By JOHN MACLAUCHLAN Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A man has been taken into custody for a road rage attack in Miami Springs. It happened Friday, September 29th, on NW 42nd Avenue just south of NW 36th Street. According to police, Luis Ruiz Herrera got into some sort of
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Energy Trust of Oregon announced new solar battery storage incentives that can help Oregon homeowners save about one-third or more on the cost of adding battery storage to solar panels. Homeowners can receive incentives up to $3,000 for battery storage or up to $10,000 if they meet income guidelines for Energy Trust’s Solar Within Reach program. Energy
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors in Philadelphia say Monday that more suspects will be charged with smashing into stores last week as law enforcement officials review video of the social-media fueled mayhem. More than 70 people already face a range of charges, such as burglary, conspiracy and riot. The flash mob-style break-ins hit dozens of stores
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia journalist and advocate Josh Kruger was shot and killed at his home early Monday morning, according to police. No weapons were recovered and there have been no arrests, a statement from police says. Kruger, 39, was shot seven times in the chest and abdomen at
Continue ReadingBy TOM DOUGHERTY Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Josh Kruger, a Philadelphia journalist and activist, was shot and killed inside his home in Point Breeze early Monday morning, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Watkins Street. Kruger, 39, was shot seven
Continue ReadingBy PAULEEN LE Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — One person is dead and six others are hurt after a crash involving a Metro Transit bus in Minneapolis Sunday night. The crash happened just outside of Children’s Minnesota hospital in south Minneapolis, at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 25th
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and NewsChannel 21 will be bringing you medical updates and personal stories of survival. Tracee Tuesday begins our special coverage with this look at how to assess your risk. 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Cancer begins in the cells of the breast. A group
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling in which a judge said state agencies aren’t doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming. The Attorney General’s Office on Friday said it is going
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The story of a Black man beaten to death in Indianapolis in a racist 1845 lynching is now part of the city’s cultural trail in the form of a historical marker. The marker describing John Tucker’s lynching was unveiled Saturday by state and local leaders and members of the Indiana Remembrance Coalition.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Federal authorities have revealed a reason for the unusual secrecy surrounding a Pennsylvania man’s guilty plea and prison sentence for attacking police during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. In a court filing on Monday, Justice Department prosecutors say Samuel Lazar supplied the government with information as part
Continue ReadingBy JOSH ELLIS Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — Four people have died after a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Canyonlands Regional Airport north of Moab. Deputies with the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said they received reports of the aircraft going into the ground
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who was the target of a series of police drug raids that led to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has been arrested in Louisville on several drug-related charges. Jamarcus Glover was a former boyfriend of Taylor’s. He was arrested Saturday on multiple drug offenses, including using juveniles
Continue ReadingBROKEN BOW, Okla. (AP) — A woman riding a lawnmower next to an Oklahoma airport runway was killed when she was struck by the wing of an airplane. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Samantha Hayes died Friday at Broken Bow Municipal Airport, about 185 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. The pilot of the single
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday. Police say 39-year-old Josh Kruger was shot seven times at about 1:30 a.m. and collapsed in the
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — If you hear a screeching alert go off on your cell phone – and everyone else’s cell phone – this Wednesday at 2:20 pm ET, don’t panic. The federal government said it will conduct on Wednesday afternoon a nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts.
Continue ReadingBy BETTY YU Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — Acclaimed ballerina Misty Copeland has gone from the stage to the big screen with her new short film. She’s in the limelight this time as actor and producer of Flower, which was shot and set in Oakland. Copeland plays Rose,
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets have told Kevin Porter Jr. that he can not be with the team in any capacity in the wake of his domestic violence arrest last month. Porter was arrested after an alleged attack on his former WNBA player girlfriend Kysre Gondrezick in a
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The high cost of living in California keeps many people out of their own homes. But one Sacramento organization is trying to shift the cultural landscape through an innovative program that turns Black, indigenous and people of color into homeowners in
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups filed their petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sept. 28 in an effort
Continue ReadingBy Kent Taylor Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Eight-year-old Malcolm MacIntyre is always on the move. The third-grade student spends a few hours a week at the Northeast YMCA. His happy place is in the water. “It’s very interactive and you have exercise and you do a lot of
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