The largest moon in our solar system is preparing for its first close-up in more than 20 years on Monday. NASA’s Juno mission has been observing Jupiter and its moons since July 2016, and now Juno will come within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers) of Ganymede’s surface. It’s the closest a spacecraft has been to the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The animals at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore are eating really well these days — all thanks to the cicadas. Some of the animals are enjoying the cicadas like fine dining, while others are simply unimpressed. “It’s like a big snack bar,” the zoo’s assistant
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — Santa Cruz County is offering financial incentives to property owners who can offer housing to those currently experiencing homelessness. “We’re really relying on the good heartiness of the Santa Cruz community to help us do that,” Senior Director of Housing Programs at Fremont-based
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Faith leaders in Kansas City said they are outraged by what they saw in the latest video of the fatal police shooting of Malcolm Johnson at a BP gas station on March 25. They said police reforms are needed. “When I saw the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOLDEN GATE ESTATES, Florida (WBBH) — Some Golden Gate Estates are still mourning the loss of a blackbear cub that they named ‘Bailey Cub.’ Bailey was shot and killed in the woods behind homes on 6th Avenue Northeast — more than a year ago on June 2, 2020.
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A man is in custody after law enforcement found drugs, money and a gun while serving a search warrant.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools ended a long difficult school year Thursday. Michelle Baumstark spokeswoman for Columbia Public Schools said this school year was a great example of teachers, students and faculty staying strong and persevering. “Today is really about a celebration of perseverance. A celebration of what our students and our employees were able
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John Warnock Hinckley Jr. spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital after shooting President Reagan in 1981. CNN’s Jean Casarez has the latest on Hinckley’s new YouTube channel.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ARCADIA,California (KABC) — Free Animal Doctor, a nonprofit veterinary clinic, provides much-needed medical services for pet owners. No one is turned away for an inability to pay. Leah Walker is thankful for the clinic. Like many, she says the pandemic has put a strain on finances. “After COVID
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story POMONA, California (KABC) — Authorities say a Pomona woman abused, tortured and then killed her 16-year-old stepson, while the boy’s father did nothing to prevent the abuse. The boy’s death was reported around noon Tuesday in the 600 block of Del Rosa Place, the Pomona Police Department confirmed
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FRIDAY: Sunshine’s here to stay to close out the week. A few passing clouds will roll through this afternoon, but not enough to keep us out of the middle 80’s. TONIGHT: Staying mostly clear tonight with lows settling down in the middle 60’s. EXTENDED: It’ll be another sun-splashed afternoon to kick off the weekend tomorrow. Highs will stretch
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Emily Choi remains shaken after being told to ‘go back to Asia’ while walking with her 20-month-old son in a stroller near her University Village neighborhood Wednesday morning. “It was discouraging to hear that from someone in my neighborhood in front of my son,” she
Continue Reading The American Legion of Ohio said Thursday it is investigating a Memorial Day incident in which a keynote speaker’s microphone was turned off during part of his speech that touched on Black people’s historical role in creating the national holiday. Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter was speaking at the ceremony held by a local
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago alderman is blaming “gang culture” for the shooting of a 14-year-old girl who was walking her dog Wednesday night in Back of the Yards. “If we want our children to be able to grow up, to live and to be able to thrive,
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Joslyn Carlon wore her dad’s firefighting jacket over her graduation gown when she walked across the stage to accept her high school diploma on Thursday, just two days after he was killed in a shooting at his Los Angeles County fire station. Dozens of firefighters dressed in black uniforms lined the entrance to College of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO KTVK) — Phoenix police say a man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a mortuary van with two bodies inside. Authorities received a call from South Mountain Mortuary just before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Employees had left the vehicle alone for a short time while it was
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN TAN VALLEY, Arizona (KPHO KTVK) — A man was arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with a Burger King store manager over a wrong order and loading his gun in the restaurant. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, 50-year-old Carter Mounet, a food delivery driver,
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Some buildings in Minneapolis were vandalized and looted late Thursday and early Friday, police said, amid protests over authorities’ fatal shooting of a suspect during an arrest attempt. While trying to arrest a person wanted on a felony warrant in a parked car in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon, US Marshals task force members shot the
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A top cleric in Germany’s Catholic Church has offered to resign as the Archbishop of Munich, saying he shared “responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse” by church officials. “In essence, it is important to me to share the responsibility for the catastrophe of the sexual abuse by Church officials over the past decades,” Cardinal
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At 2:37 a.m., the Jefferson City Communications Center received a shots fired call in the area of E. McCarty and Lafayette Streets.
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