Michael Douglas is a proud grandpa. The actor shared a photo of himself meeting his newborn grandson on Tuesday. “First time I’ve seen my month old grandson, Ryder!” he wrote alongside the photo on Instagram. It’s the second child of his son Cameron Douglas and his partner Viviane Thibes, who posted about the birth last
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Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEPORT, CT (WFSB) — A fight between brothers in Bridgeport turned deadly, according to police. Police said they arrested 25-year-old Julian Daivon Valle for killing his brother, 34-year-old Angel Valle. Officers were called to a fight between the siblings on Pennsylvania Avenue just before 1:50 a.m. on Wednesday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Friends of fallen deputy Adam Gibson are remembering him as funny, someone who brought a sense of calm in the middle of chaos, and most importantly, a family man. Michael Ussery is still processing after learning his brother-in-arms and groomsman at his wedding, 31-year-old
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — A 9-year-old girl has died after being shot in the head in North Philadelphia on Wednesday morning. The shooting happened around 11 a.m. on the 2300 block of North Bouvier Street. Philadelphia Police say the young girl was shot once in the right side
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Joe Biden is now President and Democrats have gained a slim majority in the Senate along with the party’s control of the House. Does that mean that this is finally the time for Congress to pass a big, bold infrastructure spending bill that can help boost the economy? There were high hopes in 2016 that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — A group of nurses held a public demonstration demanding a hospital set to close for an unknown amount of time stay open in Los Angeles during a surge in COVID-19 cases that is overwhelming the local healthcare system. Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles
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NEW YORK, NY — Stocks rallied to record highs on Wall Street as traders hoped that new leadership in Washington will mean more support for the economy, which is still reeling from joblessness and business closures because of the pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 257 points, or 0.83%, while the S&P 500 rose 1.4%
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CNN Opinion contributors react to the most memorable moments of Inauguration Day. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Jill Filipovic: ‘If only we are brave enough to be it’ It was an inauguration like none in living memory. There was a big first: The first woman, first African American and first Asian
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Click here for updates on this story AURORA, IL (WBBM) — Anyone can be the victim of a carjacking, and this past weekend, it was a mother of two who was just out getting something to eat in Aurora. The woman did everything right, but she still ended up getting shot. On Tuesday night, her
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US President Joe Biden will rightly spend his first days in office addressing the myriad domestic crises that he has inherited from his predecessor, Donald Trump. However, the transfer of power in the most powerful elected office in the world usually means a change in foreign policy, too. And if President Biden’s inaugural address is
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(CNN) — Seamus Heaney encapsuló a la perfección el objetivo inaugural de Joe Biden. El presidente entrante de Estados Unidos, que suele recurrir a la poesía del autor irlandés para describir sus propias experiencias vitales, debe crear el momento en que «la esperanza y la historia rimen». Estados Unidos necesita inspiración después de una presidencia
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Bells tolled and an amber light washed over Denver’s City and County building on Tuesday afternoon as part of a nationwide memorial to those who have died from COVID-19. City buildings across the country illuminated at exactly the same time. Pat Duncan of Denver, who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Whitney Thompson’s son’s elementary school teacher’s assistant called her a nut. The Chicago mom, dealing with tensions over in-person learning, reached out to CBS 2 after receiving what she calls an alarming text from the teacher’s assistant, who works in her son’s third-grade classroom.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — A Pennsylvania doctor believes an inexpensive drug that prevents transplant patients from rejecting their new organs helped her beat coronavirus. A Boston University professor is hoping to help her prove it. Dr. Negin Griffith knew she had turned the corner on COVID-19 when she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KCNC) — Every morning, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers feed bighorn sheep in the Rampart herd in Colorado Springs, to prepare for a conservation relocation effort. And they get to observe some classic family dynamics when the herd comes for breakfast. They shovel apple pulp
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was not among the nearly 150 people President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted sentences for early Wednesday morning. Pugh, 70, asked outgoing President Donald Trump to commute her three-year sentence for wire fraud. The ex-mayor enriched herself with more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — After a loved one became a victim of sexual assault, a Maryland family has made it their mission to prevent it among teens. Five years ago, Erin Levitas died from cancer at age 22. A senior in college, Levitas was about to head to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico lawmakers are confronting daunting challenges as they began a 60-day legislative session this week amid an unrelenting coronavirus pandemic and concerns of violence at a Statehouse guarded by troops and encircled by fencing, barricades and mobile security cameras. Proposals aimed at reviving the economy and rebooting classroom learning are at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kochville Township, MI (WNEM ) — Police have identified the victim of a shooting at Hooters in Kochville Township. A passerby heard shots fired at 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19 and saw someone running away from the scene, Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel said. A male victim
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Connecticut’s governor announced that he has been appointed co-chair of the National Governors Association’s Pandemic and Disaster Response Task Force. Gov. Ned Lamont called it one of three task forces that are being created by the NGA to coordinate and lead bipartisan state and
Continue Reading FORT WORTH, Texas — Another name missing in President Donald Trump’s flurry of pardons is “Tiger King” Joe Exotic. His team was so confident in a pardon that they’d readied a celebratory limousine and a hair and wardrobe team to whisk away the zookeeper-turned-reality-TV-star, who is now serving a 22-year federal prison sentence in Texas. But he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSSIER CITY, LA (KTBS) — A fire science program launched by the Bossier Parish Community College is further evidence that community college is no longer just for people getting started with their higher education journey. Many career professionals are attending school to enhance their current skillset. Chris Chadwick
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AUSTIN, Texas — A federal investigation against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton remains in play after his name was absent Wednesday from a last-minute list of pardons in the waning hours of Donald Trump’s presidency. The investigation centers on allegations that Paxton committed bribery, abuse of office and other crimes. Paxton’s top deputies reported him to the FBI
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Arizonans are one step closer to buying legal recreational weed after voters approved Proposition 207 this past fall. As of Tuesday afternoon, 40 of the state’s 131 medical marijuana dispensaries had submitted applications to the Arizona Department of Health Services to sell recreational marijuana. “We
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GLENDALE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Every day, firefighters risk their lives to keep us safe. COVID-19 has only made that risk even greater. Just ask Glendale Fire Department Captain Anthony Valverde. “If you’re having a hard time breathing, and I know you’re positive for COVID, I’m still gonna do
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — A Phoenix man has been arrested on multiple charges after police say he impersonated a cop and kidnapped and robbed two women he had followed from a casino. Isaac Castro Gonzales, 38, faces a number of felony charges, including kidnapping, armed robbery and impersonating an
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente electo Joe Biden iniciará su mandato implementando una serie de acciones ejecutivas sobre inmigración, moviéndose rápidamente para deshacer muchas políticas de la administración Trump. Biden describió una ambiciosa agenda de inmigración en la campaña electoral que revertiría las acciones de su predecesor, prometiendo, por ejemplo, introducir una legislación migratoria integral y
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — El presidente Joe Biden tomó posesión de su cargo al mediodía del miércoles. Durante su campaña, hizo grandes promesas de restaurar la economía y acelerar la recuperación de la pandemia. Estas son algunas de las políticas que planea instituir para que los estadounidenses vuelvan a trabajar, aumentar la cantidad de
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In one last divisive spectacle before exiting the Oval Office, President Donald J. Trump became the first chief executive in modern US history to forgo the tradition of attending his successor’s inauguration. Instead, Trump opted for a departure ceremony that left the self-styled larger-than-life business tycoon-turned-president appearing small and as alone as ever. With the
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Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people, including Air Marshal Mitrofan I.
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