By Kate Amara, Barry Simms Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The jury reached a verdict in the case of a man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend, who was reported missing in May 2017. The jury found Michael Robertson guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Following a 10-day criminal trial rife with racial and political overtones, a Baltimore teenager was found guilty Thursday of voluntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a baseball bat-wielding driver who approached youths washing windshields at a busy downtown intersection last summer. Throughout the trial, defense attorneys
Continue ReadingBy Pooja Lodhia Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A west Houston bookstore owner has filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas over a new law that requires booksellers to evaluate and rate books for sexually explicit conduct before selling them to schools. Books deemed “sexually explicit” will be
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a whole-of-government approach to protecting communities and workers from what he called the “real crisis” of extreme heat amid a recent spate of high temperatures and 150 million Americans are under heat alerts. “Part of the reason we’re here today is to get
Continue ReadingBy Anum Siddiqui Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — Volunteers with the nonprofit, AMAANA, are spending the next few days packing school bags full of supplies for their students. AMAANA stands for American Muslims for Accessibility Advocacy and Nurturing Acceptance. The organization launched less than a year ago and
Continue ReadingBy KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone says it is working with neighboring countries to step up the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea after a Chinese fishing vessel was hijacked in its waters earlier this week. Twenty-three crew members on board Shenghai-2, including six Chinese nationals, were
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — For three decades, nobody knew for certain what happened to 12-year-old Jennifer Odom after she got off a school bus on a typical day in 1993. The girl was found dead in a Florida orange grove not long after. Now, authorities in Hernando County say
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Agotado por la presión de tener éxito como fotógrafo, Litsky Li aceptó una oferta mejor: dejar el trabajo para convertirse en una de las legiones de niños en crecimiento de China a quienes sus familias pagan para quedarse en casa. Li, de 21 años, ahora pasa sus días comprando comestibles
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At least 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to red meat since 2010 because of a weird syndrome triggered by tick bites. That’s according to a new government report. But health officials believe more have the problem and don’t know it, and the
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil
Continue ReadingBy WESH Staff Click here for updates on this story PORT ORANGE, Florida (WESH) — An 11-year-old child was arrested by Volusia County sheriff’s deputies for allegedly making a false report that her friend was kidnapped. According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, the Port Orange girl texted 911 Wednesday morning that a man driving
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Versatile running back Roger Craig, and two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan advanced to the next stage of consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The selection committees cut down the list of candidates from 31 seniors and 29 coaches and contributors to 12
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Officers walked up to a car stopped in a moving lane of traffic overnight and found a man shot to death inside. It happened around 3 a.m. Thursday in the 300 block of Neal Street at Howard Drive in southeast Houston.
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Ammon Bundy, the Idaho-based anti-government activist who captured national attention seven years ago when he led an armed occupation of federal land in Oregon, has been ordered to pay $26 million dollars to a Boise hospital, its CEO, a doctor and a nurse practitioner. Bundy had accused them of
Continue ReadingBy WGAL Staff Click here for updates on this story UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A woman was injured in a collision with a firetruck on Tuesday in Cumberland County. Upper Allen Township Police said the crash happened around 7:15 p.m. on the 1200 block of East Lisburn Road, which is near Gutshall Lane.
Continue ReadingBy WISN Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Four children were shot and two of them died in the 24 hours between Monday and Tuesday in Milwaukee. Celeste Cummings lost her son, Raul Rios, to the gunfire. Her family is dealing with this unimaginable loss, felt by too many families
Continue ReadingBy Randall Kamm Click here for updates on this story HILLVIEW, Kentucky (WLKY) — A form of modern slavery takes place every day in cities and towns across the county. Law enforcement officials describe human trafficking as a situation where force, fraud or coercion is used to make someone have sex for money against their
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has decided to allow the US to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, two US officials and a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The decision comes after months of internal debate and marks a
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Autoridades de Ecuador incautaron 13 armas largas, una granada, 1 lanza granadas, 6.001 municiones, 127 celulares, 5 chalecos antibalas, más de US$ 4.000 en efectivo y hasta 6 radios de comunicación, entre otras en los operativos en el Centro de Privación de Libertad Guayas Número 1, informó este jueves
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are accusing a former Tennessee state senator of intentionally delaying his sentencing after the Republican unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw his guilty plea to federal campaign finance laws. Earlier this spring, Brian Kelsey announced that he pleaded guilty with an “unsure heart and confused mind”
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