By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Sex and gender are often conflated or equated in everyday conversations, and most American adults believe a person’s gender is determined by sex assigned at birth. But a new study of nearly 5,000 9- and 10-year-olds found that sex and gender map onto largely distinct parts of the brain.
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Wenzke Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Santa Ana police arrested a person suspected of intentionally throwing fireworks into a yard, leaving a dog burned and bleeding, authorities said Friday. Over the Fourth of July weekend, someone drove up to a home in the 1800 block of
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Facts Almost seven million people visit the Eiffel Tower annually. About 300 million visitors have been to the tower since its opening. Designer Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment cloistered away in the upper reaches of the tower. In 2016,
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Stop & Shop is closing 32 underperforming grocery stores across the US northeast as part of the company’s efforts to improve its financial performance. Shoppers are also being squeezed by higher prices at the grocery store, with food prices experiencing modest upticks last month, according to the newest
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man died after crashing his motorcycle during a chase with law enforcement early Friday, according to a social media post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office wrote that Daniel Edwards, 36, died at an area hospital after he hit another vehicle at an intersection, was ejected from
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By Danielle Radin Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — In what is being called by prosecutors the largest single case of shoplifting in the history of Long Beach, a woman was arrested Thursday under suspicion of shoplifting 30 times from the same store. The Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office
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By Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona judge is allowing several people facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results to travel to Milwaukee next week for the Republican National Convention. The Arizona delegation to the convention includes three fake electors who have been charged in that state for
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of two galaxies, nicknamed the Penguin and the Egg, locked in a cosmic dance to mark the observatory’s second anniversary. Launched on December 25, 2021, the Webb telescope shared its first science observations of the universe on July
Continue ReadingBy Michael Guise Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An Ohio mother died after trying to stop her car from being stolen with her 6-year-old son inside outside an apartment complex in Columbus. Alexa Stakely died at a hospital on Thursday morning after the incident, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Police reportedly
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Whooping cough is making a post-pandemic comeback in Allegheny County and around Pennsylvania. Allegheny County doctors are seeing cases climbing to their highest point in nearly a decade. Acting Director of the Allegheny County Health Department Dr. Barbara Nightingale told KDKA-TV that
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Zanger Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police are search for several suspects they say are targeting diners at swanky New York City restaurants, robbing them of watches, jewelry and phones at gunpoint. They’ve struck at least six times since March, and tend to target men wearing expensive
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Zanger, John Dias Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A New York City doorman helped rescue an abandoned newborn baby he found on the street early Thursday morning. Police later arrested the child’s mother, Ayatta Swann, 37, who lives at the Latham Hotel shelter at 4 East 28th
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Here’s a troubling phrase hurricane forecasters hate but often hear: “It’s just a Category 1. Nothing to worry about.” Or even worse: “Tropical storm? Just some wind and rain.” But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as a “mere” Category 1 storm — far weaker in wind strength than when
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By The Associated Press A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds. Since the drones began flying in May, flocks of birds have repeatedly swarmed the devices, forcing the police department and other city agencies
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago official says homeless people are being moved from a large encampment to a shelter so the area will be emptied before the Democratic National Convention in August. The official says Friday that the encampment will be emptied and permanently roped off on Wednesday. The encampment is along Interstate
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Dickstein Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WMAR) — Today marks one year since a Baltimore sailor went missing in Mexico. Donald Lawson set sail from Acapulco, Mexico last July 5. He was headed towards the Port of Baltimore in preparation for a solo trip around the globe in hopes
Continue ReadingBy Ja Nai Wright Click here for updates on this story ESSEX, Maryland (WMAR) — Starving, alone, and in a random field during a heat wave, is how the shelter found two and a half-year-old pit bull, Jasmine. “She weighed 68.5 pounds; she should weigh about 90,” says Leah Biddinger. She was also missing a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s police boss has resigned in the latest development resulting from deadly protests. The resignation Friday comes as President William Ruto seeks to respond to growing concerns of police brutality following weeks of protests triggered by a proposed tax hike. Protesters stormed into parliament on June 25 after a
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By Madeleine Wright Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Pennsylvania (KYW) — It was an emotional day at Scenic Hills Elementary School in Springfield as a beloved tortoise was removed from his home. Shelly the African spurred tortoise has lived at the ecology center, located in the school’s courtyard, for 24 years, but
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Engel Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD COUNTY, Maryland (WMAR) — James O. Blakeley went to church with his family on Sunday, April 1, 1990. It would be the last time they saw him alive. Later that day, he went to work at his job at a service station in Harford
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