Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A team of local chefs is serving up a lesson in tolerance through food and drink. “Minnesota Rice” is an initiative that’s trying to end racism against Asian Americans by sitting around the dinner table. You buy in for $100, and then all throughout May,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Parents in Minnesota and Wisconsin are pushing for equal treatment for their kids. Currently people with certain disabilities like Down syndrome can be denied an organ transplant due to outdated laws. WCCO shares how families are taking their fight to lawmakers to make transplant discrimination
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(CNN) — Cuatro familias de inmigrantes separadas en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México bajo la administración Trump se reunirán esta semana, anunció el lunes el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS). Esto marca las primeras reunificaciones bajo el mandato del presidente Joe Biden. El esfuerzo surge del grupo de trabajo de reunificación familiar establecido
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN RAFAEL, California (KPIX) — Students Rising Above scholars are exceptional achievers at home, at school and in their communities but this week’s scholar Nehemias Gramajo Signor is all that and more. He’s also a hero because he saved a life. Gramajo Signor is always on the move.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — A Dallas ice cream shop, Howdy Homemade, almost lost it all during the pandemic. It’s run by special needs adults, all hired by shop owner, Tom Landis. “We hire the people that we consider are best for the hospitality industry, and those are the ones
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A dramatic Facebook video shows the aftermath of what police call an attempted child luring incident. CBS 2’s Marissa Parra on Sunday broke down the chain of events – including the arrest and the woman who chased down the suspect. Hason Reynolds, 43, has been
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Former President George W. Bush again criticized what he sees as a Republican Party that is not inclusive enough, arguing that if it stands for “White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, then it’s not going to win anything.” The comments by the 43rd President — who has recently critiqued the modern GOP with a candor that has been
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The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the government’s ability to gather intelligence but could draw criticism over surveillance of US citizens. The Department of Homeland Security is limited in how it can monitor citizens online without justification and is banned from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Edson So pointed out his busted lip along with bruises and cuts on his neck and chest. He was outside with his wife in South Sacramento when someone drove by shooting him with paintballs. It happened Friday at around 12:30 in the afternoon. So
Continue Reading The assistant commandant of the US Marine Corps told a congressional hearing Monday that the sinking of an amphibious vehicle in a training accident last July off the coast of southern California that left one sailor and eight marines dead was “preventable.” The deaths occurred when an assault amphibious vehicle, or AAV, sank near San
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Four people are dead and nearly two dozen people were sent to hospitals after a suspected smuggling vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz told CNN they received reports of a vessel that overturned near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma around 10:27
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (WGCL) — A driver died Monday after a tree fell on their car during severe storms in Douglasville. Douglas County firefighters responded to an emergency call about a tree on a car and a possible occupant inside around 10:36 a.m. on Campbellton Street between Woodrow Avenue
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LONG ISLAND, New York (WABC) — Hundreds are expected at a wake Monday for NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos, who was killed in the line of duty when he was struck by an alleged drunk driver on the Long Island Expressway last week. The viewing began at 2 p.m.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUTLER, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — Multiple law enforcement agencies rushed to a Bates County home on a what they were told was a deadly shooting. However, what they found was an elderly woman who was clueless as to what they were talking about. The Bates County Sheriff’s Office received
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The nation’s top general says he is now open to considering a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of military commanders. This is a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — After a spike in apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in March raised alarms and prompted a torrent of Republican criticism of the Biden administration, preliminary U.S. government data reviewed by CNN shows the number of encounters at the border in April remains elevated but appears to have plateaued. The
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Just days after Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a relaxation of mask requirements, Brookline, a town just outside of Boston, doubled down on its more restrictive mask mandate. As of April 30, masks are no longer required outdoors in Massachusetts when social distancing is possible, according to a news release from the governor’s office. The
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas and San Diego Padres have announced the 2021 Triple-A Opening Day roster for El Paso’s first season in the Triple-A West. The Chihuahuas open the season in Tacoma on May 6 and the home opener at Southwest University Park is on May 13 against Albuquerque. The Chihuahuas roster features five MLB.com top Padres
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that subway service in New York City will return to a 24/7 schedule on May 17 as the state and neighbors New Jersey and Connecticut open up their economies by lifting most curfews and capacity restrictions at restaurants and other businesses. About a year ago, the Metropolitan Transportation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — In his short life, four year old Teddy Prive has spent much of his life in hospitals after being diagnosed with an extremely rare form of leukemia at only 4 months old, undergoing a bone marrow transplant before turning three. “He’s been on a
Continue Reading Some stars live fast and look beautiful doing it before they die young in a brilliant explosion. AG Carinae, a blue giant star located 20,000 light-years from Earth in the Milky Way galaxy, is one of those stars. This bright star’s explosive infamous temper tantrums are part of what make it so scintillating. The Hubble
Continue Reading The Biden administration often says that though their policies are not getting bipartisan support in Congress, they’re widely supported by Americans across the country. But as President Joe Biden embarks on a multi-state tour to promote his sweeping infrastructure and jobs plan, that argument is being tested. CNN spoke to dozens of voters — Democrats,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GULF SHORES, Alabama (WALA) — A local boy is cleaning up area beaches and inspiring others to also join in. 5-year-old Oliver Caver is on a mission to clean up area beaches. This weekend is all about West Beach Pass in Gulf Shores. And when it comes to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Tourists are starting to come back to San Francisco and numbers show the thieves are as well. Neighbors near San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts say car thefts right now may be worse than they’ve ever been. Reported crimes are up in other tourist
Continue Reading (CNN) — Dos cruceros de Carnival regresaron el domingo al puerto de Galveston, en Texas. Después de más de un año de ausencia, el regreso de los barcos representa un rayo de esperanza para el sector de los viajes, que sufrió un gran golpe durante la pandemia. Los dos barcos, Carnival Breeze y Carnival Vista,
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Rebel Wilson had to share over the weekend. The “Pitch Perfect” star posted on her official Instagram account, writing, “I got some bad news today and didn’t have anyone to share it with … but I guess I gotta tell someone.” “To all the women out there struggling with fertility, I feel ya,” reads the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Más de un millón y medio de pasajeros fueron examinados en los aeropuertos estadounidenses el domingo, un nuevo récord desde que comenzó la pandemia de covid-19. La Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte de Estados Unidos (TSA, por sus siglas en inglés) dice que examinó a más de 1,62 millones de personas en los
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRANITE BAY, California (KCRA) — Unauthorized bike trails and jumps are a growing concern in California state parks, according to rangers. In a remote area of the Granite Bay State Park, rangers, biologists and maintenance workers recently bulldozed and raked the site of numerous dirt jumps and trails.
Continue Reading (CNN)– Pueden ocurrir en cualquier momento y amenazar todos los rincones de Estados Unidos. Es hora de prepararse para uno de los tipos de clima más destructivos del mundo: los tornados. En promedio, Estados Unidos registra más de 1.200 tornados al año, mucho más que cualquier país del mundo. Aunque los tornados pueden ser mortales,
Continue Reading President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited an elementary school and community college in Virginia on Monday to promote the President’s sweeping economic proposals and how they would benefit schools if signed into law. Biden touted his recently-unveiled $1.8 trillion American Families Plan as “a once-in-a-generation investment in our families, in our children,
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