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A man who was arrested and sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests as a teen in Saudi Arabia has had his sentence commuted, his father told CNN Sunday. Ali al-Nimr’s sentence was reduced to 10 years in jail by the Specialized Criminal Court on Sunday, according to human rights group Reprieve. His

Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Jackson police are investigating several weekend shootings, four of which were fatal. Trishawn Ferguson died Friday after he was shot several times while sitting in his vehicle at Lincoln Garden Apartments on Sunset Drive, police said. Also Friday, an 8-year-old girl and a 2-year-old

Click here for updates on this story     VINITA, Oklahoma (KOCO) — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper who was injured during a pursuit in northeastern Oklahoma has been released from a hospital. Authorities said troopers were in pursuit of a vehicle Saturday night on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Vinita. At some point, the suspect drove

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — The Nebraska State Patrol on Monday urged motorists to use caution amid dangerously cold temperatures this week. “The cold temperatures we are expecting throughout the state this week can be dangerous,” said Col. John Bolduc, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol. “It’s critical that

Click here for updates on this story     ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (Quad-City Times ) — The family of a man who’s been missing since Jan. 18 will host a prayer vigil in his honor on Saturday. Ryan Muckelston, 35, was last seen leaving a friend’s house near 26th Street and 8½ Avenue in Rock Island. There

Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is assessing the damage outside his home after a few dozen protestors staged a demonstration Saturday night that got to a level the likes of which he’s never seen in his front yard. Mary Lynne Vellinga, the mayor’s communications director,

Click here for updates on this story     SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — When 10-year-old Conner Bailey makes his way to the top of the climbing wall, he looks below to see just how far he’s come. As he works his way back down, he heads right back up, realizing he still has a long way

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — The negative-degree windchill that has engulfed Chicago is downright unpleasant – but it can also be dangerous, and it probably kept a lot of people in their homes on Sunday. But what about those who don’t have a home? As CBS 2’s Marissa Parra reported,

Click here for updates on this story     GREELEY, Colorado (KCNC) — Weld County and state of Colorado officials called to a property on the northeast side of Greeley last week discovered at seven dead and decomposing animals inside the livestock pens. Due to the acceptable health conditions of the animals that were still alive, officials

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — An intense physical altercation happened Sunday between owners of a taco stand, police, and inspectors with the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. The incident was caught on camera. In the video, El Monte police officers speak to both owners of Los Palomos taco

Click here for updates on this story     TUSTIN, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Paul Goodman has already battled cancer once before, but late last year, his leukemia returned. The 29-year-old filmmaker from Tustin has been on the Be The Match registry for four years. “I’m really looking for, you know, someone to kind of be involved in

Feminist and political activist Stella Nyanzi has fled to Kenya to seek asylum with her three children. Nyanzi, who a year ago was in prison for writing a poem which used an explicit description of the Ugandan President’s birth and his mother’s vagina to criticize his rule, alleges her partner was abducted and tortured after

The killing of two FBI agents last week at a lake-bordered community in South Florida marked the first time since November 2008 that an FBI agent was fatally shot in the line of duty. During that same interval, 630 police officers from state, local, tribal and other federal agencies died from line-of-duty gunshot wounds, according

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO ) — The owner of a popular St. Paul brunch spot burglarized overnight says criminals are getting too brazen — and he has the surveillance video to prove it. The Gnome Craft Pub on Selby Avenue, a popular St. Paul brunch spot, was burglarized at about

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO ) — Taking an oath to serve one’s country is an honorable decision — one not to be taken lightly given the risks that come in the military. Two families in northern Minnesota are forever bonded by their two children who took an oath. Not just