Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — A woman was arrested after coming onto a high school campus in Santa Rosa Wednesday and allegedly assaulting students and a teacher inside a classroom. The incident happened at around 9 a.m. on the campus of Pivot Charter School on Cleveland Ave. Santa
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A strange underwater creature known as the vampire fish is making a comeback to the American River. Just this week, local divers spotted two of them. The vampire fish, otherwise known as pacific lamprey, is long with leather-like skin, and it has teeth. “It looks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — Police in Palo Alto said a coordinated group of at least ten suspects stole more than $150,000 in handbags from the Neiman Marcus store at Stanford Shopping Center Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday at about 12:20 p.m., Palo Alto police dispatch received a second-hand
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story THORNTON, Colorado (KCNC) — Police in Thornton say Travis Butts, 38, was driving under the influence at 102 mph when he ran a red light in March, killing a father and his 7-year-old son. Officers responded to the crash just after 1 a.m. on March 6 at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — An Aurora police officer, Daniel Bertelson, sent a department-wide email this month as he announced his retirement, offering some barbs and harsh assessments of the current climate for law enforcement. “I am leaving Colorado for palm trees and less communism,” wrote Bertelson, who spent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — This week’s Game Changer makes a remarkable comeback a couple of months after a devastating collision on the field. Caeleb Menough is a senior second baseman for the T.C. Roberson Rams. He suffered serious head and facial injuries in an outfield collision
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man armed with a gun robbed a Wells Fargo bank in Asheville on Thursday and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. Asheville police said the suspect entered the Wells Fargo on Merrimon Avenue about 4:45 p.m., threatened employees and customers and
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The Russian military plane touched down in heavy wind and light snow, then slid across the icy tarmac. That the large, four-engine Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter could land at all on the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, is a testament to Moscow’s growing military might in this remote part of
Continue Reading The Nigerian army says it is looking into reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died after blowing himself up to avoid being captured by a rival group. Shekau, the long-time leader of the extremist group — also known as Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad (JAS) — has waged an insurgency in northeast Nigeria
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools graduations start Friday morning at Mizzou Arena, but with some COVID-19 restrictions in place. CPS will be following all the protocols and guidelines the university has in place. Graduates will have the opportunity to have their name called and walk across a designated space. Due to COVID-19, ceremonies will
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In one week, there were nine cases of Covid-19 in fully vaccinated members of the New York Yankees organization: one player, three coaches and five team staff. The revelation has led to questions about vaccine efficacy and fears of super-strength variant strains. But experts say these cases show the vaccine is working, and testing remains
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins in less than two weeks, and NOAA is already predicting we’ll see above-average storm activity for a sixth year in a row. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today”
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May’s “flower” supermoon will grace the sky this Wednesday. This supermoon will be the closest moon to Earth in 2021, according to EarthSky. There are two to four supermoons each year. These lunar events are often a brilliant sight to see because they are brighter and larger than a normal full moon. The definition of
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The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, after a CNN investigation revealed that the soldiers were cutting off critical aid routes. A CNN team traveling through Tigray in late April witnessed Eritrean soldiers, some disguising themselves in old Ethiopian military
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After Ronald Greene’s fatal 2019 encounter with the Louisiana State Police, family members said police told them he died in an auto accident. A preliminary investigative report later said that Greene actually died after resisting and struggling with law enforcement after the chase ended in a crash. Now, more than two years later, body camera
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A bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol has become a point of contention between Democrats and Republicans.
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The US is reporting some of the lowest Covid-19 metrics in nearly a year and officials say we’re finally turning the corner. But vaccination rates have slowed nationwide and are uneven across American communities. For parts of the US, it will be an uphill battle to get more shots into arms. But experts say that
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An Ohio mother is facing an abuse and neglect complaint for allegedly fabricating her daughter’s terminal illness to “obtain funding for trips, housing, and other expenses of the last several years,” according to a complaint filed with the Stark County Family Court. GoFundMe told CNN that the fundraiser, set up by Lindsey Abbuhl to raise
Continue Reading China is once again causing controversy in Africa for doing something that, in theory, should win praise — giving away money. This week, it emerged Beijing had secretly gifted Sierra Leone $55 million to fund a controversial “fishing harbor” on an undeveloped stretch of coastline, which supports the local fishing industry, borders protected rainforest, and
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