New Mexico city to pay $6.5 million to the family of a man who died in police custody
A New Mexico city has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement deal with the family of a Mexican-American man who died in police custody in…
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California faces an inmate firefighter shortage because the state released them early due to the pandemic
California first responders are wrestling massive wildfires plaguing the state but an integral part of their team is missing in action because of the…
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Researchers confirm 1st case of man contracting Covid-19 twice
A 33-year-old man living in Hong Kong had Covid-19 twice this year, according to preliminary research out of China. The pre-print…
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Covid outbreak hits nudists at France’s ‘Naked City’
The world’s largest nudist resort is at the center of a Covid-19 outbreak with nearly 150 people testing positive after staying at or visiting…
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Maverick Viñales dodges disaster after jumping off bike at 228 kph in Styrian MotoGP
A week after miraculously avoiding a flying motorcycle that almost hit him at high speed, Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales was counting his…
Continue Reading ‘Yellowstone’ star Wes Bentley talks shocking finale
The Season 3 finale of “Yellowstone” on Sunday was pretty brutal. The TV drama follows the lives of the Dutton family who on the show own…
Continue Reading Elijah McClain died after a police encounter almost one year ago. Here’s what happened since
On the night of August 24, 2019, Elijah McClain was walking home from a convenience store with an iced tea when he was confronted by three Aurora,…
Continue Reading Bulgaria: Wild majesty in one of Europe’s oldest countries
For more than a century, Bulgaria has had little trouble enticing people to its beach resorts scattered along the Black Sea coast. City-breakers head…
Continue Reading Connecticut mayor slaps back at John Oliver with sewage plant renaming announcement
It doesn’t sound like he would anyway, but John Oliver may not want to visit Danbury, Connecticut, anytime soon. The talk show host has run…
Continue Reading Invisible rogue planets without stars? NASA’s new space telescope could find hundreds of them
NASA is on the hunt for rogue planets. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s upcoming observatory expected to launch in the mid-2020s,…
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McCloskeys, widow of David Dorn to speak at Republican National Convention
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — The McCloskeys and the widow of a murdered police captain…
Continue Reading It’s not just you. There’s a widespread Zoom outage
Zoom, the videoconferencing app that’s become a go-to for many stuck at home during the pandemic, is down in some parts of the world. In the…
Continue Reading Gov. Edwards gives update on Tropical Storm Laura and Hurricane Marco
Click here for updates on this story BATON ROUGE, LA (WGNO) — Governor John Bel Edwards is giving an update on the…
Continue Reading Sofia Vergara shoots down claim Ellen DeGeneres was being racist
Ellen DeGeneres has been getting some bad press lately, but Sofia Vergara is saying she’s not a part of that. There have been allegations of a…
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4 virus deaths, 145 new cases reported in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced four new virus deaths Monday morning. The death toll now stands at 394 in…
Continue Reading China says it’s been vaccinating doctors and border workers since July
China has been using an experimental coronavirus vaccine on people who work in “high risk” professions since July, including front line…
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How much longer until the US economy is back to normal? This new index shows we have a long way to go
We’re coming up on six months since Covid-19 turned the world upside down. We are adjusting, but few things feel normal. Certainly not in our…
Continue Reading BTS video ‘Dynamite’ breaks YouTube record for most views in 24 hours
Korean pop stars BTS have made history after the group’s new single “Dynamite” became the best-ever 24-hour debut of a music video…
Continue Reading Sydney ordered 10 new ferries with a viewing deck — but they don’t fit under some of the city’s bridges
Officials in Sydney have admitted the city’s 10 new ferries don’t fit under some of its bridges, with passengers sitting on its viewing…
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wishes he had ‘listened earlier’ to Colin Kaepernick
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he wished the league had “listened earlier” to Colin Kaepernick when he began protesting during the…
Continue Reading Police clash with protesters in Lafayette, Louisiana after police fatally shoot 31-year-old Black man
Protesters and police clashed in Lafayette, Louisiana a day after police fatally shot Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man, outside a…
Continue Reading Louisiana officials are investigating the police shooting of a 31-year-old Black man
Louisiana State Police are investigating the death of Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man who was fatally shot Friday night during an…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 24: RNC, Covid-19, Conway, police violence, New Zealand
It looks like Louisiana will be spared back-to-back hurricanes this week as Marco weakens, but the state is still in the path of another storm…
Continue Reading 148 arrested as fans clash with riot police in Paris after PSG’s Champions League final defeat
French police arrested 148 people as fans clashed with riot police on the Champs-Élysées following Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League…
Continue Reading Japan’s Shinzo Abe returns to hospital on day he becomes country’s longest-serving Prime Minister
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to the hospital on Monday on the day he became the country’s longest serving head of government in…
Continue Reading After the Christchurch shootings, New Zealand promised change. But Muslims there still don’t feel safe
In the days and weeks after a right-wing terrorist live-streamed the massacre of 51 people at two Christchurch mosques, New Zealand’s leaders…
Continue Reading Two giant gold nuggets worth $250,000 found in Australia
Gold diggers in southern Australia have found two huge nuggets worth $350,000 AUD ($250,000 USD) in historic goldfields. The pair of nuggets weigh in…
Continue Reading Deadly California wildfires scorch more than 1 million acres with no end in sight
The deadly California wildfires have burned over 1 million acres — and there’s no end in sight as thousands of firefighters struggle to…
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