Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding says she’s trying to keep “positive” amid a battle with breast cancer. Harding went public with her diagnosis on Wednesday in an emotional Instagram post, following a long absence from the platform. “I understand this might be shocking to read on social media and that really isn’t my intention,” she
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Federal investigators announced that they have launched a civil rights probe into the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The US Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin said Wednesday that the investigation will be conducted by the FBI in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division
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A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment Wednesday against 21-year-old Dzenan Camovic for a knife attack on NYPD officers during a protest on June 3 in Brooklyn, an attack that prosecutors describe as ISIS inspired. Prosecutors allege Camovic, a Bosnian national, was living in Brooklyn illegally when he approached two uniformed NYPD officers on
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Click here for updates on this story Sacramento, CA (KOVR) — Sacramento County Health Officials are considering a new plan to pay coronavirus patients to stay at home. The proposal would give patients in need $1,000 if they stay home for a 14-day period after testing positive. Stipends would be granted to those who do
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Vacaville, CA (KOVR) — A decades-old wedding photo was discovered in a Solano County driveway days after the LNU Lightning Complex Fire forced thousands to evacuate. Now Yesenia Duran is on a quest to find its rightful owner. “It was upside down right here so it kind of
Continue Reading CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge imposed the maximum available sentence on Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the first time the sentence has been imposed in New Zealand. The March 2019 attacks targeting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Greensboro, NC (WGHP) — Triad teachers are struggling to balance remote learning, lesson plans and taking care of their own children. “I’m very sorry to my students and my parents this year but in reality, I’m not the best teacher for this situation,” said Erica Bean, after resigning
Continue Reading Arpy Kardashian sleeps with the phone under her pillow so she doesn’t miss a call from her children. She’s in Armenia, they’re in Australia. The family didn’t intend to be separated for more than a couple of weeks, but they are now in their fifth month apart. Kardashian, her husband Harry Soghomonian, and their 10-month
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EL PASO, Texas — Police were holding a woman after residents reported shots fired in a east El Paso neighborhood lat Wednesday afternoon. The call came in about 4:20 p.m. and neighbors said police responded in nearly a dozen squad cars. Neighbors told ABC-7 that a woman who lives in a home in the 10200
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SAN DIEGO, California — Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard and a U.S. Navy sailor is being questioned as a potential suspect, a senior defense official said Wednesday. The official, with knowledge of the investigation, spoke to The Associated Press on condition
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Syracuse, NY (WCBS) — A Syracuse University professor has been placed on administrative leave after reportedly referring to the coronavirus as the “Wuhan flu” and “Chinese Communist Party virus” in a class syllabus. Syracuse University released a statement reading, “The derogatory language used by a professor on his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Gainesville, FL ( WFOR) — A 100-pound Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, a new species that lives in the Suwanee River, was among three of the massive reptiles recently captured by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. According to a FWC Facebook post, a 100-pound male, a 64-pound
Continue Reading KENOSHA, Wisconsin — A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday after two people were shot to death during a third straight night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was taken into custody in Illinois on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide. Antioch
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cooper City, FL ( WFOR) — There was a wild chase in Cooper City on Tuesday night as Broward Sheriff’s deputies tried to wrangle a bull on the run. CBS4 News captured some of the chase as the bullish culprit tried to hoof it away near Southeast Lake
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles, CA (KCBS/KCAL) — A judge has denied a fourth attempt by Los Angeles County for a temporary restraining order against a Sun Valley church for holding indoor worship services under the county’s coronavirus orders. California Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff found the latest filing against Grace
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ls Angeles, CA (KCBS/KCAL) — Three and a half months ago, Los Angeles Fire Capt. Victor Aguirre thought he was going to die. “The blast exploded,” he said. “Next thing I know, we’re engulfed in flames, and I thought this is how I die.” The explosion happened May
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More than 70,000 new Covid-19 cases in children have been reported across the US since early August, new data shows. Child cases increased by 21% between August 6 and August 20, according to an updated joint report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. More than 440,000 children have been infected
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, CO (KCNC) — Students at the University of Colorado-Boulder are reconnecting and some are disregarding COVID-19 safety guidelines, which could lead to spread of the virus. To see college age students partying on a weekend is normal, but these are not normal times. Pictures were taken by
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BALTIMORE, Maryland — President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry following Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night. The president, first lady, Pence and Pence’s wife stood on stage with their hands over their hearts as country music star Trace Adkins performed “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Continue Reading Researchers say they have evidence that a woman caught coronavirus on a flight — perhaps in the jet’s restroom. The 28-year-old woman was among about 300 South Koreans evacuated from Italy at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Milan last March, the researchers wrote in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s journal
Continue Reading Obesity increases the risk of contracting the coronavirus, of landing in the hospital and intensive care unit, and the risk of death from Covid-19, according to a new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The researchers say there’s also concern a vaccine could be less effective for people with
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — Houston police early Wednesday fatally shot a man who opened fire on a car carrying three civilians and at a patrol vehicle, the police chief said. Chief Art Acevedo described the incident, which occurred about 4:30 a.m. in the Hyde Park section, as an active shooter situation. The male suspect shot about
Continue Reading Naturally, Macaulay Culkin turned 40 in 2020. As if this year hasn’t already been filled with things that made us go “WHAT?” the kid from “Home Alone” is four decades old as of Wednesday. Even Culkin knew how this would make us feel. “Hey guys, wanna feel old?” he tweeted on Wednesday. “I’m 40. You’re
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL (WBBM) — It sounds like a disaster in the making; bring nearly 300 campers and staff together during a pandemic, and keep them together around the clock for seven weeks. But then something remarkable happened: not a single case of COVID-19. Our story takes us to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday announced 205 additional Covid-19 cases, which represented a jump from the 69 new cases reported Tuesday — the smallest daily number since June. State health officials have reported 24,732 confirmed infections and 755 deaths since the pandemic began; they reported five new deaths
Continue Reading More than 1.5 million people are under evacuation orders in Texas and Louisiana as powerful Hurricane Laura approaches the Gulf Coast, and the Covid-19 pandemic is multiplying the misery. Covid-19 has “added a complexity to this that was difficult, it was a challenge,” Galveston, Texas, Mayor Pro Tem Craig Brown told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. In
Continue Reading A group of men incarcerated at a jail in Georgia are being credited with saving the life of a sheriff’s deputy. Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Deputy Patrick Edmond was conducting a routine cell search in a housing unit at the county jail on August 16 when some of the jailed men noticed something was wrong. “I
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP Athletics has announced its COVID-19 Fan Protocols for the 2020 football season, which will kick off next Saturday (Sept. 5) when the Miners host Stephen F. Austin in the Sun Bowl. “We have spent the better part of the last few months analyzing our venue and, in coordination with our Special Events team, have
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SAN DIEGO, California — A Trump administration crackdown on nonessential travel coming from Mexico amid the coronavirus pandemic has created massive bottlenecks at the border, with drivers reporting waits of up to 10 hours to get into the U.S. An employee at a company that provides support for businesses with Mexican operations saw the huge
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AUSTIN, Texas – A new amendment approved this week by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is opening a new path for bars to reopen as restaurants, according to ABC affiliate KSAT. The amendment to Rule 33.5 will allow bars to more easily qualify for a food and beverage certificate by removing certain requirements that make obtaining the certificate
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