Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The Atlanta Police Department is investigating a Saturday night shooting that killed a 15-year-old girl and injured three other people. An APD spokesman said the 10 p.m. shooting happened near a Waffle House on Glenwood Avenue in the Glenwood Plaza shopping center. CBS46 News has
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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
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Three people are dead 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 a.m. (1:27 p.m. ET). James Gartland, lifeguard chief for
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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, publicly rejected former President Donald Trump’s most recent false charge that he would’ve won the 2020 election if not for “fraudulent” votes, her latest rebuke of the former president that has put her at odds with many members of her own party. Cheney has repeatedly pushed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRANBY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Granby family’s dog is recovering after it was attacked by a bear last week. The family says the dog, named Murphy, was attacked after the bear entered their yard over a 5-foot fence around 11 a.m. on April 26. Murphy was rushed to
Continue Reading Two shootings in New Orleans overnight left two people dead and five others injured, police said Sunday. The first shooting happened in the city’s Fifth District shortly before midnight. Officers found five victims with gunshot wounds, the New Orleans Police Department said. All five were taken to a hospital. Late Sunday morning, police said two
Continue Reading A trial involving three major prescription opioid distributors began Monday in federal court in West Virginia, the outcome of which could set the tone for future litigation related to the nationwide opioid crisis. Cabell County and its county seat the City of Huntington say the three co-defendants — McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health —
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WOLCOTT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 5-year-old girl was found safe early Monday morning after the car she was in was stolen by thieves in Wolcott. The suspects, however, remain on the run. “She’s been shaking all night,” said Deserea Morris, the girl’s mother, in an exclusive interview with
Continue Reading A year after Zoom hearings became an everyday reality for much of America, technical glitches are still tripping up Congress. A hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development on Monday was interrupted and briefly recessed by audio of the Village People’s “In the Navy” and the audio of the movie “Galaxy
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What’s your favorite bedtime jam? Do you doze off to jazz, a babbling brook, a crackling fire or a whirling fan of white noise? Or maybe you’re a sound aficionado, and have replaced your white noise machine with one that provides the more fashionable pink or brown noise? Whatever your pleasure, know this: While continuously
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after receiving swift criticism last month when President Joe Biden kept the lower Trump-era cap in place. “I am revising the United States’ annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year,” Biden said
Continue Reading “Coronavirus, Fact vs Fiction,” the podcast I’d been hosting for the last 14 months, posted its last episode on Friday. That might come as a surprise, or even a shock, to some of our loyal listeners, who came to rely on its daily dose of scientific fact blended with calm assurances. But, almost 300 episodes
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One of Eleven Madison Park’s most iconic dishes has been whole roasted duck with daikon and plum — it’s a classic of the restaurant, and one its most long-standing offerings. But when the restaurant reopens next month after more than a year, that dish, and many others it has become known for, will no longer
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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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