooting happened near Chaparral and Granite Reef roads around 6 p.m.
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