Missouri governor announces activation of next coronavirus vaccination phase
Gov. Mike Parson announced Missourians in Phase 2 of the state vaccination plan will become eligible to receive the vaccine on March 29.
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5-year-old helps come up with safe way to hug kindergarten teacher battling breast cancer
Click here for updates on this story AQUEBOGUE, New York (WCBS) — When hugging isn’t allowed during the pandemic, what can you do? A Long Island kindergartener and his teacher came up with an extraordinary way to connect. “We made a hugging machine … so now she can hug everyone in the world,” 5-year-old Avery
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‘No one was listening.’ Asian business owners react to Atlanta shootings
Tran Wills couldn’t talk Wednesday about the shootings at Atlanta spas a day earlier without breaking down sobbing. “I saw myself in these women,” she said. “I feel I have been screaming about hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans from the beginning of the pandemic, and no one was listening.” Many Asian-American and Asian
Continue Reading Retired firefighter helps homeless with supply distribution
Click here for updates on this story BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (WFOR) — A retired Boynton Beach firefighter and paramedic is giving back to the community in a big way. Luis Garcia, along with volunteers from USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction with Narcan, passed out blankets, air mattresses, toiletries, clothing, PPE and disinfectants, in addition to
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Exclusive: Former Brazilian leader Lula leaves door open for return as he slams leaders’ pandemic response
Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said he would not rule out running again in 2022, and criticized world leaders for failing to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in a unified way. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, the former leader, often referred to as Lula, said the world is “lacking
Continue Reading Tow truck driver suspected of stealing cars
Click here for updates on this story FULLERTON, California (KCAL/KCBS) — An Orange County businessman is coming forward to share video of a person using a tow truck to allegedly steal cars. Angel Lugo said the suspect took his work van. It took just 10 seconds Saturday for the van to be hooked up and
Continue Reading Hmong American Center in Wausau targeted with graffiti
Click here for updates on this story WAUSAU, WI (Madison365) — The Hmong American Center in Wausau was targeted with vandalism Monday night, director Yee Leng Xiong said. Xiong said he noticed red spray paint on the back of the center’s van Tuesday afternoon. The graffiti included the letters “FU” and a vulgar drawing. “We
Continue Reading Wisconsin Assembly approves bill to reduce barriers to natural hair braiding
Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (Madison365) — A bipartisan bill that would allow hairstylists in Wisconsin to provide natural hair-braiding services, like twisting and weaving, without a barbering or cosmetology license passed through the Wisconsin State Assembly by a 88-5 vote on Wednesday. “This bill is about equity and it’s about
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US could be on the cusp of a surge in Covid-19 infections, but vaccinations will limit the damage
The US may be on the cusp of another Covid-19 case surge, one expert says — but the mass vaccination of the most vulnerable Americans is likely to limit its human cost. “I think we are going to see a surge in the number of infections,” emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen told CNN on Wednesday
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The truth about white (and pink and brown) noise for sleep
What’s your favorite bedtime jam? Do you doze off to jazz, a babbling brook, a crackling fire or a whirling fan of white noise? Or maybe you’re a sound aficionado, and have replaced your white noise machine with one that provides the more fashionable pink or brown noise? Whatever your pleasure, know this: While continuously
Continue Reading Here’s how houseless people can get the $1,400 stimulus check — and how others can help
As the third round of stimulus payments goes out, many Americans are obsessively checking their bank accounts. But more than half a million people in the US might not have a bank account to eye or a mailbox to open — or even a check on the way. People experiencing homelessness are at risk of
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Sgt. Nate Kyelberg wakes from life support after 6-week-long battle
Click here for updates on this story ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A sergeant with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office woke up after being on advanced life support. Sgt. Nate Kyelberg is now recovering at a different facility. CBS4 first told you about Kyelberg in February when he contracted COVID-19. He was put on life
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Man meets stranger who donated his liver and changed his life
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Martin Yucha has so much to be thankful for. Yucha is a cancer survivor from Warren County who desperately needed a liver transplant. Anthony Cernera is a semi-pro skydiver and philanthropist from Connecticut who gives himself to complete strangers, a mission that started in 2016.
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Buses carrying what are believed to be migrant teens from the border arrive
Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Hundreds of migrant teens have apparently begun arriving in North Texas and the big question is how the federal government will keep them safe. The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas is opening as a temporary shelter. Shortly after 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, March
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Two men kidnapped, robbed when arriving for dates set up online
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Two first dates went horribly wrong when unsuspecting men showed up to see a woman they met online but instead were beaten by masked men. One of the men was hospitalized and is in fair condition. The second man, who was punched in the face
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Why anti-Asian American violence is rising — along with White supremacist propaganda
We don’t yet know exactly what motivated the alleged killer of eight people at Atlanta area spas on Tuesday night, six of whom were Asian American women. But we do know that hate crimes against Asian Americans have been on the rise since the start of the Covid pandemic in the US. Asian Americans have
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Community turns out for birthday parade for boy with autism who said he had no friends
Click here for updates on this story FITCHBURG, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A 10-year-old boy told his mother he didn’t have any friends, and that’s when his mom took action to prove him wrong. And the turnout and community support was more than his mom could ever have imagined. As JoJo Ragsdale scrambled into a chair
Continue Reading Body-cam footage shows police K9 attack man sleeping on his own property
Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — An innocent Bay Area man who was bitten by a police K9 during an incident last June when he was sleeping on his own property is now looking for justice. Newly released body-cam footage from Palo Alto Police and Mountain View Police shows,
Continue Reading Witnesses: Elderly Asian woman beats up man attacking her in San Francisco
Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — An elderly woman being attacked on Market Street in San Francisco Wednesday – the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area – turned the tables on her assailant, leaving him with injuries that required a trip to the
Continue Reading Better Together: Neighbors stay connected with nightly wave
Click here for updates on this story SUNNYVALE, California (KPIX) — At the start of the pandemic many bay area neighbors found ways to stay connected while still remaining physically distanced. It was a year ago when a group of neighbors in Sunnyvale decided that they were not going to stay inside, all cooped up.
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