Black mother pepper-sprayed in front of her toddler, police say
The Police Accountability Board in Rochester, New York, is calling for fundamental changes in the city’s police department after police said a…
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New body cam video shows man telling officers ‘I can’t breathe’ before he died in 2017
Newly-released police body camera footage shows a California man telling Fresno police officers, county sheriff’s deputies and paramedics that…
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A 12-year-old boy was arrested Thursday evening after a series of attempted armed carjackings and one successful one in Washington, DC. All four…
Continue ReadingFamily trying to bring back father’s body from Puerto Rico after drowning while saving daughters
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connectitcut (WFSB) — A Hartford father lost his life after heroically…
Continue ReadingTom Brady rookie card sells for record $1.32 million
The most expensive trading card in football history, a Tom Brady rookie card, has sold for $1.32 million. FitBit CEO and co-founder James Park made…
Continue ReadingUniversity of South Alabama professors on leave – but some students say that’s not enough
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Responding to a growing controversy over 7-year-old…
Continue ReadingContractor accused of home improvement theft
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — From accused to charged, public records show that a contractor,…
Continue ReadingThree dads, a baby and the legal battle to get their names added to a birth certificate
Meet Ian Jenkins and his partners, Alan and Jeremy. They’re a “throuple”: a committed polyamorous relationship involving three…
Continue ReadingBiggest, fastest-known asteroid to pass by Earth later this month
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — The biggest and fastest known asteroid of 2021 is…
Continue ReadingMilder reinfection may follow severe bouts of COVID-19, study suggests
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — One serious bout of COVID-19 may not be enough to…
Continue ReadingRelatives of inmates protest conditions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Click here for updates on this story MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV) — According to the Department of Public Safety, 75…
Continue ReadingPope Francis condemns extremism as ‘betrayal of religion’
Visiting Ur, the ancient Iraqi city where Jews, Christians and Muslims believe their common patriarch Abraham was born, Pope Francis denounced…
Continue ReadingMark Pavelich, member of ‘Miracle on Ice’ 1980 Olympic hockey team, dies at 63
Mark Pavelich, a member of the “Miracle on Ice” 1980 Olympics US men’s hockey team, has died at age 63. He died in North Sauk…
Continue ReadingFamily gives up on 911 after hearing automated please hold message
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — When you call 9-1-1, you expect to be able to…
Continue ReadingPolice: Good Samaritan robbed when attempting to help what he thought was a stranded motorist
Click here for updates on this story HENRY COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Police are investigating an armed robbery after a…
Continue ReadingTeens help neighbor during ice storm
Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A few weeks ago when that powerful ice storm ripped…
Continue ReadingProfessor hopes to end hunger with ‘food computer’
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — New technology being developed at UNO is helping to put…
Continue ReadingCouple reaches resolution after raccoon arson committed in front of their house
Click here for updates on this story LEBANON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Ellie and John Salahub were in their home…
Continue ReadingAmanda Gorman, inaugural poet, ‘tailed’ by security guard on her walk home
Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, said she was “tailed” and told “you look suspicious” by a…
Continue ReadingA drained swimming pool shows how racism harms White people, too
If you’re a White person who thinks racism only hurts people of color, the story behind an empty, abandoned swimming pool in Missouri might…
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