By Rebekah Nelson Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (WFTS) — Firefighters rescued a mother and her teenage daughter after a St. Petersburg home went up in flames early Wednesday morning. St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said crews responded to the two-story home on Bayside Drive South around 12:30 a.m. When they
Continue ReadingBy Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story KENNEDALE, Texas (KTVT) — Police said they rescued a 2-year-old and a grandmother after a shooting in Kennedale Tuesday night, then were involved in a shootout with the suspect. It happened at an apartment complex around 11:45 p.m. near the intersection of Sublett Road and
Continue ReadingBy Larissa Scott Click here for updates on this story LUTZ, Florida (WFTS) — Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, when four commercial planes were hijacked, killing about 3,000 people in the aftermath. Most of us remember where we were on that day. However, current K-12 students do not— that’s
Continue ReadingBy Alecia Reid Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A number of pizzerias across New York City are honoring 9/11 first responders for answering the call 23 years ago. Half a dozen pizza shops – including Lombardi’s, America’s First Pizzeria, and Prince Street Pizza – have created “Walls
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Rozner, Ali Bauman Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A teacher was arrested after allegedly putting a 5-year-old student in a chokehold at a Manhattan elementary school, police said. Anthony Wicks, 46, is charged with second-degree assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A federal judge in Utah temporarily blocked a social media access law aimed at protecting children’s privacy. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby issued a preliminary injunction against the law on Tuesday. The law would have required social media companies to verify users’ ages and limit features for Utah children to prevent excessive
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Stahl, Brad Nau Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — There’s new hope for people with sickle cell disease, which affects mainly African Americans. It’s gene therapy research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia that’s being called a game changer. The first patient to get the therapy outside a research
Continue ReadingBy Jessica MacAulay, Tom Dougherty, Tom Ignudo, Laura Fay Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Philadelphia leaders gathered to mourn the death of Officer Jaime Roman, who died Tuesday night after he was shot in the line of duty in June. Roman died on Sept. 10 at Temple University Hospital
Continue ReadingKYW By Jessica MacAulay, Tom Dougherty, Tom Ignudo, Laura Fay Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Philadelphia leaders gathered to mourn the death of Officer Jaime Roman, who died Tuesday night after he was shot in the line of duty in June. Roman died on Sept. 10 at Temple University
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Breen Click here for updates on this story NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The wreck of a passenger steamship that sank in 1856 in the Atlantic Ocean has been discovered about 200 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, a New Jersey-based salvage group said. Le Lyonnais was a trans-Atlantic steamship, built in England
Continue ReadingBy Dave Warren Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Inspired by Hurricane Irma, Will Charouhis is planting mangroves to combat the impacts of coastal development. He hopes to restore habitats and educate others one mangrove at a time — and has founded an organization that is working to plant a
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department will not restrict any military funding to Egypt, including funds conditioned on human rights, a State Department spokesperson told CNN Wednesday. The agency informed Congress Wednesday that it intends to provide Cairo with $1.3 billion in foreign military financing assistance, the spokesperson said. Egypt has been accused of
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras and the Associated Press, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake is expected to enter a plea in a driving while intoxicated case related to his June arrest in Sag Harbor, New York, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. Timberlake will appear at a hearing this Friday, marking the singer’s first return
Continue ReadingBy A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, Wisconsin (WDJT) — On her third day of the eighth grade, Hailey Gabrielson took her own life. Her older brother, Jordon, remembers the school resource officer taking him out of class at Watertown High School last Thursday. The officer took Jordon to Riverside Middle
Continue ReadingWDJT, GABRIELSON FAMILY, CNN By A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, Wisconsin (WDJT) — On her third day of the eighth grade, Hailey Gabrielson took her own life. Her older brother, Jordon, remembers the school resource officer taking him out of class at Watertown High School last Thursday. The officer took
Continue ReadingBy Pavlina Osta Click here for updates on this story PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The search continues for a missing Illinois scuba driver off the coast of Pleasant Prairie Wednesday, Sept. 11. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department tells CBS 58, they found a body at the bottom of Lake Michigan in the area of
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said Wednesday he has introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect the Social Security benefits of Americans who have been held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. On August 1, several Americans were released from Russian detention as part of a historic prisoner exchange. These individuals now
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a 2023 law allowing parents to spend taxpayer money on private schools violates the state constitution. The 3-2 ruling prohibits paying tuition or fees with “Education Scholarship Trust Funds,” but allows parents to use that money for indirect private expenses like
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general says records finally given up by Michigan State University don’t reveal anything new about convicted sports doctor Larry Nassar. Attorney General Dana Nessel says it “seems sort of improbable,” but that is the conclusion. Nassar is serving decades in prison for sexually assaulting athletes, mostly female gymnasts.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A mother, grandfather, adult brother and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the starvation death of a 7-year-old disabled boy. The child had bones poking through his skin when he was found dead last year on Christmas. Broward County prosecutors say Deonte Atwell weighed only 7
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