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A man suspected of double murder and the infant son he kidnapped were killed Monday after an interstate car chase ended in a police shootout in Biloxi, Mississippi. The murder suspect, identified by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office as 30-year-old Eric Derell Smith, died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. The infant
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Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An emergency meeting was held virtually Wednesday evening to address what community leaders are calling “escalating safety issues” caused by illegal ATVs and street bikes. “People are scared. They are getting swarmed,” said Eleanor Ingersoll, president of Queen Village Neighbors Association and host of the
Continue ReadingThe US Army announced a change to its grooming policy on Thursday, allowing female soldiers to wear ponytails in all uniforms. In January, the Army announced new policies that allowed soldiers to wear ponytails, locs, lipstick and earrings. They were permitted to wear medium-length ponytails on the back of the scalp that did not interfere
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WESTFIELD, New Jersey (WCBS) — There is a major uptick in home burglaries with the intent to steal the car key fobs in several Union County towns. “I just heard some noise from downstairs. I didn’t hear them smash the window, I just kind of heard, like, thumping
Continue ReadingThe husband of a Colorado woman missing since Mother’s Day weekend last year has been charged with her murder, according to court documents obtained by CNN, although officials said her body has not been located. Barry Lee Morphew has been charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and attempting to influence a public servant in
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday suggested he was open to a corporate income tax rate between 25% and 28% to pay for his sweeping infrastructure and jobs proposal, the most concrete view he’s given to date on his negotiating position. “Making sure the largest companies don’t pay zero … and reducing the, the tax cut
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Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Some generous donors have helped a Brooklyn mom out of a jam after her 4-year-old son ordered more than $2,600 worth of popsicles on Amazon. Noah managed to order 51 cases of SpongeBob SquarePants popsicles. Amazon won’t take them back, and Noah’s mom, a
Continue ReadingThe semiconductor industry’s constant challenge is to make microchips that are smaller, faster, more powerful and more energy efficient — simultaneously. On Thursday, IBM announced it has created a 2-nanometer chip, the smallest, most powerful microchip yet developed. Most computer chips powering devices today use 10-nanometer or 7-nanometer process technology, with some manufacturers producing 5-nanometer
Continue ReadingPassengers aboard a vessel that sank near San Diego on Sunday told investigators they each paid thousands of dollars to be smuggled into the US, according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday against the suspected captain of the boat. The boat hit a reef and broke apart near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Here’s a story that will lift you up. It’s about a weightlifter with a background that’s hard to believe. Sometimes to understand where someone is at, you have to see where they’ve been. Matt Schafly is a buff 23 year old, but physically, he used
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday sought to make the case that his sweeping economic proposals are better positioned to bolster the middle class than tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations during a trip to Louisiana. The President stood in front of the Calcasieu River Bridge — a 70-year-old bridge that is 20 years older
Continue ReadingIt was a heavy Mother’s Day surprise on “Red Table Talk” when Willow Smith rounded up her mom’s former metal band for a performance. Jada Pinkett Smith appeared thrilled when her daughter reunited her with Wicked Wisdom, the nu metal band Pinkett Smith founded in 2002. The Mother’s Day episode of the weekly Facebook Watch
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A married couple with a long history of service to their South Side community were the victims of a horrific attack over the weekend. Now friends are rallying to support the couple many say would “give you the shirts off their backs.” Even in this
Continue ReadingThree dollar store chains will make up almost half of all the new stores opening up in the United States this year, a reflection of the dollar store sector’s outsized growth in the retail industry as other chains close shops or stop building new ones. About 45% of the 3,597 store openings that large retail
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Click here for updates on this story WALTHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A statue of Jesus outside St. Charles Chapel on the south side of Waltham was beheaded over the weekend. “It pains me to see any attack on the faith, on the religion of any believers or any church or religion,” Pastor Michael Nolan. A
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Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It’s meant to be a place where guests can kick back, relax, and unmask. “We just wanted to kind of alleviate some of that anxiety kind of being built around the vaccinations. I think a big one was who is vaccinated and who isn’t,” said
Continue ReadingA Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a school bus full of students on its way to Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, the Richland County sheriff said. Sheriff Leon Lott called the incident “a very scary situation,” but said none of the 18 children on board the bus were
Continue ReadingA bubble could be brewing in steel stocks. The pandemic brought the American steel industry to its knees last spring, forcing manufacturers to shut down production as they struggled to survive the imploding economy. But as the recovery got underway, mills were slow to resume production, and that created a massive steel shortage. Now, the
Continue ReadingTo hear Glenn Close tell it, she really doesn’t know a great deal about music. “I think of myself actually as a music ignoramus,” the acclaimed actress told CNN on Tuesday. Interesting, given that she has a new album coming out and a viral music moment from the recent Academy Awards ceremony that people are
Continue ReadingBuilders in the English city of Liverpool have unwittingly uncovered a piece of culinary and local history when an intact menu from 1913 fell from the ceiling during a renovation project. The menu, dated Wednesday January 15 1913 and branded “Yamen Café and Tea Rooms,” was among a number of artifacts discovered in the rafters
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