The Jefferson Memorial is an iconic Washington landmark and the National Park Service calls it a “shrine to freedom,” but two of Thomas Jefferson’s descendants are calling for it to be replaced. Lucian Truscott and Shannon LaNier told CNN on Tuesday that the memorial glorifies America’s third president and author of the Declaration of Independence
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has apologized for a series of anti-Semitic Instagram posts over the weekend, one of which included a quote about Jews falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler. Jackson posted a passage to his Instagram Story that claimed to quote Hitler in saying that Black people were “the real Children of Israel,”
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Two people were injured after a car sped forward as a Black Lives Matter protest in Bloomington, Indiana, was ending Monday evening, police said. Witnesses reported to police that the incident started because an electric scooter had been left in the road. A red Toyota drove up to the scooter, and the male passenger got
Continue Reading Major League Baseball released its 2020 season schedule on Monday. Every team will play a 60-game schedule entirely against teams in their own geographic region to limit travel. The season will open on July 23 with a pair of games. The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals will host the New York Yankees at 7:08
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Click here for updates on this story Phoenix, AZ (KPHO/KTVK ) — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of two officers. According to MCSO, Sgt. Ernie Quintero, a 25-year veteran who worked at the Court Security Division and Detention Officer Kevin Fletcher, a 15-year-veteran who was was currently on assignment at 4th
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Maryvale, AZ (KPHO/KTVK ) — Dozens marched and then held a vigil in honor of a man who was shot and killed by Phoenix police on Saturday. The group gathered at the office of Poder in Action and then marched to the house of James Garcia, near 55th
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sacramento, CA (KCRA) — The statue of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the California State Capitol Rotunda was removed Tuesday morning. The “Columbus’ last appeal to Queen Isabella” statue has been at the center of the rotunda since 1883. Amid public outcry, however, Assembly leaders announced it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Milwaukee, WI (WISN) — An off-duty Milwaukee police officer is under investigation after he was involved in an altercation with protesters. The incident happened about 5:3o p.m. Sunday on Old World Third Street. Investigators said Officer Matthew Willmann and his wife were involved in the altercation. Protesters say
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Justin Timberlake has become the latest public figure to call for the removal of Confederate monuments across the US. The musician and actor, who is from Tennessee, shared his thoughts regarding the monuments in an Instagram post on Monday. “There are roughly 1,848 confederate statues of in the US,” he wrote in his caption of
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time, crossing a sobering milestone rarely seen since the pandemic first hit the U.S. in March. The record high of 10,028 confirmed cases Tuesday follows Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to mandate masks in much of the state and to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Overland Park, KS (KMBC) — Kyle Crane of Overland Park, Kansas, didn’t know what initially caused his Ring doorbell to send him an alert Monday night. From first glance, Crane thought it was a lizard that rang the doorbell and caused him to get a notification on his
Continue Reading Employees at a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop in Georgia have been fired after filming themselves with a noose made of dough and simulating a hanging. In the 16-second clip, which was first shared on Snapchat, a White Jimmy John’s employee fits his head through the dough, knotted and fashioned to look like a noose. Employees
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New Orleans, LA (WDSU) — The Tulane Dean of Students issued a strong warning to students after social media posts circulated over the weekend of students throwing a party without following COVID-19 guidelines. Erica Woodley issued a letter to students after posts of the party circulated on social
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EL PASO, Texas– El Paso Community College trustee Bonnie Soria Najera, who lost both her parents to Covid-19, was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon after undergoing treatment for virus infection. “When I left (home), I left because I thought I was going to die,” she said Tuesday in an interview with ABC-7. She rode
Continue Reading The words and phrases permeate nearly every aspect of our society. “Master bedrooms” in our homes. “Blacklists” and “whitelists” in computing. The idiom “sold down the river” in our everyday speech. Many are so entrenched that Americans don’t think twice about using them. But some of these terms are directly rooted in the nation’s history
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Aurora, CO (KCNC) — During a study session Monday night, Aurora City Council discussed the independent, third-party investigation into Elijah McClain’s death. Council members also voted to move forward on a ban on carotid control holds and chokeholds. City Manager Jim Twombly mandated a new policy for Aurora
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Pittsburgh, PA (KDKA) — The Carnegie Science Center kept a pretty cool secret from a local teenager who is quite an expert on its miniature railroad display. On a positive note — KDKA’s Kym Gable introduces us to the team that made his dream come true. It’s a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL (WBBM) — The Joliet police sergeant who blew the whistle on the death of Eric Lurry in Joliet police custody was stripped of his police powers and placed on administrative leave Monday. Javier Esqueda, a 27 year veteran, blew the whistle last week exclusively to CBS2
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WLNY) — A plane from Miami bound for LaGuardia Airport was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport after being struck by hail. Delta Air Lines flight 1076 from Palm Beach International landed safely at JFK at 6:55 p.m. Monday evening after reporting a problem with
Continue Reading The 19-year-old daughter of comedian and syndicated radio host Rickey Smiley is currently recovering after being shot during an alleged road rage incident. Smiley posted an emotional video Monday in which he said his daughter, Aaryn, was one of a group of people wounded in Houston over the July 4th weekend. “I’m so mad right
Continue Reading Russian authorities have warned people near the country’s border with Mongolia not to hunt or eat marmots after an outbreak of bubonic plague. Two cases of the plague were recorded in the Khovd province in western Mongolia, reported Russian state media agency TASS on Tuesday. Marmots are large ground squirrels, a type of rodent, that
Continue Reading Having experienced the devastating effects of Covid-19 firsthand, Tom Hanks is urging people to do their part in preventing the virus from spreading even further. “The idea of doing one’s part should be so simple,” the 63-year-old actor said on the “TODAY” show Tuesday in his first TV interview since recovering from Covid-19. “Wear a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Rock Island, IL (WQAD) — Downtown Rock Island is now listed on the national register of historic places. The designation includes the area near the public library, Circa 21, and the Centennial Bridge itself. The application process was started two years ago in 2018. City leaders say
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A man wanted for burglary and a felony charge for fleeing from police was arrested after running from officers at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Lower Allen Township. Police said they were advised that he was armed and dangerous. On Saturday at 1:16 p.m.,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville, TN (WSMV ) — The union representing teachers in Metro Nashville Public Schools says safety is top of mind, weeks before the start of the new school year. “I have been contacted by so many teachers who are, quite frankly, scared,” says Amanda Kail, President of Metro
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Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a US Army veteran who lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq, rebuked Tucker Carlson after the conservative Fox News host attacked her on Monday night and suggested that she hates America. “Does @TuckerCarlson want to walk a mile in my legs and then tell me whether or not
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A woman says her 10-month-old bulldog was stolen on Monday by two unknown men from her northeast Portland home. The owner of the bulldog, Martha Pelagio, says the theft happened at around 6 p.m. in the 300 block of Northeast 156th Avenue. According to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — A community center in a predominantly black neighborhood in New Haven is 30 percent complete. Now small businesses are speaking out, saying the city needs to hire more black subcontractors for the project. The city provided some numbers today for the Dixwell Q
Continue Reading The police raid of Breonna Taylor’s home that ended with police killing her was connected to a political plan to clear a Louisville, Kentucky, street for a real estate development, according to an amended lawsuit filed by Taylor’s mother. Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was shot eight times after police broke down the door to her
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Leaders in charge of the Kansas City Police Department will meet in a public session on Tuesday. This year, these meetings have gained a lot of interest, but because of COVID-19, the Board of Police Commissioners will continue to meet over the phone,
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