Month: February 2025

By Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story     CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, California (KPIX) — A former Northern California school district employee is accused of allegedly defrauding his employer out of new tablets, laptops, and other electronic devices and then selling them for his own profit, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. Eric

By Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story     MELROSE, Iowa (KCCI) — A southern Iowa woman is sharing her story in hopes of preventing others from falling victim to Medicare fraud. Florene Schroeder said she received a call from an unknown number Tuesday morning. She picked up the phone and was greeted by

By Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story     OCONEE COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — Authorities in Oconee County, South Carolina, said they found a woman on the floor of a home she had broken into, yelling and drinking a bottle of wine. Jaime Vanessa Galbreath, 47, is charged with first-degree burglary, among other

By Esteban Reynoso Click here for updates on this story     SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office spoke with migrant farmworkers to mitigate any fears some might have about President Trump’s deportation efforts. Sheriff Patrick Withrow wanted to make it clear to them that if they’ve done nothing wrong, they

By WKTV Staff Click here for updates on this story     UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) — The death of a Marcy Correctional Facility inmate, who was beaten by correctional staff in December, has been ruled a homicide by the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s office. The family attorney for Robert Brooks, Elizabeth Mazur from Chicago, confirmed this with

By WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story     NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy in Newark over the weekend. Yasin Morrison, who had autism and was non-verbal, was killed Friday evening while on the doorstep of his grandparents’ home. Morrison was

By Hunter Sowards Click here for updates on this story     STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — Music is often considered the universal language, and at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, it’s also a method of healing. After 85 years of offering the course, the University of the Pacific is now the first college in the

By Shaun Chaiyabhat Click here for updates on this story     BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Police in Brookline are investigating after home surveillance video caught a man picking up a package that did not belong to him after it was just delivered to the home by a FedEx delivery driver on Tuesday. What seemed like a

By WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — A man plead guilty after video shows him setting a guard shack on fire at the FBI’s Chicago office. Security cameras captured James Lofton dousing his jacket with an accelerant and lighting it in November 2022. The station erupted in flames. Chicago

By Cate Cauguiran Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — At least three were hospitalized and dozens are displaced after a large fire broke out at an apartment building in north suburban Arlington Heights on Tuesday evening. Crew responded to the 2300-block of West Nichols Road in an unincorporated part of the

By Amanda Starrantino Click here for updates on this story     CHARSWORTH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — With deputies rushing to the scene, a group of neighbors in Chatsworth chased down a man they said started a couple of brush fires near their homes. “He just started running,” resident Amilcar Fajardo said. “There were other guys there.

By John Atwater, Phil Tenser Click here for updates on this story     LEOMISTER, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Police are searching for two men after a Massachusetts business owner was bound with duct tape and held at gunpoint during a robbery. The robbery of Sam & Friends, located at 710 North Main St. in Leominster, was reported

By Walter Murphy Click here for updates on this story     TROY, Michigan (WWJ) — A viral TikTok video is raising the alarm about safety and regulatory procedures at facilities that administer hyperbaric therapy treatments. This comes after the tragedy that took place in Troy last week, when five-year-old Thomas Cooper lost his life when a

By Caitlyn Scott Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Pittsburgh International Airport is asking for your help in reuniting a traveler with their lost stuffed animal. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, officials are asking for help in reuniting a stuffed animal bunny with their owner after

By Jeff Wagner, Tony Peterson Click here for updates on this story     COON RAPIDS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Last month, we brought you the story of Angelina Polumbo and the recorded love letters she discovered at a Twin Cities Goodwill. Now, WCCO was able to unite her with the owners of a love story that started

By Averi Kremposky Click here for updates on this story     ORAGNE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Marcus Jordan, son of basketball star Michael Jordan, was arrested and booked at the Orange County Jail on Tuesday morning. The 34-year-old — who owns a boutique shoe store in downtown Orlando and is a former athlete at the University

By Reg Chapman Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Needle and thread are powerful tools in the hands of one Minneapolis creator. Keiona Cook founded Lovely’s Sewing and Arts Collective 15 years ago. Now, she’s shifting and healing the mindset of youth through unity and community bridge-building. “It gives me a

By Dacia Johnson Click here for updates on this story     DE LEON SPRINGS, Florida (WESH) — A man was rescued from an out-of-control boat Tuesday after he passed out, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. It happened on Lake Dias in DeLeon Springs, VSO said. Crews were able to get close enough

By Bo Evans Click here for updates on this story     DALLAS (KTVT) — No one said getting out of prison was easy, but Christina Melton Crain isn’t sure people know exactly how hard it can be. “When they get off the bus, they’ve been given $100 as well from the prison system, and they don’t

By Meredith Jorgensen Click here for updates on this story     FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — News 8 got an inside look at the training Black Hawk helicopter pilots go through at Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County. Weighing in at more than 14,000 pounds and nearly 65 feet long, this type of aircraft made