Cops investigate shooting that killed 15-yo girl
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The Atlanta Police Department is investigating a Saturday night…
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Biden team may partner with private firms to monitor extremist chatter online
The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the…
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3 dead after suspected smuggling vessel overturns off San Diego
Three people are dead after a suspected smuggling vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department…
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Cheney calls out Trump’s latest attempt to promote ‘BIG LIE’ amid criticism from within her own party
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, publicly rejected former President Donald Trump’s most recent false charge that he…
Continue Reading Dog brutally attacked by a bear
Click here for updates on this story GRANBY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Granby family’s dog is recovering after it was…
Continue Reading 2 killed and 5 injured in overnight shootings in New Orleans
Two shootings in New Orleans overnight left two people dead and five others injured, police said Sunday. The first shooting happened in the…
Continue Reading Landmark trial with drug distributors over the opioid crisis begins in West Virginia federal court
A trial involving three major prescription opioid distributors began Monday in federal court in West Virginia, the outcome of which could set the…
Continue Reading Police release 911 calls after 5-yo found in stolen car
Click here for updates on this story WOLCOTT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 5-year-old girl was found safe early Monday…
Continue Reading House hearing interrupted by sound from ‘Galaxy Quest’ and the Village People
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…
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White noise (and pink and brown): The science behind the sounds
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…
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Biden set to raise refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after…
Continue Reading It’s not goodbye for podcast — it’s the start of a new chapter
“Coronavirus, Fact vs Fiction,” the podcast I’d been hosting for the last 14 months, posted its last episode on Friday. That might…
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One of the world’s best restaurants is going vegan
One of Eleven Madison Park’s most iconic dishes has been whole roasted duck with daikon and plum — it’s a classic of the…
Continue Reading Asian-American chefs, bartenders launch initiative to raise money to stop Asian hate
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A team of local chefs is serving up a lesson in tolerance…
Continue Reading Families fight to change law that keeps people with Down Syndrome off organ donor list
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Parents in Minnesota and Wisconsin are pushing for equal…
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Cuatro familias separadas en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México bajo el gobierno Trump se reunirán esta semana
(CNN) — Cuatro familias de inmigrantes separadas en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México bajo la administración Trump se reunirán esta…
Continue Reading Student springs into action, helps man in distress
Click here for updates on this story SAN RAFAEL, California (KPIX) — Students Rising Above scholars are exceptional…
Continue Reading Social media helps Howdy Homemade ice cream go from bankrupt to booming
Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — A Dallas ice cream shop, Howdy Homemade, almost lost it all during…
Continue Reading Facebook video shows aftermath of suspected child luring attempt
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A dramatic Facebook video shows the aftermath of what police call…
Continue Reading Bush says if GOP stands for ‘White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, then it’s not going to win anything’
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…
Continue Reading Biden team may partner with private firms to surveil suspected domestic terrorists online
The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the…
Continue Reading Man shot with paintballs has warning for community, suspects
Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Edson So pointed out his busted lip along with…
Continue Reading Marine Corps general says amphibious vehicle accident that killed nine was ‘preventable’
The assistant commandant of the US Marine Corps told a congressional hearing Monday that the sinking of an amphibious vehicle in a training accident…
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4 dead, more than 20 hospitalized after suspected smuggling vessel overturns off San Diego
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…
Continue Reading Driver killed by tree brought down during severe storms
Click here for updates on this story DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (WGCL) — A driver died Monday after a tree fell on their car…
Continue Reading Hundreds expected to pay tribute to fallen officer
Click here for updates on this story LONG ISLAND, New York (WABC) — Hundreds are expected at a wake Monday for NYPD…
Continue Reading Hoax call sends multiple law enforcement agencies to home
Click here for updates on this story BUTLER, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — Multiple law enforcement agencies rushed to a Bates…
Continue ReadingTop general drops opposition to military sex assault policy change
WASHINGTON, DC — The nation’s top general says he is now open to considering a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of…
Continue Reading Nearly 6,000 migrants apprehended daily at U.S.-Mexico border in April
WASHINGTON, DC — After a spike in apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in March raised alarms and prompted a…
Continue Reading This Massachusetts town will keep its outdoor mask mandate despite governor loosening restrictions
Just days after Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a relaxation of mask requirements, Brookline, a town just outside of Boston, doubled down…
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