Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A federal grand jury indicted four more members of a Davenport-based street gang on 37 counts of alleged racketeering, according to a Wednesday news release from the Iowa Department of Justice. Fifteen members of the Lowrider Street Gang have now been charged. The
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James Cameron appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, sitting in front of an editing suite in which there was a new “Avatar” on the screens. Cameron was in production in Wellington, New Zealand, and said the next “Avatar” film will feature a lot more water. “A lot of our scenes are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT PIERCE, Florida (WPBF) — The son of St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy was taken into police custody following a fatal crash on Indian River Drive in Fort Pierce, officials said. According to Fort Pierce Police, the incident happened on Feb. 7 at 5:25 p.m. Officials said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha radio personality Chris Baker was fired over a social media post deemed “completely inappropriate and unacceptable” by the former talk show host’s employer. Baker hosted a conservative talk program on KFAB radio. He sparked outrage Tuesday with a now-deleted tweet referencing the guilty
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Click here for updates on this story PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A drilling rig tipped over at a construction site in Peterborough on Thursday morning and fell into the Contoocook River. The massive rig was stuck on its side as it slid down the river embankment. It was being used in construction work on
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Click here for updates on this story CLINTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Clinton police are investigating after a baby was abandoned outside a hospital. The newborn was left in the parking lot at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital on Monday between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. The baby was found by hospital staff in a basket and
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Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is currently considering spending hundreds of millions of dollars to have homeless people sleep in tents on city property, it’s an expansion of the so-called ‘safe sleeping sites’. Critics say this legislation would prioritize tents over actual housing.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The votes are in: The Kentucky State Fair is happening this year. Kentucky Ag. Commissioner Ryan Quarles tweeted the news on Thursday. He said the board voted unanimously to move forward with planning a “2019-style, more normal” style of fair. Last year’s fair was
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Neighbors on Thursday described a chaotic scene of North Carolina deputies trying to serve a warrant, a car pulling away and shots fired — leaving one man dead. The shooting took place Wednesday morning in a working-class neighborhood of Elizabeth City in the northeastern corner of the state. The Pasquotank County Sheriff Office said Wednesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation crews will do repair work on a Columbia intersection beginning Monday to make pavement improvements at the intersection of I-70 Drive Southwest and West Boulevard Work will take place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For the safety of motorists and workers on the road, this project will
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Click here for updates on this story HAYWARD, California (KPIX) — A Hayward woman has been a mother to more than 80 babies over the years through foster care. Linda Owens has cared for a 7-week-old baby girl since she left the hospital as a newborn. She is the 81st infant Owens has brought into
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The families of George Floyd and Philando Castile joined mourners in Minneapolis on Thursday to bid farewell to Daunte Wright, a Black man whose death this month at the hands of a police officer prompted renewed cries for justice and accountability. In his eulogy for Wright, whom he called the “Prince of Brooklyn Center,” the
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A sweeping bill to overhaul policing practices in the United States still faces an uncertain future — in large part because the two sides remain at sharp odds over whether to make it easier to criminally prosecute officers. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the lead GOP negotiator, opposes Democratic efforts to lower the legal standard
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT will be repairing concrete along Interstate 70 beginning overnight next Sunday that will require the closure of entrance and exit ramps along U.S. Route 54 at Kingdom City. The westbound I-70 exit ramp will close Sunday, April 25, and the westbound entrance ramp will be closed Monday, April 26. The
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Click here for updates on this story SACREMENTO, California (KOVR) — A property owner says two neighbors’ German Shepherds are to blame for a brutal attack at her family’s Sacramento farm. Sebastian Garibaldi grew up alongside the animals on his family’s farm. “He’s been with these goats, he loves them as much as we do,”
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close one lane of Highway 7 south of Camdenton beginning next Tuesday to improve roadside drainage. MoDOT will be replacing a culvert pipe at the intersection of Highway 7 and High Point Road beginning at 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Flaggers will be in
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“I’m vaccinated and I’m outside. Do I really still need to wear a mask?” “If I’m on a run and not near a lot of people. Do I need a mask?” “If I’m walking down the sidewalk and pass someone – should I put my mask on?” As the warmer weather months arrive and the
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The Australian government has canceled a Belt and Road agreement signed by China and the state government of Victoria, escalating trade and diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Canberra. Victoria — the country’s second largest and wealthiest state — signed a memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with the Chinese government in
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An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has been convicted of providing false statements to access a database as part of an investigation into alleged police mishandling of a violent mob attack on pro-democracy protesters in 2019. In a case that’s been seen as a further blow to press freedoms in the city, Bao Choy was found
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he hopes to have a new health director within the next two months. Parson said Thursday that he thought it was in the best interest of his office and Cabinet to part ways with former health director Randall Williams. The governor did not elaborate on
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