The Ingenuity helicopter had risen to every challenge it faced on Mars so far, and now it’s confronting a new one. The little chopper was supposed to lift off Thursday for a flight that pushed it further, faster and longer than before. However, the flight didn’t happen as planned. “Aim high, and fly, fly again.
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The family of Andrew Brown Jr. and a district attorney offered different accounts Wednesday as to what led to the fatal police shooting of the Black man last week in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The family and their attorneys have been allowed to see some of the police bodycam footage and a judge ruled Wednesday
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Click here for updates on this story ROOKLINE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — This week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said Gerald Alston was wrongfully fired after complaining of a racist work environment at the Brookline Fire Department. “The truth is the truth and I knew it was going to come to the surface and right now
Continue Reading Atlanta police are assisting Arizona authorities in the search of a homicide suspect who escaped custody at the Atlanta airport Thursday morning. Investigators from Maricopa County, Arizona, were transporting Jsaan Carlos Strover, 20, from Georgia to Arizona when he escaped just before 9 a.m at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said. Strover was handcuffed at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Over the weekend, TSA officers at Lambert International Airport confiscated four “cat eyes” from passengers. “Cat eyes” are a martial arts-type item that some people carry for self-defense. To use them, two fingers are put through the “cat’s” eyes to enable the user to
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As coronavirus shut down the world last year, Terre Baldwin was getting a life-saving heart and kidney transplant in San Francisco. With no guests allowed in her hospital room, she spent most of her days staring at the ceiling. At the same time, about 30 miles east, her brother Al Baccei was on a waiting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Over the weekend, TSA officers at Lambert International Airport confiscated four “cat eyes” from passengers. “Cat eyes” are a martial arts-type item that some people carry for self-defense. To use them, two fingers are put through the “cat’s” eyes to enable the user to
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The in-custody death of Marvin David Scott III in Texas has been ruled a homicide by the Collin County Medical Examiner. Scott died after being placed on a restraint bed, pepper-sprayed, and having a spit mask put on his face while in custody at the Collin County Detention Facility north of Dallas in March. Scott’s
Continue Reading When humans finally have the chance to explore Mars, the members of those crewed missions will be millions of miles from home with delayed communications. Before they go, scientists want to understand as much as possible about the potential effects of microgravity and radiation on the human body. A big step toward this goal was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HILO BAY, Hawaii (KITV) — 15 officers from three law enforcement agencies conducted a sweep of all 146 rooms inside the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel Wednesday morning. No one was found on the property, but there was evidence showing many of the rooms were recently occupied.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — Thousands of students in the Stockton Unified School District have the opportunity to return to in-person learning on Thursday as the district opens its doors for the first time since the pandemic started. To get kids back at their desks, the district adopted a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A tragic death has brought a Des Moines aunt and her nieces and nephews closer than they ever imagined. Deb Simmons lost her sister, and now she’s adopting all six of her kids. From 6 to 19 years old, Simmons has her hands
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DELMAR, Delaware (WBAL) — UPDATE 4/28: Delmar police Cpl. Keith Heacook died Wednesday due to injuries sustained after being assaulted when he responded to a fight-in-progress call, ATF Baltimore said in a tweet. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Thursday that he has directed that the U.S. and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A Jackson State University student survived COVID-19, but the effects from it have left her in another life-threatening battle. Trianda Plummer received a kidney transplant when she was 11. COVID-19 weakened that kidney so much that doctors have said that she needs another transplant.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINDSOR, Maine (WMTW) — The operator of a day care in Windsor is accused of severely injuring a toddler in her care. Family members told WMTW News 8 that the 19-month-old Raegan Blagdon can’t see, walk or talk. “Before the incident, she was a very happy, energetic –
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The request for a bill of particulars — a document that details the prosecution’s case — from lawyers representing William “Chris” Niemet of Fulton was denied Wednesday, according to online court records.
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A series of fires were intentionally set inside Everglades National Park in Florida over the course of two months, officials say. Now, investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying those responsible. The blazes cost the park on the southern tip of Florida “hundreds of thousands” of dollars to suppress, according to the National Park
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLLEGE PARK, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — A man wanted in Arizona for murder escaped custody while being transported Thursday morning. He was last seen in College Park. Suspect Jssan Carlos Strover, 20, was able to get away from Arizona deputies while being transported. Strover was last seen
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Turkey has entered its first national coronavirus lockdown as infection rates continue to climb in the country, now the highest in Europe. The lockdown began on Thursday at 7 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) and will last through the remainder of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and over the Eid al Fitr holiday.
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The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has sent evidence to the state crime lab after deputies found explosives near a lake Wednesday.
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