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When DeShuna Spencer sat in front of her TV to scroll through her options, she noticed a glaring problem: Nobody looked like or was representative of the people she knew. Specifically, there were no Black characters or directors with whom she felt a connection. “I didn’t see my father, my brother, my husband represented,” Spencer
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DOWNEY, California (KABC) — A stolen U-Haul suspect who led police on a lengthy chase across Los Angeles and Orange counties before the truck caught fire on the 91 Freeway was taken into custody in the Downey area Tuesday morning. The pursuit began in the Buena Park area
Continue ReadingBed Bath & Beyond has decided it’s too expensive for some shoppers. It’s trying to change that. The chain has launched a new low-price, in-house brand to compete for bargain hunters who’ve been finding cheaper stuff on Amazon and at Target. The company also wants to expand its private label business, which is more profitable
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO, KTVK) — The wildfire season is expected to be a busy one and over the next two years, alongside fire crews will be prison inmates helping to clear debris. Starting July 1, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (AZDFFM) will be able to start putting
Continue ReadingUS stocks sold off Tuesday and the Dow briefly tumbled more than 600 points around mid-morning, as investors grow increasingly concerned about raw material price spikes, shortages and inflation. Prices are rising all over the place as commodities, shipping costs and more related categories become more expensive. “Although we are coming off a record earnings
Continue Reading“Well, thank you for doing my podcast,” CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says to the first guest in “Chasing Life.” “Did you know I had a podcast?” he jokes. “Yes,” replies his wife, Rebecca. “It comes on my Alexa every day.” At the end of April, Sanjay said goodbye to the “Coronavirus: Fact
Continue ReadingA top Biden administration cybersecurity official warned that cyberattacks on the nation’s infrastructure are “growing more sophisticated, frequent and aggressive,” at a Tuesday hearing focused on a spate of recent incidents impacting the US. “Malicious cyber actors today are dedicating time and resources towards researching, stealing, and exploiting vulnerabilities, using more complex attacks to avoid
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Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Today Mayor London Breed announced a proposal for a new street response team that will provide medical and social service help for people who require immediate assistance, but do not have emergent behavioral health care needs. This proposal is part the City’s effort to
Continue ReadingSeven children were killed and at least 16 people injured on Tuesday after a gunman opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, according to the country’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee. The suspected shooter has been detained, state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing a law enforcement source. Svetlana Petrenko, an official representative
Continue ReadingUS stocks tumbled Tuesday and the Dow sold off more than 600 points around mid-morning, as investors grow increasingly concerned about raw material price spikes, shortages and inflation. Prices are rising all over the place as commodities, shipping costs and more related categories become more expensive. Even though the shortages and global supply issues have
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — The Major Case Squad is investigating the death of a Georgia woman, who was found dead in Madison County early Saturday morning. Tykeisha Marie Dixon (Henderson), 33, of Roswell, Georgia was found dead before 6 a.m. in the road near Route 143 and Goshen
Continue ReadingL Brands has officially given up on seeking a buyer for Victoria’s Secret and is spinning off the struggling underwear brand to become its own publicly traded company instead. As a result, L Brands will now consist of two publicly traded companies — Bath & Body Works and Victoria’s Secret — with the transaction expected
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats are moving ahead this week with a sweeping proposal to rewrite US election laws — a longshot bid meant to counteract the voter restrictions Republicans have passed at the state level. The For the People Act, a version of which has already passed the Democrat-controlled House and is set for debate in the
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s two individual meetings with key Senate Democrats on his infrastructure plan — the first in a series of high stakes meetings at the White House this week — were productive and revolved around shared goals, according to a White House official. Biden hosted Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia for nearly an
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday to include people ages 12 to 15. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States authorized for use in younger teens and adolescents; the vaccine had previously been authorized for people age 16 and older. Covid-19
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NORWICH, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 1-month-old baby died after being attacked by a dog in Norwich on Monday night. Police said around 8:30 p.m. officers responded to a home on McKinley Avenue for the report of a dog attack. When officers arrived, they discovered that the infant had
Continue ReadingThe head of Maryland’s NAACP on Sunday lambasted Gov. Larry Hogan’s posthumous pardon of lynching victims as “political posturing,” criticizing the Republican governor for issuing a blanket pardon of dozens of the state’s Black victims even though many were never convicted of any crimes, but merely charged or accused of wrongdoing before they were killed.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — City leaders expressed frustration over the ongoing gun violence as well as preventable nature of the death of a three-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with a gun over the weekend. The medical examiner’s office identified the boy as 3-year-old Cire J. Walker of Milwaukee.
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is open to sharing coronavirus vaccines and other humanitarian assistance to help North Korea combat the deadly pandemic, according to two sources familiar with internal discussions. Administration officials believe that the North Koreans won’t be ready to engage with the US until the threat from the pandemic has passed, which is one
Continue ReadingUS stocks tumbled out of the gate Tuesday as investors grow increasingly concerned about raw material price spikes, shortages and inflation. Prices are rising all over the place as commodities, shipping costs and more related categories become more expensive. Even though the shortages and global supply issues have been lurking in plain sight for months,
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