The gunshots that killed a Milwaukee woman in her home a week ago were heard by students in a virtual class whose teacher called 911. Police found the victim in the kitchen slumped over the stove after the September 11 shooting. She had been shot with a .380 handgun and her brother has confessed to
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The gunshots that killed a Milwaukee woman in her home a week ago were heard by students in a virtual class whose teacher called 911. Police found the victim in the kitchen slumped over the stove after the September 11 shooting. She had been shot with a .380 handgun and her brother has confessed to
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EL PASO, Texas — The mother of Erika Gaytan, the 29-year-old El Paso woman missing and believed dead for a year now, wants to re-launch the search for her daughter. The mother, desperate for answers, is calling on volunteers to help with that search this upcoming Sunday morning. “I would like to have hope. As a mother
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School districts across the country are navigating how to reopen safely amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic, and the results of a new study could make those decisions more difficult. Between 42% and 51% of all school employees in the US met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s criteria for either having an increased risk
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The young woman and her sister had traveled across Europe just as the coronavirus pandemic was taking off there, visiting Milan and Paris before heading to London. When the woman left London on March 1, she had a sore throat and cough as she boarded a flight home to Vietnam, but no one noticed. By
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A fugitive sought by the FBI for a recent double murder and other crimes was taken into custody by New Mexico State Police in Las Cruces, authorities said Friday evening. 34-year-old Dakota Don Briscoe was transferred earlier Friday from Las Cruces to Albuquerque, where he now faces two open counts of murder
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Click here for updates on this story Denver, CO (KCNC) — A man and a woman are wanted in connection with several different bank robberies in the Denver metro area over the past three weeks and authorities say the man, Paul Hernandez, is well known to law enforcement. He is a federal ex-convict who served
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Chicago postal workers, saying it is too dangerous to deliver the mail, are threatening to stop delivering in some neighborhoods one week after a mail carrier was shot on her route. Postal workers and community organizers joined together for a prayer vigil Thursday near
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols has passed Willie Mays for fifth place on the career home run list by hitting No. 661. Pujols went deep during the fifth inning on Friday night against the Texas Rangers. The 40-year-old Pujols hit Wes Benjamin’s fastball on a 1-2 count over the wall
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WELLS, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Friday evening for an abducted 1-month-old child who is believed to be in grave or immediate danger, reports ABC affiliate KSAT. Police say they’re looking for Armaidre Antwan Maquie Argumon. Armaidre is 22 inches tall, weighs 9 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes. Police say he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LYNNFIELD, MA (WBZ) — A boy from Lynnfield is looking a lot like Iron Man with the new bionic arm he received from Shriners Hospital for Children in Springfield. With the help of Shriners Hospital and the UK-based bionics company Open Bionics, an eight-year-old named Sam was given
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KEYMAR, MD (WJZ) — Two Good Samaritans are being praised for helping a Carroll County Sheriff’s deputy arrest a man who allegedly assaulted the deputy during an arrest. According to the sheriff’s office, Master Deputy Etzler was on routine patrol Sunday morning around 11 a.m. when he was
Continue Reading Baseball legend David Ortiz admitted Friday to having Covid-19. Ortiz told New England Sports Network (NESN) announcers during Friday’s Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. “Yeah, man, I just got it. I just had my last test yesterday. Thank God I tested negative,” Ortiz said, adding that he
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AUSTIN, Texas — More than 3,978 new cases were reported Friday of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, as well as 123 new Covid-19 deaths, according to Texas health officials. Hospitalizations from Covid-19 also continued to fall with 3,172 beds filled Friday, 74 fewer than the day before. The downward hospitalization trend encouraged Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday to
Continue Reading Evidence in the case of a Tennessee man who was sentenced to death three decades ago can be tested for the first time for DNA, a judge ruled this week. Pervis Payne, who has been on death row for 32 years, is scheduled for execution in December. He received two death sentences after he was
Continue Reading Daily US coronavirus cases have been ticking up recently, a trend medical experts have said they won’t want to see as a potentially complicated flu season approaches. New daily cases averaged about 39,700 over a week as of Thursday. That average has risen the past few days, to 13% higher than the week before, data
Continue Reading An Oregon city has employed a specialized team to reduce the risk of wildfires– and each member has four hooves. Forest Grove, a city 25 miles east of Portland, is using a herd of 230 vegetation-eating goats as a tool to thin undergrowth on undeveloped city owned property, urban forest and park property. The state
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WILMINGTON, Delaware — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says the winner of the November election should pick a successor to the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Calling Ginsburg a “beloved figure,” Biden told reporters: “There is no doubt — let me be clear — that the voters should pick the president and
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BEMIDJI, Minnesota — President Donald Trump says the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “an amazing woman” who led an “amazing life.” Ginsburg died Friday of complications from cancer at the age of 87. The news of her death broke shortly after Trump began to address a campaign rally in Minnesota. Trump
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death is “an incalculable loss for our democracy and for all who sacrifice and strive to build a better future for our children.” The Democratic leader said Friday that Congress must ensure that the person who replaces Ginsburg on
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote on President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, even though it’s an election year. RELATED STORY: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, legal pioneer, dies of cancer at age 87 The Republican Senate
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A typical young adult, donned in a pink and purple club jersey, with long limbs and a sprouting mustache, Yashasvi Jaiswal quickly runs his fingers through his hair. The words of wisdom that follow belie his 18 years. The teenager has experienced more of life’s ups and downs than many young men his age. His
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In her many years on the bench, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s voice on the court never faded, with every one of her authored court opinions further solidifying her position as a tenacious dissenter and contemplative jurist. Ginsburg’s turn of phrase has taken center stage in several landmark cases over the years, her steadfast
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A decent amount of sunshine along with some haze from the fires out west will be with us this weekend. Temps will climb in the mid and upper 80’s. Expect some E/SE winds Saturday with gusts around 30 mph for the West side. There will be a slight chance for some rain later next week
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey flew over the coastal areas of the state on Friday to view the destruction left by Hurricane Sally. “I’m sure it could be worse. But what I’ve seen this morning in the flyover, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach and Fort Morgan, it’s really, really bad,” Ivey said. Sally made landfall Wednesday
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EL PASO, Texas — As families continue to struggle with the economic impact of the pandemic, local food pantries, schools, churches and other organizations are turning to one place to keep up with the increased demand for food. They are turning to the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank. St. Luke Catholic Church in west
Continue Reading(CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the court announced. She was 87. Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and in recent years served as the most senior member of the court’s liberal wing consistently delivering progressive votes on the most divisive social issues of the day, including
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. RELATED CONTENT: Trump calls Justice Ginsburg an ‘amazing woman,’ doesn’t
Continue Reading A Kentucky man was arrested Monday in Illinois after his family discovered dismembered body parts of his deceased girlfriend in a duffel bag, according to law enforcement authorities. Melvin Martin Jr. of Louisville is accused of killing his girlfriend, Ladawndra Ellington, and dismembering her body, said Terry White, police chief in Markham, Illinois. Martin, 30,
Continue Reading A Black man who was pinned to the ground and beaten by sheriff’s deputies in the Atlanta area during a traffic stop says he “feared for his life.” “I just want to let y’all know that I was scared and I feared for my life … and I just pray and just hope that it
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