Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Michael Collins. Personal Birth date: October 31, 1930 Death date: April 28, 2021 Birth place: Rome, Italy Birth name: Michael Collins Father: James Lawton Collins, a US Army Major General Mother: Virginia (Stewart) Collins Marriage: Patricia M. (Finnegan) Collins (April 28, 1957-April 19, 2014, her death) Children:
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHURCHILL, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Out on the new Southern Beltway in a remote part of Findlay Township is Amazon’s new 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center. Stretching several football fields long, it is now the largest building in Allegheny County. As part of an extensive distribution network, the online retail
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLEASANT HILLS, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Call it right place, right time or maybe even some divine intervention. While on routine patrol, a Pleasant Hills Police officer turned into a hero, saving the life of a 9-day-old baby. The life-saving heroics happened along busy Route 51. Officer Kristin Mitrisin
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STONY BROOK, New York (WCBS) — Drivers in Suffolk County now have to give bicyclists extra room on the road. A new county law signed Tuesday is the first of its kind in the state. Fines for offenders are stiff because the legislation is meant to save lives,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HIGHLANDS, New Jersey (WCBS) — A raccoon with rabies recently attacked a small dog in a Monmouth County town and now officials are warning residents to vaccinate their pets. CBS2’s Meg Baker spoke to the dog’s owner on Tuesday. Twelve-year-old Tilly has a cast on his leg after
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GLEN BURNIE, Maryland (WJZ) — At St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Glen Burnie, two worlds collide. “A lot of people ask which thing I was first,” said Rev. Pamela Conrad. Rev. Pamela Conrad is church rector by day, astrobiologist by night. “I’ve been as interested in faith and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) — A mother said a Cambridge Police officer left a “lifetime impression” on her 4-year-old son by riding bikes with him over the weekend. The woman and her son were in the parking lot of Summer Shack near the Alewife T station when the boy asked
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Mauri Friestleben won’t watch the video of George Floyd’s final moments. She leans on her husband — a retired Minneapolis Police lieutenant — to view viral videos of police killings. She trusts his perspective. “I’ve never been able to watch any of them,” Friestleben said. “He’ll tell me honestly that, ‘It might be hard to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LONGWOOD, Florida (WESH) — A boy from Longwood just got a very special gift for his fourth birthday. Evan Schaefer has trouble moving around by himself because of a rare disorder. Thanks to some Central Florida engineering students, he’s getting around and having fun doing it. “You can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The $1 million prize at the Kentucky Derby Festival hole-in-one contest goes unclaimed for the 32nd year. Golfers took their best swings earlier Tuesday in the finals at the eighth hole at Seneca Golf Course. While no one made a hole-in-one, Shawn Santini, of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — An MBTA contract bus driver has been charged with kidnapping, assault to rape and indecent assault and battery on a woman who was a passenger on the bus he was operating, District Attorney Rachael Rollins said. Ali Ennab, 45, of Revere, who is employed by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PERNELL, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A driver was rescued from a washed-out road in Garvin County as severe storms moved across the area overnight, according to the Elmore City Fire Department. In a post to Facebook, officials with Elmore City Fire Department said they assisted Pauls Valley and Wynnewood
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Sacramento police are investigating several recent vandalisms and whether those vandalisms are tied to homes displaying Black Lives Matter signs. The vandalisms have occurred in and around the Elmhurst neighborhood. Jason Dillard lives nearby and was hit by vandals sometime late Monday night or
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLEAR CREEK, North Carolina (WYFF) — The 911 calls made after deputies say a North Carolina woman stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to death were released Tuesday. Penny Short Hartle, 50, of Hendersonville, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her child, according to Henderson County deputies.
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Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his passing on Collins’ Facebook page. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a
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It’s time for a little game of I Spy on Mars. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter in the last week has aced all three of its planned test flights so far, with each one a little longer, farther and faster than the last. During each flight, the Perseverance rover has been perched on an overlook at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, and Wednesday marks five years since a TDOT worker was hit and killed on the side of I-40 in the Midstate. This week, there’s a special focus on safe driving through highway work zones. “It’s not just a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — After working with federal partners, the health district has identified 11 probable cases of acute non-viral hepatitis linked to the consumption of “Real Water” brand alkaline water in Clark County. In March, the Southern Nevada Health District announced it was working with its federal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Three of more than 40 people, part of a big lawsuit, have different stories about drinking Real Water. “I had the water for all of 11 days. And I was in the hospital for nine,” Tino Hartshorn said. “I was shipped out to California,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — When people think of identity theft, they often see images of sophisticated computer manipulations and online chicanery. But identity thieves still get sensitive information the old-fashioned way. That was the case for a Mobile woman, who said she has spent the better part of
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