Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Venice boardwalk is now a huge homeless encampment. There are fights, fires and even shootings. Isabel Storey was walking her dogs and saw the line of tents. “I’m so sad I’m just feeling like our public officials aren’t doing their jobs.” There are
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India is experiencing the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak. The country has had more than 17.6 million cases since the pandemic began last year. But experts fear the the real number could be up to 30 times higher. Grieving families are struggling to keep themselves and their loved ones safe amid an overwhelmed health care system,
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Click here for updates on this story STAMFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Three women from Connecticut will be featured on the CBS show “Mission Unstoppable” on Saturday. Arborists Anna Hernandez Krol, Talia Haik and Meghan Dos Santos will be recognized for their work at the Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens in Stamford. The arboretum includes hundreds of
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The crash happened around 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of Buchanan Street and Morris Street.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A gun control bill is on Governor Kate Brown’s desk after it passed the state Senate Wednesday. Senate Bill 554 has two components; it would require gun owners to keep their firearms stored securely when it’s not being used by the licensed owner, and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A new state bill announced on Thursday would require schools to offer full, in-person learning for students in the upcoming school year. Lawmakers say there’s already widespread agreement that the benefits of in-person learning outweigh the risks of spreading COVID-19, but passing this law
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Lee’s Summit school parents could find school start and end times changing come fall. It’s one of several options being discussed to address an expected shortage in school bus drivers. A school bus now sits along Tudor Road for all to see
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College students hesitant to receive a Covid-19 vaccination may need to rethink their decision. As most colleges in the US inch toward the end of the spring semester, a new procedure is taking shape for their return. More than 100 US colleges and universities have said they will require all their students to get vaccinated
Continue Reading Amnesty International has reversed its decision to strip the jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny of his “prisoner of conscience” status, the human rights group said on Friday. The group had revoked the label from Navalny in February over past comments he had made. The activist has been criticized in some corners for past statements against
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Romanian authorities are investigating after one of Europe’s largest brown bears was allegedly shot and killed by a prince from Liechtenstein. Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein — the 32-year-old nephew of the tiny principality’s reigning Prince Hans-Adam II — is accused of shooting 17-year-old Arthur in March during a hunting expedition. Prosecutors opened an
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Birthdays. Weddings. Graduations. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit last year, we watched as old milestones — and the rituals we depended on to mark them — seemed to vanish into the ether. If you’re like many people, the early days of the pandemic, and the grief contained in them, likely left you feeling adrift. When
Continue Reading A judge has issued a written order to allow the immediate family of Andrew Brown Jr. to see the videos of his fatal encounter with law enforcement. Brown was fatally shot when Pasquotank County deputies were trying to execute warrants on April 21, officials said. The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s office and a media coalition petitioned
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Kidde is voluntarily recalling about 226,000 smoke alarms and combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms over concerns that they can fail to alert users to a fire. The company and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission identified seven affected models on Thursday, advising that customers with those units contact Kidde for a free replacement alarm.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Andrea Brooks is on two feet instead of two wheels after being hurt in a hit and run bicycle crash. “I am lucky to be alive because my bike took a terrible hit, it’s broken completely in three different places,” she said. “I don’t
Continue Reading The kidnappers of at least 20 students abducted in Nigeria have threatened to kill the remaining hostages if their ransom demands are not met, the brother of one of the captives has told CNN. The government has said that five students from Greenfield University in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, have been killed since the group
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — The agreement between Medstar and Daphne to station an ambulance and crew in the city every day has been in effect for more than a month now. It came about after the city voiced its concerns about slow response times for its residents. Things
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China’s annual emissions exceeded those of all developed nations combined in 2019, the first time this has happened since national greenhouse gas emissions have been measured, according to a new report from the Rhodium Group. Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to make his country carbon neutral by 2060, and climate policy is seen as
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — More racial allegations against the Burlington Area School District. This, even as the district is putting together a plan for the future. Parents showed Snapchats and group messages from 13-year-olds, peppered with the n-word. They say their complaints to the schools fell on deaf
Continue Reading Louisiana State University has hired the first African American president in the Southeastern Conference. William Tate IV will begin in July, LSU said on its website. Tate is currently at the University of South Carolina as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, LSU said. “This position is all about what we can do
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — Two Sheboygan teenagers died in a head-on crash involving their car and a semitrailer truck in Columbia County, the State Patrol said. The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 33 and Polinske Road in the town of Marcellon near
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