Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — It is our 14th annual Alex Scott: A Stand For Hope Telethon. This year because of the pandemic, the telethon is virtual. We’re raising money in the fight against childhood cancer. Children like Vincent Nowroozi need your help. Vincent is only 2 years old
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COLORADO CITY, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a missing toddler who authorities say is in grave or immediate danger. According to the Colorado City Police Department, 14-month-old Klay Guzman was taken by 28-year-old Matthew Guzman. The infant is 30 inches tall and weighs about 30 pounds. He has black hair
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (KFOR) — An eagle-eyed Florida man, who saw a KFOR article on his social media feed, says he saw an Oklahoma City couple wanted for child sex crimes in a Walmart shopping aisle. “I kept my cool,” Daniel Rodriguez said in a Facebook Live video.
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EL PASO, Texas – After weeks of opponents falling off of UTEP’s 2020 football schedule, the Miners on Friday have filled some of those voids agreeing to home football games with FCS opponent Stephen F. Austin on Sep. 5 and Abilene Christian on Sep. 19. Both games will kickoff at 7 p.m. at the Sun
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — A K-9 officer on the Gary police force suddenly dies after being poisoned. CBS 2’s Steven Graves reports on how the devastating loss hits especially hard for the department’s K-9 unit. K-9 Willie was his name. He was one of the newest recruits to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, MD (WJZ) — A Maryland man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to throwing a duckling off the Bay Bridge from a moving vehicle earlier this year, the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office said Friday. Judge Mark Crooks sentenced Ethan Fowler to one year behind bars,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — The investigation continues into the cause of last week’s gas explosion in northwest Baltimore. The explosion site has since been cleared and fenced in. There’s a void now, but for those who were first on scene, the sounds and images will be lasting. “Next
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — A standoff between police and a possibly armed man continues over 36 hours later in east Baltimore on Thursday. Police responded at around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday night to a home in the 1700 block of East Chase Street to investigate a possible armed person.
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It took 50 years, but an Australian man’s lucky lottery numbers finally came through to win him $1 million. The Brisbane man, who chose to remain anonymous, matched all six numbers in the August 17 Gold lotto drawing using the numbers his father picked decades ago. “They’re my dad’s numbers. They’re some family birth dates
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New York University is apologizing and giving gift cards to students after they complained about the poor quality of meals while quarantining in their dorm rooms. Classes at NYU don’t officially start until September 2, but the university ‘s return to campus plans requires students and faculty traveling from outside the country or from restricted
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Stuttering, or stammering, occurs when a person repeats or stumbles over a sound, syllable or word. Certain syllables may be repeated or prolonged, words escape in fits and starts, and can at times be accompanied by involuntary facial tics, fist clenching and rapid blinking. Many saw an example of that on the final night of
Continue Reading Although we still have much to learn about immunity, in recent days there have been important hints and encouraging developments. Individual and group immunity indicate the potential of a return to more normal times. The premise is that if COVID-19 infection protects at least some people from reinfection for some time, vaccination (because vaccines rarely
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Major wildfires are burning in California and other Western states. More than 20 major fires are burning in the Golden State, fueled by high temperatures. But states from the Northwest into the Rockies are also experiencing devastating wildfires. California The 660,000 acres burned in California so far is about the same area of land as
Continue Reading The Trump administration has determined that the US Food and Drug Administration will no longer review certain laboratory tests, including those used to detect Covid-19, according to an announcement from the US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday. The announcement — which one expert said was part of a “bureaucratic fight” between HHS
Continue Reading Fires burning across California and Colorado are pumping out smoke that would be bad enough on its own, but might also worsen coronavirus symptoms, doctors warned Thursday. Three doctors in California say residents should be aware that wildfire smoke worsens respiratory symptoms and could lead to increased ER visits for asthma and other respiratory issues.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DARDANELLE, AR (KFSM) — As you know we are working tirelessly to make sure we share stories and faces behind the numbers of COVID-19 in the state. An 88-year-old Dardanelle woman lost her fight with coronavirus a few weeks ago. Lola Crawford was a resident of Legacy Heights
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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been telling friends he and President Donald Trump have been communicating with one another in recent months, a source close to the Trump campaign told CNN. Trump distanced himself from Bannon on Thursday following the conservative firebrand’s arrest on charges of fraud stemming from his involvement in
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In one of the key moments of “The Vow” — a stunning expose of the self-improvement group NXIVM and its downfall — filmmaker and former member Mark Vicente tells others seeking to break free that he’s “recording everything.” That strategy pays off with intense, uncanny details about the inner workings of what prosecutors described as
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, California — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday hew was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state. Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty in June to 13
Continue Reading Megan Thee Stallion has publicly accused Canadian rapper and singer Tory Lanez of shooting her in the feet after an argument last month. The rapper shared the allegation Thursday during an Instagram Live on her verified account. “You shot me,” she said, addressing Lanez in her video. “And you got your publicist and your people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHULA VISTA, CA (KSWB ) — Seven Mile Casino, a South Bay card room known for its hands of blackjack, poker and baccarat, is less than a week away from reopening to the public. The card room returns following a vote made two weeks ago by the Chula
Continue Reading As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on the restaurant industry by forcing closures that could be permanent shutdowns for so many, the James Beard Foundation announced on Thursday that it would not present awards in its Restaurant and Chefs categories in 2020. Clare Reichenbach, the foundation’s CEO, shared the organization’s reasoning in a statement. “The
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WASHINGTON, DC — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, pressed by senators over campaign season mail disruptions, said Friday he was unaware of some recent changes by his agency until they sparked a public uproar. But he also said he has no plans to restore mailboxes or high-speed sorting machines that have been removed. His testimony raised
Continue Reading The United States plans to execute the only Native American on federal death row next week, ignoring the Navajo Nation’s longstanding opposition to capital punishment and undermining the federal government’s commitment to recognizing the sovereignty of Native tribes. Lezmond Mitchell, 38, was convicted more than 17 years ago for the 2001 murders of a Navajo
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Valentino Rossi said he believes changes are needed to the Red Bull Ring in order to avoid a repeat of the dramatic crash in Sunday’s Austrian MotoGP. Two bikes were sent flying across the track after Johann Zarco’s Ducati collided with Franco Morbidelli’s Yamaha at full throttle, but both motorcycles narrowly missed the on-rushing Rossi
Continue Reading Air may be leaking in the International Space Station, so a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts are moving into its Russian segment for the weekend to test where the problem could be. “The leak is still within segment specifications and presents no immediate danger to the crew or the space station,” according to NASA. Astronaut
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAHU, HI (KITV) — Despite the pandemic, plans are still underway to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two on September 2. A program will take place on the USS Missouri where World War II era planes will fly over O’ahu on August 29,
Continue Reading Researchers at a UK university have “digitally unwrapped” three mummified animals from ancient Egypt using high-resolution 3D scans. The team were also able to dissect the mummies to learn how the animals lived and died more than 2,000 years ago, according to a press release from the University of Swansea in Wales, published Thursday. Previous
Continue Reading An Arab-American teenager in New York was assaulted with a baseball bat earlier this month in what the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling “an anti-immigrant, anti-Arab, and racially charged attack.” “This brazen attack on a teenager is disturbing and has no place in our city,” said Ahmed Mohamed, the legal director of the organization’s
Continue Reading When Shaila Rivera and her new husband returned home from their honeymoon and tested positive for Covid-19, they expected a phone call from their local health authorities in Florida asking for a list of people they’d been near so that contact tracing could begin. The Riveras waited for that phone call. And waited. And waited.
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