Click here for updates on this story BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (WESH) — Beachgoers in the Boynton Beach area made quite the discovery Friday morning – a military training drone that had washed ashore. The drone was found on the beach near Ocean Ridge Hammock Park at around 7:30 a.m. According to officials, the training drone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Boston City Council President Kim Janey is on the doorstep of a historic promotion. After the U.S. Senate’s expected vote to confirm Mayor Marty Walsh’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Labor on Monday, Janey is expected to take an oath of office on either
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Hinds County deputies are investigating a deadly shootout outside M-Bar Sports Grill that killed a 30-year-old bystander. The Hinds County Sheriff Department responded to a call about shots being fired in the parking lot. According to Captain Tyree Jones, the shooting began as a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A Nebraska family has more reason than most to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. “My mom was born march 17th, 1954, and I was born march 17th 1989,” said Katherine Chisholm, a new mom. Now, on March 17th, 2021, they welcomed baby Charlotte Jean into
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO) — Overland Park police pulled over a driver on Sunday for going 149 miles per hour on Interstate 435. The driver’s excuse? She thought she was only doing 129 mph. An officer stopped the driver at 1-435 and U.S. 69 Highway. She was issued
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KCTV/KSMO) — As more mass vaccination events are planned and underway in the St. Louis area, some residents said they’re still traveling hours to get an appointment. Michael Meredith, from Creve Coeur, said he was pre-registered with almost every health department and hospital system nearby. As
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Jami Webb was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday last week. But Xiaojie Tan, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia, was killed Tuesday along with seven others at three Atlanta-area spas in a shooting rampage that has rattled the nation. “I just want to hold her tight,” Webb told CNN about
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Hamdayet, Sudan — More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where an armed conflict has been raging for months. Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a
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Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn’t stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in white church robes drenched in blood, were scattered in arid fields, scrubby farmlands and a dry riverbed. Others had been shot on their doorsteps with their hands bound with belts. Among the dead were priests, old men,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — An armed carjacker has been sentenced in federal court to seven years in prison, according to a U.S. attorney’s office. U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced Monday that Dorian Lakeith Webb Jr., 19, of Mobile, was sentenced for
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A fire has swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, destroying shelters and endangering the lives of tens of thousands of refugees, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported Monday. Fire services, Bangladesh’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, and rescue and response teams remained at the scene on Monday evening, where they
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POCOLA, Oklahoma (KFSM) — A man accused of killing his girlfriend with a lawnmower blade in eastern Oklahoma has pleaded guilty to the crime and will spend life in prison. In August of 2018, Steven Asher of Hackett, Arkansas, was charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing death
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CENTERVILLE, Utah (KSL) — A woman is safe Sunday after she was trapped overnight on the Parrish Creek Trail with two dogs. The woman was extracted from the mountain about 10:25 a.m. by a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter, a live Facebook video shows. A Davis County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health officials are working to combat coronavirus vaccine hesitancy as Missouri prepares to greatly expand eligibility in the coming weeks. Sara Humm from the Columbia/Boone County Health Department said the department is working with Bucket Media on a vaccine education campaign. The education campaign takes on extra importance with millions of more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEHIGH ACRES, Florida (WBBH) — A baby was killed in a Lehigh Acres neighborhood in September 2020, officials said. Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a home on Homer Avenue South in Lehigh Acres on September 17, 2020, and found a 1-year-old boy
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story COMPTON, California (KABC) — A family is looking for answers after a 27-year-old mother was gunned down in Compton. Sia Marie Xiong was fatally shot shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of East Kay Street, according to authorities. She was rushed to the hospital with
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Melatonin is a popular over-the-counter sleeping aid, touted as a natural way for adults to fall asleep and used by millions around the world. So why wouldn’t it be good for children, too? “There is a view that if it’s natural, then it can’t hurt,” said Rebecca Robbins, an associate scientist at Brigham and Women’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SUNBURY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Thanks to some young volunteers, a once-forgotten space buried by tons of trees in Sunbury is being cleaned up, making way for a new ecological and educational park. Sunbury Wetland Ecological and Educational Park will be located on the corner of Race and North
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Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat announced on Monday a proposal to end the six-year conflict in Yemen, including an offer of a ceasefire and political agreement with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who control strategic parts of the country. The kingdom said it would adhere to a UN-monitored country-wide ceasefire with Houthi rebels if the group agreed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new gene therapy for an extremely rare disorder has offered two Canadian children a new chance at life, allowing them to move on their own after years of being trapped within their own bodies. The disease is called AADC deficiency, and known
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