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Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 57-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon after he harassed multiple people on a Portland Streetcar and repeatedly called an officer a racial slur, according to court documents. Steven James Betz is facing two counts of second-degree bias crime, second-degree disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Along Portland’s Northeast 33rd Drive near Sunderland Avenue, an abundance of garbage, debris is mixed in with the long string of cars and RVs parked along the roadside and spilling into an empty muddy tract of land. “This is very depressing but it’s also

Click here for updates on this story     MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WALA) — The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday passed SB 126, a bill to allow home delivery of distilled spirits in original containers from package stores, and from restaurants and bars with a meal purchase. Senator J.T. Waggoner introduced the bill in the Senate, and a

Click here for updates on this story     KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Police are asking the public for information to help identify people seen in video driving snowmobiles on the interstate in Kenosha County during this weekend’s snowstorm. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department said if the public has any information on those individuals, they should contact

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday, Feb. 3, that he has granted another 37 pardons. The Governor’s Pardon Advisory Board heard from applicants virtually on Dec. 11, 2020, and again on Jan. 8, 2021. Applicants whom the Board recommended for pardon were forwarded to Gov.

Click here for updates on this story     Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Lincoln police say a 25-year-old man suspected of breaking into two jewelry stores Jan. 4 searched on his phone for a jewelry store near him before targeting the shops early that morning. Bryce Peterson was in court Tuesday on two burglary charges.

Click here for updates on this story     SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The Super Bowl is coming up, and restaurants in our region are busy preparing. The big game means big business for bars and restaurants — serving up tons of takeout pizza, sandwiches, and of course, wings. “We anticipate selling about 30,000 wings on Super

Click here for updates on this story     SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — One day a dispute over shoveling snow ended in a double murder-suicide in Luzerne County, another fight broke out in Scranton. This time no one was hurt. While digging out from nearly a foot and a half of snow in North Scranton, police said

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A 71-year-old Lebanon County man was carrying an AR-15 rifle, two handguns, rope, gloves, a large amount of ammunition, and $5,000 in cash and was allegedly on his way to Washington, D.C. to kill government officials when he was arrested in Shippensburg last

Click here for updates on this story     YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Firefighters responded to a second alarm structure fire on the 200 block of York Street near East Middle Street in Hanover Borough, York County on Feb. 3. The person who called the fire in reported seeing smoke in a hallway between two of

Click here for updates on this story     Key West, Florida (WRAL) — A tourist from North Carolina died following a snorkeling trip off the Florida Keys, sheriff’s officials said. Erica Michelle Brown, 42, had been snorkeling with family and friends on a Fury Watersports boat on Sunday afternoon when she began signaling for help, the

Click here for updates on this story     Nashville (WSMV) — “I didn’t have my taste, I didn’t have my smell, I was extremely tired,” said Chandler Maynard as she thought back to when she had COVID-19 around Halloween last year. “I had about every single symptom that they tell you,” she said. But like many

Click here for updates on this story     Decatur, Georgia (Herald & Review) — Dramatic body cam footage shows the moment Decatur police say one of their officers had to draw and fire his service firearm to defend himself from an armed suspect who had just shot at him. Both the suspect, 47-year-old Springfield man Gregory

Click here for updates on this story     Davenport, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Willie Shorter woke up early Tuesday morning, donned some heavy canvas overalls and a thick knit hat, and found a pair of gloves. His anger didn’t need to be warmed. Shorter, 52, who has lived in The Heritage, 501 W. 3rd St., Davenport,

The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging officials in Tanzania to follow science in the fight against the coronavirus, after the country’s president said the approved vaccines are “dangerous” and that “not all vaccines are of good intentions to our nation.” “Urging #Tanzania to ramp up public health measures such as wearing masks to fight

Were it not for the health benefits, Aimeé Gotreaux says she would have already resigned from her job as a special education teacher in Kennesaw, Georgia. Ever since her school district announced a return to in-person classes last October, the 26-year-old has been frustrated by the decisions made by local and state leaders. She was