Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 64-year-old Maplewood man is accused of pulling a gun on a gym manager during an argument over members not wearing face masks. According to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, Michael Florhaug faces one felony charge of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in connection
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Three of the four people facing criminal charges for the death of a 4-year-old Benton County girl appeared in court Tuesday morning.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OCEANSIDE, New York (WCBS) — Two friends on Long Island are making a unique contribution to save struggling small businesses. Short social media commercials are being donated to restaurant owners drowning in debt, free of charge, CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday. Things have been slow for Hasan Balkas
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Lourdes Pelaez-Kingery was recovering from appendix surgery when she got the phone call that parents of college-age kids have come to dread in this time of coronavirus: Her daughter tearfully explained that she had moved out of her dorm at Texas A&M University-San Antonio days earlier after her suitemates threw a party and 14 unmasked
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If you think quarantine needs a better publicist in the United States, you might be right. New Zealanders went into a strict lockdown and so did Italians. So did the residents of China, Spain, Bolivia, Morocco and South Korea. The idea of isolating for a stretch of two weeks either because you’ve been exposed to
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Imagine having cardiac arrest and getting picked up by an ambulance that won’t take you to a hospital. Or having a medical emergency and languishing outside an emergency room for hours. This is what Los Angeles County faces as the onslaught of Covid-19 devastates the community — including those without coronavirus. “Hospitals are declaring internal
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The Kenosha, Wisconsin, District Attorney’s Office is nearing its decision on whether to charge the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, last year. Rusten Sheskey, a White officer, shot Blake, 29, in the back seven times on August 23, 2020. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley is tasked with investigating Blake’s shooting.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — A Mid-Michigan businessman is in hot water with federal prosecutors after allegedly dumping nearly 50 million gallons of untreated landfill waste liquid into Flint’s sewer system. “It’s unconscionable to have a company in our midst doing these types of things,” Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley
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A video shared with ABC 17 News shows police fatally shooting a Columbia man Sunday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOLDSBORO, PA (WPMT ) — Temporary restrictions put in place by the Wolf Administration shut down gyms, as well as other industries like indoor dining, on December 12. The administration issued the temporary closure as COVID-19 cases hit record highs in the state. As cases have begun to
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Tyler Perry had a problem. Tuesday is Election Day in Georgia — a runoff race for two seats that will determine which party will have control of the US Senate — and by Monday, the movie mogul’s absentee ballot hadn’t arrived. Though Perry said he had ordered it on December 2 and was told it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Carroll County, GA (WGCL) — Carroll County fire investigators are working to find the person who set fire to a historic church. According to a Facebook post, firefighters responded to a 9-1-1 call at the Smith Chapel Church in Bowdon on Monday. When units arrived, the church was
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Parts of the US are beginning to feel the brunt of last month’s holiday celebrations — at a time when many hospital systems are already at their breaking point. Experts have said holiday travel and gatherings could help fuel another surge of Covid-19 infections. Yet millions of Americans traveled anyway — with more than 1.3
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Here in mid-Missouri, we’re accustomed to seeing snowfall at least once each winter. What we aren’t used to is seeing more than roughly 20 inches of snow in a year. Parts of Japan however, picked up over 7 feet of snow within these past two weeks alone! This snowfall was caused by a natural phenomenon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, CT (WFSB) — Watertown High School’s mascot could become a thing of the past. The school’s mascot committee is holding a virtual meeting Tuesday evening, where anyone can speak for or against the school’s current Indian mascot. After 2009, when former student Colleen Murphy graduated high school,
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The National Guard has been mobilized in Wisconsin ahead of anticipated protests following the Kenosha County District Attorney’s announcement that he will not charge the officer who shot Jacob Blake. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley made the announcement on Tuesday, during which he also said there will be no charges for the other two
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for Nashville following the downtown explosion on Christmas Day. U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper and Sen. Marsha Blackburn both announced the declaration on their social media accounts. Cooper said in a post on social media that the
Continue Reading A retired state trooper who was among the first to respond to the Sandy Hook massacre has died of Covid-19, the Connecticut State Police said. Retired Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon died Saturday, the state police said on their Facebook page. CNN affiliate WCVB said he was 50. Dragon entered the State Police Training Academy
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH BRANFORD, CT (WFSB) — Connecticut is one of just eight states that has vaccinated more than 2 percent of its population. However, Gov. Ned Lamont warned that the efficient rollout doesn’t mean the average person will get a first dose any faster. Tuesday, the state’s Vaccine Allocation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAPWALLOPEN, PA (WNEP) — The DEP was called to a home in Luzerne County for an unusual liquid coming out of the ground. Officials say the liquid was actually heating oil from a broken tank at an abandoned home on Circle Avenue near Wapwallopen. More than 100 gallons
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