By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A 19-year-old man who allegedly believed he was exorcising demons from his father before his death in a Duxbury pond has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. Jack Callahan was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Public governmental bodies in Missouri cannot charge fees for the time attorneys spend redacting documents prior to their release to the public, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the court ruling noted that the Missouri Sunshine Law allows officials to charge requestors for “research”
Continue ReadingBy Paul Gessler Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two earthquakes in less than two days rattled Baltimore City and Baltimore County. About two miles and 34 hours separated Friday’s 2.6 magnitude earthquake from its aftershock north of Edmondson Village Shopping Center. “Something ‘boom!’ Yeah, I thought something fell on the
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request to block a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that prohibits landlords nationwide from evicting certain tenants who fail to pay rent amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The court’s order means the moratorium will remain in place
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OCEAN CITY, Maryland (WJZ) — The law firm representing two Black teenagers who were violently arrested for vaping in Ocean City announced Tuesday that they will be representing the teens in a civil suit against Ocean City. Murphy, Falcon and Murphy represented Freddie Gray’s family,
Continue ReadingOpinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and John Cuti As long-time criminal law practitioners, we know that the Monday meeting held between New York prosecutors and former President Donald Trump’s attorneys was among the more dramatic that can play out in the behind-the-scenes life of any case. The District Attorney for the County of
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US cities in the Northwest are all reporting their hottest temperatures on record in a wave that has more heat in store. CNN’s Don Lemon discusses with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel McCrary, Brianna Owczarzak Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — Local police went into an unlocked home while investigating a possible hostage situation to search for the suspected victim. After not finding anything, the homeowner said police left behind a mess and did not notify her leaving her
Continue ReadingForensic structural engineer Stephanie Walkup analyzes photos the Miami Herald obtained by a contractor 36 hours before the Champlain Towers condo building collapsed, showing damage and standing water in the basement-level parking garage.
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, CNN Two and a half years before her building collapsed into a pile of rubble, Champlain Towers South resident Mara Chouela dashed off the latest in a string of angry complaints about the development project next door. “We are concerned that the construction next to Surfside is too close,” Chouela, a board
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri taxpayers who want to help fix up the state Capitol soon will be able to claim a tax break for doing so. A new law signed Tuesday by Gov. Mike Parson allows up to $10 million of tax credits to be issued annually to donors who give money or
Continue ReadingBy J.D. Miles Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — After three days of repeated power outages at his aunt’s Dallas home during February’s arctic storm, Steven Brown noticed something was very wrong with his legs. “My feet had swelled up on me,” he recalled. “I couldn’t walk normal. My ankles locked
Continue ReadingBy J.D. Miles Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — A Plano couple’s harrowing experience raises new concerns and questions about the build up of debris alongside area freeways. It was a trip down LBJ Freeway that Lauren Drum will never forget. “This little car in front of us just happen
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some COVID-19 patients are being turned away from an overwhelmed Springfield hospital where cases are surging and taken to less-stressed hospitals hundreds of miles away in Kansas City and St. Louis. The Springfield News-Leaders reports that CoxHealth system president Steve Edwards said Tuesday that the hospital in Springfield was on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Anti-abortion advocates are pushing Missouri lawmakers to block Planned Parenthood funding during a special session. Missouri Right to Life Executive Director Susan Klein on Tuesday questioned whether the GOP-led House is willing to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood during the special session. Republican Gov. Mike Parson called lawmakers back to
Continue ReadingBy Dana Kozlov Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Illinois (WBBM) — A father-son trip to Florida took a life-changing turn for two brothers from south suburban Lansing. Hours after arriving in Miami Beach, the brothers found themselves behind bars. They sat there for more than a month, even though charges were never
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN Congress is trying again Tuesday on removing Confederate statues from the US Capitol. The House is expected to vote on a resolution to expel Confederate statues and replace the Capitol’s bust of Roger B. Taney, the chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision, with one honoring Thurgood Marshall, the first
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Victory Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A local mystery – solved. The Morning Insiders recently told you about film footage found of little girl in the 1930s. Lauren Victory shares how we tracked down her family. But is it a happy ending? That’s for you to decide. Bradley
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By Angela Fritz, Carma Hassan and Brisa Colon, CNN Hundreds of people have visited emergency departments or urgent-care clinics in the Pacific Northwest since Friday — and as many as 60 deaths have been reported — as an excruciating heat wave smashed all-time temperature records in Oregon, Washington and Canada. Portland set record-high temperatures three
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The US government will scrutinize cars’ driver-assist systems, a shift that’s likely to improve road safety, according to auto experts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that automakers will be required to report crashes involving driver-assist systems, as well as crashes of fully autonomous vehicles, which are less
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