By Web staff Click here for updates on this story ROCKWALL, Texas (KTVT) — Law Enforcement officials detained five Royce City High School students for participating in the TikTok ‘Orbeez Challenge’ on March 25. The viral challenge involves using air guns to shoot Orbeez — gel beads that expand in water — at people. The
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Since the start of this year, a series of advertisements have appeared on television screens and billboards across the United States, with ominous warnings to texters.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DANVERS, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The North Shore NAACP is demanding changes in the Danvers Police Department because of a hazing scandal involving the high school hockey team. A Danvers officer was the coach at the time. In a public meeting Thursday night, a representative from
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Parole has been recommended for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976. Two parole commissioners acted Friday in the case of 70-year-old Frederick Woods. Gov. Gavin Newsom can send the decision to the
Continue ReadingBy DOROTHY TUCKER, CAROL THOMPSON Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Joseph Walawski opened a mattress shop in the 5700 block of busy West Fullerton Avenue three years ago. “I enjoy selling mattresses,” he said. But it’s been a struggle. Walawski has had to juggle other jobs with trying to get
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer New revelations of efforts by conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to reverse the 2020 election results cast harsh light on the justices’ opaque process for dealing with conflicts of interest and their lack of a formal code of
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Nonprofits are always looking for ways to generate interest and help their cause. Then there are the business owners that believe in taking a proactive stance when helping their community.
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The U.S. Marine Corps’ slogan ‘The Few and the Proud’ says it all. Only a small select few enlist in the armed forces.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city’s West Side Thursday evening. Police said at 6:32 p.m., the driver – a 30-year-old man – picked up three men
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — In an effort to put the brakes on the rowdy late night, sometimes violent, behavior of the spring break crowds on Miami Beach, a curfew has gone into effect in the city’s entertainment district. The nightly curfew started at 11:59 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN Baked, fried, roasted, mashed, creamy, crunchy, salty and starchy — potatoes seem designed to appeal to everyone, and I’d be hard-pressed to find a person who’s not a fan. After all, as author A.A. Milne wrote, “(I)f a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”
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President Joe Biden told American troops on a deterrence mission near the border with Ukraine that the consequences of the raging conflict 50 miles away could extend around the world.
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Parole recommended for last California inmate who participated in 1976 school bus hijacking.
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Miami-Dade Animal Services is urging dog owners to keep a watch on their pets out in public as a new highly contagious disease spreads across South Florida.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Miami-Dade Animal Services is urging dog owners to keep a watch on their pets out in public as a new highly contagious disease spreads across South Florida. It’s called Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRDC). “Canine infectious respiratory disease complex is
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Arizona has long been fertile ground for a social conservative agenda, with some of the nation’s toughest laws against abortion and history of restricting LGBTQ rights.
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The FBI is offering a $15,000 reward for information on a January 6 fugitive accused of assaulting multiple officers during the attack on the US Capitol, who the agency has been trying to arrest since June. Jonathan Daniel Pollock — one of a group of Floridians accused of
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Washington state man who admitted organizing a rim-to-rim hike at Grand Canyon National Park for 139 people when the size of groups is limited has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the 2020 trip. Joseph Don Mount pleaded guilty to violating the limit on group size and was
Continue ReadingCNN, WKMG By Christina Maxouris, CNN He was a gentle giant who always supported others. A teammate often turned mentor. A kind and funny friend, always soft-spoken. That’s how friends and family in a Missouri vigil remembered 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who died last Thursday when he fell off an amusement park thrill ride while on
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The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions.
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