Three teenage boys were arrested after they fled police and ended up at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida with a loaded AK-47 assault rifle in a backpack, according to a Palm Beach Police affidavit. The 15-year-old boys were arrested and taken into custody shortly after midnight on July 31, but CNN has only
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Click here for updates on this story CLINTON, IA (WQAD) — Students and staff in the Clinton Community School District will be encouraged to wear face shields when they return to the classroom. Superintendent, Gary DeLacy, says the district decided to spend $15,000 on the new supply after recommendations by the Clinton County Health Department.
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In a major bid to compete with Tesla and other electric vehicle makers, General Motors unveiled the Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV Thursday night. The Lyriq is the first fully-electric Cadillac introduced by GM, which is preparing to unveil a whole new lineup of electric cars, trucks and SUVs. In addition to being fully electric, the
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The White House coronavirus task force is warning states about an uptick in coronavirus test positivity rates in a number of new cities this week. Task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said there are encouraging signs across the South, a region hit hard by a surging pandemic in recent weeks, but she outlined new areas
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Police Department’s Internal Affairs unit has launched an investigation into an officer’s conduct captured on video by ABC-7 that appears to show him stomping on the bare feet of a man in custody, authorities said Thursday. The video of the incident was taken by an ABC-7 staffer in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Portland, OR (KPTV) — The body of a man thrown from a boat has been recovered from the Columbia River. Crews have been searching for Michael Hoang Trinh, 45, of Portland, since Sunday. Deputies said Trinh was thrown into the water when the boat he was riding in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Portland, OR (KPTV) — A Portland woman who operated a tax return preparation business is charged with $3 million in fraud, according to the Department of Justice. A federal grand jury indicted 36-year-old Elizabeth Munoz on 25 counts related to filing false tax returns on behalf of herself
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TAHLEQUAH, OK (KFSM ) — The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC), says a Tahlequah boy came less than an ounce and a half away from beating a 30-year long bluegill catch record. 13-year-old Joshua Thomas caught the bluegill from a private pond near Tahlequah and almost broke
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Rutherford County, NC (WLOS) — A Rutherford County couple said they were blessed after giving birth to a baby girl early Tuesday morning. It’s how the baby was born, though, that is getting all the attention. “Woke him up probably about 3:15, and then about 3:30 is when
Continue Reading The coronavirus pandemic has turned life upside down around the world, with many workers losing their jobs, economies plummeting and parents worried about reopening schools. But the US is being hit harder in more than one way. Not only does the US have the highest number of cases and deaths; the US population is also
Continue Reading In late June, Arizona was confronting a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases, forcing officials to reimpose a slew of coronavirus restrictions about two months after the state started reopening its economy. Today, that decision appears to have paid off. A CNN analysis of Covid-19 data from Johns Hopkins University shows that on July 8, Arizona
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EL PASO, Texas — A 20-year-old El Paso man is facing animal cruelty charges in the wake of a video posted to social media that police said shows him abusing his dog, authorities announced Thursday. Caleb Hicks was arrested Wednesday and was remained held a day later in the downtown jail on $5,000 bond. In
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A Black Louisiana man will spend the rest of his life in prison for stealing hedge clippers, after the Louisiana Supreme Court denied his request to have his sentence overturned last week. Fair Wayne Bryant, 62, was convicted in 1997 on one count of attempted simple burglary. In his appeal to the Second Circuit Court
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — A Shreveport woman is behind bars, accused in the death of a 17-month-old toddler. Tatianna Burns, 39, is charged with second-degree murder. She’s held on a $500,000 bond. Burns was not the biological mother to the child; she was the legal caretaker, according
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces police standoff that began late Thursday morning continued into the late afternoon hours. A man barricaded himself inside a home at Picacho Avenue and 17th Street. Police said they were trying to serve a felony warrant, but the man refused to come out of the home. The
