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Local officials in Texas unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for a posthumous pardon for George Floyd on a drug charge from more than 15 years ago. Floyd died in May of 2020 after former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes. Chauvin was convicted last month of

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — A rideshare driver just doing his job was shot when he was sent to pick up a fare. He is now confined to a wheelchair, and he is trying to pick up the pieces of his life and move forward. As CBS 2’s Suzanne Le

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — A car burst into flames, trapping a disabled man and his dog inside. Only on 2: Meredith Barack sat down with the Schaumburg man, who is now searching for two strangers who saved his life. Rich Schmuldt was driving his granddaughter’s car back to Crystal

Click here for updates on this story     QUEMEDO, Texas (KTVT) — A Texas onion farmer was making his morning rounds, when he came across five young abandoned migrant girls on Mother’s Day near the Rio Grande River. “All of a sudden I see them, on the bank of the river. Five little baby girls… all

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A mom and her two young kids, gone in an instant. Kiara Jones and her two children, 3-year-old Lily and 2-year-old Joshua, died in a crash on Saturday after their car crossed the median on Dunkirk Lane in Maple Grove. A male passenger in the

Click here for updates on this story     SIMI VALLEY, CA (KCAL, KCBS) — At just 18, Cooper Mulholland was in a near-fatal motorcycle accident last month in Simi Valley that left him without a leg. The former high school football standout was just finishing his Emergency Medical Technician training, and hoped to become a firefighter.

Click here for updates on this story     TALLAHASSEE, Florida (WALA) — The Florida Lottery announced that Calvin Holmes, 47, of Foley, Alabama, claimed a $1 million top prize from the 50X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $890,000.00. Holmes

Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport trauma surgeon will spend 21 months in prison and pay more than $200,000 in restitution following his sentencing Wednesday in U.S. District Court, acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said in a news release. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote also ordered

There are no injuries after a midair collision involving two small planes outside of Denver, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. “Two on board walked away with no injuries. Second plane able to land safe no injuries,” the sheriff’s office said in a tweet. Initial reports are that the two planes collided in midair,

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A 40-year-old St. Louis man was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday, after pleading guilty to carjacking a postal vehicle in April of last year. According to court documents, on April 8, 2020, Bryant Willingham approached a postal employee while they were delivering

Click here for updates on this story     FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Franklin, TN, couple was arrested on Tuesday on charges they attempted defraud an elderly widow of $1.7 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart for the Middle District of Tennessee announced. Karl Hampton, 63, and his wife Deborah, 59, were arrested at their

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — The family of a woman shot while pregnant is sharing their grief after she died on Tuesday from her injuries. Her child remains in extremely critical condition. Metro police said Laquisha Terrell’s ex-boyfriend, Brian Mitchell, shot her at an apartment complex in Antioch last month.

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Kansas City police say they have been made aware of posts in Northland Facebook groups claiming there have been a series of attempted kidnappings from big box stores. In a Facebook post, the police department says most of the claims happened along the

The Rev. Megan Rohrer made history when they became the first transgender pastor in the Lutheran church. This month, they again broke new ground — this time, as the church’s first transgender bishop. Rohrer was elected the Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America earlier this month. Throughout their