By DAVE CARLIN Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — There’s a scene of destruction in a Staten Island homeowner’s backyard after an MTA Bridges and Tunnels police vehicle crashed through a fence and overturned. It happened at a home in the Grasmere neighborhood on Friday afternoon. Emergency workers
Continue ReadingBy Bryant Reed Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Hundreds of thousands of children in our commonwealth go hungry every day. There’s been legislation to help reduce that number, but the need is still great. A Pittsburgh woman has been in Washington pushing for better legislation so children don’t go
Continue ReadingBy Howard Monroe Click here for updates on this story CHESTER, Pennsylvania (KYW) — On Friday, male students at Widener University learned a painful lesson for a good cause. It’s a sight you don’t see every day: about 20 male students at Widener University walking through campus in heels. The painful walk is part of
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Coconut Creek High School was placed on code-red lockdown on Friday following reports of a gun on campus. Coconut Creek police said on their Twitter account they had arrested a 16-year-old student for “bringing a gun on campus.” Police said, “He’s
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story CONCORD, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A husband and wife reported missing earlier this week were found shot to death in a wooded area in Concord, New Hampshire. Investigators said 67-year-old Stephen Reid and 66-year-old Djeswende Reid were shot multiple times. The deaths have been ruled
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Cummings Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Elliott Tanner is just like any 13-year-old who loves playing video games and hanging out with friends — except kids his age are in middle school and he’s in college. He is set to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in physics
Continue ReadingBy Rick Armstrong Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A 75-year-old woman and her family are eagerly preparing for commencement ceremonies on May 8 at Shaw University – a graduation that has taken Rebecca Inge on a 57-year journey. Recently, Inge walked into the bookstore at Shaw and found
Continue ReadingBy Annie Gimbel Click here for updates on this story DENTON COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — The community is praising Krum High School English teacher Carly Lovelace for saving a student who was choking on a bottle cap on April 21. The school shared a detailed account of the incident on its Facebook page. Lovelace was
Continue ReadingBy Marlee Ginter Click here for updates on this story VALLEY SPRINGS, California (KOVR) — It’s not something you’d expect to see in Valley Springs, but you can bet when people saw a funnel cloud spinning down their street, some people ran for cover while others went outside to get video. “It didn’t touch down.
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story GILROY, California (KPIX) — The world-famous Gilroy Garlic Festival, a much-loved annual weekend event that has been a mainstay since the late 1970s, has been cancelled in 2022 and for the foreseeable future, organizers announced Thursday. Citing lingering uncertainties from the pandemic, along with “prohibitive
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story GLENDALE, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A group of big-rig drivers protesting spiking gas prices shut down lanes of the 5 freeway in the Griffith Park area of Los Angeles Friday morning. Beginning at about 8:45 a.m., the group of around 10 semi-trucks shut down several
Continue ReadingBy Tracye Hutchins Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A shakedown inside the Fulton County jail reveals an abundance of weapons and drugs either smuggled in or made by inmates, from parts of the jail itself. “We found nearly 100 shanks and homemade knives made from parts of the building
Continue ReadingBy Brianna Owczarzak Click here for updates on this story FLINT TWP., Michigan (WNEM) — A homeowner was released from police custody pending further investigation after allegedly shooting and killing an intruder. A 31-year-old man broke into a residence on the 1000 block of W. Bristol Road in Flint Township shortly before 9 p.m. on
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cardenas Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Nashville broker caught a rent fraud scam in the nick of time. The Nashville Luxury Team’s condo listing in 12 South had already been sold when Nashville broker Scott Coggins got an inquiry about leasing it. He told the caller
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — Escambia County, Florida deputies are searching for a teacher accused of throwing a student out of her chair. Investigators said Richard Jay Harris is a teacher at Oakcrest Elementary School near Pensacola. According to detectives, Harris called a student to his
Continue ReadingBy Audrey Russo, Rob Polansky and Courtney Zieller Click here for updates on this story SEYMOUR, Connecticut (WFSB) — The town of Seymour picked up the pieces on Thursday, the day after a massive fire swept through a building. Several businesses were burned in the building on 4 Bank St. Preliminary findings, according to the
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, Oregon (KPTV) — An early morning hit-and-run in Beaverton ended with the suspect hitting a police cruiser and multiple other cars along the way. The Beaverton Police Department first received the call of a hit-and-run across from the police station on Allen Boulevard and
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Oregon (KPTV) — A body found left in a make-shift casket and dumped at a Harrisburg cemetery has been identified by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office. According to investigators, the body was identified through fingerprints as Randall Louis Lloyd, 59-years-old, with ties to Washington,
Continue ReadingBy Emily Rittman Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Community members who are struggling to cope with the death of a 14-year-old who was stabbed inside Northeast Middle School honored Manuel “Manny” Guzman Thursday night. The Winnwood Skate Center held a “donation skate” to show support for Guzman’s family.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — There might be a non-invasive way to destroy cancer cells for good, according to new research involving rats: the power of sound. Researchers with the University of Michigan were able to break down liver tumours by up to 75 per
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