WATCH: Protesters block street outside of Matt Walsh's speech in near Saint Louis University
December 02, 2021 at 03:51
Protesters blocked an intersection in St. Louis, where conservative commentator Matt Walsh gave a speech on Wednesday night. The event took place at The Coronado hotel, which is just outside Saint Louis University, where protesters blocked off the intersect...
DeSantis proposes pay increases for Florida officers amid push to recruit cops from out of state
December 02, 2021 at 03:34
Ron DeSantis is proposing pay increases for law enforcement officers statewide and bonuses for first responders as he ramps up efforts to recruit dissatisfied police officers from other states. The Republican governor announced the pay raises while speaking...
Florida killing: Suspect arrested in homicide of 14-year-old boy that police called 'a deliberate act'
December 02, 2021 at 03:06
A suspect has been arrested in the homicide of Ryan Rogers, a 14-year-old boy who left his Florida home for a bike ride on November 15 and never returned. Rogers' killing has been a mystery for the past two weeks after police recovered his body from the sid...
California officials criticize bail rules after Halloween homicide suspects released
December 02, 2021 at 02:51
Northern California officials decried the criminal justice system Tuesday after two suspects in a homicide case were released last month while awaiting trial, putting the spotlight once again on the state's efforts to reform the money bail system. The suspe...
Portland teachers union proposes one 'asynchronous' learning day per week for high schoolers
December 02, 2021 at 02:04
The Portland Association of Teachers is proposing one "asynchronous" learning day per week for high school students, with one early-start or late-release day per week for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. According to The Oregonian, high schools w...
Michigan prosecutor says U.S. is 'desensitized to school shootings' after four students are killed
December 02, 2021 at 01:45
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said Wednesday that the United States has become "desensitized to school shootings" as she announced terrorism and murder charges against 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, who is accused of shooting and killing four studen...
Waukesha Christmas parade killer's mom blames lack of mental health services on tragedy
December 01, 2021 at 23:51
Darrell Brooks ’ mother broke her silence Wednesday in a letter to the media, blaming the tragedy on a lack of mental health services for her son, according to a press report. Brooks was living with his mom, Dawn Woods, 62, when he plowed his red Ford Escap...
The United States of Addiction: Searching for new ways to avoid overdoses
December 01, 2021 at 23:43
To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here(CNN) When US drug overdose deaths hit a shocking 100,000 over a 12-month period, we focused the newsletter on stories from around the country of overdose deaths related to fentanyl . Wednesday's installment of...
Utah girl with autism commits suicide, sparking outrage online over bullying, racism
December 01, 2021 at 22:57
It was the latest in a series of bullying episodes that targeted Izzy, who was autistic and the only Black student in class. Other incidents included harassment about her skin color, eyebrows and a beauty mark on her forehead, her mother said. Tichenor-Cox...
Brian Laundrie's parents seen hiking in Myakkahatchee Creek park following son's death
December 01, 2021 at 22:00
Deceased fugitive Brian Laundrie's parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, on Tuesday, were seen walking in the park where their son's remains were recovered in October. "They go [there] to hike and mourn their son," Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino s...
Christian television network founder and preacher Marcus Lamb, who discouraged vaccinations, dies after being hospitalized for Covid-19
December 01, 2021 at 21:45
(CNN Business) Prominent Christian televangelist and anti-vaccine advocate Marcus Lamb died after being hospitalized with Covid-19, his family announced Tuesday. Lamb founded Christian television network Daystar Television Network in 1997. His wife Joni Lam...
Connecticut university asks physical therapy professor applicants to advocate for 'anti-racist policies'
December 01, 2021 at 21:33
The University of Connecticut is asking applicants for an assistant therapy professor position to consider contributing to the dismantling of "structural racism" and advocating for "anti-racist policies." As part of the responsibilities for individuals hire...
Elizabeth Holmes testifies she reached out to Rupert Murdoch to try to kill a damning Wall Street Journal story
December 01, 2021 at 21:31
(CNN) When Elizabeth Holmes got wind that then-Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou was working on a damning expose that would publish in October 2015 about her blood testing startup Theranos, she went straight to the top in an effort to get the stor...
Waukesha parade suspect Darrell Brooks says he feels 'dehumanized,' 'demonized' in first jailhouse interview
December 01, 2021 at 21:30
EXCLUSIVE: Darrell Brooks Jr. has spent the last 10 days locked up in a Wisconsin jail cell after allegedly mowing through the barricades and into revelers at the Waukesha Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring 62. Now he feels "dehumanized," he...
LA thieves go after baby-strolling mother
December 01, 2021 at 21:25
Follow-home robbers targeted a mother with a baby in a stroller after she opened the gates to her home in Los Angeles, police said. Surveillance video recorded the robbery Sunday evening as the woman returned home from a walk and a silver car with tinted wi...
Wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant fatally shot in Beverly Hills home
December 01, 2021 at 21:17
Jacqueline Avant, the wife of Grammy Award-winning music executive Clarence Avant, was fatally shot early Wednesday in her Los Angeles-area home. Beverly Hills police officers responded to a home just before 2:30 a.m. where they found one person shot. A Net...
Police officers shot, killed in 2021 at all-time high: National Fraternal Order of Police
December 01, 2021 at 21:10
The National Fraternal Order of Police, the world's largest organization of law enforcement officers, on Wednesday reported a record number of police officers shot and killed in 2021. As of Tuesday midnight, the FOP recorded 314 officers shot in the line of...
Accuser testifies Jeffrey Epstein brought her to meet Donald Trump when she was 14; no wrongdoing alleged
December 01, 2021 at 20:56
(CNN) A woman who said she was sexually abused by Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein more than two decades ago testified in court Wednesday that she met Donald Trump when Epstein took her to Mar-a-Lago when she was 14 years old. She did not accuse the fo...
Virginia Giuffre accuses Prince Andrew of 'baseless, defamatory attacks' in civil lawsuit
December 01, 2021 at 20:31
Virginia Giuffre, the American woman who has said Prince Andrew sexually abused her at age 17, accused the royal of launching "baseless, defamatory attacks" in a civil court filing in New York. The claims come as the federal sex trafficking trial for Jeffre...
Dayton gunman Connor Betts 'fantasized about mass shootings, serial killings and murder-suicide': FBI
December 01, 2021 at 20:27
The gunman who killed nine people in a 2019 mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, had "fantasized about mass shootings, serial killings and murder-suicide for at least a decade" before the deadly attack, the FBI disclosed Monday, announcing the close of its invest...