Click here for updates on this story FOLEY, Alabama (WALA) — The FBI and Foley Police Department are investigating a man arrested Thursday morning and charged with impersonating a peace officer. According to Foley Police, this morning a male subject approached an officer on North Pine Street inside the school zone near Foley Middle School.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A man who led Omaha Police on a high-speed chase after stealing an OPD vehicle Thursday morning is in police custody. OPD said the incident started at 5:15 a.m. Thursday when a woman called police about a man chasing her in a car. Officers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — Kansas City police are investigating the death of a 4-month-old boy as a homicide after finding that the baby suffered internal injuries. Officers responded Tuesday at 6:15 a.m. to Harrison Street just off of East 54th Street in response to a baby who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — The City of Davenport’s Parks and Recreation Department has put together a 10-year comprehensive plan to update and upgrade the 38 local parks and 3 golf courses. They now are at a stage where they are inviting the public for input so the parks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland man who was arrested for a 1999 cold case last year has now been charged with a second murder, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. The district attorney’s office announced Wednesday that Christopher Charles Lovrien, 53, was indicted by a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — In an effort to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines in communities of color, Walgreens is partnering with Uber to help parishioners of three metro-Atlanta churches get vaccinated. “Uber picked us up at our home this morning,” said Ronald Stevens. He and his wife Venus are parishioners
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Salem Police Department responded Tuesday to a call of a man firing his gun inside a backyard on Capitol Street Northeast, hitting the house’s natural gas meter. “There was nobody out here I could see he was shooting at,” Gary Hunter said. Gary Hunter
Continue Reading The Perseverance rover is sending back the sounds of Mars — and it’s contributing to the soundtrack. New audio returned from the rover’s SuperCam includes the popping sound of the instrument as it zaps rocks with its laser. It’s the first time we’ve heard what it sounds like when a laser interacts with a rock
Continue Reading Flutterwave, an African fintech startup has secured $170 million in capital injections from investors, the firm said in a statement Wednesday. The new capital flows — facilitated by “a leading group of international investors” — will bolster Flutterwave’s client base in the global market, the statement said. “The fundraise brings the total investment in Flutterwave
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The shootings in Portland are becoming more brazen, after a man died from a gunshot wound in Dawson Park Tuesday afternoon. Portland Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Titus McNack. Several leaders in the Black community are joining the conversation about the spike in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Pediatric specialists and researchers at Washington University are behind a major research effort led by the Nation Institutes of Health to investigate an illness common in children that develops weeks after contracting COVID-19. According to doctors, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, also known as
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Rosie Arguello spent the past couple of months glued to her cellphone and landline, calling a hotline to get a Covid-19 vaccine. When she heard the busy signal, she called again, and again, and again. The 66-year-old who lives in San Antonio’s South side would only put her phones down to take her 2-year-old grandniece
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PEARL CITY, Hawaii (KITV) — Officials have suspended the search for a person who was swept away by a raging river on Oahu’s north shore on Tuesday. Wednesday at 5:58 a.m., the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) resumed the search for a person in the Waiawa Stream in Pearl
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MAUD, Texas (KTBS) — Stress from the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on people’s mental health. But for military veterans already suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, it can be even worse. Tony Vargas has been living at the Lancer Legacy Ranch since the beginning of the pandemic.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — March 10 marks one year to the day that Gov. Roy Cooper issued a state of emergency in North Carolina as COVID-19 cases began popping up across the state. On that same day, state health officials began recommending long-term care facilities start restricting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOBYHANNA, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Springtime means baby season: bear cubs, fawns, baby squirrels, and many more. “It starts in a wave across the springtime. It starts with squirrels and then bunnies, and then we get baby owls and hawks and then fawns and raccoons and skunks, and last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Police in Derry Township said Thursday that several residents have reported recent sightings on coyotes in the township. The Dauphin County police department said it has been in contact with the Pennsylvania Game Commission about the animals and any concerns they might present
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Former professional baseball player Johnny Damon mentioned his support for former President Donald Trump and the Blue Lives Matter movement during a traffic stop and subsequent DUI arrest on February 19, bodycam video released by the Windermere Police Department in Florida shows. Damon was initially charged with one count of driving under the influence and
Continue Reading Workers at a Kroger clinic in Central Virginia accidentally injected some customers with empty syringes instead of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the grocery chain. A Kroger spokeswoman said in a statement that “a small number of patients” received the empty shots at their The Little Clinic location in Midlothian, which is near Richmond. “All
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The death that sparked a worldwide movement took center stage in a heavily fortified Minneapolis courtroom on Tuesday as jury selection began in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, then a Minneapolis Police officer, placed his knee on Floyd’s neck
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