Editor’s Note 2/10/24 — Police charged 15-year-old Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa as an adult after this story was filed. Click here to read more. NEW YORK— A teenager was arrested Friday in connection witha shooting that wounded a tourist in New York City’s Times Squareon Thursday night. It was a manhunt for most of the day before U.S. Marshals found the …
Read More »Local News
Legendary Black musician Charles Burrell honored through curriculum at Aurora school: Be like Charlie
On any given weekday, inside an Aurora classroom, you can find students producing their own masterpieces: from singing a cappella duets to scratching over beats, even creating music podcasts talking about their current favorite artists. Each project encompasses the spirit of Denver musical legend Charles Burrell, as part of a school in his namesake. “He broke the barrier,” Burrell Arts …
Read More »Founder of Bostons African American Ball embraces "full circle" moment
BOSTON – The African American Ball was Michael Blakely’s offering to his community in the wake of a tragedy. He had been taking care of his elderly mother at the time and came home to take a shower. He turned on the news and saw yet another story about young shooting victims in Mattapan. It crushed him. “I’m viewing the …
Read More »Man arrested for running onto LAX airfield
Police arrested a man after he ran onto the LAX airfield Wednesday night. It happened at about 8:10 p.m. when people spotted the man running between Tom Bradley and West Gates Terminal. Authorities said the man walked through one of the security doors at the West Bradly Terminals. Officers followed the man out of the security gate as he made …
Read More »Disneys free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis dismissed but second lawsuit still pending
TALLAHASSEE— A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, leaving the company’s remaining hopes of regaining control of the district that governs Walt Disney World to a separate state court challenge. U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor in Tallahassee said in his decision that Disney lacked standing in its First Amendment lawsuit against the …
Read More »Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares for its final liftoff
Excitement is in the air as the Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares to move into its permanent home at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. “This feels surreal. It’s been so long I’ve been waiting 34 years for this moment,” said Kenneth Phillips, curator of aerospace science at the California Science Center and one of the brains behind this first-of-its-kind …
Read More »Charges: Man dressed like UPS worker killed 3 inside Coon Rapids home
COON RAPIDS, Minn. —A 37-year-old Fridley man was allegedly dressed as a UPS worker before fatally shooting three people inside a Coon Rapids home last week. Alonzo Mingo was charged on Monday in Anoka County District Court with three felony counts of second-degree murder in connection to Friday’s killings. According to the county sheriff’s office, authorities received a 911 call …
Read More »Donald Trump to stay on Illinois ballot; board declines to remove him over insurrection clause of 14th Amendment
CHICAGO (CBS) — Former President Donald Trump’s name will stay on the ballot in the March primary in Illinois, after the state’s election board ruled Tuesday it doesn’t have the authority to determine whether he violated the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. At a hearing Tuesday morning, the Illinois State Board of Elections agreed with a hearing officer’s recommendation …
Read More »New renovations unveiled at the Zekelman Holocaust Centers grand re-opening event
(CBS DETROIT) –The grand re-opening ceremony at the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills marked the historic transformation of its core exhibit. The event also showed the importance of remembering the Holocaust. As Edith Kozlowski, a Holocaust survivor, took the stage to celebrate the Zekelman Holocaust Center’s exhibits, she and others who lived through that horrific time, were present to …
Read More »American Heritage Museum in Hudson unveils rail car used during WWII for Holocaust Remembrance Day
HUDSON – A German rail car from 1913 that was used to transport Holocaust victims sits on display at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, showing a dark chapter of human history. “Well, it’s important people that understand what the Holocaust is all about. I mean it was the ultimate discrimination when six million Jews were put to death. And …
Read More »