Four Seattle Mariners relief pitchers were placed on the injured list after a potential positive Covid-19 test on the team was reported, the team’s general manager said in a press release. The person with the potential positive test was not named, but relief pitchers Robert Dugger, Anthony Misiewicz, Drew Steckenrider and Will Vest were placed
Continue Reading Two men were killed and eight other people were injured in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to a tweet from police early Saturday morning. Seven of the victims are at local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and one man is in the hospital in critical condition, said the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). Of the
Continue Reading China’s Zhurong rover left its landing platform and drove on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state media reported — making the country only the second after the US to land and operate a rover on the red planet. The six-wheel solar-powered rover, which weighs about 240 kilograms (529 pounds), touched down on Mars on
Continue Reading Protesters are expected to rally in cities across the United States this weekend in support of Palestinians, as Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire ending days of destruction and bloodshed. Since May 10, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 243 people in Gaza, including 66 children, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. Twelve
Continue Reading Police in Minnesota brought a murder charge this week in the killing of a woman 11 years after her death. Nicholas James Firkus, is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Heidi Firkus, in their Minnesota home in 2010, according to a criminal complaint. “After years of tenacious work by investigators and our law enforcement partners,
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Two years after Ronald Greene died after an encounter with Louisiana State Police, the agency released the video footage recorded by body cameras that night, Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis said at a Friday news conference. The news comes the same day that CNN obtained an autopsy report from the night Greene died in 2019 as
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As countries ravaged by the coronavirus rushed to vaccinate their populations earlier this year, there was little sense of urgency to get inoculated in Taiwan. The island of 23 million people had recorded close to zero local infections for months, and demand for the vaccine was so low that only 1% of the population was
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An autopsy report from the night Ronald Greene died in 2019 did not assign a manner of death and noted missing information from police. Greene died after a police chase on May 10, 2019, and his death has been the subject of a two-year investigation by the Louisiana State Police. The autopsy said the 49-year-old
Continue Reading A federal lawsuit has been filed in Tennessee by the daughter of a man who died while in jail custody in May 2020, according to the complaint. In the complaint filed in October 2020 and amended in February 2021, Dominique Jennette alleges her father, William Jennette, 48, died as a result of “savage beating, suffocation”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Spork’s daily walk can be unpredictable, but Kimi Anderson is always there to lift him up. Spork has a degenerative disc disorder, causing paralysis in his back. However, things are about to get a little easier for both Spork and Kimi. The first time CBS13
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Click here for updates on this story PLEASANT HILL, California (KPIX) — A quiet Pleasant Hill community became the center of a massive police operation as authorities received a call about a possible murder. As it turned out, it was anything but that. About an eight-block area off off Geary Road in Pleasant Hill was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREMONT COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A Colorado school bus driver was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly admitted to slapping a 10-year-old girl for how she was wearing her face mask. Jaquez Bertram Armand, 63, was captured on surveillance cameras hitting the girl in April in Fremont County.
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Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE (KPIX) — The signs in front of Umai Savory Dogs in northeast San Jose make it clear: masks are required inside. On Tuesday one customer disagreed. “We asked her politely to put on a mask and she refused,” said Andrew Lam of Umai Savory Dogs. After
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA BARBARA (KCAL, KCBS) — Firefighters got a fast-moving brush fire under control which threatened a television station and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in Santa Barbara Thursday evening. The Loma Fire had burned 10 acres and was 50% contained as of early Friday morning, according
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Click here for updates on this story CRESTONE, Colorado (KCNC) — After a mummified body was found in a home near Crestone and several members the religious “Love Has Won” cult were arrested, the group has reappeared online. It appears the cult has changed its name. Calling itself “5D Full Disclosure,” members of the group
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When Ronald Greene’s family first learned of his death, his mother said investigative officers with the Louisiana State Police told the family he crashed into a tree following a pursuit. But Mona Hardin says she was not told the whole story. Two years later, body camera video has publicly emerged to show some of his horrific
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CNN has obtained an autopsy report from the night Ronald Greene died in 2019 as well as body camera video from a Louisiana State Police trooper who arrived as other officers attempting to arrest Greene had him on the ground. The new video is 30 minutes long and appears to show a different perspective from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WLS) — He was so beloved and so involved in his community, friends and family say it’s disgusting to think why anyone would want to kill dance coach Verndall Smith. Verndall, known as Vee, was a mentor to countless children in Chicago. Although he was hard
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TARRANT COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — On a hot night in mid-July, Stephanie Hellstern got home late from work after picking up dinner for her 16-year-old son, but she couldn’t find him. She knew Kyle was home. She had checked the location of his phone and aside from it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Beaten and killed. A family is pleading for justice after a fight in a Philadelphia prison. The Philadelphia Department of Prisons is now under fire following the attack. The victim is Christopher Hinkle. His mother says her son was essentially given a death sentence
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