Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The animals at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore are eating really well these days — all thanks to the cicadas. Some of the animals are enjoying the cicadas like fine dining, while others are simply unimpressed. “It’s like a big snack bar,” the zoo’s assistant
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(CNN) — ¿Qué es lo que más te gusta de los cachorros de perro? ¿Son sus lindos bostezos, sus colas ondulantes o la forma dulce en que te lamen la nariz? O tal vez sean esos ojos tristes que miran fijamente los tuyos como si supieran lo que estás pensando. Sea lo que sea, ten
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — Santa Cruz County is offering financial incentives to property owners who can offer housing to those currently experiencing homelessness. “We’re really relying on the good heartiness of the Santa Cruz community to help us do that,” Senior Director of Housing Programs at Fremont-based
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Faith leaders in Kansas City said they are outraged by what they saw in the latest video of the fatal police shooting of Malcolm Johnson at a BP gas station on March 25. They said police reforms are needed. “When I saw the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — México se encuentra a solo unos días de que se lleven a cabo las elecciones más grandes en la historia del país. De acuerdo con el Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE), los 32 estados celebrarán comicios locales que se cruzarán con los de diputados nacionales (la elección presidencial será en 2024). Más de
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The Department of Defense will “maintain existing policy for the display of unofficial flags” and “not grant an exception to display the Pride flag” at military bases, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement to CNN. Kirby said the decision does not “in any way reflect on the respect and admiration we feel for
Continue Reading WHITEHOUSE, Texas — Allen West, the chair of the Texas Republican Party, announced his resignation on Friday as he teased a potential run for statewide office. He will remain chairman until his replacement is picked on July 11, the Texas GOP said in a statement. “It has been my distinct honor to serve as Chairman
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After the pandemic trashed financial budgeting throughout the nation for college athletic programs, a new program is offering aid. The New Mexico State University athletics department was staring down the barrel of a $3.5 million gap in its budget, partially due to the loss of big money games last year
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOLDEN GATE ESTATES, Florida (WBBH) — Some Golden Gate Estates are still mourning the loss of a blackbear cub that they named ‘Bailey Cub.’ Bailey was shot and killed in the woods behind homes on 6th Avenue Northeast — more than a year ago on June 2, 2020.
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico- The Las Cruces Public Schools announced they will let graduates from their 2020 class walk across the stage as their late Superintendent Karen Trujillo promised them. Trujillo, who died earlier this year when she was struck by a motor vehicle while on a walk, made the promise during the Covid-19 pandemic
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One Wall Street analyst has had it with the whole meme stock phenomenon. Curtis Nagle, who covers retailers for Bank of America, is giving up trying to figure out what’s next for GameStop and Bed Bath & Beyond. Nagle wrote in two reports late Thursday that he’s suspending coverage of GameStop and that he now
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ARCADIA,California (KABC) — Free Animal Doctor, a nonprofit veterinary clinic, provides much-needed medical services for pet owners. No one is turned away for an inability to pay. Leah Walker is thankful for the clinic. Like many, she says the pandemic has put a strain on finances. “After COVID
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Serena Williams put in an impressive display on Friday to qualify for the French Open fourth-round with a chance at entering the history books on the horizon. The 39-year-old defeated fellow American Danielle Collins 6-4 6-4 on Court Philippe Chatrier, as the women’s draw opened up with some high-seed, early-round knockouts already. After No. 3
Continue Reading Arizona’s problem-ridden audit has inspired Republicans elsewhere to push for reviews in their own states as the party continues to hold up former President Donald Trump‘s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Members of the party are making political pilgrimages to the state. This week, a small group of Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POMONA, California (KABC) — Authorities say a Pomona woman abused, tortured and then killed her 16-year-old stepson, while the boy’s father did nothing to prevent the abuse. The boy’s death was reported around noon Tuesday in the 600 block of Del Rosa Place, the Pomona Police Department confirmed
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A cow that wandered onto a Las Cruces highway triggered a traffic crash that left both the animal and vehicle driver injured, witnesses told ABC-7. The incident occurred Thursday night on Highway 70 and Mesa Grande, where the cow was struck by the vehicle after crossing the path of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Emily Choi remains shaken after being told to ‘go back to Asia’ while walking with her 20-month-old son in a stroller near her University Village neighborhood Wednesday morning. “It was discouraging to hear that from someone in my neighborhood in front of my son,” she
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El ciclista colombiano Egan Bernal dio positivo por covid-19 y por el momento no volverá a Colombia para su homenaje. En un comunicado difundido este viernes por su equipo de prensa, señalaron que el actual campeón del Giro de Italia está descansando en su residencia en Mónaco junto a su novia y
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The American Legion of Ohio said Thursday it is investigating a Memorial Day incident in which a keynote speaker’s microphone was turned off during part of his speech that touched on Black people’s historical role in creating the national holiday. Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter was speaking at the ceremony held by a local
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago alderman is blaming “gang culture” for the shooting of a 14-year-old girl who was walking her dog Wednesday night in Back of the Yards. “If we want our children to be able to grow up, to live and to be able to thrive,
Continue Reading Joslyn Carlon wore her dad’s firefighting jacket over her graduation gown when she walked across the stage to accept her high school diploma on Thursday, just two days after he was killed in a shooting at his Los Angeles County fire station. Dozens of firefighters dressed in black uniforms lined the entrance to College of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO KTVK) — Phoenix police say a man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a mortuary van with two bodies inside. Authorities received a call from South Mountain Mortuary just before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Employees had left the vehicle alone for a short time while it was
Continue Reading “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” the seventh film in the horror franchise, hits theaters on Friday. It ends a crazy week for the movie theater business that included the return of a blockbuster box office opening and major theater chain AMC having a wild ride on the stock market. The Warner Bros.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN TAN VALLEY, Arizona (KPHO KTVK) — A man was arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with a Burger King store manager over a wrong order and loading his gun in the restaurant. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, 50-year-old Carter Mounet, a food delivery driver,
Continue Reading OAKLAND, California — Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan.6 insurrection. “At the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded. We will evaluate external factors,
Continue Reading (CNN) — La evidencia está en todas partes. Dana Bash de CNN informó el jueves por la mañana que el expresidente Donald Trump está «más obsesionado que nunca con las elecciones de 2020», y un exasistente de Trump le dijo que el expresidente solo está escuchando «el fondo del fondo de los locos del barril.»
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Some buildings in Minneapolis were vandalized and looted late Thursday and early Friday, police said, amid protests over authorities’ fatal shooting of a suspect during an arrest attempt. While trying to arrest a person wanted on a felony warrant in a parked car in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon, US Marshals task force members shot the
Continue Reading FBI Director Christopher Wray likened the challenge posed by the recent spate of damaging ransomware attacks on the US to the September 11 terrorist attacks in a new interview and called for a similar sense of urgency and response. “There are a lot of parallels, there’s a lot of importance, and a lot of focus
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UPDATE, June 9: Police announced a second arrest Wednesday in the shooting and wounding of a 17-year-old last week in far east El Paso. Authorities said 25–year old Oscar Contreras was arrested by federal marshals a day prior and booked into El Paso’s downtown jail, where he was being held on a million dollars bond.
Continue Reading Americans are gearing up for a celebratory summer by buying more lipstick, dressy clothing and condoms. And bars are ready to greet them. During the pandemic, bars faced strict restrictions. Along with restaurants, they were ordered to close their doors for months. When they started to reopen, curfews were set in place, and distancing rules
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