Two men were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, a spokesperson for the family and two law enforcement sources confirmed to CNN. John Segale, a Smart family spokesperson, told CNN the family was notified by law enforcement officials Tuesday that Paul Flores
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — Rick and Dick Hoyt were staples of the Boston Marathon for decades, as the father pushed his son from Hopkinton to Boylston Street year after year after year. Dick Hoyt died on St. Patrick’s Day, leaving a legacy no one will ever forget. Rick
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Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, FL (WFOR) — Make-A-Wish Southern Florida made another wish come true on Monday when it surprised an 8-year-old Homestead girl with brain cancer, with an adorable Labradoodle puppy. Rain Pierre, who struggles with brain cancer and its treatments, has always wanted a puppy of her own and
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Derek Chauvin’s defense team highlighted George Floyd’s arrest and drug use in May 2019 in court on Tuesday after the prosecution rested its case against the former Minneapolis Police officer. The defense’s first witness was retired Minneapolis Police officer Scott Creighton, who testified that he approached Floyd on the passenger side of a red Ford
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — To be a warrior in the ring is to be one outside of it. Laurel’s Demond Nicholson from Upton Boxing is every bit. It’s May 10, 2019. His kidneys failed after a weigh-in. He almost died. But the comeback is here and it’s soon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — Johns Hopkins University will require all students who plan to be on campus in the fall be vaccinated or have religious or health exemption. Faculty and staff are also “strongly urged” to be vaccinated before coming back to campus. The university is in the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Oakland Police Chief LeRonne L. Armstrong pleaded publicly Monday for an increase in resources as the department investigates seven new homicides in the past week, including three on Saturday alone. Monday night The Oakland City Council looked at ways to distribute part of roughly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri colleges and universities would have free rein to increase student tuition under a bill advancing in the Legislature. The GOP-led House on Tuesday passed a bill that would remove state limits on how much state colleges can increase tuition. Currently, schools can raise tuition to compensate for any cuts in
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is on the hook for nearly $138,000 in legal fees and expenses after an appeals court upheld a ruling that the state knowingly violated the open records law. KCUR-FM reports the Missouri Court of Appeals has determined that the state ran afoul of the Sunshine Law when the
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On the surface, the mix-up seems unfathomable: An officer intends to deploy a Taser but instead fires a handgun and kills someone. But that’s apparently what happened Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, when an officer shouted “Taser! Taser! Taser!” before pulling the trigger of her gun and killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright, the police chief said.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ottawa (CTV Network) — Health Canada says it’s closely watching the situation south of the border, where federal health and safety officials have paused the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over concerns of a small number of rare blood clotting events. While the Johnson &
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — For anyone who’s ever lost themselves in a Nirvana or Amy Winehouse song and wondered wistfully what music they would have produced if Winehouse and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain had lived beyond their 20s, a new project by mental health organization Over the Bridge
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Before Daunte Wright’s death made national headlines, his life was filled with loving family members — including his 2-year-old boy. “My son was an amazing, loving kid. He had a big heart,” his mother told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday. “He loved basketball. He had a 2-year-old son that’s not going to be able
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — Two metro Atlanta amusement parks announced a pay increase for employees during the 2021 season. According to a spokesperson, Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags White Water wage increases for a variety of jobs, many at the highest levels in the parks’ history.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Police are on scene near Smokey Park Highway in Asheville after receiving a report of a body being found in the area. The Asheville Police Department (APD) confirms officers are investigating an area near Smokey Park Highway. Details are limited at this time, but
Continue Reading The NCAA says it “firmly and unequivocally supports” transgender athletes having the opportunity to participate in college sports as a growing number of states have moved to block them from competing. “Inclusion and fairness can coexist for all student-athletes, including transgender athletes, at all levels of sport,” the NCAA’s Board of Governors said Monday in
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The police officer accused of shooting and killing a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop over the weekend — a shooting her chief says was accidental — has resigned, the suburb’s mayor told CNN on Tuesday. The resignation of Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter comes after a second night of
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An uncomfortable disagreement with Michigan has handed President Joe Biden his most controversial and politically unpalatable moment yet since assuming responsibility for the US’ response to the pandemic. His administration’s blunt rebuff of a plea by his ally and Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for an increased supply of vaccines to combat a Covid-19 spike
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KNOXVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A student that opened fire in a Tennessee high school is dead and a Knoxville Police officer injured after an officer-involved shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School on Monday. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to an officer-involved shooting around 3:15 p.m. EDT. According to
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This enemy does not recognize geopolitical borders. It has the power to wreak havoc on national economies, to cost people their livelihoods and their lives. It seeps through the smallest cracks in our social fabric, targeting the poor and the vulnerable among us. Sound familiar? The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have led to catastrophic
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