A Florida agency is now allowing the city of Sarasota to light up a local bridge for Pride Month, after initially denying the request. The John Ringling Causeway, a half-mile bridge that extends over the Sarasota Bay, will be decked out in the colors of the rainbow next week in celebration of Sarasota’s LGBTQ community.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Nashville firefighters rescued a dog from a locked car on Friday morning. According to Nashville Fire, the dog was locked in the car for 40 minutes. Firefighters gave the dog water, and Metro Animal Care and Control arrived to help with the situation. Firefighters use
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MT. MORRIS, Michigan (WNEM) — Several Mt. Morris residents and the township supervisor are calling for the resignation of their treasurer after she accused a black employee of assaulting her with a cane. But video surveillance footage showed no such attack. The township supervisor says she isn’t taking
Continue Reading A Colorado baker, who was the subject of a 2018 Supreme Court case for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, has violated state discrimination laws in another case, a Denver district court has found. A judge on Tuesday found the Masterpiece Cakeshop illegally refused to bake a cake to celebrate a trans
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CAPE CORAL, Fla (WBBH) — A Cape Coral woman is thanking City leaders for taking action and installing new signs and safety measures near her home on SE 20th Court. A few weeks ago, a suspected drunk driver smashed into Laura Langone’s home and caused significant damage. A
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A police response team quits after they face scrutiny for their tactics during civil unrest in Portland, Oregon.
Continue Reading About 50 officers assigned to the Portland police department’s crowd control team resigned one day after one of the team’s officers was indicted for allegedly using his department-issued baton to assault a protester last summer. The wholesale resignation of the police department’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) took place after a Multnomah County grand jury handed
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HAVERFORD, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — “I’ve said this from day one. In AWB, it doesn’t matter how you look, how you sound, how great your voice is,” said Will Thomas. “You’re just automatically included.” The 25-year-old from Wilmington, Delaware, says that if it were not for Acting Without Boundaries,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A newly-released state report reveals what happened when abuse was reported three weeks before 8-year-old Keyontae Holzendorf was found dead inside a hotel with “horrendous” injuries. The Child Fatality Report, released Thursday by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, includes information on the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Houston police are searching for the gunman who ambushed and killed two men in northwest Houston. Police say just before 9 p.m. Thursday, the two men were pulling up to an apartment complex in a pickup truck on West Tidwell near Antoine. The suspect then
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story VALLEJO, California (KGO) — The ABC7 I-Team is learning more about a grass fire that damaged eight homes and forced dozens to evacuate in Vallejo Tuesday night. Neighbors say they’ve been bracing for a fire to erupt over the past year, citing a controversial relationship with the property
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — For the first time, the 94-year-old woman who was stabbed multiple times while on a walk in San Francisco is speaking from her hospital bed. Ahn Taylor, who goes by Peng, is recovering at San Francisco General Hospital after a man stabbed her in
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Several students and three teachers were abducted Thursday by armed men from a federal college in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi State, State Governor Abubakar Bagudu told CNN. According to Governor Bagudu, the gunmen — locally known as bandits — raided the co-educational Federal Government College in Kebbi’s Birnin Yauri district on Thursday, killing a policeman in
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The Wisconsin pharmacist who tried tampering with vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine because he believed it was not safe for people was sentenced to three years in federal prison Tuesday. Steven Brandenburg, 46, of Grafton, pleaded guilty in February to two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products with reckless disregard for the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) — Pizzeria Toro is officially reopening its Durham doors Friday. When patrons start dining there again, they’ll notice something different on the bill. Owner Gray Brooks is introducing a 20 percent Living Wage Fee. “I hope it is going to be a trend because
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — Three months after the murder of a grandmother in Newark there are still no arrests. Now the reward for information about the killers has increased to $20,000. The Essex County sheriff is offering the reward hoping it will lead to the arrest and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STATEN ISLAND, New York (WABC) — Wildlife officials have new details on the possible cause of death of a bear that was found earlier this week on Staten Island. According to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the 2-year-old male bear suffered massive blunt impact trauma, likely
Continue Reading Each year on June 20, World Refugee Day spotlights the bravery and strength of people forced to flee their home countries to escape war or oppression. More than 82 million people are now forcibly displaced worldwide, according to the United Nations, which established World Refugee Day in 2000. The UN declared this year’s theme: “Together
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After leaving war-torn Afghanistan as a child, Nadia Nadim ended up in a refugee camp in Denmark. It was in that camp that she learned the game of football which has now led her to Paris Saint-Germain, one of the biggest clubs in the world.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Massachussets (WCVB) — A 51-year-old Massachusetts man who was working with a local paving company had his foot severed after a paving machine ran over his foot, the Plymouth fire chief said. First responders were called to Empire Road Thursday evening for the victim who was hurt
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