The director-general of the World Health Organization has condemned a “lack of leadership” in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and made an emotional plea for global unity, as cases soar in multiple countries and the world struggles to contain the devastating virus more than six months after it was first identified. “My friends, make no mistake:
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Click here for updates on this story AURORA, CO (KDVR) — An Aurora woman says dozens of snakes invaded her apartment following building renovations. Charlotte Moore tells the FOX31 Problem Solvers snakes have been getting into her home at the Fitzsimmons Junction Apartments since June 2 when balconies were moved at the complex. “We noticed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — One of Atlanta’s most iconic landmarks, The Varsity, is closed Thursday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. And while the doors for the restaurant will open again, it’s legendary drive-in service will be forced to close. Restaurant management confirmed to CBS46’s Adam Murphy
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV) — After two days of emotional tributes, today Tennessee will say goodbye one last time to legendary country musician Charlie Daniels. Funeral services for Daniels will be held Friday at the World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro. Daniels, a member of the Country Music Hall of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AK (KFSM) — The bomb squad is responding to the Fort Smith Regional Airport after a bomb threat was received. According to Aric Mitchell with the Fort Smith Police Department, police and bomb squad, along with other agencies, were called to the airport around 4:35 p.m.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced five new deaths, and 361 new cases on Friday. The death toll now stands 150. The health department identified the latest victims as three men, one each in their 40s, 60s and 70s. The other two were women in their 80s. All
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PA (WNEP) — Flags were taken from Hanover Township and from the borough of Ashley. Video posted on Facebook by Hanover Township police shows what officers say are three young people stealing both the American flag and the POW/MIA flag from in front of Hanover Area
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, N.C (WGHP) — The death of George Floyd at the hands of police has stirred up conversations at dinner tables, between friends and now at churches. Wednesday, a group of Greensboro pastors from different churches and backgrounds met to talk about what they can do in their
Continue ReadingA woman soldier for the first time will join the Green Berets, one of the Army’s most elite units, after graduating this week from US Army Special Forces training. The soldier graduated Thursday in a “Covid-compliant graduation ceremony,” according to the US Army. The Army doesn’t name Special Forces members to protect their identities for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — Police say a former high school teacher is facing charges for sexual assault after having sex with a student at the school where he was employed at the time. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the sexual assaults that began around March 2020 and
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The ABC-7 First Alert remains in place as a heatwave continues to impact the region. Temperatures will run 10 to 15 degrees above average through Sunday. Drink plenty of fluids, stay out of the sun and check up on relatives and neighbors. Your pets should not be left in direct sunlight and need plenty of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A man is facing charges after he allegedly assaulted his pregnant girlfriend and her friend. Charles Reedy III, 34, is facing strangulation, aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest, and possession of methamphetamine for his role in the incident. On July 9, police say
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Erich von Däniken dried his sweaty palms with granite dust as he scaled the Great Pyramid of Giza, crawling block by block up the nearly 4,000-year-old monument. It was 1954, when you could still climb the pyramids. Von Däniken, a 19-year-old with a Catholic education and a passion for flying saucers, was captivated. Fourteen years
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLAINVILLE, CT (WFSB) — A Plainville man is facing charges after being found with hundreds of images of child pornography. Police have arrested 32-year-old Michael Gorske and charged him with first-degree child pornography. The arrest is the result of an investigation that began back in December when his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — Stacie Wilkins is angry. The inmate who beat her last year inside the Douglas County corrections facility is back up for probation after repeatedly running from the system. “I just feel so disrespected,” Wilkins said. Wilkins says she wants this case to be bigger
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINTERVILLE, NC (WLOS) — One young woman is trying to make sure children all over Pitt County have access to books this summer. Since schools and libraries have closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, 12-year-old Ashlyn Coxe has shared more than 1,300 books through the Little Libraries Program.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — A store clerk faces multiple charges after police said he fired a gunshot following a dispute with a customer over a face mask. The confrontation happened less than 7 hours after Mayor Adrian Perkins’ mandatory face mask mandate went into effect. Police charged 22-year-old
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A man waiting to be picked up at Lambert Airport was reportedly stabbed by another man Thursday night. The stabbing happened just before 8 p.m. outside of the Gate 5 waiting area, according to a spokesperson for the airport. The man waiting to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRENTWOOD, TN (WSMV) — Each year police departments are bombarded with calls mistakenly reporting Black persons engages in suspicious activity. The implications of those calls mean very different things to the reporting party than the person who’s being perceived as a threat. The consequences can sometimes be disastrous.
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Newly-released audio from the internal investigation into Breonna Taylor’s death illustrates conflicting accounts of whether police identified themselves before ultimately breaking down Taylor’s door in an incident which led to her death. The audio, first reported by NBC News and obtained by CNN, includes the Louisville Metro Police Department’s interview with Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, GA (WGCL) — Afternoon storms kept Gwinnett County firefighters busy on Thursday. According to a spokesperson with Gwinnett County Fire, units responded to at least five calls related to severe weather. There were several lightning strike calls that came into 9-1-1 dispatchers: 2800 Weston Brook Lane,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — On July 3 around noon, Portland Police responded to a report of a Black man assaulted near Lents Park in Southeast Portland. Police said a man suffered non-life threatening injuries to his arm after being assaulted with a bat by two white men. Police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, KS (KCTV/ KSMO) — The Black Lives Matter movement has fueled a business for local Sumner Academy students. They are sisters who are selling signs that say so without words. With every yard sign Amari and Sa’Mya Lewis passed out at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WDJT) — A Fond du Lac man is facing first degree intentional homicide and hate crime charges in connection to a fatal crash that happened in the Town of Taycheedah. The accused, 27-year-old Daniel Navarro, made his first court appearance Thursday, July 9.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTONVILLE, AK (KFSM) — Organizers of the annual Bentonville Film Festival announced Thursday (July 9) details of a planned hybrid event scheduled Aug. 10-16. This year’s festival will offer virtual presentations and world premieres of films, panels and special events, alongside select drive-in screenings and additional on-the-ground events
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LYCOMING COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — A barn fire in Lycoming County Thursday morning wrecked a car collection. Neighbors spotted flames coming from the barn along Route 405 in Wolf Township, near Hughesville. No one was hurt. Investigators haven’t yet determined the cause of Thursday’s barn fire in Lycoming
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Police arrested 15 protesters after they allegedly impeded traffic on North Church Street in Winston-Salem, according to police. Before the protest began at about 9 p.m. Thursday, Liutenant Hart told protesters to stay on the sidewalk and not block the streets. Protesters offered speeches
Continue Reading A man in his 50s absconded from a New Zealand coronavirus quarantine facility, cutting through a fence to visit a liquor store, officials revealed on Friday. Officials said the man, who arrived from Sydney, Australia on July 1, cut through ties in a six-foot fence to break out of a temporary managed isolation facility in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — A French Quarter bartender got a big surprise from a kind visitor at his bar “Spirits on Bourbon Street.” It was just an ordinary summer day at Spirits on Bourbon Street, when something extraordinary happened. “At first I didn’t look at the check
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Companies often talk about the benefits of scale. And during a pandemic, it appears bigger can be better. What’s happening: A new analysis by Bank of America found that spending at big restaurant chains has “largely recovered,” while small chains and independent eateries remain under pressure. It pointed to Chipotle as one player with a
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