Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A 43-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl at a South Side motel and trafficking her to other men is now behind bars. It is part of a long pattern of assaults against the girl that the CBS 2 Investigators first reported early
Continue Reading The family of a Black 16-year-old is demanding accountability and transparency after authorities announced an investigation into the teenager’s death last month in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Mikayla Miller’s body was found by a jogger in the woods off a walking path during the early morning of April 18, according to a Tuesday news release from the
Continue Reading Jury selection will begin October 18 for the state trial of three men facing charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia last year, according to Glynn County, Georgia, court records. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque police say a cellphone was mistaken for a gun, prompting the school to be evacuated Thursday. According to a release sent by APD after reviewing video surveillance and talking to students and staff they learned that three students were talking in a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Fifty-five people have been killed this year in Kansas City. At every crime scene, not only do police answer the call, but also mothers. “Our community was hit last night,” said Rosilyn Temple, founder of KC Mothers in Charge. Most of the time
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Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — California’s drought is impacting more than how you water your lawn, but also the way your food is grown on hundreds of thousands of acres in the Sacramento Valley. Growing rice is a multi-billion dollar industry that supports 25,00 jobs. “Farmers are eternal optimists to
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Click here for updates on this story SOUTH SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The aftermath of a paintball hit can be breathtaking with bruises and broken skin. After a few quiet days, more random drive-by paintball attacks are being reported in Sacramento. Yvonne Ugarte sees a crowd at Lawrence Park in South Sacramento and she worries. Ugarte
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Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Workers at a COVID vaccination clinic in San Jose had a gave recognition to a special recipient of the vaccine, a man who was alive during the last global pandemic more than a century ago. Staffers at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center cheered
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Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento police officer has been arrested and is accused of filing a false police report, the department announced Thursday. The officer, 26-year-old Alexa Palubicki, is charged with two felony counts of filing a false police report and had been placed on administrative leave
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Nearly three years before Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes, the former Minneapolis police officer allegedly knelt on the neck and back of a teen for almost 17 minutes. Chauvin, who was convicted last month on state murder charges in Floyd’s death, has now been indicted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) — Police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy last summer. Dashawn Austin, 25, has been arrested in connection with the death of Davell Gardner, Jr. Advertisement Gunman riding black bike wanted in 2 Central Park robberies “This is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO KTVK) — A Phoenix mom got the surprise of a lifetime from a Cardinals legend and his wife. It came just in time for Mother’s Day! After cutting the ribbon to her brand new home Thursday, Munira Abdulkadir thought the surprises were over. Habitat for Humanity
Continue Reading The mother of a Latino man who died in police custody in Alameda, California, after being restrained for about five minutes says her son asked the officers for help, but they didn’t have compassion for him. Mario Gonzalez Arenales died on April 19 after officers arrived at a local park, answering separate calls about a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GILBERT, Arizona (KPHO KTVK) — As we enter triple digit territory, people in Gilbert said their community pool is locked up. At Breckenridge Townhomes, the only thing hotter than the temperature is Lissa Coari’s attitude toward the HOA who locked up the community pool. “It’s disappointing when you
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WNEM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced two men accused of intimidating minority voters in Detroit and other cities through a robocall meant to suppress turnout in the 2020 presidential election will go to trial after a failed dismissal attempt. Last October, Arlington, Virginia residents
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOIS (WISH) — As Nurse’s Week is underway, News 8 is getting to know one of Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health’s oldest newest nurses. Jeff Bick spent more than 30 years at Eli Lilly and Company before he was offered retirement at 58 years old. He
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A suspect who held five people captive during an eight-hour standoff at a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been arrested and will be charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and second-degree assault., authorities said. It was a “peaceful resolution, the best possible outcome we could have had,” said St. Cloud Police Chief Blair
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRANGER, Indiana (WBND) — A new 20-megawatt solar farm, the size of 30 football fields, was unveiled in Granger Thursday. The “St. Joseph Solar Farm,” completed in March of this year, is so big, it can power close to 3,000 homes every year. State and local officials were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story South Bend, Indiana (WBND) — Downtown South Bend and the Civic Theatre are hosting the first-ever ‘Fringe Festival’ over the weekend. More than two dozen acts will be performing over the course of the next three days. “Fringe is a very exciting, worldwide movement that started in Edenborough,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Judges with the Texas Court of Appeals sided with Houston firefighters in a decision that could cost city taxpayers millions. In a long-running battle over Houston firefighters’ salaries, the city of Houston tried to have their collective bargaining rights declared unconstitutional. It would have been
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