Click here for updates on this story MILTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A gay married couple in Milton who had been harassed for years has discovered who was behind it all. LeeMichael McLean says he and his husband, Byron Furze, received countless magazine subscriptions in the mail over a five-year period that were addressed to fictitious,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mayor outlines plan to spend $58.2 million in federal COVID funds (WALA) — Bonuses for city workers, projects to address the negative impact of COVID-19, “equity-focused” services and high-speed internet dominate plans unveiled Tuesday to spend federal coronavirus relief funds. The city of Mobile already has received $29.1
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Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has opened an investigation into Fulton County for allegedly violating state rules “requiring absentee ballot drop box transfer forms to be filled out,” his office confirmed to CNN on Monday. A source with knowledge of the investigation cautioned to CNN that the probe “does not have any implications
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Hannah Arrington is a mom of five. She says sometime in April one of her older kids brought tiny magnetic balls home from school. Shortly after, her youngest son, Konin, started having stomach pain that eventually sent him to the emergency room. “From the
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The US reached another sobering milestone in the Covid-19 pandemic, with 600,000 lives lost to the disease as of Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data. While daily deaths have decreased in recent months, hundreds of Americans are still dying every day from the disease that’s largely preventable by vaccines. Over the past week, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINDHAM, New Hampshire (WMUR) — In Windham, a 9-year-old girl made a bold move to help kids with cancer. The 3rd grader raised thousands by shaving her head. Six months ago, Vivian Meyer told her mother she wanted to get her head shaved. While that may sound like
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A Republican lawmaker is calling on Gov. Tony Evers to activate the Wisconsin National Guard to help “restore safety” in the City of Milwaukee after a string of multiple shootings over the weekend. Republican Rep. Joe Sanfelippo (R-New Berlin) weighed in on the ongoing gun
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Videos of police arresting people in Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday while enforcing a smoking ordinance have highlighted the use-of-force techniques employed by the officers. The videos, obtained by CNN and confirmed by Ocean City Police to show parts of the incident, show police arresting at least three individuals as a crowd of people gathers
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Four people were killed and another four were hospitalized Tuesday morning in a shooting inside a residence on Chicago’s South Side. The shooting occurred around 5:42 a.m. (6:42 a.m. ET), after an argument at a gathering at the home in the Englewood neighborhood, police said. Three females and one male were killed in the shooting,
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A previously secret trove of emails released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee sheds new light on how former President Donald Trump pressured the Justice Department on multiple fronts to do his bidding in his quest to overturn the 2020 election results. The emails show how Trump’s efforts to pressure Jeffrey Rosen — the acting
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Going on holiday is no longer illegal for travelers from the United Kingdom. While the move has been met with relief from those eager to take a foreign holiday, many have been left confused by the new travel regulations, along with the risk-based “traffic light” system that’s now in place. Here’s everything you need to
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Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday announced a new strategy to combat domestic terrorism after the Biden administration completed a sweeping assessment of the threat posed by domestic violent extremism following the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Garland tied the new policy directly to the attack on the US Capitol. The Justice Department,
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Officials in Europe are yet again ratcheting up the pressure on Silicon Valley titans. The European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that tech giants regulated by privacy officials primarily in one EU country can still face legal action by privacy officials based in another member country. The ruling opens the door to more litigation against
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An 8-year-old boy is in a medically induced coma following a shooting in Cincinnati on Monday, according to police. The boy’s mother, Marcella Thompson, told CNN affiliate WLWT, “He’s fighting so hard. He’s the strongest child I’ve ever seen. They told me my baby wasn’t going to make it through that day. My baby made
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It’s a tale as old as time and it’s back for more. Disney’s animated classic, “Beauty and the Beast” is being turned into an eight-episode musical series for the Disney+ streaming network. The series is a prequel to the 2017 live-action film and will tell the story before Belle and the Beast fell in love.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MCMINNVILLE, Oregon (KPTV) — A teenager working to set a record on a trip around the world included a stop in McMinnville on Monday. Travis Ludlow is just 18 and is a few weeks into his trip that is taking him around the world solo. He landed in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LIBERTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man is accused of killing his mother’s boyfriend during a disturbance in Liberty County. Deputies said on Saturday at 10 p.m. they responded to a call of a burning pickup truck on CR 2741 just north of Rye, Texas. Once they arrived, they
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Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The family of a woman, who was in the back of an ambulance when a vehicle crashed into a METRORail train, believes the crash caused her death and are now suing the ambulance company. Adriana Rodriguez and her father, Jose Rodriguez, filed a lawsuit
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A growing number of GOP Senate contenders are spurning former President Donald Trump‘s wishes with campaigns that defy his criticism or ignore his support of a rival, as the Republican Party debates his role in its future. In Alabama, Trump’s early endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks has failed to stop the GOP primary field from
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Lawyers for Donald Trump and the House Oversight Committee revealed on Tuesday that they’re at a standstill in the Democrats’ long-running pursuit of tax records from Trump’s accounting firm Mazars USA. “This has dragged on forever,” the House’s general counsel Douglas Letter said at a hearing Tuesday. He and lawyers for Trump said there had
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