Click here for updates on this story Oakland, California (KPIX) — A brazen attack on an elderly woman in broad daylight is just one in a series of recent robberies and unprovoked assaults, particularly against Asians in Oakland and San Francisco. New video shows a 71-year-old grandmother walking across the sidewalk when two suspects suddenly
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Police fatally shot an armed man in his own back yard after mistaking him for a suspect during a pursuit in Idaho on Monday, police said. The man who was shot and killed was not the suspect, who was found after the incident hiding in a nearby shed, Idaho Falls Police Department Chief Bryce Johnson
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD (WJZ) — A Baltimore County family is hoping to use their loss to raise awareness about teen depression and suicide as schools remain virtual due to COVID-19. Michael Myronuk, Jr., was just 14 years old when he died by suicide last October. “Michael junior was
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Crews for Cole County and Jefferson City continued Tuesday morning to treat roads covered by snow and ice from multiple rounds of wintry precipitation.
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Weather balloons are a tool meteorologists use to collect upper atmosphere data. This helps us determine what kind of precipitation we’ll see, and it can help us determine whether severe weather is a possibility for the day. The Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of Missouri invited me out to participate in one of their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Moline, Illinois (WQAD) — Update: Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson identified the victim of the crash at the Mississippi River in Moline as Francisco Javier Vera Vasquez, 32, from Davenport. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. The crash remains an open and active investigation with Moline Police.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WATERFORD, CT (WFSB) — Waterford police were called to CVS on Thursday afternoon where 10 people from New York showed up to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The Waterford police chief said the people who showed up at CVS were over the age of 70, and somehow had made
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A rare yellow lobster has been caught off the coast of Maine and has been lovingly named Banana. The University of New England (UNE) said in a news release that Banana was caught by lobsterman Marley Babb and donated to the university on Wednesday. The yellow color comes from a pigment in the lobster’s shell
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Forget which comes first, the chicken or the egg. The more important question is: Are eggs good or bad for your health? Unfortunately, science can’t seem to settle on a definitive answer to that either. Just last year, a large Harvard analysis of 215,000 people found that eating one egg per day was not associated
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — After killing a woman and her two young daughters in their Dutchtown home, the woman’s former boyfriend bought a bus ticket to flee east, police said in court records Friday. Ronald S. Marr, 34, was charged with three counts of first-degree
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After her mother-in-law had difficulty signing up for a Covid-19 vaccine, a Massachusetts woman created a website to make it easier for her — and she made it easier for everyone. Olivia Adams built a website that pulls in vaccination appointments from across the state, including government sites as well as ones operated by private
Continue Reading Law enforcement agencies said they are responding to a shooting at a health care facility in Buffalo, Minnesota, on Tuesday. The Wright County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Office said there was an “active shooter incident” at the Allina Health Urgent Care Buffalo Crossroads clinic. A suspect believed to be the shooter was taken into custody, the group
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Never get in the way of your potential. A 16-year-old is sharing those words. He hopes his story will inspire us all to make the most of the time we have. At 16, Dylan Lawrence of Clarksville has a truth he wants to say.
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A female polar bear was killed by a male bear during an attempt at breeding at the Detroit Zoo on Monday, according to a news release. Female Anana, who was 20 years old, and male Nuka, 16, had lived together without incident in 2020 and zoo officials say they are surprised and devastated by what
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Missoula, MT (The Missoulian) — AGallatin County man is suing the Missoula Police Department for hiding his comments on the department’s Facebook page. In a complaint filed on Jan. 29, Seth Kucharski alleged the Missoula Police Department violated his rights to free speech and equal protection when it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities Times) — Davenport police arrested a man who allegedly pistol-whipped a woman and then shot at her as she tried to escape. The incident occurred at 11:01 a.m. at an apartment building at 3348 Heatherton Drive. Roylee Richardson Jr., of Davenport, is charged with
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A small plane made an emergency landing on the Pa. Turnpike Monday evening. Emergency crews were called to the area of mile-marker 258 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike around 6:30 p.m. for reports of a plane crash. According to Carl Defebo with the PA
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Glendale, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — A 6-year-old child drove a pickup truck into a Glendale home after taking their parents’ car keys overnight, police say. It happened near 86th Avenue and Northern. The crash caused a gas leak in the house. According to the Glendale Police Department, the child
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Solstice Senior Living became the first independent living facility in Columbia to host a coronavirus vaccine clinic for its residents and workers Tuesday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Milan, Illinois (Quad Cities Times) — A Milan, Ill., man was arrested early Thursday after leading police on a high-speed chase and then attempting to flee on foot, according to a press release from the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office. The release says that James A. Taets Jr. of
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