By Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The punishment for taking off during a traffic stop is only a misdemeanor in Illinois—and law enforcement leaders are looking to fight back against such offenses, which amount to an ongoing problem. Police chiefs across Chicagoland say they need stricter laws, saying
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By David Schuman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A family is searching for answers to why a Minneapolis kindergartener came down with a mysterious illness after class. Rachel Hodges says her daughter, Da’Kyah, was shaking, having trouble walking and acting bizarrely Monday. She needed hospitalization and later said that a
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By Steve Hartman Click here for updates on this story DOWAGIAC, Michigan (WWJ) — For Peggy Means, every Mother’s Day had been just another day without her daughter, Jennifer Flewellen, who was critically injured in a 2017 car crash at the age 35. Flewellen, Means’ only daughter, was in a coma with virtually no chance
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A former Milwaukee Police Department officer, charged in connection with the in-custody death of Keishon Thomas, learned his fate on Friday, May 10. Lopez was charged with misconduct in public office after allegedly falsifying entries in a report book. A criminal complaint
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Cado Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Marquette University has become the first in the nation to have a school of dentistry graduating class receive their ‘privilege diplomas’ and be able to start practicing almost immediately in the state of Wisconsin. “It finally feels real, it’s been a long,
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Boulandier, Sheldon Fox Click here for updates on this story MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — New body cam footage shows the moments after two men bailed out of their luxury car and led police on a foot chase in Miami Beach. The footage, obtained exclusively by 7News, shows the mayhem that followed the
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By Alan Mauldin Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Seven patients were transported on Friday morning from the scene where an Albany Police Department patrol car and a Crisp County Schools bus collided at a downtown intersection. “It’s looking like the school bus driving northbound on (North) Jefferson Street
Continue ReadingOpinion by Patricia Grisafi (CNN) — “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008) is not my favorite film of the Indiana Jones franchise by far. But I was thrilled to see Karen Allen reprise her role as Marion Ravenwood and get back in on the action nearly three decades after 1981’s “Raiders of the
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A growing number of civilians and police officers are demanding the dismissal and arrest of Haiti’s police chief as heavily armed gangs launched a new attack in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Gunmen seized control of yet another police station after raiding the coastal community of Gressier
Continue ReadingBy Robbie Owens Click here for updates on this story DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — Denton police have arrested a woman they say was caught on camera assaulting a teenager on a school bus last month. Traveonna Mays, 21, turned herself into the City of Denton jail Thursday morning after police issued an arrest warrant for
Continue ReadingKTVT By Robbie Owens Click here for updates on this story DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — Denton police have arrested a woman they say was caught on camera assaulting a teenager on a school bus last month. Traveonna Mays, 21, turned herself into the City of Denton jail Thursday morning after police issued an arrest warrant
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump could owe more than $100 million in taxes as a result of a yearslong Internal Revenue Service inquiry into claims of huge losses on his Chicago skyscraper, The New York Times and ProPublica reported Saturday. The news organizations reported Trump claimed massive financial losses twice — first
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Nielsen Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — Cheryl Wright and her 90-year-old mother Elisabeth have always been close. “She has seven kids. I am the second youngest. She is just a fantastic mom,” Wright said. When a fall led to a major hip injury last October, it changed
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KDKA By Ricky Sayer Click here for updates on this story RESERVE TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman in Reserve Township was hit with a shocking water bill. Kristen Rebel has 10 days to pay the $3,514.54 tab, but she said she never used the water she’s being charged for. Rebel said she normally pays
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By Ricky Sayer Click here for updates on this story RESERVE TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman in Reserve Township was hit with a shocking water bill. Kristen Rebel has 10 days to pay the $3,514.54 tab, but she said she never used the water she’s being charged for. Rebel said she normally pays $200
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By Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Frankie’s Friends animal rescue needs help after a good Samaritan brought in a cat who’d been thrown from a vehicle Nelly is a sweet kitty with a grumpy face and a sad tale. Frankie’s Friends in New Kensington was contacted by a
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KDKA By Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Frankie’s Friends animal rescue needs help after a good Samaritan brought in a cat who’d been thrown from a vehicle Nelly is a sweet kitty with a grumpy face and a sad tale. Frankie’s Friends in New Kensington was contacted by
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — En caso de que te hayas perdido el espectáculo de la noche del viernes, una segunda oportunidad de ver las magníficas auroras producidas por una serie de erupciones solares y eyecciones de masa coronal del sol llegará en la noche de este sábado. Las auroras podrían verse hasta el sur de
Continue Reading By Lauren Koenig, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors are recommending a 40-year sentence for the man found guilty of using a hammer to attack former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, inside their San Francisco home in October 2022. David DePape was convicted in November of one count of assault on the immediate family member of a federal
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Sean Burroughs, a 2000 Olympic gold medalist, Little League World Series winner and former first round MLB pick, died Thursday, the California-based Long Beach Little League organization announced Friday. He was 43. Burroughs died of a cardiac arrest, his mother, Debbie, told the Southern California News Group via text, the San Bernardino Sun reported.
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