Click here for updates on this story Dallas (KTVT) — Now that we are past the preparedness phase of the winter blast we are experiencing in North Texas, hundreds of our neighbors are reporting being stranded in their homes without power, gas, or running water. For many of them, survival mode has kicked in. Retired
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHERRY HILL, NJ (KYW) — A South Jersey man made it his mission to collect books for classrooms. He gave away a quarter-million of them before the pandemic. But he hasn’t stopped! We met Larry Abrams in February 2020, hard at work in Cherry Hill. Piling up tens
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Rural Missouri counties are both the most and least successful at getting COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of residents. That’s according to data from the state’s coronavirus dashboard on Wednesday. Shelby County, with just 6,400 residents in a remote area of northeast Missouri, has provided at least one dose of the
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A longtime St. Louis broadcaster has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges, and still faces other charges in state court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 79-year-old Harry Hamm entered the guilty plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Still pending are state charges of second-degree statutory sodomy,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Manchester, New Hampshire (WBZ) — New Hampshire police issued a warrant for a 24-year-old who is accused of leaving severed rabbit heads on a woman’s car. Manchester Police said Tuesday the warrant stems from a December incident involving 24-year-old Estevan Hincapie. On December 29, a woman told police
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President Joe Biden took questions from Wisconsin residents and from Anderson Cooper at a CNN town hall event in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. We’re still looking into some of the claims Biden made, so this article is not comprehensive. But we can tell you now that he made at least four false claims — all
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Baltimore (WJZ) — We’re all trying to take steps to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially wearing a mask when traveling. But one man said he was recently taken off a flight because of the mask he was wearing. Rob Joseph said he was taken off his
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, CA (KOVR) — A Sacramento woman was excited to receive her new Real ID until she opened it up and saw the driver’s license photo shows her wearing her face mask. Lesley Pilgrim received the ID in the mail with a greeting reading, “Congratulations, enclosed is your
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MORAGA, CA (KPIX) — A coyote that attacked and bit a child walking with a parent in a Moraga neighborhood Tuesday morning may be responsible for other recent attacks in the area. Moraga police said the attack happened at about 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of Calle la
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA, CA (KPIX) — Crews aboard two Alameda-based Coast Guard cutters boarded three suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, seizing more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $156 million. Coast Guard officials said the Coast Guard Cutters Munro and Bertholf were involved in
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People with mental disorders have been found to be at higher risk of developing age-related diseases, but not necessarily at greater risk of aging faster — until now. Experiencing mental disorders early in life may lead to poorer physical health and accelerated aging in adulthood, found a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLYMPTON, MA (WCVB) — Police say they are working with Amazon to complete the delivery of dozens of undelivered packages after they were found in the woods Wednesday. The packages were found near Brook Street in Plympton, police said. Photos from the department show that many of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, CA (KCRA) — A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder after the deadly shooting of the owner of a taco truck in Modesto. Modesto police said officers went to the 1600 block of Monterey Avenue around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday after there were reports of a shooting.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (WLWT) — After a winter storm swept through Greater Cincinnati on Monday, many residents had to clear their driveways of snow — but one family got creative. Kevin Koch of Bridgetown handcrafted a small snowplow using his son’s motorized toy car. Koch’s 2-year-old son, Owen,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WISN) — Two Marquette students are facing backlash over a video posted to social media that shows them using racial slurs. The students involved are a Marquette sophomore and a Marquette freshman, who was a member of the university’s lacrosse team. Marquette officials confirmed the student-athlete
Continue Reading Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, referring to the coronavirus pandemic, is urging fans not to throng to Atlanta for the NBA All-Star Game. “Under normal circumstances, we would be extremely grateful for the opportunity to host the NBA All-Star game, but this is not a typical year,” Bottoms tweeted Tuesday. “I have shared my concerns related
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Lots of people living in Chicago are dealing with a one-two punch. Not only are they buried under a foot or more of snow, but they also are stuck with what is in some cases weeks’ worth of garbage. As CBS 2’s Charlie De
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Severe weather around the United States will delay Covid-19 vaccine deliveries in the coming days, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. “Shipping partners are working to deliver vaccine where possible, contingent on local conditions, but the adverse weather is expected to continue to impact shipments out of the FedEx facility in
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill on Monday that will suspend the use of a letter grade system for schools statewide, due to how disrupted this school year has been by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Today I signed House Bill 2402, which ensures that students continue to be evaluated, so the State can ensure
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — As line crews continue to work around the clock to restore power, communities are doing what they can to show support for them. There was a very special delivery Wednesday morning at a fire station in Marion County for crews headed out on
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