By Tim McNicholas Click here for updates on this story JOLIET, Illinois (WBBM) — All of a Joliet man’s Bitcoin went poof, gone, vanished, after a hacker got into his accounts and drained the cryptocurrency. It all happened because the fraudster hijacked his phone number. CBS 2’s Morning Insider Tim McNicholas asked the man’s provider
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — El Congreso aún tiene un largo camino que recorrer antes de llegar a una votación sobre las infraestructuras, pero el presidente Joe Biden dijo este jueves que se habÃa llegado a un acuerdo con un grupo bipartidista de senadores. Aunque muchos detalles de su contenido siguen sin estar claros, el
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREWSBURY (WBZ) — Shrewsbury High School’s mascot will remain the Colonials despite a long debate. The Shrewsbury School Committee received more emails from the community on the mascot than any other, and that includes teaching during a pandemic. On Wednesday night, the Shrewsbury school board
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The side of a building collapsed Thursday afternoon in the Druid Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. The Baltimore City Fire Department said the collapse happened at a vacant house around 12:30 on the 500 block of McMechan Street. No injuries were reported, and
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By Ashley Strickland, Megan Marples and Sarah Molano, CNN It’s the summer of new solar power on the International Space Station. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency conducted their third spacewalk in just over a week and installed a second new solar array outside the space station on
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Tour NASA’s Johnson Space Center where everything from food, to space suits, to exercise routines are being designed so humans can survive in space.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, Megan Marples and Sarah Molano, CNN It’s the summer of new solar power on the International Space Station. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency conducted their third spacewalk in just over a week and installed a second new solar array outside the space station on
Continue ReadingFormer Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, second degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in the 2020 death of George Floyd.
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Three whistleblowers are urging the Biden administration to do more to vaccinate immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention amid mounting criticism over the agency’s response to the pandemic within its facilities, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Friday’s letter comes as Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Golf courses at Midway Golf and Games are flooded with several feet of water. According to ABC 17’s viewer reports the Boone County area was hit with about five to six inches of rain causing severe flooding all over the county. The rain caused Perchie Creek and the Missouri River to overflow.
Continue Readingcdeinocencio (CNN) — Los ataques hacia niños que se identifican como transgénero siguen sucediendo. A principios de abril, Arkansas se convirtió en el primer estado en prohibir la atención de reafirmación de género que incluye los bloqueadores de la pubertad y los tratamientos hormonales en menores de 18 años. Virginia Occidental firmó una ley que
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations. The punishment handed out Friday fell short of the 30 years that
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By Moira Ritter, CNN Business An anchor for GB News, a newly-launched TV channel in Britain that has been compared to Fox News in the US, said he is taking a break after just two weeks on the job. At the end of his regular program Thursday, Andrew Neil, who also serves as chairman of
Continue Reading CNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on how Fox News host Laura Ingraham conducted an interview with a Capitol rioter who seemed to downplay the attack.
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By Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden named Jessica Stern as the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons on Friday, reinstating a position that existed under the Obama administration but was not filled by President Donald Trump/ Stern currently serves as executive director of OutRight Action International,
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s still not fully clear what caused an oceanfront condo tower in Surfside, Florida, to partially collapse, sending some units in the 12-story building plummeting to the ground. Experts are still looking to determine the exact contributing factors that led to the catastrophe. But from what investigators know, the building appears
Continue ReadingHeartbreak and hope near Miami today, as rescuers continue to search for survivors in the rubble of a condo building that partially collapsed. At least four people have died, 159 others still unaccounted for and still no update on the cause.
Continue ReadingGeorge Floyd’s family spoke in court Friday during the sentencing hearing for his killer, former police officer Derek Chauvin. The first to speak was Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, Gianna, on video. “I ask about him all the time,” she said. “I want to play with him, have fun, go to the playground.” Someone in the video
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George Floyd’s daughter Gianna gives her impact statement at the sentencing trial of Derek Chauvin.
Continue Reading By Michael Warren and Kristen Holmes, CNN The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state’s new voting restrictions — and handing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who signed the changes into law earlier this year, a potential political boost ahead of his reelection bid. Sources close to Kemp described the DOJ’s actions as a positive
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