Click here for updates on this story REDMOND, Ore. (Barney Lerten) — REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Terrebonne woman said it was a higher power that put her in the right place at the right time Tuesday evening. She spotted a toddler running across U.S. Highway 97, so she pulled over, chased after and ended
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ANTHONY, Texas — Despite being one of the few places open this summer for people amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the general manager of Wet ‘N’ Wild Waterworld in Anthony said since they were allowed to reopen, the park hasn’t reached 25 percent capacity. The state of Texas allowed water parks to open up to 50
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso is familiar with his work and now he wants the community’s help in finding a location for a new mural to express grief over the killing of a Texas soldier. Gabriel Vasquez is the artist behind the El Paso Strong mural, which he created after the Aug. 3 mass
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Javicia Leslie is the CW’s new Batwoman. The actress, who previously starred in “God Friended Me” on CBS, is set to debut in the iconic role in January 2021. Leslie replaces Ruby Rose, who left the show in May after one season in a shocking move. “I am extremely proud to be the first Black
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A security guard at a Southern California market is charged with murder after allegedly fighting with a customer who wasn’t wearing a face mask. Umeir Corniche Hawkins shot 50-year-old Jerry Lewis on July 5, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors say the two men began arguing when Lewis entered the market without
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South Korea’s government used 300 drones in an unusual display to thank frontline workers and to encourage citizens to keep battling against the spread of coronavirus. The nation’s Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport coordinated a 10-minute synchronized light show that lit up the night sky above the Han River in the country’s capital of
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The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the nation’s prison system, causing higher rates of infection and death compared to the general population. “The number of US prison residents who tested positive for Covid-19 was 5.5 times higher than the general US population,” according to an analysis led by researchers at Johns Hopkins
Continue Reading The legal team for a biracial man charged with felony murder in the shooting death of a 17-year old in Statesboro, Georgia, last month claims their client was defending himself against an angry group of White people. Marcus “Marc” Wilson, who is biracial, was in Statesboro visiting his girlfriend, who is White. The two were
Continue Reading One by one the members of Black Players for Change each raised a gloved fist before MLS returned to the soccer field Wednesday night in Orlando. Then as the starters for the Orlando City and Inter Miami teams knelt there was silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds. More than 100 people took part in
Continue Reading The New York Police Department has seen a “surge” in the number of officers filing for retirement, according to Sgt. Mary Frances O’Donnell, who called the trend “troubling.” From June 29 to July 6, filings soared 411% from the same period a year earlier, according to O’Donnell, a spokesperson for the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information.
Continue Reading As Australia shuts the border between its two most populous states to contain the spread of the coronavirus, tens of thousands of people living close to the dividing line have found their community cleaved in two. Located on each side of the Murray river that separates New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, the twin cities
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AUSTIN, Texas — More than 46,000 Texans who lost their jobs in recent months were initially overpaid by the Texas Workforce Commission, which now wants $32 million in unemployment benefits back. “State law requires TWC to recover all unemployment benefits overpayments,” Cisco Gamez, spokesperson for the state agency, said in an email. “Overpayments stay on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — It has been a summertime gathering spot in Hegewisch for more than half a century, but beginning Tuesday, the Little League field in the neighborhood became an active Environmental Protection Agency cleanup site. It is all because of dangerous amounts of arsenic and lead
Continue Reading As flames erupted on a mobile home in Texas, a police officer ran into the burning building to save a family trapped inside and it was all caught on camera. As Cristobal Marin was driving Monday to pick up feed for his horses in Socorro, a city in El Paso County, he saw a large
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Whataburger, the fast-food chain turned Texas treasure, is undergoing a makeover, according to ABC affiliate KTRK. But the famed burgers and fries aren’t going away, and the trademark orange-and-white color scheme isn’t vanishing. Rather, the restaurants themselves are getting an updated look. Whataburger recently debuted its first refreshed store in its
