Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — We’ve told you about lots of scams over the years, but this victim’s case is the biggest individual ripoff we can remember; nearly $100,000. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas explains how the promise of a discount on utilities led to a massive mistake.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT COLLINS, CO (KCNC) — A student at the University of Colorado Boulder is spending his senior year at home in Fort Collins, fighting to walk again. Four months ago, he suffered a rare spinal stroke and is now in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the chest down. His
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state’s Covid-19 vaccines should only be administered to residents who live in the state either part-time or full-time in an attempt to cut down on “vaccine tourism.” “We’re only doing (shots) for Florida residents,” DeSantis said Tuesday in Cape Coral. “You’ve got to live here either full-time or at
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — As she practiced her cello, 11-year-old Brittney-Ann Brandao imagined a new world. “It makes me feel very hopeful that maybe one day I could become like her and also I’m very proud and I think that she deserves it,” she said. Kamala Harris made history,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, DC (WJZ) — Emanuel Jackson, a Maryland man who allegedly beat a police officer with a bat during the U.S. Capitol riots, has turned himself into authorities. According to the arrest warrant, Jackson was among the violent mob that stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Three New York National Guard soldiers were killed Wednesday night when their helicopter crashed while on a routine training mission in upstate New York, according to the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. The crash happened in Mendon, about 17 miles south of Rochester, the military and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — Alex Padilla, California’s former secretary of state and one-time Los Angeles City councilman, took the oath of office Wednesday as the state’s newest and first Latino U.S. senator. After now-President Joe Biden and now Vice President Kamala Harris won the 2020 Presidential Election,
Continue Reading Our universe may be filled with unseen giants. Astronomers have discovered two giant radio galaxies, which are some of the largest-known objects in the universe. This revelation suggests that the enormous galaxies may be more common than previously believed. The study published Monday in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Astronomers found the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — Minneapolis city leaders are at odds over how to reopen streets around the George Floyd memorial site. East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the south Minneapolis intersection where Floyd died last spring, has been blocked since May. City Council President Lisa Bender tweeted Tuesday
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SOUTHINGTON, CT (WFSB) — Two people were arrested for defacing a Southington memorial made to honor to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Lorenzo Cavallo, 20, of Plainville, and Gina Lombardi, 21, of Bristol, face first-degree criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit first-degree criminal mischief
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Gwinnett County, GA (WGCL) — A teen was arrested Thursday after police say he scammed nearly a million dollars from a major grocery store chain. Gwinnett County’s White Collar Detectives arrested a 19-year-old Tre Brown after he allegedly scammed over $980,000 from Kroger. According to authorities, Brown created
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The Oval Office décor quickly changed after President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. Walls featuring figures such as Andrew Jackson were replaced with portraits of Founding Fathers and busts of civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. Among the new displays near a collection of personal photos: a bust of Mexican American
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis County dispatcher, who sources said is the brother-in-law of Chief Mary Barton, is no longer employed with the department after broadcasting a racial slur over the radio to dozens of on-duty police officers earlier in the month. A St.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) — The Connecticut Restaurant Association (CRA) announced Thursday that it has partnered with the DoorDash delivery app to launch a fund to help struggling food businesses. San Francisco-based DoorDash will contribute $500,000 to get the fund started, according to the CRA, part of
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The United States could face as many as 100,000 more Covid-19 deaths in less than a month, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nation reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths Wednesday, only the third day ever to cross that threshold, bringing the death toll to at least 406,001 people, according
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREEN BAY, WI (WDJT) — Former Green Bay Packers General Manager Ted Thompson passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21. He was 68 years old. Thompson led the Packers from 2005 to 2017, one of his first decisions as general manager was to pick quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the 2005
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is asking for help from the public to identify the two individuals seen in the image. They were captured on home surveillance footage stealing patio furniture from a house in the Meadow Lane area. If you have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — A bipartisan package of bills unveiled Wednesday aims to ban the use of chokeholds by Wisconsin police officers and increase transparency on other uses of force. Several of the bills, presented for co-sponsorship Wednesday, are similar to legislation called for last summer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Three endangered bat babies were recently born at the Oregon Zoo. The new Rodrigues flying foxes – also known as Rodrigues fruit bats – add to the growing population of a species once considered the most imperiled on Earth, according to zoo officials. The
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. Egypt is located in North Africa and is bisected by the Nile River. It shares a border with Israel, Sudan and Libya. It also borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. About Egypt (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 1,001,450 sq km
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