Facebook said it was investigating online activity surrounding Tuesday night’s shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A Facebook group using the name “Kenosha Guard” promoted an event for last night titled “Armed Citizens to Protect Our Lives and Property.” The event had more than 2,600 responses. Facebook has removed the event and Kenosha Guard’s page from its
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Click here for updates on this story FAIRWAY, KS (KCTV) — There are few people that didn’t root for Alexander Goodwin, the little boy from the UK that came here to the metro for live saving cancer treatment. Goodwin and his family routinely fly back to Kansas City for his continued care, but the pandemic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Ga. (WGCL) — A day before protesters flocked to the streets of Downtown Atlanta demanding justice for a Wisconsin man shot several times by police, Governor Brian Kemp renewed a State of Emergency Executive Order. The order, first issued July 6 in response to a violent and
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A flight helmet made for Tom Cruise when he was making the movie “Top Gun” is up for auction in Los Angeles and is expected to sell for more than $65,000. It’s one of three helmets that were made to fit Cruise, who played the brash, heroic Navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the 1986
Continue Reading While some people are saying that New York City is dead, I have full conviction that the future of New York is bright. I live here. I work here. I’m raising my family here. Like Jerry Seinfeld wrote in his op-ed earlier this week, I strongly believe that New York will be back. I’m betting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — The mother of a 16-year-old boy shot at a gas station by U.S. Marshals said she hasn’t seen her son but said he’s doing ok. “He had just left the house when police called and told me they had shot him. I’m just saying
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CAMERON PARISH, Louisiana — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Thursday as Laura roared ashore in Louisiana near the Texas border, killing four people including a teenage girl and triggering a chemical fire. The powerful storm struck land as a Category 4 near
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Two New Jersey police officers have pleaded guilty to vandalizing the cars of a man who filed a complaint against them. Stephen Martinsen and Thomas Dowling — both of whom were officers with Asbury Park police at the time — admitted to slashing tires of two cars and breaking the windows in one, the Monmouth
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, NV (KVVU) — As Las Vegas families face the costs of childcare during a fall semester of distance learning, one local church offered to step up and offer childcare for free. The Crossing Church launched a program for 120 children across three locations. They are limiting
Continue Reading We weren’t the only ones touched by Jennifer Garner’s tears. Some stars of “The Office” reached out to the actress after she got emotional as she shared on her verified Instagram account that, after watching one episode a day, she and her kids have finished all nine seasons of the show. Angela Kinsey, whose character,
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon to discuss a loosening of restrictions involving dining and church attendance as the state’s Covid-19 case numbers have recently shown decline. Although the official announcement was a day away, the governor’s office on Wednesday outlined the
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While commercial labs across the country have pushed hard this year to scale up their coronavirus testing capacity, the number of tests they conduct each week has fallen over the last month. Some of those major labs now report unused capacity, and one of the largest diagnostic companies has recently only been using about half
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LeBron James is helping spearhead a multimillion-dollar effort to recruit poll workers in Black electoral districts ahead of November’s general elections. The initiative focuses on recruiting poll workers through a paid advertising campaign and a corporate partnership program that encourages employees to volunteer, according to The New York Times. James and a number of prominent
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Jerry Falwell, Jr., the former president of Liberty University, will receive a $10.5 million compensation package from the evangelical school, he told CNN. Falwell, who resigned late Monday after a series of scandals, said he will receive about $2.5 million during the next two years and another $8 million thereafter. As the university’s president and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JONESBORO, AR (KFSM) — We have worked tirelessly since the start of the pandemic to share stories and faces behind the numbers we hear each day. Now, we’re sadly sharing a 46-year-old Arkansas mother’s struggle with the virus, one she lost just a few weeks ago, leaving her
Continue Reading “The New Mutants,” a movie spun out of the “X-Men” franchise that has followed a long-delayed, tortured path the screen, is going to remain an unknown quantity right up until it finally hits theaters. As a holdover from Disney’s Fox acquisition, it’s fair to say the film is arriving without the customary fanfare — or
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, CA (KSWB) — The number of near drownings involving children in San Diego County has spiked in recent months, according to county health leaders. Forty-nine rescues were reported between March and July with the majority happening in private pools and resulting in trips to the hospital.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ESCONDIDO, CA (KSWB) — A recent college graduate, whose own on-campus experience was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, has begun tutoring Escondido Union School District students as the district returned to classes full-time on Tuesday. While she hunts for a job, Emily LaBlond of Escondido said she
Continue Reading Ellen Pompeo doesn’t want “to be the grapes dying on the vine” when it comes to her role on “Grey’s Anatomy.” The actress recently appeared on Dax Shepard’s podcast “Armchair Expert” and talked about starring in the hit ABC show for 17 seasons. She said she hasn’t loved watching herself go from 33 to 50
Continue Reading When police believe a suspect could harm or kill them, they’re usually trained to fire as many gunshots as it takes to bring that suspect down. The shooting itself almost always lasts only seconds. But questions about whether the number of shots officers fired was warranted — or whether that suspect posed a deadly threat
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, NV (KVVU) — The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported a $756.8 million gaming win for the month of July as more casinos reopened around the state. It amounts to a 26% decrease in gaming from July 2019. The Las Vegas Strip was hit the hardest, with
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UPDATE: Fauci says he was not part of task force meeting on new CDC testing guidelines WASHINGTON, DC — In a shift that perplexed some doctors, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has abruptly changed its Covid-19 testing guidelines to say some people without symptoms may not need to be tested, even if
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Polio has been declared eradicated from Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. “Today we come together to rejoice over a historic public health success, the certification of wild poliovirus eradication in the African region,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said during a livestreamed event. “The end of wild polio in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — A child’s mentor is questioning whether he did enough. Reuben Pledger, 13, was killed in a crash last Tuesday in Winston-Salem. Pledger was a passenger in a car being chased by Forsyth County deputies on Patterson Ave. “At first I felt like it was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PERRY COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — The Susquenita School District is on shut down for the next three days after confirmed positive COVID-19 tests were detected within the district. According to a letter to families from Superintendent Kent Smith, the District will be closed for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mid-Michigan, USA (WNEM) — A Mid-Michigan pastor is pushing himself to the limit. Pastor Paul Biber is competing in the Michigan Titanium Solo Half Ironman Duathlon on Saturday, Aug. 29. Biber will be going for 69.1 miles straight, 56 miles on a bike, and 13 miles on foot.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hartford, CT (Hartford Business) — Hundreds of area residents have signed up to participate in a study which will test the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against COVID-19. Yale New Haven Health officials are partnering with New York-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. for the late-stage trial. On Monday,
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf released a legislative agenda Wednesday to assist in the Covid-19 economic recovery, including legalizing recreational marijuana. In a press release outlining his agenda, Wolf asked the legislature to legalize recreational marijuana — with some of the proceeds going to grants for existing small businesses and 50% of the funds dedicated to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are conducting a death investigation after a body was found in a donation bin near a business. Officers responded to the scene in the 2800 block of West 47th Avenue just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday after an employee
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — After a month of testing out the cameras on 16 officers, Kansas City Police Department officials hope to have cameras ordered for some officers within the next couple of months. Outside of KCPD headquarters, a small group of protesters gathered with signs and
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