Man sentenced for Covid-era house party has record expunged
Editor’s Note: This story has been modified to reflect the expungement of the suspect’s criminal record. The suspect’s name has also been removed…
Continue Reading Longtime friend and photographer remembers singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — With the death of singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle,…
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El Paso reports 3 new virus deaths; recoveries surpass 16,000
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three new coronavirus-related deaths were announced Tuesday morning by the Department of Public Health. The death toll has…
Continue Reading Dog thrown from overpass in Portland recovering at forever home, family says
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A special dog is getting a new home after the family who…
Continue Reading Oklahoma receives $2 million to fight HIV epidemic in state
Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR/KAUT) — As health officials continue to fight the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Family helps abandoned dog with terminal cancer complete his ‘bucket list’
Click here for updates on this story CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (WGN) — Not many people would foster a cancer-ridden dog with…
Continue Reading Pilot dies in helicopter crash while fighting White River Fire in Mt. Hood National Forest
Click here for updates on this story MT. HOOD, OR (KPTV) — A pilot died in a helicopter crash while fighting the White…
Continue Reading Mother charged with involuntary manslaughter of son
Click here for updates on this story TURBOTVILLE, PA (WNEP) — The mother of a toddler who drowned earlier this month…
Continue Reading Neighbors frustrated with bar after constant violence in area
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) — An impromptu party and the fatal shooting that followed has…
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Mountaineer Viridiana Álvarez Chávez of Mexico snags Guinness World Records title
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico — Viridiana Álvarez Chávez was 28 when she first started exercising. She was 36 when she broke the Guinness World…
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Parents and teachers worried pandemic pods will widen education gap
For hundreds of thousands of students in the US, the first day of school means more hours in front of a device, but for some, it means meeting…
Continue Reading Newly released videos show Fotis Dulos disposing of evidence the day his estranged wife disappeared, attorney says
Videos released Monday show Fotis Dulos disposing of evidence the day his estranged wife disappeared, an attorney for Dulos’ ex-girlfriend…
Continue Reading Police department is still without body cameras after multi-million-dollar donation
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/KSMO) — In 2013, Ryan Stokes was shot and killed in the…
Continue Reading St. Louis County’s $2 million temporary morgue for COVID-19 victims is closing
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV) — St. Louis County opened a temporary morgue in Earth…
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Cruise trips are back. This is what they look like now
Boarding in the Italian port of Genoa for a seven-day Mediterranean cruise on August 16, travel agent Valeria Belardi prepared herself for a voyage…
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Jacob Blake’s family hopes he can recover and have a ‘great quality of life,’ his uncle says
Justin Blake says watching the video of his nephew getting shot several times in the back by Wisconsin police “literally took my breath…
Continue Reading Bar-B-Que restaurant rebuilds after car smashes into storefront
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — In a year that’s been tough on restaurants, a Benson…
Continue Reading She’s a nurse on the front lines. She has Lupus. She also has COVID-19. She has no regrets.
Click here for updates on this story MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Martinsville Bulletin ) — Nurse Tova Yellock says that even…
Continue Reading There’s a movement to get more schools to teach Black history and it’s being led by teens
Before a fateful trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Alana Mitchell said she didn’t feel like…
Continue Reading Nebraska inmates ‘walk away’ at high rate in Lincoln and Omaha
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Neb. (Lincoln Journal Star) — On July 16, an inmate serving four years on…
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‘Rolling hotspots’ are the new normal: Sun Belt states see progress on coronavirus as rates drift up in the Midwest
It seems that just as states start getting coronavirus cases under control in one geographic area, they start rising in another. Sun Belt states hit…
Continue Reading Yes, it really happened: 69 years ago, the St. Louis Browns let the fans manage a game
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — On Aug. 24, 1951, owner Bill Veeck decided…
Continue Reading Complaints: Missoula post office employees sarcastically cough on each other
Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Mont. (The Missoulian) — Discord last month in Missoula’s post…
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Alphonso Davies’ journey from Ghanaian refugee camp to Champions League winner
Alphonso Davies’ road to Champions League glory was more treacherous than most. The 19-year-old’s story began in a Ghanaian refugee camp,…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un’s sister may have taken over a key North Korean post, South Korean officials say
Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong is effectively running one of the most important political bodies in North Korea, officials in Seoul believe,…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 25: RNC, Kenosha protests, Covid-19, Falwell Jr., India
Marco is petering out, but Tropical Storm Laura is churning into a major hurricane as it heads toward the US Gulf Coast. Here’s what you need…
Continue Reading ‘Black people in America are scared,’ says LeBron James after Jacob Blake shooting
LeBron James said his “emotions are all over the place” after the shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake, an unarmed Black man, was shot multiple…
Continue Reading Summer camp: Missing a great American tradition
Rachel Adams-Kaplan knew the detailed schedule of summer camp long before she attended. Her father started going to Camp Green Lane in southeast…
Continue Reading Gandhi’s glasses sell at auction for $340K, smashing estimates
A pair of spectacles thought to belong to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi sold at auction for £260,000 ($340,000) — more than 17…
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