Dad pleads to find missing Yuma son
Six days have gone by since 31-year-old Derek Runnion was last seen, and now his loved ones are begging him to come home or return their phone…
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A man making a video about Philadelphia’s gun violence was shot and killed on the job
A Philadelphia man working on a video about the city’s gun violence became a victim of the story while on the job. Anthony Merriett, 55, was…
Continue ReadingGermany will limit AstraZeneca vaccine to people over 60
Germany will only administer AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to people aged 60 and above, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, following the…
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2 former Texas sheriff’s deputies indicted in connection with Javier Ambler shooting, DA says
A Texas grand jury indicted two former Williamson County deputies Monday in connection with the death of Javier Ambler II, a Black man who died…
Continue ReadingOfficial collapses at NCAA men’s tournament game between Gonzaga and USC
Game official Bert Smith collapsed Tuesday evening in the first half of the men’s NCAA basketball game between No. 6 seed University of…
Continue ReadingChauvin trial witness sums up what George Floyd means for Black people in America
The teenager who filmed former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee into George Floyd’s neck testified that she saw her…
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Local state representatives weigh in on current voting bills
A bill that would remove the “permanent” from permanent early voting is stirring controversy among Arizona Republicans and Democrats alike.…
Continue ReadingA South Dakota wildfire forced hundreds of evacuations while other blazes shut down Mount Rushmore
A wildfire burning near the outskirts of Rapid City, South Dakota, has forced the evacuation of 400 to 500 homes, officials said Monday. The…
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Woman arrested for attempting to smuggle packages of meth and fentanyl
A 27-year-old woman was arrested for attempting to smuggle nearly $129,000 worth of fentanyl and…
Continue Reading Minnesota Supreme Court overturns a felony rape conviction because the woman voluntarily got intoxicated
The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned a felony rape conviction in a ruling last week because the woman was intoxicated by her own will during the…
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Impending doom? We can avoid it
Thank God for vaccines. The Biden administration’s mass vaccination campaign comes just as spring brings warmer weather and longer days,…
Continue ReadingBystanders who witnessed George Floyd die explain their horror and fear at Derek Chauvin’s trial
A professional fighter felt scared. An off-duty firefighter felt desperate. A high school student felt threatened. And a 9-year-old girl felt sad and…
Continue ReadingBystanders who witnessed George Floyd’s death explain their horror and fear at Chauvin’s trial
A series of bystanders who witnessed former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneel on a handcuffed George Floyd testified in court Tuesday…
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Biden in no rush to pick new FDA chief
More than two months into his presidency, President Joe Biden has yet to name someone to lead an agency at the forefront of the coronavirus fight:…
Continue ReadingMars Curiosity rover takes selfie with ‘Mont Mercou’
While the Perseverance rover is testing out its wheels in Jezero Crater before truly beginning its journey on Mars, the Curiosity rover has been busy…
Continue ReadingBoulder Police Officer Eric Talley, killed in grocery store shooting, celebrated in public funeral
Officer Eric Talley was remembered for his love of family and his bravery at a public funeral in Lafayette, Colorado, on Tuesday — one week…
Continue Reading Galapagos airport officials find 185 baby tortoises hidden in a suitcase
Airport authorities in the Galapagos Islands seized 185 newborn tortoises that were found wrapped in plastic in a red suitcase. Officials discovered…
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K-9 finds fentanyl pills stashed in breakfast burritos
Border Patrol agents say smugglers are under the false assumption they can disguise drugs within the food to throw off their canines, but that’s not…
Continue ReadingHubble spies colorful change of seasons on Saturn
Earth isn’t the only planet that experiences a changing of the seasons. The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the colorful transition from…
Continue ReadingAsteroid Apophis won’t impact Earth for at least a century, NASA finds
An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won’t be wreaking any havoc on Earth — at least not this century.…
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