By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story SHAKOPEE, Minnesota (WCCO) — Workers at a Twin Cities Amazon warehouse are protesting the closure of their facility, which employed nearly 700 people. Employees at Amazon’s MSP5 sort facility say the company told them they will help them find other positions at other facilities, but
Continue ReadingBy MUGO ODIGWE Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A shooting sent people running for cover in the West Ridge neighborhood. According to Chicago police, the victims were driving in the 2700 block of West Peterson Avenue around 10:30 p.m. when someone inside another car started shooting. Two men, 20 and
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINE LINTON Click here for updates on this story Great Lakes Region (WCBS) — The U.S. military on Sunday shot down another unidentified object, this time over the Great Lakes region, federal and state officials said Sunday. A congressional source briefed on the matter told CBS News the Defense Department is confident there has
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Jesús “El Rey” Zambada testificó este lunes que le pagó al menos 5 millones de dólares a Genaro García Luna, exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México, a cambio de protección para su hermano Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, uno de los líderes del Cartel de Sinaloa. Durante el juicio contra el
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By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When one becomes a mother, Rihanna mused before her epic Super Bowl halftime show, “there’s something that just happens where you feel like you could take on the world — you can do anything.” And so she did Sunday, on one of the biggest stages
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Nick Valencia and Amanda Watts The president of the firefighters union in Memphis, Tennessee is defending the actions of EMTs involved in the Tyre Nichols case. In a letter to the Memphis City Council, Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, said his members “were not given adequate information upon dispatch
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello, Senior Digital Parliamentary Reporter Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is clearly a pattern with four aerial objects shot down over Canada and the United States in the last 10 days, but there is still much to learn from the debris
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Rihanna wasn’t the only one shining bright like a diamond during the Super Bowl. Videos of Justina Miles, a deaf American Sign Language performer, are racking up views online as admirers praise her energetic signing during the telecast of Sunday’s game. Miles signed lyrics for hard of hearing TV viewers as
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Phillips Click here for updates on this story LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — According to a police report by NMSU Police, one member of the NMSU Men’s Basketball team was ‘hazed’ in the NMSU Men’s locker room at the Pan American Center by three members of the team for the past six
Continue ReadingBy Amy Powell Click here for updates on this story WESTLAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Dramatic video shows a clerk at a Westlake District mini market snatching a knife from a would-be robber and running him out of the store. It happened just after 2 p.m. Thursday at Maya’s Mini Market on Adams Boulevard. According
Continue Reading DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization says Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country. In a statement on Monday, the U.N. health agency confirmed the epidemic after samples from Equatorial Guinea were sent
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Colombia’s government and its largest remaining rebel group have met in Mexico City to resume peace talks. The talks Monday were the second round of negotiations aimed at achieving a cease-fire in the nearly six-decade conflict. It followed three weeks of negotiations in
Continue Reading By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, the country of Moldova has often been at the center of a struggle between Moscow and the West. It finds itself in that uncomfortable position again. On Monday, its president alleged that Russia was plotting to overthrow her
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Federal investigators are seeking more information about an incident in which a United Airlines plane dropped to within about 800 feet of the ocean surface after taking off from Hawaii. United says the two pilots are undergoing additional training. A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that the
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A family is warning others not to drink and drive after 26-year-old Elijah Rangel lost his life after a driver slammed into him last weekend. “He was bringing donuts for his friends and their kids, and he was driving back
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story Oct. 13, 2022 (Houston Style Magazine) — At one point in time, tennis shoes were not always as high tech and complicated as they are today. However, advancements in technology have motivated shoe designers to push the envelope when it comes to comfort, style, and
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story Feb. 9, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez have announced a gun buyback at Deussen Park on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 8 a.m. to noon. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also attended the news conference. The event is
Continue ReadingBy Kareem El Damanhoury, Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN A Palestinian man was killed and 13 were injured in an Israeli raid in Nablus early Monday, Palestinian health officials said, in what Israeli authorities said was an operation to arrest suspects in the fatal shooting of an Israeli soldier last year. The Palestinian Ministry
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By Caitlin Lilly Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile had to make a pit stop on Friday after thieves targeted the iconic vehicle. The catalytic converter on the 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels was stolen, according to Joseph Rodriguez with Penske Trucks. According to Rodriguez,
Continue ReadingBy Janice Allen Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WXMI) — Laura Hoekstra is hoping to change the conversation and end the stigma surrounding death with her end-of-life doula business, Grace in the Leaving. “Birth and death, they’re the two things that we all have in common. They’re the two things
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