CNN – Regional

By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story     HALF MOON BAY, California (WCCO) — It’s very fitting: A Minnesota man from the “Halloween Capital of the World” has set a North American pumpkin weight record. On Monday, the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weight-Off was held in Half Moon Bay, California. There, Travis Gienger

By Sakura Gray Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — As the conflict in Ukraine escalates, a local Ukrainian pastor says his congregation is feeling “pain, frustration, and uncertainty.” Pastor Vadym Dashkevych with the Spring of Life Baptist Church says about 80% of church members still have family in Ukraine —

By ERIN JONES Click here for updates on this story     FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — A Fort Worth neighborhood wants answers after a man has been observed sneaking around late at night, trimming trees. They’re calling him Edward Scissorhands. “I was talking to my wife, Emily and I was like ‘hey we had a storm

By JERMONT TERRY Click here for updates on this story     ORLAND PARK, Illinois (WBBM) — When a southwest suburban school decided to expand an elementary playground, they added some noisemaking musical instruments for the kids to play. Some neighbors couldn’t stand the constant noise, so they took matters into their own hands. But as CBS

By Brendan Tierney Click here for updates on this story     MITCHELLVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Parents are demanding answers after their daughter was let off the school bus by herself more than a mile away from her house in a rural part of Sumner County. The Tisdale family said their high school student got distracted on

By DAVID SCHUMAN Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT LAKES, Minnesota (WCCO) — A community is feeling a sense of loss today after a fire destroyed a popular resort. On Tuesday, firefighters were still working to put out hot spots following Monday’s fire. Fifty years since it opened, Maplelag Resort near Detroit Lakes

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Three Philadelphia SWAT officers were shot while serving a warrant on Wednesday morning. The incident happened around 6 a.m. on North 10th Street in Philadelphia’s West Poplar neighborhood. The officers were rushed to Jefferson University Hospital. They were all placed in stable

By MARCIA KRAMER Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Mayor Eric Adams is defying a federal judge and is once again making Times Square a gun-free zone. He signed a bill on Tuesday making it illegal to carry concealed weapons a wide swath of Times Square. Adams made the move

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS (KITV) — In the words of the great DJ Kahled, “Another one!” That is, another Hawaii resident hit a major jackpot in Las Vegas in the last week – with this lucky winner scoring more than $700,000 on a slot machine at the

By Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story     MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A McDowell man has pleaded guilty to driving while impaired after running over and killing another man’s dog nearly 16 months ago. “He took something away from us,” William Owensby said in August of 2021. “He needs to be

By Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story     Vinita Park, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Charles woman is in a psychiatric hospital after she took off in a North County Police Cooperative squad car. Officers were called to Capehart Drive Sunday to assist in a mental health and substance abuse call. In the

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A woman was killed in a single-car crash in St. Louis Tuesday. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the woman was in the area of Interstate 64 and Grand when the crash happened. Police said it’s not confirmed yet,

By Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Computer security experts in Scotland have developed a system that uses thermal imaging and artificial intelligence to guess computer and smartphone passwords in seconds. “They say you need to think like a thief to catch a thief,” Mohamed Khamis, an associate

By Natasha O’Neill Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Airbnb announced new policies aimed at Halloween party throwers this year. The latest announcement comes after Airbnb updated its “Party Ban” policy and rolled out its “anti-party technology,” a system tracking bookings on Halloween weekend, and other holidays such as New

By Hal Scheurich Click here for updates on this story     ROBERTSDALE, Alabama (WALA) — In a disturbing story which spans both sides of Mobile Bay, a Baldwin County woman found cremated human remains and a fetus in a jar after purchasing a storage unit in an online auction. It wasn’t until she got the boxes

By Malik Earnest Click here for updates on this story     SAN DIEGO (KFMB) — San Diego State University students are outraged over a professor’s assignment that directed students of an Africana Studies course to create a ‘slave persona.’ A student enrolled in the course shared screenshots with CBS 8 News of the assignment, which directed