Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — Two teen girls spoke out after a car chase throughout Modesto resulted in their friend, who was behind the wheel, being shot by a deputy, leaving him on life support. They’re now questioning why that Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy opened fire, when they say
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Early in the testing phase of Apple’s M1 chipset, a milestone new product for the company, the processor was installed in a batch of Mac computers and given to staffers working on applications that demanded heavy processing power. It was a pivotal moment: the first time Apple had made its own chip for any of
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It hasn’t been a great week for digital currencies. Bitcoin is trading nearly 40% below its record price of $64,000 following a sudden crash sparked by regulatory moves in China. Ethereum is down more than 35% from its all-time high, and dogecoin is off more than 45%. Investors expect cryptocurrencies to be volatile. But the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — A woman was arrested after coming onto a high school campus in Santa Rosa Wednesday and allegedly assaulting students and a teacher inside a classroom. The incident happened at around 9 a.m. on the campus of Pivot Charter School on Cleveland Ave. Santa
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A strange underwater creature known as the vampire fish is making a comeback to the American River. Just this week, local divers spotted two of them. The vampire fish, otherwise known as pacific lamprey, is long with leather-like skin, and it has teeth. “It looks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — Police in Palo Alto said a coordinated group of at least ten suspects stole more than $150,000 in handbags from the Neiman Marcus store at Stanford Shopping Center Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday at about 12:20 p.m., Palo Alto police dispatch received a second-hand
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story THORNTON, Colorado (KCNC) — Police in Thornton say Travis Butts, 38, was driving under the influence at 102 mph when he ran a red light in March, killing a father and his 7-year-old son. Officers responded to the crash just after 1 a.m. on March 6 at the
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The 2021 Copa América will no longer feature games in co-host Colombia after CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation, announced on Thursday it would move games away from the country. The tournament, delayed by a year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, was due to be jointly hosted for the first time its 105-year history, with matches
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — An Aurora police officer, Daniel Bertelson, sent a department-wide email this month as he announced his retirement, offering some barbs and harsh assessments of the current climate for law enforcement. “I am leaving Colorado for palm trees and less communism,” wrote Bertelson, who spent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — This week’s Game Changer makes a remarkable comeback a couple of months after a devastating collision on the field. Caeleb Menough is a senior second baseman for the T.C. Roberson Rams. He suffered serious head and facial injuries in an outfield collision
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President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to send families with kids thousands more dollars starting in July could slash child poverty in half — but only if the federal government can successfully deliver the money to all eligible households. While the vast majority of eligible families will receive the monthly payments automatically, very low-income households who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man armed with a gun robbed a Wells Fargo bank in Asheville on Thursday and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. Asheville police said the suspect entered the Wells Fargo on Merrimon Avenue about 4:45 p.m., threatened employees and customers and
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The Russian military plane touched down in heavy wind and light snow, then slid across the icy tarmac. That the large, four-engine Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter could land at all on the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, is a testament to Moscow’s growing military might in this remote part of
Continue Reading The Nigerian army says it is looking into reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died after blowing himself up to avoid being captured by a rival group. Shekau, the long-time leader of the extremist group — also known as Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad (JAS) — has waged an insurgency in northeast Nigeria
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools graduations start Friday morning at Mizzou Arena, but with some COVID-19 restrictions in place. CPS will be following all the protocols and guidelines the university has in place. Graduates will have the opportunity to have their name called and walk across a designated space. Due to COVID-19, ceremonies will
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In one week, there were nine cases of Covid-19 in fully vaccinated members of the New York Yankees organization: one player, three coaches and five team staff. The revelation has led to questions about vaccine efficacy and fears of super-strength variant strains. But experts say these cases show the vaccine is working, and testing remains
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Japan‘s trains have earned an almost cult-like status among foreign travelers for being punctual and efficient. Social media users rave about them and many people in Japan take rail operators’ obsessive dedication to arrive and depart on time for granted. But sometimes that punctuality comes with a price — especially if you’re a train operator
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins in less than two weeks, and NOAA is already predicting we’ll see above-average storm activity for a sixth year in a row. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today”
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May’s “flower” supermoon will grace the sky this Wednesday. This supermoon will be the closest moon to Earth in 2021, according to EarthSky. There are two to four supermoons each year. These lunar events are often a brilliant sight to see because they are brighter and larger than a normal full moon. The definition of
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China’s plan to build its way out of the pandemic is pushing its carbon emissions to record highs, new research has found. The country’s CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement production grew 14.5% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year, according to a Thursday report from the Centre for Research
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