Man who shot Reagan is now posting love songs online
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital after shooting President Reagan in 1981. CNN’s Jean Casarez has the latest on Hinckley’s new YouTube channel.
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Nonprofit provides veterinary services for pet owners in need
Click here for updates on this story ARCADIA,California (KABC) — Free Animal Doctor, a nonprofit veterinary clinic, provides much-needed medical services for pet owners. No one is turned away for an inability to pay. Leah Walker is thankful for the clinic. Like many, she says the pandemic has put a strain on finances. “After COVID
Continue ReadingFather, stepmother arrested in death of 16-yo boy
Click here for updates on this story POMONA, California (KABC) — Authorities say a Pomona woman abused, tortured and then killed her 16-year-old stepson, while the boy’s father did nothing to prevent the abuse. The boy’s death was reported around noon Tuesday in the 600 block of Del Rosa Place, the Pomona Police Department confirmed
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Tracking a summer-like end to the week
FRIDAY: Sunshine’s here to stay to close out the week. A few passing clouds will roll through this afternoon, but not enough to keep us out of the middle 80’s. TONIGHT: Staying mostly clear tonight with lows settling down in the middle 60’s. EXTENDED: It’ll be another sun-splashed afternoon to kick off the weekend tomorrow. Highs will stretch
Continue ReadingMom says she was confronted for wearing mask, told ‘go back to Asia’
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Emily Choi remains shaken after being told to ‘go back to Asia’ while walking with her 20-month-old son in a stroller near her University Village neighborhood Wednesday morning. “It was discouraging to hear that from someone in my neighborhood in front of my son,” she
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A veteran’s microphone was cut during part of a Memorial Day speech that touched on Black people’s role in the holiday
The American Legion of Ohio said Thursday it is investigating a Memorial Day incident in which a keynote speaker’s microphone was turned off during part of his speech that touched on Black people’s historical role in creating the national holiday. Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter was speaking at the ceremony held by a local
Continue ReadingAlderman blames ‘gang culture’ after girl, 14, shot in head
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago alderman is blaming “gang culture” for the shooting of a 14-year-old girl who was walking her dog Wednesday night in Back of the Yards. “If we want our children to be able to grow up, to live and to be able to thrive,
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Her father was killed in the California fire station shooting. Firefighters came to her graduation
Joslyn Carlon wore her dad’s firefighting jacket over her graduation gown when she walked across the stage to accept her high school diploma on Thursday, just two days after he was killed in a shooting at his Los Angeles County fire station. Dozens of firefighters dressed in black uniforms lined the entrance to College of
Continue Reading Man accused of stealing mortuary van with 2 bodies inside
Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO KTVK) — Phoenix police say a man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a mortuary van with two bodies inside. Authorities received a call from South Mountain Mortuary just before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Employees had left the vehicle alone for a short time while it was
Continue ReadingMan arrested, accused of loading gun over wrong food order
Click here for updates on this story SAN TAN VALLEY, Arizona (KPHO KTVK) — A man was arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with a Burger King store manager over a wrong order and loading his gun in the restaurant. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, 50-year-old Carter Mounet, a food delivery driver,
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Minneapolis buildings vandalized, police say, after authorities shoot and kill suspect
Some buildings in Minneapolis were vandalized and looted late Thursday and early Friday, police said, amid protests over authorities’ fatal shooting of a suspect during an arrest attempt. While trying to arrest a person wanted on a felony warrant in a parked car in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon, US Marshals task force members shot the
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Top German Catholic Church official offers resignation over ‘catastrophe of sexual abuse’
A top cleric in Germany’s Catholic Church has offered to resign as the Archbishop of Munich, saying he shared “responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse” by church officials. “In essence, it is important to me to share the responsibility for the catastrophe of the sexual abuse by Church officials over the past decades,” Cardinal
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Jefferson City police arrest man in connection with shooting
At 2:37 a.m., the Jefferson City Communications Center received a shots fired call in the area of E. McCarty and Lafayette Streets.
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Californians can soon go maskless at work — if every worker in a room is fully vaccinated, safety board says
California workers will no longer be required to wear face masks in the workplace, as long as all employees in a single room are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to new rules approved Thursday by California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. The change, expected to be effective June 15, comes after the board
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States that fall well below vaccinating 70% of adults are ‘sitting ducks’ for an outbreak, expert warns
The US is pushing to have 70% of adults get at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by July 4, but an expert said that number is important to reach at the state level too — and those states who are falling well below may be vulnerable to another outbreak. “There are 12 states
Continue Reading Operation Enduring Freedom Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Operation Enduring Freedom, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. The United States linked the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to al Qaeda, a group that operated under the Taliban regime’s protection in Afghanistan. The operation was launched to stop the Taliban
Continue ReadingLow-income residents given 27 days to leave their homes
Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — Twenty-seven days. That’s how long tenants at a Raleigh apartment complex have to find a new place to live. The units in southeast Raleigh, just off MLK Blvd., were recently sold. The low-income tenants who live there were told last month they have
Continue Reading Hate crimes, shooting incidents in New York City have surged since last year, NYPD data show
Hate crimes against Asian people in New York City have increased by 335% this year when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest New York Police Department (NYPD) crime statistics report. From January 1 through May 31, the city recorded 87 hate crimes against Asians, compared with 20 such crimes for
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Covid-19 cases are falling, but experts say kids should still get a vaccine when they can. Here’s why
As a pediatric infectious disease specialist, Dr. Amy Edwards has fielded a lot of questions from worried parents during the pandemic. As case numbers drop — among children, Covid-19 cases have fallen to levels not seen since October — the question she’s getting is: Do younger children really need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 when
Continue Reading4 teens, including 3 high school students, killed in head-on crash
Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, North Carolina (WTVD) — Four teens died when a box truck crossed a median and hit their vehicle head on in Pitt County. North Carolina State Highway Patrol said it happened on US 264 west of Greenville just a few minutes before noon Thursday. The box truck
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