Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Authorities released the name of a volunteer lacrosse coach who is facing charges for shoving a student-athlete. Eyewitness News spoke with the chief of police and school district on Friday about what happened and if his coaching days are over. Sports can get
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After a long and challenging year, Friday was the final day for Pittsburgh Public Schools. The district held its final media briefing of the school year, with students reflecting on the last 15 months as graduation approaches this weekend. “This was a wake-up call that
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The head of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City wants to represent taxpayers in a lawsuit over proposed police budget spending. Urban League president Gwen Grant said in a statement Monday that the city’s current policing structure does not represent the needs of Kansas City citizens, particularly minorities. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has closed an open-records complaint filed against Gov. Mike Parson. Records provided to The Associated Press show Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office last week closed the complaint filed by a Missouri news outlet. A Missouri Independent reporter had asked Schmitt’s office to investigate after Parson’s office refused to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — High school is a formative time for most young adults, and usually, no matter what experiences were had, unforgettable. This is typically why it’s such a common security question for various websites and online services. This June, as the Class of 2021 graduates and celebrates
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Life as we know it is slowly returning to normal. Over the last year, we have seen restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic close everything from businesses to churches. But this weekend, as CBS 2’s Marissa Parra reported, many of those same churches welcomed new and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Firefighters in Back Bay got to hang out with a special visitor last week. Freddie, a Labradoodle who is a therapy dog, stopped by on Thursday. “A comfort dog or a service dog, they’ll bring a smile to someone’s face, even if they are maybe
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PELHAM, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A New Hampshire police department is searching for a tiny and evasive suspect wanted for burglarizing their station Sunday morning. Pelham Police shared video of a chipmunk running through the station. “Unfortunately our station was burglarized this morning. The suspect remains at large.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEPORT, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan baseball organization is making sure all kids have a chance to bat this summer. “Without this facility and without this league these kids would be left out of Americas past time the game of baseball,” said Bill Wheeler, the organizer. Thanks to
Continue Reading One person is dead and at least three others were injured following a shooting at a race track in West Salem, Ohio, authorities said Monday. Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Doug Hunter told CNN the shooting stemmed from an argument that started Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of the privately owned Dragway 42, about
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SANGER, California (KFSN) — Camp cheers paired with smiling faces have made a return to Wonder Valley in Sanger. Celebrating 35 years and a return to in-person activity, Champ Camp is welcoming 100 burn survivors back to their summer home away from home. While camp may be socially
Continue Reading A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor, has been approved by NASA to move forward to the design phase. The 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) infrared telescope would bolster planetary defense by helping astronomers find
Continue Reading Dr. Satyendra Kumar Tiwary thinks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as superhuman. A leader like Modi comes along “once in 2,500 years,” he says, and should be remembered among the greats in India’s history, like Mahatma Gandhi, and even the Buddha. “The world will never see another leader like Modi,” said the 47-year-old professor
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A lighthouse in Bridgeport is up for auction. The U.S. General Services Administration announced it is auctioning off the Penfield Reef Lighthouse as part of its mission to deliver value and savings in real estate, acquisition, technology, and other mission support services. The Penfield
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Ramses Escobedo probably wouldn’t call himself a hero. But during the pandemic, he was asked to act in some heroic ways. Escobedo, a bilingual Spanish-English librarian, manages a branch of the San Francisco Public Library. For more than a year, however, Escobedo hasn’t been lending out books. Instead, he’s worked with a Covid-19 contact tracer
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Ramses Escobedo probably wouldn’t call himself a hero. But during the pandemic, he was asked to act in some heroic ways. Escobedo, a bilingual Spanish-English librarian, manages a branch of the San Francisco Public Library. For more than a year, however, Escobedo hasn’t been lending out books. Instead, he’s worked with a Covid-19 contact tracer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Santa Rosa County, Florida (WALA) — A young child is dead in Santa Rosa County, Fla., and the father is under arrest on a charge negligent homicide. Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a missing person call on Grand Navarre Boulevard in Navarre at
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — It’s a push to end reckless driving in the city of Milwaukee. Police and local leaders came together to debut the second phase of an initiative to combat the issue. In this phase, the Traffic Safety Unit is taking to new heights. They, and other
Continue Reading New York City will hold a ticker tape parade to celebrate the health care staff, first-responders and other essential workers who got the city through the Covid-19 pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The event will be the first official parade hosted in the city since the pandemic began early last year. The parade
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Loved ones are mourning the loss of a mother and her 16-year-old daughter after they were found shot to death at an apartment complex in southeast Houston, according to police. Family members identified the bodies as 35-year-old Leslie Reyes and her teenage daughter, Esly Jimenez
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