By Allen Henry Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new state program hopes to offer more mental health support to the men and women who keep us safe, a program organizers hope leads to healthier cops and better policing. If you don’t get enough sleep, how can you be effective?
Continue ReadingBy Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota (WCCO) — It was a shocking discovery nearly 30 years after losing a child. A Minnesota family says a memorial honoring their 6-year-old son stood in a Bloomington park, until recently when they found out city crews removed it. “There’s something missing that
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Denver pastor Eli Regalado had an exciting message for his congregation. After months of prayers and cues from God, he was going to start selling cryptocurrency, he announced in a YouTube video last April. The Signature and Silvergate banks had collapsed weeks earlier, signaling the need to look into other investment options beyond financial
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TODAY: Afternoon highs reach into the lower 40s with mostly cloudy skies. Fog remains widespread into the region with a dense fog advisory in effect until noon Thursday. Winds switch out of the northwest up to six mph. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the upper 30s with mostly cloudy skies and remaining fog. EXTENDED: Rain
Continue ReadingBy Shardaa Gray Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Illinois lawmakers are pushing to ban potentially harmful food chemicals found in candy or soda. The bill, the Illinois Food Safety Act, would target five specific chemicals: Brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, red dye No. 3, and titanium dioxide. These chemicals
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The West’s recent heat-driven megadroughts are unprecedented in at least 500 years, new research shows. “Hot drought” — when extreme drought and heat occur simultaneously — has increased in severity and frequency over the last century due to human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday in the
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More people cast votes in Tuesday’s contest between former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley than in any previous presidential primary of either party in New Hampshire’s history. As of the latest vote tally on Wednesday afternoon, nearly 318,000 Granite State Republicans and independents
Continue ReadingBy Jamaica Ponder Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — It’s known as a classic Chicago pastime – good old-fashioned roller skating. You may have visited a neighborhood roller rink, even CBS News personnel took a few spins around recently. However, a lot of them have closed, but there’s a movement to
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By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Two hundred and fifty years after American revolutionaries dumped tea into Boston Harbor, a fresh diplomatic storm is brewing between Britain and the United States over the cherished beverage. Britain’s media has reacted with fury and bewilderment after a US scientist claimed the perfect cup of tea is
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers may not be in Super Bowl LVIII, but one of the best linebackers in Steelers history is sending a huge football fan to the big game. It is a dream of every football fan to go to the Super
Continue ReadingBy CBS News Philadelphia Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Liz Camerote is on a mission. Well, a stinky sort of treasure hunt. “It’s almost like Easter eggs, but with dog piles,” she said while laughing. Camerote knows picking up poo is a task many don’t want to do, especially
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An official in Mali says that more than 70 people have been killed after an unregulated gold mine collapsed late last week. A search continues amid fears the toll could rise. The senior official at the government’s National Geology and Mining Directorate confirmed the details to
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Department of Education said this week that it is making an additional adjustment to this year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, that will make $1.8 billion more available in financial aid. The new change follows a complete overhaul of the form, which
Continue ReadingBy Raymond Strickland Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A Philadelphia couple struggling with homelessness filmed their experience living in a storage container, and their video was viewed more than 12 million times on social media. But they say when the storage facility found out about it, the couple was asked
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican tribunal has rejected a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the Holy See’s former auditor general. Libero Milone and his late deputy had sued the Holy See for 9.3 million euros. They claimed they were essentially extorted by Vatican police and forced to resign in 2017 or
Continue ReadingBy Dave Carlin Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — New technology is coming to bus and subway routes in New York City. The MTA is testing out a new way to help all New Yorkers get around. It is something that involves colorful codes commuters can’t help but notice. They
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Many parts of the world are experiencing a rapid depletion in the subterranean reserves of water that billions of people rely on for drinking, irrigation and other uses, according to new research that analyzed millions of groundwater level measurements from 170,000 wells in more than 40 countries. It’s the
Continue ReadingBy Alfred Charles Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Six people were forced out of their house when the living room floor in their home in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood collapsed Tuesday morning, authorities said. A 96-year-old woman who was inside the apartment fell through the floor during the incident. It
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A liquor store has opened in Saudi Arabia for the first time in over 70 years, a diplomat reported Wednesday, a further socially liberalizing step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom that is home to the holiest sites in Islam. While restricted to non-Muslim diplomats, the store in Riyadh
Continue ReadingBy Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story NORTH ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts (WBZ) — North Attleboro Council member Darius Gregory made his voice heard during Monday’s town council meeting. Emotions ran high over a decision to remove the book “Woke, A Young Poet’s Call To Justice” from the Martin Elementary School’s library. “I’m sitting
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