Illinois governor pardons more than 11,000 people for low-level pot offenses
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions Tuesday — one day before a sweeping law makes…
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The auto industry won’t ever be the same after a tumultuous 2019
The auto industry hasn’t had a year like 2019 in quite some time, if ever. Mergers. Alliances. Plant closings. The longest, largest strike in…
Continue Reading Six suspected gang members arrested in Fresno football watch party shooting that left 4 dead
Six suspected gang members have been arrested in connection with a retaliatory shooting that left four people dead at a football watch party at a…
Continue Reading Texas’ gun laws credited for saving for saving lives in church shooting
Texas officials are hailing Texas’ gun laws, which allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons in places of worship, for saving hundreds of…
Continue Reading NYPD arrests suspect in fatal beating of man robbed of $1
The New York Police Department made an arrest in the fatal beating of a 60-year-old man during a Christmas Eve robbery that netted the attackers $1,…
Continue Reading Florida man sleeping in dog cages for 10 days to raise awareness of shelter animals needing homes
Click here for updates on this story PASCO COUNTY, FL (WFTS) — A Tampa Bay area man will spend the next 10 days…
Continue Reading Florida man has hand partially severed after lighting firework in car, deputies say
Click here for updates on this story DELTONA, FL (WESH) — A man is recovering after a firework exploded in a vehicle…
Continue Reading Man says Baby Yoda mural in Ada is way to promote arts for young Oklahomans
Click here for updates on this story ADA, OK (KOCO) — Fans are flocking to the town of Ada to see a mural of one of the…
Continue Reading Girl battling brain tumor who gave Patrick Mahomes bracelet he wears every game has passed
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KMBC) — Whitney Wells, the 10-year-old girl from St. Joseph who…
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EPPD: Car running red light crashes into unmarked Police vehicle in east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas– Special Traffic Investigators were called to investigate a crash that involved an unmarked police vehicle New Years Eve morning. The…
Continue Reading A 12-year-old boy saved his great-grandparents when his half brother allegedly stabbed them
A 12-year-old Texas boy saved the lives of his great-grandparents by wresting a knife away during a stabbing attack while driving Sunday. The…
Continue Reading Danielle Outlaw was the first African American woman to be Portland’s police chief. Now, she’s Philadelphia’s first black female commissioner
The police chief of Portland, Oregon, Danielle Outlaw, has been announced as Philadelphia’s next commissioner of the police department, the…
Continue Reading Two puffins scratched their itches with sticks — the first evidence that seabirds can use tools
Perhaps puffins aren’t as bird-brained as previously believed. A team of animal experts observed two Atlantic puffins, more than 1,000 miles…
Continue Reading A Texas sheriff’s deputy has been shot and killed during a traffic stop
A sheriff’s deputy in East Texas is dead after being shot by someone he was trying to pull over early Tuesday, and a suspect was arrested later…
Continue Reading As families prepare to bury those slain in a Texas church shooting, the minister asks for continued prayers
As two families prepare to bury their loved ones killed in a Texas church shooting, the minister of that church is asking for continued prayers as…
Continue Reading Stocks ended the decade with a bang
US stocks finished off the year — and the decade — on a high note. 2019 was the second best year of the decade for stocks, thanks to…
Continue Reading Family getting VIP treatment at Citrus Bowl after kidney transplant
Click here for updates on this story BATTLE CREEK, MI (WXMI) — A Battle Creek girl has been dealing with a rare kidney…
Continue Reading A survivor of the NY Hanukkah stabbings needed 3 staples in his head to close his wounds
One of the survivors of the New York Hanukkah celebration stabbings was hit in the side of the head by the suspect’s machete and doctors had to…
Continue Reading North Carolina town ends New Year’s Eve Possum Drop tradition
Every year, thousands flock to cities around the world for grand New Year’s Eve celebrations. But a North Carolina community’s…
Continue Reading Family uses fence to provide for homeless, struggling families
Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, UT (KSTU) — An Ogden family is using their fence to create change in their…
Continue Reading US population growth slowed this decade due to lower immigration rates and fewer births
US population growth slowed this decade, partially due to fewer births, more deaths and a decline in international migration to the US. Newly…
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Microsoft takes away 50 websites from a North Korean hacking group
Microsoft has been granted a court order to take over 50 websites it alleges were used by a North Korean hacking group to steal “highly…
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Denuncias de “injerencia” y expulsiones de personal diplomático: lo que sabemos de la tensión entre Bolivia, México y España
(CNN España) — No ha sido un fin de año tranquilo en la diplomacia de Bolivia. Mes y medio después de la renuncia del presidente Evo Morales a…
Continue Reading All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s
Before we fully free ourselves from the last decade, let us not forget all of the fleeting obsessions, challenges, crazes and movements that, for…
Continue Reading Carlos Ghosn’s signature auto alliance has struggled since his arrest
The alliance between three automakers created by Carlos Ghosn, the former auto industry bigwig who just fled Japan in advance of a scheduled trial,…
Continue Reading How did Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan without any of his three passports?
Carlos Ghosn was once feted in Japan as a titan of the auto industry, the charismatic boss of emblematic automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. If…
Continue Reading What 2020 could bring for the stock market
2019 was a heck of a year for US stocks, but can the market keep soaring in 2020? Stocks face several obstacles to growth in the new year: The…
Continue Reading Hanukkah machete attack could have been worse had it happened 10 minutes earlier, guest says
A guest at the home of a rabbi where a man wounded five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration said Tuesday the outcome could have been…
Continue Reading Dos hermanos de Idaho desaparecieron en septiembre y ahora su madre no está cooperando con la investigación, dice la policía
(CNN) — La madre de dos hermanos desaparecidos de Idaho que no han sido vistos desde septiembre no está cooperando con los investigadores, dice la…
Continue Reading A Georgia Tech football recruit’s death on a train track is ruled a suicide
The death of a promising 17-year-old athlete from Deerfield Beach, Florida, has been ruled a suicide, the medical examiner said Tuesday. Bryce Gowdy…
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