By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story LINDEN HILLS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Neighborhoods all around are decked out for Halloween, but for one Linden Hills family, their blow-up pumpkin was more than just decoration. It brought so much joy, until it was stolen. “We opened the shades and the kids screamed ‘the
Continue ReadingBy Shanti Lerner Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSTU) — Clean and reliable restrooms can be hard to come by when you’re out or traveling. So, imagine finding one named “The Best Restroom in America.” The restrooms at a Maverik in Salt Lake City, located at 279 S. 5600
Continue ReadingBy Pauleen Le Click here for updates on this story WOODBURY, Minnesota (WCCO) — A substitute teacher at Woodbury High School is accused of reenacting the murder of George Floyd in class with students earlier this week. In a letter to families, principal Sarah Sorenson-Wagner said the incident happened on Monday. She said it was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, whose chart-topping British boy band generated a global following of swooning fans, was found dead Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, local officials said. Buenos Aires police said in a statement that Payne fell from the third
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a pregnant Arkansas woman and trying to pass off the dead woman’s fetus as her own stillborn baby. Amber Waterman of Pineville, Missouri, is not eligible for parole under the two life terms ordered Tuesday. The 44-year-old pleaded guilty
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — It may not be the end of baseball at the Oakland Coliseum if fans have it their way. Many are hoping the Tampa Bay Rays make the trek to the West Coast after Hurricane Milton destroyed their ballpark. According to the
Continue ReadingKGO By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — It may not be the end of baseball at the Oakland Coliseum if fans have it their way. Many are hoping the Tampa Bay Rays make the trek to the West Coast after Hurricane Milton destroyed their ballpark. According to
Continue ReadingBy Trevor Sochocki Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — If you listen closely and cut out the construction, traffic and chatter of the city, you can hear the billion or so birds that migrate every year. “We’ll see birds like indigo buntings, painted buntings,” said the Dallas Zoo’s Director of Conservation,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Thursday that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as “a hostile state” for the first time, two days after it blew up front-line road and rail links that once connected the country with the South. The back-to-back developments indicate North Korea is intent on
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Four months after the Supreme Court tossed out a high-profile challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone, and as abortion access is a major flashpoint in the presidential election, three conservative states are following through on a promise to bring the issue back to the forefront with a new lawsuit. The states –
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) – Columbia University has temporarily banned pro-Israel professor Shai Davidai from campus for “repeatedly harassing and intimidating” school employees, according to a university spokesperson. “Because Assistant Professor Davidai repeatedly harassed and intimidated University employees in violation of University policy, we have temporarily limited his access to campus while he undertakes appropriate training on our policies governing
Continue ReadingBy Mike Darnay, Lauren Linder Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A memorial plaque honoring the 11 victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting has been stolen from outside Taylor Allderdice High School in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. A Pittsburgh Public Schools spokesperson says the plaque was recently discovered missing,
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandra Gonzalez, Jessie Yeung, Amarachi Orie, Dan Heching, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Former One Direction band member Liam Payne died at age 31 on Wednesday after falling from the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to police. The exact circumstances surrounding his death are
Continue ReadingBy Tony Aiello Click here for updates on this story YONKERS, New York (WCBS, WLNY) — A retired NYPD detective shot and killed his wife before dying by suicide Wednesday, Yonkers Police say. Officers were sent to a home on Chittenden Avenue just after 7 a.m. for a report of an unconscious person, according to
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives, according to a landmark new report. Decades of destructive land use and water mismanagement have collided with the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that Canada’s national police force went public with its allegations against Indian diplomats this week because it had to disrupt violent acts in Canada including drive-by-shootings, extortions and even murder. The Royal Canadian Police said Monday it had identified India’s top diplomat in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice presidential candidate JD Vance said “no” former president Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election “by the words” the Ohio Republican would use, when asked Wednesday what message it sends to independent voters that he has not directly answered that question. “On the election of 2020,
Continue ReadingBy Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — One day after unveiling its official franchise name, Boston’s new National Women’s Soccer League team is apologizing for its “Too Many Balls” promotional campaign that accompanied the rollout. The BOS Nation Football Club shared the minute-long video on social media Tuesday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after holding a hearing on challenges to the rules. The rules that Cox invalidated include three that
Continue ReadingBy David Wade Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It’s election season and people are getting barraged with political text messages. WBZ-TV addressed this issue in May, but a successful business owner from Massachusetts came up with a solution he thinks could solve the problem permanently. During WBZ-TV’s original story, a
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