Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) — Maryam Mohammed has loved helping people from a very young age, and now she’s truly reaching out consistently, one letter and one meal at a time. “I’m not expecting anything in return for it. I just do it and expect nothing back,” said
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The International Space Station is the place to be in April. Multiple arrivals and departures this month make the floating laboratory seem more like a hotel. Russian space agency Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei successfully launched to the space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on
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For more than a year, the US has battled a ruthless enemy: a novel virus that took no mercy on American communities, crippled hospital systems and took the lives of more than half a million people. But after a long road of despair, there’s good reason to be optimistic now: Covid-19 vaccines are being administered
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A shocked South Carolina community was grieving and looking for answers Thursday after officials said a beloved doctor and four other people were shot and killed by a man who had gone from a local high school on to college and the NFL. York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said that on Wednesday afternoon Phillip Adams,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — North Carolina is launching it’s first bird atlas and inviting birdwatchers of all experience levels to participate. Conserving Carolina, a nonprofit conservation organization working to preserve water and land resources in Western North Carolina, is one of three regional coordinators for the NC
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A sexual assault kit bill that’s making its way through the state capitol aims to help sexual assault victims in Tennessee track the status of their rape kits. The bill allows for law enforcement and victims of rape and sexual assault to track their
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Baldwin County is now one of the first counties in Alabama to begin creating a mental health court, after Gov. Ivey signed the bill this week. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson (R–Daphne) creates a funding mechanism for the new court, which
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Most of the millions of people who have seen the awful video of the death of George Floyd under the knee of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin interpret that event as a murder. Under our democratic model of justice, validating this interpretation, even if it is held by millions, is difficult. It should be.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STUDIO CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A pet hotel in Studio City has just welcomed seven new dogs all the way from Thailand. They were rescued off the streets, and are being given a new lease on life. After two days of travel by air, the pups are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Although thousands in Milwaukee County have received the COVID-19 vaccine, many are still unsure if it is right for them. A new campaign, HealthyMKE, is aiming to help ease concerns and provide education. It’s a $900,000 grassroots effort aimed at empowering people in the Milwaukee
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“This is not a coup,” said Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun from a gilded hall in Myanmar’s purpose-built capital Naypyidaw, the city where his comrades recently ousted an elected government, detained the country’s leadership, and installed a military junta. During an hour-long conversation with CNN, the military spokesperson was steadfast in upholding the junta’s official
Continue Reading Clashes between rival groups have so far claimed at least 125 lives and left 208 others injured in the volatile west Darfur region of Sudan, according to the Western Darfur State Doctors Committee. The violence has continued in El Geneina city, the capital of West Darfur state, for a sixth day in a row, the
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After the worst wildfire season ever in 2020, California is bracing for more destruction this year due to worsening drought conditions and above-normal temperatures. “We had world record-breaking high temperatures in our own backyard in California… 130 degrees in our state,” Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday as he launched a $536 million funding package to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELMHUSRT, Queens (WABC) — On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, a community in Queens is hoping to landmark a home owned by a woman who fought for the Polish resistance during World War II. Across the street from Veterans Grove Playground in Elmhurst, Queens sits 8828 43rd Avenue. It’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — After a weekend shooting on a Snellville football field, one local father says he is lucky to be alive. Gwinnett County Police Department is investigating the incident where witnesses described three suspects, one of them masked. The bullet is still lodged in Russell
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Kandas Holmes-Barnes said her 13-year-old daughter was shot in the shoulder and mouth, causing her to swallow a bullet.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SIMSBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — The former director of the Lutz Children’s Museum in Manchester is facing child pornography charges. Robert Eckert, 56, of Simsbury, is being charged with distribution of child pornography. The U.S. Dept. of Justice said Eckert faced a judge this week, entering a not guilty
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — After hearing numerous complaints about living conditions at Waterbury Housing Authority properties, one alderman is trying to get federal investigators involved. Channel 3 took the concerns right to the WHA. Waterbury Housing Authority’s Truman Apartments are home to dozens of families, and at least
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — The Centers for Disease Control announced that people who are fully vaccinated can see each other in person and now many families are reuniting for the first time since the pandemic began. Kathryn Barrett lives in Vancouver and hasn’t seen her two grandmothers in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney is once again taking a shot at a bill that would allow college athletes to personally profit from the multimillion sports industry that is built around team programs and star athletes. The hot-button issue has been controversial for years,
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