The three Tacoma Police Department officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis are out of jail after posting bail Friday. Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine all face a first-degree manslaughter charge, while Burbank and Collins also are charged with second-degree murder after Ellis died when they tried to arrest him more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — In honor of National Foster Care Month, author and foster-turned-adoptive mom Marcy Bursac joined News 4’s Paige Hulsey, along with Hollywood star Sherry Hursey to talk about the importance of foster care parents and the potential to bring foster children into forever homes.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SMYRNA, TN (WSMV) — Multiple agencies continued to search through the night for a small jet that crashed into Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna on Saturday morning. Emergency officials said there were major developments or discoveries as of Sunday morning. The lead investigator from the National Transportation Safety
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Portland Police Bureau arrested a man they said carried guns and other weapons onto a TriMet bus on Saturday afternoon. PPB said just before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, officers responded to Southwest Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and Southwest Bertha Boulevard on a report of someone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — It’s been a year since major marches hit the streets of Portland. Those marches for social justice, specifically those lead by Rose City Justice we saw last summer, are making a comeback. “We’re aiming for around once a month. It’s a lot of effort
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — A hit-and-run crash in St. Louis County left a young boy dead and a woman in critical condition late Saturday night. Police said a woman, who was carrying a baby in a car seat, and a 2-year-old boy were walking across the
Continue Reading UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married fiancée Carrie Symonds in a wedding carried out in secrecy at Westminster Cathedral in London. The “small ceremony” took place on Saturday afternoon, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesman added that the couple will celebrate again with family and friends next summer. The stealth affair, described by
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that there needs to be “a clear direction” on infrastructure talks by the time Congress returns from its recess next week, calling ongoing negotiations over the administration’s sweeping proposal “encouraging” while stressing that the public expects action on the issue soon. “This week Congress is out of Washington, but
Continue Reading The 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place Sunday. Last year, the event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was postponed and held without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year, it’s expected to be the most-attended sporting event since the pandemic’s start. Event organizers expect 135,000 fans to attend — approximately 40% of the
Continue Reading One of Charlton Heston’s greatest performances came not in a Hollywood film but on a convention stage where he electrified a crowd of gun-rights enthusiasts. Heston was president of the National Rifle Association in May 2000 when he spoke at the group’s national gathering in Charlotte. The actor described gun owners as patriots and said
Continue Reading An Indianapolis police officer and a suspect in a separate shooting were wounded in an exchange of gunfire following a vehicle chase Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The female officer, who was shot several times, was released from a hospital after treatment, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said. The suspect was in critical condition at a
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Texas Republican lawmakers moved closer Sunday to imposing a slew of new restrictions on voting, as state Senate members voted along party lines to adopt legislation that would make mail-in voting more difficult and prohibit the after-hours and drive-through options that voting rights advocates said helped Black and Latino voters in the Houston area cast
Continue ReadingJason Dupasquier, a 19-year-old Swiss Moto3 rider, has died after being involved in a serious crash during Saturday’s qualifying session at the Italian Grand Prix, MotoGP announced on Sunday. “Dupasquier was involved in a multi-rider incident between Turns 9 and 10, with the session Red Flagged thereafter,” the statement read. “FIM Medical Intervention Vehicles arrived
Continue ReadingA maskless Memorial Day weekend is a huge deal. People are traveling, Covid-19 cases are down across most of the country and vaccines have made their way into millions of arms. And while glimpses of normalcy are exciting to see, one health expert is warning that the millions of people who have not been vaccinated
Continue ReadingBeginning in 1973, when he was a United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden had a ritual: nearly every evening he would hop a train back to Wilmington after his work day on Capitol Hill, spending most nights and weekends at the place he considered home, 100 miles from Washington. Doing so earned him the
Continue ReadingBy now, Simone Biles was supposed to be enjoying retirement at the ripe old age of 24. The 25-time world medalist previously said she would retire after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — capping an illustrious career in a sport in which many gymnasts struggle or retire by the time they turn 20. But the pandemic
Continue Reading We are here to make sure you don’t embarrass yourself. Inevitably, someone says something demonstrating confusion over the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Allow us to explain it to you. Related: Veterans reveal personal stories about why they serve Memorial Day: Celebrated the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is the holiday set
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at Mad Cow Disease, a fatal brain disease found in cattle. Facts It has been linked to a fatal brain disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The official name of mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). BSE lesions are characterized by sponge-like changes seen under an ordinary microscope.
Continue ReadingTech stocks are showing investors how durable they can be, bouncing back from two sharp sell-offs this year to continue a dramatic surge that has seen the Nasdaq more than double since March 2020. The Nasdaq is now up 6.6% this year, despite the wobbles caused by inflation fears. The first stumble of 2021 left
Continue ReadingManchester City stars Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker both received racist messages on Instagram after losing 1-0 to Chelsea in the Champions League final on Saturday. Facebook, which owns Instagram, said the abuse sent to the players was “abhorrent” and said it acted swiftly to remove a number of comments and accounts for breaking its
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