It’s the second week in February, a time of year when influenza is usually sweeping across the country. Yet this year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, there’s very little influenza activity. The CDC’s map of flu activity across the US is often a sea of red during the first half of
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Basketball legend Kobe Bryant’s helicopter pilot pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, and ultimately abandoned his training as he became disoriented in the clouds and crashed into a Southern California hillside last year, investigators said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board investigators described the crash as preventable, the pilot as experienced, and his
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Click here for updates on this story Cranford, New Jersey (WCBS) — A New Jersey man made the most of the snow and turned his front yard into a work of art. People dropped by all day long to take pictures of the 14-foot snow sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial in Cranford, CBS2’s Kevin Rincon
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — A 7-month-old cat named Juicebox is considered lucky to be alive following a dog attack last month. Following what is described as a “novel but highly effective” procedure, Juicebox now has four plastic buttons attached to his face to help his injuries heal. The
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Click here for updates on this story Warminster, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Nearly 30 years ago, a Bucks County community raised tens of thousands of dollars for a reward fund. They hoped it would help solve the murder of two young men. Sadly, it didn’t, but now that money will do good in the community. The
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When Sharon McMahon scrolled through social media in the months leading up to last year’s presidential election, she found herself horrified by the amount of “straight misinformation” filling her feed. “It was just shockingly wrong,” McMahon, a Minnesota mom of four, told CNN. “Like not even a little bit right.” Armed with a passion for
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Click here for updates on this story GRAPEVINE, TX (KTVT) — Scouting turned 111 years old on Monday, Feb. 8, celebrating both a birthday, and a new beginning. Across North Texas, 29 girls celebrated achieving the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout. “I’m really proud of myself that I got everything done in the right amount
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Only in Chicago could this next story have so many people talking. We Zoomed with Adam Selzer outside his place in West Ridge Monday night. He has been freezing pairs of pants such that they stand stiff and upright like the pants the old
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario Louis Vuitton has pulled a sweater it claimed was inspired by the national flag of Jamaica after social media users pointed out that the item featured the wrong colours. The menswear design, which retailed for more than $1,700 (£995) before being removed from Louis Vuitton’s online
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Vineyard, California (KOVR) — A mother and baby are out of the hospital and recovering after being hit by a driver on Super Bowl Sunday. “Before she knew it, her baby is on the ground,” said Harmeen Bassi. And before Harmeen knew it, her aunt and baby cousin
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Click here for updates on this story Oakland, California (KPIX) — A brazen attack on an elderly woman in broad daylight is just one in a series of recent robberies and unprovoked assaults, particularly against Asians in Oakland and San Francisco. New video shows a 71-year-old grandmother walking across the sidewalk when two suspects suddenly
Continue Reading Police fatally shot an armed man in his own back yard after mistaking him for a suspect during a pursuit in Idaho on Monday, police said. The man who was shot and killed was not the suspect, who was found after the incident hiding in a nearby shed, Idaho Falls Police Department Chief Bryce Johnson
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD (WJZ) — A Baltimore County family is hoping to use their loss to raise awareness about teen depression and suicide as schools remain virtual due to COVID-19. Michael Myronuk, Jr., was just 14 years old when he died by suicide last October. “Michael junior was
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Crews for Cole County and Jefferson City continued Tuesday morning to treat roads covered by snow and ice from multiple rounds of wintry precipitation.
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Weather balloons are a tool meteorologists use to collect upper atmosphere data. This helps us determine what kind of precipitation we’ll see, and it can help us determine whether severe weather is a possibility for the day. The Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of Missouri invited me out to participate in one of their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Moline, Illinois (WQAD) — Update: Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson identified the victim of the crash at the Mississippi River in Moline as Francisco Javier Vera Vasquez, 32, from Davenport. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. The crash remains an open and active investigation with Moline Police.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WATERFORD, CT (WFSB) — Waterford police were called to CVS on Thursday afternoon where 10 people from New York showed up to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The Waterford police chief said the people who showed up at CVS were over the age of 70, and somehow had made
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A rare yellow lobster has been caught off the coast of Maine and has been lovingly named Banana. The University of New England (UNE) said in a news release that Banana was caught by lobsterman Marley Babb and donated to the university on Wednesday. The yellow color comes from a pigment in the lobster’s shell
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Forget which comes first, the chicken or the egg. The more important question is: Are eggs good or bad for your health? Unfortunately, science can’t seem to settle on a definitive answer to that either. Just last year, a large Harvard analysis of 215,000 people found that eating one egg per day was not associated
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — After killing a woman and her two young daughters in their Dutchtown home, the woman’s former boyfriend bought a bus ticket to flee east, police said in court records Friday. Ronald S. Marr, 34, was charged with three counts of first-degree
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