Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A south St. Louis man is fighting back in a creative way against people who steal packages off the front steps of homes. By one estimate, such thefts have resulted in a $5.4 billion loss in the past year. The offenders are often called
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — In a heartbreaking incident in Bridgeport this week, a man gave up his car – only for carjackers to shoot and kill him anyway. Shuai Guan was checking the mail at the time he was murdered on Monday. On Tuesday night, his widow, Hongyu Bai,
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Thousands more families just lost a loved one this holiday season as the US reported its second-highest number of coronavirus deaths in one day — 3,401 on Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. And in nine states, more people are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at any other point in this pandemic: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
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At least 23 people were injured, nine critically, after a partial roof collapse and explosion Wednesday in downtown Baltimore, according to the fire department. The incident occurred at the Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) building, according to a tweet from the Baltimore City Fire Department. Twenty-one people were transported to a hospital and two people
Continue Reading In June, Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center was so overwhelmed by the pandemic that two of its wings had been transformed into Covid-19 wards. Now, there are three. Dr. Joseph Varon, chief medical officer, hadn’t had a day off since the virus hit months earlier. He still hasn’t. Back then, ICU nurse Tanna Ingraham was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Authorities have released the names of five individuals they say face charges in a McDowell County home invasion that took place in November. According to the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office, the following individuals have been charged with assault on a female, first-degree
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Three people have been arrested in connection to a homicide that occurred on December 20. Jessie Sullivan, 34, was arrested for 1st Degree Murder, Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, and Evidence Tampering. Donna
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Haruwn Wesley had surfed the Fort Point wave break under the Golden Gate Bridge for decades. So, it was a shock when people learned that he had died, in a freak accident. He knew the dangers of the rocks. And now the local surfing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, California (KOVR) — Two kids in Lincoln are calling themselves the Cookie Ninjas after they were caught on Ring surveillance camera sneaking onto neighbors’ porches to drop off holiday goodies. The suspicious duo says they were dressed in disguise. “I sort of just wear a hat, sunglasses,”
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KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Three people were taken into custody by police after a reported ‘active shooter’ situation at a busy Walmart store full of Christmas in suburban Knoxville, according to local media accounts. There was no immediate word of injuries after witnesses reported hearing gunshots fired in the store. Local media indicated dozens of people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was sent a letter Tuesday warning of a possible mountain lion dwelling where the controversial Northlake housing development is expected to be built. The letter, sent by the Center for Biological Diversity, included cougar photos captured last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLATTEVILLE, Colorado (KCNC) — This time last year, the Winnes from Platteville were worried. Their baby girl was in the NICU, born more than three months early. One year later, baby Ava Jean is thriving. “Spunky, determined,” said Bobbie Winne, Ava’s mother. Ava is 13 months old and
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President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has criticized Twitter’s decision to not allow the millions of followers of the White House Twitter accounts to be automatically retained when the accounts are handed over to the new administration. “Twitter’s reluctance to transfer millions of followers from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration unnecessarily politicizes what otherwise should be
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Sisters Jessica Cheatham and Jama Allen plan to do everything they can to preserve for their kids the family’s Christmas traditions — even as they mourn the crushing loss of their mom, dad and grandfather to Covid-19. The festivities would start each year with their mom, Lisa Cheatham, 58, setting out a plate-bending buffet with
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center’s West Clinic became the first El Paso facility to administer Covid-19 vaccinations to high-risk members of the general public on Wednesday. The clinic provided vaccinations for those ages 75 and older for several hours in an event that wasn’t widely publicized. The El Paso Department of Public Health
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White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien held a call on Tuesday with his counterparts in an international intelligence sharing alliance to discuss the suspected Russian cyberattack on US government agencies and propose a joint statement condemning the breach, according to a senior administration official and two officials from the other nations. O’Brien’s proposal for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KSBW) — The year 2020 has been a bad for just about everybody and the seafood industry is no exception. When it comes to crab, it’s usually a question of there being fresh caught in time for Thanksgiving, but this year it looks like there won’t
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Pittsburgh police found numerous farm animals living in poor conditions inside a Homewood home while responding to a reported assault on Monday. Police said when officers arrested a suspect at the home on Blackadore Avenue, he alerted them to numerous animals living inside the home.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRENTWOOD, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A community service project will help to keep some seniors warm this winter. Blankets arrived Wednesday at Rockingham County Nursing Home, courtesy of some students at Sanborn Regional High School. Spearheading the project was Dacey Schreiber, who also works as a licensed nursing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OCALA, Flordia (WESH) — The United States Department of Justice on Tuesday released a scathing report alleging that Florida’s largest women’s prison, located in Ocala, has repeatedly failed to protect inmates from being sexually assaulted by staff. As part of an investigation that dates to 2018, the DOJ
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Firefighters rescued two workers who were trapped on a dangling scaffolding after an explosion at a downtown Baltimore building that seriously injured as many as 21 people. The Baltimore City Fire Department reported there was an explosion with a partial roof collapse around 8:30 a.m.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ENID, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Police arrested a suspect accused of shooting and killing a 25-year-old man at an apartment complex in Enid. Around 10:10 p.m. Monday, Enid police officers responded to multiple 911 calls regarding a reported shooting at the Pine Manor Apartments in the 1000 block of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento mother is pleading for her 13-year-old daughter’s safe return after she went missing nearly a week ago. Matthiya Miller was last seen Thursday near Del Luna Court off 24th Street and Meadowview Road in south Sacramento, police said. She is considered at-risk.
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities, setting up a possible veto override that would pit members of his own party against him. Trump had previously threatened to veto the defense bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, because it doesn’t
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As a Delta Air Lines plane taxied to the runway at LaGuardia Airport on Monday, a flight attendant saw a man and woman walking through the aisle. “I need to get off the plane. I don’t want to sit here. I’m gonna pop the door,” the flight attendant paraphrased him as saying. The man felt
Continue Reading The State Department on Wednesday issued the most decisive statement yet from the Trump administration blaming the Russian Security Service for the poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, days after CNN reported on the first direct evidence of the agency’s involvement in the poisoning. “The United States believes that officers from the Russian Federal Security
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(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de San Isidro, en Argentina, publicó este miércoles los resultados de los estudios toxicológico e histopatológico realizados al cadáver de Diego Armando Maradona, como complemento de la autopsia realizada el 25 de noviembre, día en que falleció el exastro del fútbol. El informe químico indicó que se detectó la
Continue Reading At his confirmation hearing nearly two years ago, Attorney General William Barr boasted that there was an advantage to putting him in charge of the Justice Department — he could afford not to care about the consequences of his decisions. Mostly retired and 68 years old at the time, Barr’s pitch to senators in January
Continue Reading At his confirmation hearing nearly two years ago, Attorney General William Barr boasted that there was an advantage to putting him in charge of the Justice Department — he could afford not to care about the consequences of his decisions. Mostly retired and 68 years old at the time, Barr’s pitch to senators in January
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — It’s official, at least according to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: Santa Claus and his reindeer are immune to Covid-19 and can safely visit homes all across the state. Grisham’s office on Wednesday announced that she’d issued a proclamation assuring New Mexico children that health experts had determined that the coronavirus poses
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