Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KOVR) — There’s a literal divide in Lodi on how to handle the homeless population in the downtown area. New metal bars have appeared on benches, meant to deter people from sleeping there. Though, there’s still mystery surrounding who’s behind it. “They’re everywhere – and on
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — After a devastating diagnosis, a Humboldt Park woman was desperate to find a treatment that would allow her to see her daughters graduate high school. She found it, but her health insurance said no twice. But CBS 2’s Marie Saavedra started making calls and learned
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NATOMAS, California (KOVR) — A grieving mom is on a mission to find her daughter’s killer. Six months after 19-year-old Sarayah Redmond was shot and killed in a Natomas apartment, there has still not been any arrest. Every Friday for four months, loved ones marched and chanted for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — When you think of noise attributed to weddings, you think of laughter, tears, and music. But in about a month, any outdoor wedding or reception in the area will also have the sounds of cicadas. Maryland is expected to be a hotspot for Brood
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (WCBS) — Some roadside memorials are being torn down in an effort to clean up one Long Island village. The actions brought heartache for families who are now calling for change, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Friday. Flowers and photos are back outside Lincoln Park in Hempstead
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, FL (WFOR) — Working from home comes with its perks and pitfalls, including plenty of distractions. More people are logging into online workspaces to be more productive. When Michael Taschuk needs to really focus, he turns on his web camera and logs onto Ultraworking. The online workspace
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (WFOR) — A North Lauderdale woman charged in a fatal hit and run crash that killed a federal judge and injured a child claimed she was Harry Potter. On Friday, police arrested Natasia Snape, 23, after they say she drove onto a Boca Raton sidewalk
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A US Army officer is suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop last December for what the officers believed was a missing license plate on his new SUV. The lawsuit by 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Officials at the University of San Francisco on Friday confirmed that the student who was found to have hung a noose from the balcony of his dorm room has been expelled from the school. Two Black USF students spotted a noose hanging from a
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Click here for updates on this story DORCHESTER, MA (WBZ) — A grandmother in her mid-70s was shot and killed in Dorchester on Saturday while sitting on her front porch, according to the Boston Police Department. The shooting took place on Olney Street a little before 6 p.m. Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long said the
Continue Reading This week, Muslims across the United States will begin observing another pandemic Ramadan. But this year’s holy month — marked by fasting, prayer, reflection and community — will be different than the last, as vaccines are now available and some Covid restrictions have been lifted. Still, health experts and community groups warn it’s not completely
Continue Reading A Florida teen is dead after she stepped on a downed power line while trying to escape her burning car. Valentina Tomashosky, 17, was driving in Hernando County on Sunday and collided with a power line brought down by a fallen tree during severe weather, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Investigators said the teen’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — A captain at the time with a National Guard infantry battalion, Ed Wheeler wasn’t overly worried about his own safety. He had a rifle and he knew how to use it. But there was his wife and their little boy to think about.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — A man who fired into a vehicle in February and critically wounded a 5-year-old boy was trying to pre-empt anticipated retaliation for a fatal shooting last year, a Mobile police investigator testified Monday. Cpl. Joshua Coleman testified that Reginald Paul Pryor later told police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTHERN CHEYENNE, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Laura Rockroads was in bed at her Busby home in 1970 when she heard a knock at the door. The mother of three answered each knock with “enter” in Northern Cheyenne. The door opened; a face she hadn’t seen in a year
Continue Reading This week, Muslims across the United States will begin observing another pandemic Ramadan. But this year’s holy month — marked by fasting, prayer, reflection and community — will be different than the last, as vaccines are now available and some Covid restrictions have been lifted. Still, health experts and community groups warn it’s not completely
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Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s younger brother, took the stand Monday in Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial as prosecutors tried to humanize the 46-year-old Black man. Minnesota is unique in that allows “spark of life” evidence in which the victim’s family or friends can speak about them on a personal level. The term stems from a 1985
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — The past five years were filled with grief for Betty Willmore. The Cambridge woman lost her husband of 66 years in 2016. Then, in October 2019, her son, an accomplished athlete and engineer, died unexpectedly from a medical incident while on his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The City of Hartford is mourning the death of a 3-year-old who was killed in a shooting over the weekend. Police continue to try and track down the suspect or suspects responsible. A vigil has also been planned for 3-year-old Rondell Jones. It’ll happen
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The Jackson County prosecutor’s office has filed a felony driving while intoxicated charge against Britt Reid, former Kansas City Chiefs assitant coach and son of head coach Andy Reid.
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