Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — There’s new video of the moment two Chicago police officers made a decision that saved the life of a 13-year-old boy in South Chicago. Swaysee Rankin was walking with his 14-year-old cousin Monday night at 82nd and Coles when someone in a red Jeep shot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A shooting at an iconic Brooklyn steakhouse left two innocent men hurt as they were dining outside at Peter Luger Steakhouse in Williamsburg. The suspect, Arkies Sommerville, remained in custody Friday and was charged with two counts of attempted murder in addition to several
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOLD RIVER, California (KOVR) — California’s water woes and slow-running rivers in the Central Valley are causing a big problem for the state’s salmon stocking program. Instead of releasing them into the river, where they’d likely die under current conditions, hundreds of thousands of salmon will be hitching
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Colorado state Democrats have introduced three new gun bills in response to the Boulder shooting last month that would expand background check requirements for firearm transfers, allow localities to regulate firearms and establish an “Office of Gun Violence Prevention.” The trio of proposals is part of Democrats’ push for stricter gun laws in the wake
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CALAVERAS COUNTY, California (KOVR) — There is controversy brewing as several people in Calaveras County are working on plans to form a militia for protection. The main organizer, Doug Rockey of Copperopolis, claims the militia would not be armed. Rockey owns Spur R Guns. He hosted a community
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GLEN COVE, New York (WCBS) — With hate crimes surging in New York, critics say the state is failing to teach students a vital lesson. The state mandates schools have lessons about the Holocaust, but doesn’t specify what or how much to teach. A group of lawmakers wants
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Work to build the new Ashland campus of Ranken Technical College is expected to create 163 jobs and generate $9 million in private investment, according to local economic development groups. Officials gathered Friday to break ground on the project. The campus is set to open in 2023. St. Louis-based Ranken offers bachelor’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Youth sports is a big focus in many children’s lives, but some parents say new legislation may prevent them from participating. “I was terrified to tell her the one thing that has been constant in her life since she was 3 years old, for 10
Continue Reading Former reality TV star Joshua Duggar has been arrested on federal charges related to the possession of child pornography, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Arkansas. Duggar allegedly downloaded material that depicted the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH READING, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Voters in North Reading are upset someone is circulating anonymous campaign fliers targeting the town’s select board and school committee elections next week. One of the fliers challenges what is being taught in the town’s classrooms and it advocates to vote for write-in
Continue Reading Tennessee is a step away from requiring some businesses in the state to post signs indicating that they allow transgender and other non-binary people to use the bathroom in their establishment that matches their gender identity, a policy LGBTQ advocates say is “offensive and humiliating” for members of the community and could lead to harassment.
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The campaign for House Republican candidate Susan Wright said Friday that it has reached out to federal law enforcement authorities after learning of a robocall alleging that she murdered her husband. The voicemail message spread on Friday, a day before the special election to fill the seat of Wright’s husband — the late Texas Rep.
Continue Reading The Biden administration has completed its months-long North Korea policy review, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Friday, telling reporters that the United States “is open to and will explore diplomacy” in a practical way. “I can confirm that we’ve completed our (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) policy review, which was thorough, rigorous and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Santa Clara County’s Human Rights Commission is tackling the thorny issue of caste discrimination in education and on the job in Silicon Valley. “This is one of the oldest systems of oppression in the world,” said Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the Executive Director of Equality
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — At first, they didn’t know what she was. A tiny ball of white-grey feathers making a noise somewhere between a chirp and a squawk. Dale Casto could see that the owlet had fallen about 70 feet from a nest on his Sudbury property. She was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — If all good dogs go to heaven, one San Francisco pooch tried to get there multiple times, only to be rescued in spectacular fashion. It was an adventure that began on southbound Highway 101 at the Cesar Chavez exit in San Francisco. That’s where
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani was warned by the FBI in late 2019 that he was the target of a Russian influence operation intended to damage now-President Joe Biden in the 2020 election by spreading falsehoods, The Washington Post reported Thursday night. Despite the reported warning, which Giuliani denies receiving, the former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump
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A pair of Lionel Messi’s boots have been sold for charity for $173,000, auction house Christie’s said on Friday. “The boots were offered at auction to raise funds in aid of the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital’s Art and Health programme,” said Christie’s. The $173,000 sale price was world auction record for a pair of game
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, California (KGO) — During the COVID-19 pandemic, all non-essential businesses were forced to shut their doors indefinitely. Blue Bear School of Music closed their doors mid-March of 2020 and had to cancel all future in-person music lessons and programs to students. Within a week, Blue Bear School
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) — Vic Cherubini has been in business at his Woodlands Photo Studios for more than 30 years. He got quite the shock when his latest electric bill from Entrust Energy was $17,903. “It’s frustrating and something to lose sleep about as well,” Cherubini said.
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