By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Crocs is accusing Walmart, Hobby Lobby and other companies of copying its iconic clog. The shoemaker filed four trademark infringement lawsuits last week in several US district courts against about 20 companies it alleges are violating its trademarks and other intellectual properties on the shoes. In one of the lawsuits,
Continue ReadingCrocs CEO Andrew Rees acknowledges Crocs aren’t for everyone but that the company welcomes the “tension” the criticism brings. He also addresses the company’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2030.
Continue ReadingBy Shaun Boyd Click here for updates on this story DEARFIELD, Colorado (KCNC) — There’s a growing effort to save a ghost town in Weld County that, at one time, was the most well-known African American settlement in the country. The town of Dearfield is located about 30 miles East of Greeley on U.S. 34.
Continue ReadingBy Kennedi Walker Click here for updates on this story DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — Jessica Bishop and Edgar Coronado are taking downsizing to a new level. They’re trading in their 1,100-square-foot home for life in a 300-square-foot school bus. The tiny home cost about $18,000 and took approximately nine months to build. It comes with
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Illinois (WBBM) — For the first time, dash cam video has been released of a traffic stop in Aurora last month in which a police officer was attacked. Aurora police said late on the night of Monday, June 21, an Aurora police officer pulled
Continue ReadingBy Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story DOLTON, Illinois (WBBM) — Exclusive video shows an attendant at a Dolton gas station beating a woman who said she only wanted to use a bathroom. Be warned that the video is graphic. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the video also sparked protests about
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden celebrated what he called “a day of hope” Thursday before signing the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill that aims to provide assistance for crime victims, including counseling expenses, medical bills and lost wages. Biden thanked lawmakers of both parties
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story GARDINER, Maine (WBZ) — Authorities in Maine seized four pounds of cocaine made to look like cake on Tuesday. Agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency stopped a man and woman on I-295 and said they discovered “a significant amount of cocaine in their vehicle.”
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Fiandaca Click here for updates on this story AMESBURY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Some staff and residents at Vero Health and Rehabilitation in Amesbury are sounding the alarm about what they say is poor quality of care. A health care provider who didn’t want to be identified told the I-Team, “I wouldn’t be here
Continue ReadingBy Kate Merrill Click here for updates on this story WAREHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Wareham is generally all about the cranberries as cranberry growers control more than 30-percent of the land in town. However, it is not cranberries, but rather popcorn that controls Justin Cherman, owner of “Thank You Popcorn” in Wareham. “I’ve always loved
Continue ReadingBy Denise Koch Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — What did you do during the pandemic? One local cartoonist has quite the answer. Barbara Dale used the materials she had at hand to chronicle a year none of us will ever forget — and the materials at hand just happened
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The Bootleg Fire started on the Chiloquin Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest on Tuesday, July 6. The lightning-sparked fire was first reported as a “small smoke” on Fuego Mountain, white in color, and estimated at one-quarter acre in size.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Two Iranian ships that once appeared to be headed to Venezuela are now in the Baltic Sea approaching the Russian city of St. Petersburg, according to MarineTraffic, a website that tracks ships. The position of the ships, including the floating military base called the Makran, indicate they are
Continue ReadingCNN’s Ed Lavandera visits a Las Vegas barbershop amidst rising cases of Covid-19 in Nevada. After several unvaccinated employees were infected, business owner Robert Taylor set up a vaccine site at his shop.
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN At Robert Taylor’s Las Vegas barbershop, the buzzing sounds of clippers and friendly banter are a welcome return to normalcy after a small Covid-19 outbreak among his staff. Three of his barbers were out sick with Covid-19 in the last month. Two have been able to return to
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1926 Death date: November 25, 2016 Birth place: Biran, Cuba Birth name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz Father: Angel Castro, landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage: Dalia Soto
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Prince may have left us five years ago, but his music lives on and remains always right on time. His estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, have debuted a previously unreleased song by the late legend, titled “Hot Summer.” The single is from “Welcome 2 America,”
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Portland’s City Council has approved a $600,000 payment to the family of a man police shot to death after a foot chase that consultants later criticized as a police policy violation.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El gobierno chino no participará en una segunda fase de la investigación de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre los orígenes del covid-19, anunció el jueves un alto funcionario de salud, luego de que se incluyera en la propuesta la posibilidad de que el virus se filtró desde un laboratorio
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville man accused of killing a 3-year-old and her father in 2020 is back behind bars. Kevon Lawless is in custody at Louisville Metro Corrections, records confirm. The Commonwealth’s Attorney also confirmed Lawless is back in custody. Less than two
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