By Elyssa Kaufman, Blake Tyson Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Chicago may have its next “rat hole” level attraction. A clear purse filled with Lucky Charms cereal was spotted on the corner of Addison Street and Lawndale Avenue in Avondale earlier this week. On September 7, Sam Greszes posted
Continue Reading By Kelly Vaughen Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Two children were severely injured in a race car crash at a Michigan test track. The families are now demanding justice and filing multiple lawsuits. Lawsuits have been filed against Continental Automotive Systems Inc., the owner of the test track, and
Continue Reading By Stephen Swanson, WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office says it’s honing in on seven autopsies performed by former medical examiner Michael McGee amid a yearslong investigation. County Attorney John Choi launched a review in 2021 of 215 autopsies performed by McGee
Continue Reading By Madison Sawyer Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS, Texas (KTVT) — Friday night lights shine bright in North Texas as the high school football season gets underway, and nothing is stronger than a high school football rivalry. This weekend, eight of the biggest rival high schools in North Texas are putting
Continue Reading By Rebekah Nelson Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (WFTS) — Firefighters rescued a mother and her teenage daughter after a St. Petersburg home went up in flames early Wednesday morning. St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said crews responded to the two-story home on Bayside Drive South around 12:30 a.m. When they
Continue Reading By Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story KENNEDALE, Texas (KTVT) — Police said they rescued a 2-year-old and a grandmother after a shooting in Kennedale Tuesday night, then were involved in a shootout with the suspect. It happened at an apartment complex around 11:45 p.m. near the intersection of Sublett Road and
Continue Reading By Larissa Scott Click here for updates on this story LUTZ, Florida (WFTS) — Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, when four commercial planes were hijacked, killing about 3,000 people in the aftermath. Most of us remember where we were on that day. However, current K-12 students do not— that’s
Continue Reading By Alecia Reid Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A number of pizzerias across New York City are honoring 9/11 first responders for answering the call 23 years ago. Half a dozen pizza shops – including Lombardi’s, America’s First Pizzeria, and Prince Street Pizza – have created “Walls
Continue Reading By Lisa Rozner, Ali Bauman Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A teacher was arrested after allegedly putting a 5-year-old student in a chokehold at a Manhattan elementary school, police said. Anthony Wicks, 46, is charged with second-degree assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
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Associated Press A federal judge in Utah temporarily blocked a social media access law aimed at protecting children’s privacy. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby issued a preliminary injunction against the law on Tuesday. The law would have required social media companies to verify users’ ages and limit features for Utah children to prevent excessive
Continue Reading By Stephanie Stahl, Brad Nau Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — There’s new hope for people with sickle cell disease, which affects mainly African Americans. It’s gene therapy research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia that’s being called a game changer. The first patient to get the therapy outside a research
Continue Reading By Jessica MacAulay, Tom Dougherty, Tom Ignudo, Laura Fay Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Philadelphia leaders gathered to mourn the death of Officer Jaime Roman, who died Tuesday night after he was shot in the line of duty in June. Roman died on Sept. 10 at Temple University Hospital
Continue Reading KYW By Jessica MacAulay, Tom Dougherty, Tom Ignudo, Laura Fay Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Philadelphia leaders gathered to mourn the death of Officer Jaime Roman, who died Tuesday night after he was shot in the line of duty in June. Roman died on Sept. 10 at Temple University
Continue Reading By Kerry Breen Click here for updates on this story NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The wreck of a passenger steamship that sank in 1856 in the Atlantic Ocean has been discovered about 200 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, a New Jersey-based salvage group said. Le Lyonnais was a trans-Atlantic steamship, built in England
Continue Reading By Dave Warren Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Inspired by Hurricane Irma, Will Charouhis is planting mangroves to combat the impacts of coastal development. He hopes to restore habitats and educate others one mangrove at a time — and has founded an organization that is working to plant a
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department will not restrict any military funding to Egypt, including funds conditioned on human rights, a State Department spokesperson told CNN Wednesday. The agency informed Congress Wednesday that it intends to provide Cairo with $1.3 billion in foreign military financing assistance, the spokesperson said. Egypt has been accused of
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By Brynn Gingras and the Associated Press, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake is expected to enter a plea in a driving while intoxicated case related to his June arrest in Sag Harbor, New York, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. Timberlake will appear at a hearing this Friday, marking the singer’s first return
Continue Reading By A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, Wisconsin (WDJT) — On her third day of the eighth grade, Hailey Gabrielson took her own life. Her older brother, Jordon, remembers the school resource officer taking him out of class at Watertown High School last Thursday. The officer took Jordon to Riverside Middle
Continue Reading WDJT, GABRIELSON FAMILY, CNN By A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, Wisconsin (WDJT) — On her third day of the eighth grade, Hailey Gabrielson took her own life. Her older brother, Jordon, remembers the school resource officer taking him out of class at Watertown High School last Thursday. The officer took
Continue Reading By Pavlina Osta Click here for updates on this story PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The search continues for a missing Illinois scuba driver off the coast of Pleasant Prairie Wednesday, Sept. 11. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department tells CBS 58, they found a body at the bottom of Lake Michigan in the area of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso ISD Police officers responded to reports of a person with a weapon at Irvin High School today. They caught the person while the campus was put on a HOLD protocol this morning. That protocol lifted at 10:45 AM. “The Irvin campus, student, faculty, and staff are safe, and
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Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general says records finally given up by Michigan State University don’t reveal anything new about convicted sports doctor Larry Nassar. Attorney General Dana Nessel says it “seems sort of improbable,” but that is the conclusion. Nassar is serving decades in prison for sexually assaulting athletes, mostly female gymnasts.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A vacant house on Wyoming Avenue in Central El Paso went up in flames Wednesday morning. No injuries have been reported, El Paso Fire Department officials said on social media. UPDATE- Fire at Wyoming Ave: Fire contained. Crews checking for hotspots. No injuries reported at this time. pic.twitter.com/RnX7a4tgFK— El Paso
Continue Reading Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A mother, grandfather, adult brother and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the starvation death of a 7-year-old disabled boy. The child had bones poking through his skin when he was found dead last year on Christmas. Broward County prosecutors say Deonte Atwell weighed only 7
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Amid the explosion of legal gambling in the United States, some things have remained off-limits, including betting on the outcome of U.S. elections. But that could be about to change. A federal judge in Washington has struck down a decision by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prohibit
Continue Reading Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge has ruled against abortion providers who are seeking to broaden access to the procedure under the near-total ban state lawmakers passed in 2022. The judge on Wednesday denied the providers’ request for a permanent injunction to expand medical exemptions and block the requirement that abortions only
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If song selections were a subtweet, Vice President Kamala Harris said a lot with “The Man” on Tuesday. Following her presidential debate with former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia, Harris made an appearance at a post-debate party to address supporters. It happened not long after Taylor Swift formally endorsed
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson postponed a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as opposition from both parties thwarted his first attempt at avoiding a partial government shutdown in three weeks. The legislation to continue government funding when the new
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The words “Titanic moment” are possibly the last thing you want to hear on a boat – but that was the phrase used by one passenger on board the Carnival Spirit cruise ship last week, after the vessel unexpectedly struck an iceberg. No one was hurt on board and
Continue Reading CNN By Isabel Rosales and Dakin Andone, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The mother of the teenager accused of killing four people during last week’s shooting at a Georgia high school has apologized to the victims’ families in an open letter while insisting her son “is not a monster.” “To the parents and families of those
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