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The gains the people of Louisiana made against Covid-19 in June have been wiped out over the past three weeks, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday. “We have a statewide pandemic. It’s no longer one or two regions,” Edwards told reporters in Baton Rouge. Edwards’ announcement comes as the United States passed 3 million coronavirus
Continue Reading Police in Missouri have arrested a man accused of sucker punching a 12-year-old boy while he was dancing, causing him to bleed from his head and his nose. The incident happened just before midnight on Friday, July 3, according to the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Micheal “Crank” Curry, a dance instructor and owner of Fingerprint
Continue Reading The New York state attorney general called for an overhaul of the New York Police Department — including an independent commission to manage the department, more oversight and a uniform use-of-force policy — as part of her investigation into clashes between police and protesters during demonstrations in response to police killing of George Floyd. The
Continue Reading A summer camp in Arkansas and another in Missouri have closed down after campers and staff tested positive for Covid-19. At the Kanakuk K-2 Camp in Lampe, Missouri, 82 campers, counselors and staff tested positive for Covid-19, according to a Facebook post by the Stone County Health Department. While 31 of the infected were tested
Continue Reading As Covid-19 spread across the United States this spring, teachers, parents and students scrambled to move classes to online platforms such as Zoom and FaceTime. It was an enormous effort that seemed, to some, to offer few rewards. Supporting online learning left parents exhausted, even as they worried that their kids were slipping behind academically.
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EL PASO, Texas — A proposed city-funded memorial for the victims of the Aug. 3 Cielo Vista Walmart shooting might not happen. Ben Fyffe, the city’s director of cultural affairs and recreation, said there isn’t much community support for it. Fyffe said the city participated in focus groups generating feedback that showed Walmart’s Grand Candela,
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas reported its deadliest day of the pandemic with nearly 100 new deaths on Wednesday as newly confirmed cases continued soaring and Austin began preparations to turn the downtown convention center into a field hospital. The 98 reported deaths in Texas set a record one-day high, surpassing the record 60 deaths reported
Continue Reading A Schenectady police officer put his knee on a suspect’s head during an arrest after responding to a call about damaged property Monday, Schenectady police chief Eric Clifford said. The officer was dispatched to Brandywine Avenue on Monday morning for a report of a vehicle that had its tires slashed, Schenectady Police said in a
Continue Reading An independent autopsy reveals Andres Guardado, the teenager whose death on June 18 sparked an outcry across Los Angeles, was shot five times in the back and died of gunshot wounds to the trunk, according to lawyers for his family. Guardado also suffered a graze abrasion to his left forearm with a forward trajectory and
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, ending a five-month delay of executions in the nation’s busiest death penalty state because of the coronavirus pandemic. Billy Joe Wardlow was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the June
Continue Reading Don’t expect Ivy League sports this fall due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Ivy League Council of Presidents said Wednesday that all fall sports, including football, will not be played at its colleges, to include Harvard, Princeton and Yale. “With the information available to us today regarding the continued spread of the virus, we
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EL PASO, Texas — The heat is on! The Borderland will be seeing those triple-digit temperatures throughout the rest of the week, putting some of our communities most vulnerable at risk. With the threat of the coronavirus, many seniors are forced to stay at home and avoid contact with the outside world. But as temperatures
Continue ReadingTemps will continue to climb to dangerous levels hitting anywhere from 105-110 and lasting through the weekend and early next week. The hottest temperature ever recorded in El Paso was 114 back on June 30th of 1994. Although I am not expecting reaching that temperature, it will still be very hot. Rain chances will be
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MIAMI, Florida — U.S. authorities in Florida on Wednesday arrested a former Mexican governor for extradition on corruption charges, according to Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office. In a statement, Mexican prosecutors said the government had sought ex-Chihuahua Gov. Cesar Duarte’s extradition from the United States last year and was informed Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department that U.S. Marshals
Continue Reading Christian Cooper, the Black man who filmed a White woman calling the police on him while he was birdwatching in Central Park in May, has not cooperated with the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation, The New York Times reported Tuesday. “On the one hand, she’s already paid a steep price,” Cooper said in a statement, according
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