Click here for updates on this story Evergreen, CO (KCNC) — Hundreds of homes were evacuated Monday afternoon as the Elephant Butte Fire grew near Evergreen. Some families tell CBS4’s Alan Gionet they left so fast. One teenager was emotional saying he believes his family home caught fire. The fire is approximately 50 acres in
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Police in Allentown, Pennsylvania, said they are investigating after video appears to show an officer kneeling on a man’s neck while a second officer and another person hold the man’s hands behind his back. An investigation into the incident, which took place Saturday, is ongoing, Allentown Police Assistant Chief of Support Services Bill Lake told
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL ( WBBM) — For the first time in more than 30 years, the Chicago Marathon is canceled. Organizers pulled the plug because of coronavirus concerns. CBS 2’s Jim Wiliams is digging into the major impact for the city. The economic impact is enormous. So many people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL ( WBBM) — Legal proceedings usually mean people in a stuffy room with blazers and suit jackets, but thanks to COVID-19, one lawyer is rethinking that. Anthony Elman has come up with a unique way to carry on his cases, and he doesn’t have to travel
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD ( WJZ) — The 43-year-old woman who was seen on video striking a Baltimore police officer before another police officer knocked her to the ground has been given probation, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office said Monday. Sharnesha Street, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault
Continue Reading Our clothes, our takeout containers and even our tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles every day. It’s been well-documented that rivers and runoff wash huge amounts of this pollution into the sea, but just as much plastic is likely hitching a ride to the ocean by another means: the wind. The amount of microplastics
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The Washington NFL franchise announced on Monday that it would be changing its team name, but one man has already beaten them to the punch by trademarking a number of potential options. However, he’s not some sort of trademark troll trying to make a quick buck. In fact, he’s the opposite. Philip Martin McCauley, 61,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Goldsboro, NC (WRAL) — The lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic means even deeper food insecurity, especially for many rural families. A Wayne County nonprofit is helping to fill that need. Early every Monday morning, behind the Maxwell Regional Agricultural and Convention Center near Goldsboro, hundreds of cars
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A 9-year-old boy killed in a triple shooting in New Orleans has become the latest victim in a spate of gun violence in July that has taken the lives of at least seven other children across the United States. “We as a society are talking about social justice versus social injustice. We as a community
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HOUSTON, Texas — An ICU nurse in Texas has found herself in the position of some of the very same patients she’s spent the last few weeks treating — hospitalized with Covid-19 even after testing negative for the virus. Heather Valentine, 24, isn’t exactly sure whom she may have picked it up from and told
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mooresville, NC (WRAL) — Dozens of beagles were rescued from a North Carolina home. The Triangle Beagle Rescue and Piedmont Animal Rescue worked together to get 46 dogs out of a home in Iredell County. According to a Facebook post, a man was breeding the beagles but became
Continue Reading A driver deliberately crashed a bus full of passengers into a reservoir in southwestern China, hours after discovering his house had been demolished, local police said Monday. Twenty-one people died and 15 were injured on July 7 when the bus swerved across five lanes, smashed through a guard rail and partially sank, according to police
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to rename Oñate High School. Three board members voted yes, while one voted no and another abstained during a special meeting on Tuesday evening. “History is not changing, but the way we perceive history is changing,” said Ray Jaramillo,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISON COUNTY, IN (WLKY) — Both sides of Interstate 64 in Harrison County were shut down for seven hours due to a semitrailer that overturned, releasing at least 30 cows it was transporting. The accident was reported before 11 p.m. on I-64 between mile marker 105 and 113.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEND, OR ( KTVZ ) — An Oregon Army National Guard soldier from Bend said that after watching so many videos on social media of soldiers coming home to happily surprise their families, he wanted to do the same thing — and he did, surprising his mom for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kansas City, MO (KMBC) — The Kansas City Zoo announced Tuesday it has lost two “beloved animals” over the past few days, including 2 ½-year-old Masai giraffe Dixie. Along with Dixie’s death on Saturday, the zoo also lost Radi, the long-time patriarch of the zoo’s western lowland gorilla
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EL PASO, Texas — A second man has now been arrested in a stabbing and shooting incident that took place in northeast El Paso over the July Fourth weekend, police said Tuesday. 24-year-old Luis Hernandez was taken into police custody after he was released from the hospital on Monday. Hernandez had been recovering from a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MYSTIC, CT (WFSB ) — Two people suspected in a racially-motivated assault of a woman at an inn in Mystic have been arrested. According to Stonington police, Philip Sarner and Emily Orbay were found in Brooklyn, NY and taken into custody on Monday by U.S. marshals. They were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLACERVILLE, CA (KCRA) — he Placerville City Council is set to vote Tuesday night on making a small but significant change to the city’s logo. The city seal features a miner panning for gold. In the background, there’s a noose on a tree. The logo stems from Placerville’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A total of 14 Transportation Security Administration agents at the Nashville International Airport (BNA) have tested positive for COVID-19. There are two new cases of COVID-19 since last week. TSA officials say one of those employees last worked as recently as July 8. According
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Memphis, TN (WREG) — The man who shot a Memphis police officer during a 2015 drug investigation claims other officers beat him following his arrest. Daniel Jefferson claims when he shot the plainclothes officer, he didn’t know he was with the Memphis Police Department. “He jumped out on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A 22-year-old man is facing sexual abuse charges after he subjected a child to unwanted sexual contact, according to court documents. Tairu Tamba is facing charges of first-degree sexual abuse, third-degree sexual abuse, harassment, and interfering with public transportation. The investigation began on Friday,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Maui, HI (KITV) — As Hawaii’s unemployment rate grows, so does the desperation of those who still have yet to receive any unemployment benefits to make ends meet. The state’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 22.6%, marking the second-highest in the nation, just behind Nevada. Since the beginning
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA ,GA (WGCL ) — Several groups in Atlanta are teaming up to distribute food and face masks to those in need. The Atlanta City Solicitor will partner with Maximum Impact and the Atlanta police and fire departments to distribute 5,000 boxes of food in no contact drive
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, AL (WALA) — Two more inmates held by the Alabama Department of Corrections have died after testing positive for COVID-19. The state said 57-year-old Barry Stewart Foy, and 31-year-old Laveris Evans passed away over the weekend. Foy was held in the Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore serving
Continue Reading People in their 40s and 50s are in worse physical shape than people in their 60s and early 70s were at the same age, according to a new study. The analysis of 135,000 people living in England has suggested that although they’re are living longer, their lives aren’t necessarily healthier. Researchers described the finding as
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OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — The New Mexico group, Cowboys for Trump, must register as a political committee in the state, and pay $7,600 in fines for not filing expenditure reports, an arbitrator has ruled. “Should your client fail to comply with the requirements of the Arbitration Order, I will proceed with a referral to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — A terrifying robbery was caught on camera and now police are sharing the video, hoping you can help find the suspects. In a Ring camera video from June 25, a man is seen petting a dog on the front porch of a home
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WASHINGTON, DC — In his push to get schools to reopen, President Donald Trump has complained that guidelines offered by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to safely reopen amid the Covid-19 pandemic are “very tough” and “expensive.” If you’re one of the many parents and educators around the country agonizing over the
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Oregon Army National Guard soldier from Bend said that after watching so many videos on social media of soldiers coming home to happily surprise their families, he wanted to do the same thing — and he did, surprising his mom for a happy homecoming over the
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