Click here for updates on this story LAKE WORTH, Florida (WPBF) — Outside the Palm Beach County Food Bank, dozens of local charitable agencies were stopping by for their routine pickup. Director of Development Ellen Vaughan said they are serving over 200,000 Palm Beach County residents. Since the start of the pandemic, the need for
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert made it his mission to walk all of Pittsburgh’s 90 neighborhoods. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Chris Lovingood was able to catch up with Schubert on Mount Washington Tuesday morning. Chief Schubert captures his experiences in the neighborhoods on camera
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (WYFF) — New details were released Tuesday about a fire at a Spartanburg County apartment complex on Monday. Westview-Fairforest Fire Department, Spartanburg Fire Department and Tyger River Fire Department responded to The Grove off Highway 29 around 6:30 p.m. At least seven units were damaged.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Nearly six months after the Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to take down a controversial statue, workers removed the “The Emancipation Group” sculpture Tuesday morning. The statue, also known as the “Freedman’s Memorial,” depicts a freed slave kneeling at President Abraham Lincoln’s feet. It had
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CANTON, Mississippi (WAPT ) — Canton police are investigating a shooting that killed a man, his pregnant sister and her unborn baby, and also injured a toddler. Canton police were called about 1:25 a.m. Tuesday to a home on Chestnut Alley by a 15-year-old who was hiding in
Continue ReadingThe number of patients hospitalized across the US with Covid-19 is the highest it’s ever been — and at this rate health experts warn some hospitals may have to ration nurses, respirators and care. And in Los Angeles County, where a crush of cases have filled hospitals’ intensive care units for days, at least five
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Boeing 737 Max has returned to passenger service in the US this morning for the first time since two fatal crashes grounded the jet in March 2019. American Flight 718 departed the Miami International Airport at approximately 10:40 ET this morning. American Airlines is initially using the airliner on a single route between Miami and
Continue ReadingIfi Akpandak has a new venture he hopes will make it easier for Americans to find and support Black-owned restaurants in their local communities. The 29-year-old VueBox co-founder and CEO launched a company called Brava in New York City a week ago after realizing over the summer that many of his friends and colleagues looking
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO Staff) — The St. Paul Police Department is reviewing its policy on how officers are able to express political views. The review comes after an officer decorated a private vehicle with the sticker of a far-right group known as the Three Percenters, a militia group that
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new app being used in Hennepin County could keep people out of jail. The county’s public defender’s office is partnering with Uptrust, a two-way messaging app specifically for defense attorneys and their clients. Mary Moriarty, Hennepin County’s chief public defender, sees Uptrust as a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story REDONDO BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Every other week, Rozanna Handrich stands on the sidewalk and looks up to her grandmother’s balcony at her Redondo Beach apartment complex. It’s often the only social interaction 95-year old Klara Kharkats gets now that she stays inside to protect herself from COVID.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LITTLETON, Colorado (KCNC) — A 15-year old boy in Littleton is in need of a kidney for the second time in his life. From the outside looking in, 15-year-old Joe Wren is your typical high schooler with a deep passion for country music. While he often plays covers
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PITKIN COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the Black Hills Energy system, leaving about 3,500 customers in the Aspen area without heat or water on Monday. A multi-jurisdictional investigation is underway with the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, Aspen Police Department and FBI. “This incident
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PARKER COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A horrible, multi-vehicle crash northwest of Fort Worth has taken the life of a mother and two young children. According to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the 25-year-old mother, 7-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl all were killed in the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM Staff) — A South Side Lyft driver says his own passenger carjacked him, and the police later found his car wrecked. Then, thanks to Lyft’s insurance policy, he was told to pay a $2,500 deductible to get reimbursed for the car. The driver says one of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM Staff) — A transgender woman was shot and killed in East Chatham on Christmas Day, and her family and friends spoke out Monday only to CBS 2. They told CBS 2’s Tara Molina her homicide is a possible hate crime. She was listed as a John
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The controversial Emancipation Group Memorial in Boston’s Park Square was removed Tuesday morning. The statue depicts a formerly enslaved Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln. Critics said the memorial was racist and demeaning. Dorchester native and social media influencer Tory Bullock started a petition
Continue ReadingHis mood darkened as soon as he walked into his members-only club Mar-a-Lago, three days before Christmas, according to multiple sources. The changes to his private quarters, many of which were overseen by his wife, first lady Melania Trump, were not to President Donald Trump’s liking, and he was mad about it, according to a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officials from the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland are trying to identify victims who may have lost money as part of a $28 million Ponzi scheme based in Maryland. In a news release, the FBI said three people, Dennis
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Dozens of firefighters battled flames in sub-freezing temperatures early Tuesday to stop a stubborn fire that caused an estimated $500,000 in damage to a Hampton Inn hotel nearing completion near the Redmond Airport, officials said.
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