China has released the first images taken by its Mars rover, Zhurong. A black-and-white image taken by the rover’s obstacle avoidance camera shows a deployed ramp and the flat Martian surface where Zhurong landed on Saturday. The color image taken by a navigation camera of the rear of the solar-powered rover showed that its solar
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Nearly three years after the body of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was found in a cornfield, prosecutors delivered opening statements in an Iowa courtroom Wednesday accusing a farmworker of following her on a run, fatally stabbing her, putting her in his vehicle’s trunk and then hiding her body. “When you put this evidence together, there can
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Click here for updates on this story STAMPS, Arkansas (KTBS) — For the first time in nearly 20 years, Lafayette County, Ark., is getting a dental practice. Dr. Giles Willis, a family dentist, is returning home to open a clinic that not only serves the community but gives residents a better quality of life. And
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Nearly twenty buildings in Philadelphia are dimming their lights this spring after thousands of birds perished in the city’s largest mass collision in recent history. The voluntary measure has been coordinated by “Bird Safe Philly” and continues until May 30 with the purpose of sparing the lives of some of the 100 million birds passing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRENTWOOD, Missouri (KMOV) — The friend of a Town and Country doctor who was shot and killed outside a hotel and restaurant in Brentwood Saturday says his friend was waiting for an Uber when he was shot. Dr. Sergie Zacharev was shot and killed outside the Drury Inn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEVERLY GROVE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Disturbing video shows an apparent group of pro-Palestinian protesters fighting with diners outside a restaurant in the Beverly Grove area Tuesday night. The footage is part of a hate crime investigation launched by the Los Angeles Police Department after the violent fight
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RUBIDOUX, California (KABC) — Police were investigating Wednesday a shooting that left the windows of multiple vehicles and a restaurant shattered in Rubidoux. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies responded to the incident outside the Jack in the Box located at 5642 30th Street just before midnight Tuesday. Four employees
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Ethiopian soldiers armed with machine guns, sniper rifles and grenades raided a hospital in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region earlier this week in retribution, doctors say, for a CNN investigation that revealed Ethiopian and Eritrean troops were blocking humanitarian aid to patients there. Medical staff at the University Teaching and Referral Hospital in the besieged
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUCKEYE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Four people, including a teenager, were stung after they were attacked by a swarm of bees in a Buckeye park Tuesday evening. It happened at Sundance Park, located near Watson and Lower Buckeye roads. Three adults and a 13-year-old were stung multiple times in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPSE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — The father of the 4-year-old girl who accidentally shot herself in a Tempe apartment Sunday night wants justice for his daughter and answers. “Put away your weapons. Just don’t leave them laying (sic) around. Like I said, it’s ignorance and stupidity,” said Robert Gonzalez
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — In light of new guidance for vaccinated people by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, local businesses are taking extra cautionary steps to keep patrons safe. “Since we’ve heard of this, I definitely understand that we’re going to see a wide range of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Gov. Bill Lee recently signed a bill extending “to-go” alcohol sales until 2024. However, there are concerns about how that impact the health of some people. The pandemic hit and things changed quickly. One day you couldn’t buy alcohol to go; the next day you
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MANTECA, California (KCRA) — A racial slur, spelled out in full, on an eighth grade homework assignment has a Manteca mom alarmed, upset and calling on the school district to do more to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Melissa Cheek’s son showed her the April 12 assignment
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (Gwinnett Daily Post) — For Greater Atlanta Christian senior Ashley Gray, it’s not an exaggeration to say that this about her future — the sky’s the limit. Gray, who graduates with her GAC classmates May 27, will enroll at San Diego State University in August to study
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VILLAGE OF SANFORD, Michigan (WNEM) — The Village of Sanford works to reimagine a beloved memorial swept away by last year’s flood. The monument honored the nation’s veterans, and the new memorial will be unveiled Wednesday. “We put so much of our heart and soul into building the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta City Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong is looking to take gas station surveillance a step further by requiring surveillance cameras be installed at each self-service gas pump in the city. “The vulnerable point happens at the pump and so this legislation is proposing that each pump
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — An Oviedo woman who was convicted of shooting her husband to death 11 years ago is now a free woman because of a plea deal made Tuesday. Anita Smithey is out of prison after serving six and a half years of a 40-year
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELIZABETHTOWN, New York (WPTZ) — Dozens of graves have been vandalized at a northern New York cemetery. The grounds are home to the final resting place of numerous veterans, including some from the Revolutionary War and Battle of Plattsburgh. Last week when Elizabethtown workers went to inspect the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — At Beecher Hills Elementary School, yoga is becoming second nature to first graders. “It helps you breathe,” said 7-year-old Jordan, “and it can help you focus sometimes.” “It helps me calm myself down when I get sad or emotional,” said 7-year-old Quentin. The school started
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Our lives happen in the blink of an eye compared to the course of a star’s lifetime. Now, a team of scientists have developed a realistic and colorfully stunning simulation of what just the beginning of a star’s life looks like. It’s called STARFORGE, or Star Formation in Gaseous Environments, and it models an entire
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