Click here for updates on this story DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (WGCL) — One metro Atlanta neighborhood is shaken up after receiving threatening racial letters in the mail. Residents of a quiet and peaceful Douglasville neighborhood reported that lately, they have become the targets of a local racist who is hoping to spread fear. “I received one
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — Pet sales and adoptions are at an all-time high with more people staying home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that demand has led to an increase in backyard breeders. “You get so attached, you don’t even realize it because you don’t think you’re
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Authorities are asking for help locating a toddler who was reportedly abducted from College Station, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Thursday. A statewide Amber Alert was issued for 3-year-old Adeline Paige Welch, who was believed to have been taken. Police believe the person who abducted Adeline was 30-year-old Maranda Nicole Nichols.Authorities said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Southington school district alerted parents earlier this week after a first-grade student found a vape device on a school bus. The student brought the device home and told an adult. Thankfully the child did not put the device in his/her mouth, as it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s happened again! One of the bald eagles in Pittsburgh’s Hays neighborhood found himself the victim of an attack while watching over the nest. Tuesday night a great horned owl once again swooped in and knocked the male bald eagle from his roost. This is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police are investigating and searching for a suspect after another Asian New Yorker was the victim of a violent attack. It’s the latest in a string of such incidents. Surveillance video shows the attacker, with a bandana covering his face, waiting for a man
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Click here for updates on this story HASTINGS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Sometimes you win. Sometimes you “luge.” But in the city of Hastings, winning is luging. Especially when 78-year-old Paul Swanstrom gets involved. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how decades of perfecting the luge is now drawing a crowd. A morning
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Walter Kyle was almost two years old when the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic killed at least 50 million people worldwide. Now, at 104 years old, he’s living through the coronavirus pandemic, having just received his second vaccination for COVID-19. “I’m glad to be able to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The carjacking crisis in Chicago is getting worse. Police said there have been 352 carjackings in the city so far this year, and only 62 arrests. Authorities say a 14-year-old girl was behind at least four of the carjackings. CBS 2’s Tara Molina on Wednesday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Have you ever seen a Florida panther? The answer is probably ‘no’ for most of us because the official state animal of Florida is elusive, shy, and endangered. But one Florida man, who was definitely in the right place at the right time, spotted five
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(CNN) — La vacuna Sputnik V de Rusia ha experimentado una creciente popularidad en América Latina a medida que más países anuncian envíos y acuerdos para comprar la vacuna contra el covid-19. Nueve países de América Latina hasta ahora han aprobado el uso de la vacuna Sputnik V: Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, México, Nicaragua,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR ) — Two stories of hope and love, coming from two unthinkable tragedies. One of those tragedies happened on Feb. 10 when Anthony Reznik was hit by a car that ran a red light. He and sister were attempting to cross Sunny Isles Blvd. “I remember
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US Capitol Police have requested a two-month extension of National Guard troop support at the US Capitol which is now under review at the Department of Defense, according to two defense officials. Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops were previously scheduled to remain in Washington through March 12 after their initial deployment was extended, in part,
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ANTHONY, Texas/New Mexico — It’s a tale of two towns mere miles apart that highlights the struggle over Covid-19 restrictions. In Anthony, Texas, restaurants are getting ready to open at 100% capacity next Wednesday with no mask mandate as a result of the decision of the governor. Just blocks up the street is Anthony, New
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every week, ABC-7 anchor Mauricio Casillas will speak to Dr. Edward Michelson. Dr. Michelson is the chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Here’s the Q&A for March 4: Mauricio Casillas (KVIA): How has this past week gone for you? Dr.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT ) — The Department of Health is updating the health order, telling New Mexicans, when you fill out the information on the DOH website for a vaccine, don’t lie. “I believe today are going to see a little pop-up it just reminds them of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON, Ohio (WLWT ) — An Ohio State Trooper is being credited with saving the life of a passenger after a driver crashed over an embankment while fleeing police. Trooper Shane Meyer tried to pull over a Dodge Charger Tuesday morning around 1:30 a.m. after it blew a
Continue Reading While health officials agree face masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19, state and local governments have varied widely on implementation of mask rules. Now, President Joe Biden wants to change that. Biden’s office has released plans that his administration intends to implement in the beginning of his term, and one is a national mask
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is preparing to convert its immigrant family detention centers in South Texas into Ellis-Island-style rapid-processing hubs that will screen migrant parents and children with a goal of releasing them into the United States within 72 hours, according to Department of Homeland Security draft plans obtained by The Washington Post.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Some experts say the winter storms much of the country saw this year, with worsening extremes, are due to climate change. Now, one Baltimore teen activist is using her voice to draw attention to the cause. On her walk home from high school two years
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU ) — Alicia Morgan’s life falls into two categories: Before her brother’s murder, and after. “Because, for me, everything stopped in 2018 on Jan. 8,” she said. That morning, Idrick Brister walked outside his home near the Little Woods neighborhood on Trapier Boulevard to head
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Dependiendo de en qué parte del mundo estés, es probable que en unos días tengas que ajustar la hora en tu reloj. Aproximadamente 70 países tienen cambios de horario por estas fechas: de verano, si están en el hemisferio norte, o de invierno, si están en el hemisferio sur. Muchos países cerca del
Continue Reading Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Thursday outlined the administration’s efforts to vaccinate the nation’s veterans and other work to care for veterans amid the pandemic. Veterans, McDonough said, “have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.” More than 230,000 veterans in the VA’s care have been infected by Covid-19, with 10,605 deaths, but as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — For nearly three decades the homicide case of Fort Smith teen Melissa Witt has gone unsolved, but a former detective refuses to give up hope. On a daily basis, JC Rider, a retired Fort Smith Police Department detective, thinks about the case. “I
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Roughly one in seven people in El Paso County have now had Covid-19. Hospitalizations are decreasing, but health experts say there is a new kind of surge on our healthcare system as those previously infected seek specialists for lingering symptoms. “I was throwing up. I had diarrhea for a whole
Continue Reading (CNN) — La ivermectina, un medicamento que normalmente se usa para tratar parásitos, incluidos los piojos y la rabia, no pareció tener un impacto significativo en mejorar los síntomas de los pacientes con covid-19, según una nueva investigación publicada el jueves en la revista Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). En enero, el Panel
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Chris Harrison is speaking out in his first TV interview since temporarily stepping aside as the host of ABC’s “The Bachelor” following controversial remarks he made last month. Harrison spoke with “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan in a pre-taped interview in which Harrison was pressed to explain why he defended contestant Rachael Kirkconnell’s antebellum
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The silk-screening presses are busy at the Embroidery Factory on Market Street in Pittston, where workers are making sweatshirts and t-shirts for a fundraiser for the Pittston Police Department. “Yeah, it is really nice,” said Embroidery Factory co-owner Elise Nemetz. “We’re really happy with
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mientras los funcionarios y los expertos en salud están en la carrera para vacunar a los estadounidenses contra el covid-19, algunos obispos católicos han intervenido para disuadir a los miembros de la Iglesia de ponerse la vacuna recientemente aprobada de solo una dosis de Johnson & Johnson. La Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — March is National Nutrition Month. Damaris Rosado, Physician Assistant and Nutrition Outreach Fellow with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, said living a healthier life can help individuals avoid weight gain, which can be a risk factor for chronic illness. She recommends individuals focus on eating from the five food
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