The nine colleagues killed in the San Jose, California, mass shooting leave behind grieving families, heartbroken friends and a network of coworkers reeling from Wednesday’s violence. The victims were Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) employees, VTA Board Chairperson Glenn Hendricks said at a Thursday news conference. “Many of you have reported the names of the employees
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BEVERLY HILLS, California (KCAL KCBS) — Alexandra Nechita waited patiently during the pandemic, to unveil her public art piece here in Los Angeles. Nechita’s stylized, beautiful bronze sculpture titled “Love Anatomy” was just unveiled at North Burton Way and Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills. “I hope that anybody
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A bear mauled a hiker in Yellowstone National Park near the Wyoming-Montana state line on Friday morning — an attack that sent the man to a hospital in an ambulance, park officials said. The man, 39, suffered significant injuries to his lower extremities but was able to hike out on his own before the ambulance
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLOWER MOUND, Texas (KTVT) — Accusations of censorship versus complaints of political bias have set off a war of words over a North Texas school yearbook. It looks like a typical school yearbook that 13-year-old Carissa Neunherz helped design for Downing Middle School. But the back cover has
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — After a spree of carjackings in Bucktown this week amid an ongoing carjacking crisis in Chicago, one family has decided to move out of the neighborhood. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported Thursday, people are saying they feel like sitting targets in their cars. Terry
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Buncombe County man has been taken into custody by county law enforcement on drug trafficking charges. James Michael Deaver, age 42, of Jupiter Road, was arrested May 27 by the Buncombe County Anti-Crime Task Force (BCAT) of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City home caught fire early Friday morning. According to a news release, the Jefferson City Fire Department responded to the home in the 2300 block of St. Louis Road just after 6 a.m. Firefighters found smoke and fire coming from the back of the house. Fire officials said the
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has announced that she’s transitioning out of her role as executive director. On Thursday, she said on her YouTube channel, “… I feel excited for me, and my next journey.” Cullors revealed that at the end of 2019 she had stepped back from the organization, but people within BLM
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO KTVK) — At just 19 years old, Luis Gastelum has responsibilities not many teens can relate to. Two years ago, the immigrant from Mexico came to Arizona for a better life. When he isn’t studying or playing soccer, he is working to provide for his 14-year-old
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An Iowa jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a farm worker accused of abducting and fatally stabbing 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts in July 2018. The verdict is expected to be announced shortly. Bahena Rivera, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, admitted in an August 2018 interview with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Marion woman has been arrested and charged after authorities said she fled police after a traffic violation. The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office says on Monday, May 24, 2021, at around 6:45 p.m. a deputy was sitting at the traffic light at
Continue Reading Correos, Spain’s postal service, ended a widely derided stamp campaign inspired by different skin tones, just three days after its launch, following criticism that it perpetuated racism. The government-run postal service earlier this week debuted “Equality Stamps,” a collection of four stamps meant to represent different skin colors. The palest of the stamps cost 90
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A $5,000 reward is being offered to find the person responsible for a fatal hit-and-run that killed a baby girl on Chicago’s Near West Side. It happened in the 300-block of South Western Avenue early Thursday morning. Chicago police said just after midnight, a black
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WLS) — A 31-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 35-year-old woman’s death after the woman was set on fire last month in South Deering, Chicago police said. The 35-year-old woman ran to a nearby firehouse after a 31-year-old man, later identified as Henry Taylor,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A wild crash involving a possible drunk driver could be just the start of a dangerous Memorial Day weekend. The wreck happened around 2 a.m. Friday when police say a Ford Mustang heading southbound on Smith Street collided with an SUV going eastbound on Elgin.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANDERSON, Indiana (WISH) — A central Indiana candy store owner says he’s not sorry for what he said on social media. Randy Good was criticized for a controversial job posting on Facebook in which he called female employees “splitters” and “pukers.” He claims they try to split each
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENSONHURST (WABC) — Last Saturday morning, two veteran sanitation workers saw a second-floor apartment on fire and jumped into action. “You’d think an ordinary day would be garbage trucks, but in these streets you see everything,” Robert Febles said. “When we actually pulled up to the corner the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LEBANON JUNCTION, Kentucky (WLKY) — In Kacy Tongate’s hometown of Lebanon Junction, ticks are expected but he says this year it’s worse than usual. “We can walk to the mailbox down the gravel driveway and come back with ticks on us,” said Tongate. “They fall out of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) — A desperate search is underway in Brooklyn after a young woman misplaced a priceless ring. A 32-year-old Thanaa’a Edwards was sitting on a bench when she took off her ring and placed it on her lap to put on sunblock. As she was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS (eastidahonews.com) — A local man is having second thoughts about pleading guilty to shooting and killing his friend in the driveway of a Bonneville County home. Marshall Dee Hendricks, 31, and his new attorney Allen Browning have filed a motion in court asking that Hendricks withdraw
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