Continue Reading Nearly 150 Vermont inmates housed in a private prison in Mississippi have tested positive for Covid-19, according to a release from Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC). Testing was ordered after six inmates returning from Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (TCCF) in Tutwiler, Mississippi tested positive when they arrived at a correctional facility in Rutland, Vermont on
Continue Reading A new unit of the Rhode Island State Police will be enforcing the state’s limitations on social gatherings, and Gov. Gina Raimondo wants Rhode Islanders to call in with information. “We are struggling to keep social gatherings under control,” Raimondo told reporters Wednesday. “We are getting very serious about this.” Under the state’s current policies,
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama says she’s suffering from a “low-grade depression.” The reasons? The pandemic, race relations in the US and the political strife surrounding it all, she says. “I’m waking up in the middle of the night because I’m worrying about something or there’s a heaviness,” Obama said in her “The Michelle Obama
Continue Reading Louisville’s police chief and chief of public services walked out of a government oversight committee meeting Monday, citing a recent lawsuit for keeping them from answering questions about the deaths of Breonna Taylor and David McAtee and police actions during protests, according to a city spokesperson. Taylor was killed during a police raid on her
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham proclaimed at a news conference Thursday with state health officials that “it’s still unsafe out there, Covid exists” – but she did make adjustments to quarantine rules and slightly loosened restrictions on nursing home visits. The governor said there were 212 new cornaviruscases across the state
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK, PA (WPMT) — York City officials call the damage inside York City Hall ‘significant’ and it is unclear when the doors will be able to open again. The path of destruction, officials said, damaged the City’s phone lines and internet and also left the server dripping with
Continue Reading Of the 15 biggest school districts in the country, 13 have opted to begin the school year with online learning only. Just one, Hawaii Public Schools, has opted for a hybrid. New York City schools have not yet received approval for their plans. Here’s how large school districts are planning to reopen while grappling with
Continue Reading Andrew Grande didn’t hesitate before jumping into action when he saw a massive alligator making its way to his 4-year-old daughter. “When I first saw him, the only thing I was thinking of was just getting my daughter, just getting her out of the way, ” he said. “What his intentions were, I’m not 100%
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — Mayor Eric Garcetti says he is authorizing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to shut off utility service to properties where large parties and gatherings are held. Starting Friday, Garcetti says in “egregious” cases where non-permitted large parties and gatherings take
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During this extended period of evolving schedules and dissolving plans, in which many of us no longer “go” to work or school or much of anywhere, time feels increasingly fluid. It leaks, spills and evaporates unless we’re able to contain it. It can even feel as if time is no longer linear, sometimes looping like
Continue Reading The Canadian government will allow four patients with incurable cancer to receive psilocybin therapy, which uses the drug found in the so-called “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms,” to ease their end-of-life distress. The landmark decision by Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, marks the first time since 1974 that a legal exemption has been given in Canada
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FORT HOOD, Texas — Fort Hood, which the Army touts as the “the premier installation to train and deploy heavy forces,” has the most reported sexual assaults, sexual harassment and killings of any base in the military branch, Army secretary Ryan McCarthy said Thursday. McCarthy spoke at the post after meeting with civilian and military leadership as
Continue Reading It’s official: There’s a limit on how much arsenic can be in your baby’s cereal. The US Food and Drug Administration issued its final guidance on limiting the levels of inorganic arsenic found in infant rice cereal on Wednesday — capping the level of arsenic allowable at 100 parts per billion. That’s the same level
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NBA star LeBron James says the league won’t miss Donald Trump’s viewership after the US President criticized players for kneeling during the national anthem. Following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, NBA players have been vocal in their calls for social justice and, as the season resumed last week, every player knelt during
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — A viewer reached out to the CBS 2 Morning Insiders with a plea that sounds hard to believe. She wrote, “Please help me, I’m relying on your assistance.” The 60-year-old Chicago resident has lived for more than 15 years as a quadruple amputee. A
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