Police have charged a 25-year-old man with first-degree murder after they say he shot and killed a 5-year-old boy last week in Wilson, North Carolina. Austin Hinnant told CNN affiliate WRAL he was inside the home when his son, Cannon, was playing outside and was shot. Hinnant says he ran outside and scooped up the…… MORE
New York City’s tribute to honoring victims of the September 11 attacks has been canceled this year due to Covid-19 concerns, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum announced Thursday. “This incredibly difficult decision was reached in consultation with our partners after concluding the health risks during the pandemic were far too great for the large crew…… MORE
Charlotta Bass strode onto a stage in Chicago and gave a speech as the first Black female candidate for vice president. As a candidate for the nation’s second-highest office under the Progressive Party ticket in 1952, she addressed convention attendees on March 30 that year. “I stand before you with great pride,” she said. “This…… MORE
The FBI is asking the public’s help in locating a missing Georgia mom whose son was found wandering barefoot in Florida last month. Leila Cavett, 21, was last seen July 26 in South Florida just hours before her 2-year-old son, Kamdyn, was found walking without shoes in an apartment complex in Miramar, according to George…… MORE
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to deny Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to be told the identities of the women who allege the former British socialite and girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein recruited, groomed and ultimately sexually abused them as young girls. In a letter to the judge, prosecutors also said the judge should reject Maxwell’s request…… MORE
Manhattan prosecutors in Cuba Gooding Jr.’s groping case said in court Thursday that more women have come forward with accusations of unwanted touching by the Oscar-winning actor, bringing the total number of women to come forward to 30. The prosecution and defense clashed over whether defense attorneys could question a victim ahead of the trial…… MORE
An investigation by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company into a Monday gas explosion in northwest Baltimore that killed two and injured seven has found that it was not the result of faulty pipes or equipment, the company, better known as BGE, said in a press release issued Thursday. “BGE has found that all of its…… MORE
The NCAA has officially canceled fall championships — a decision that could potentially push fall sports to the spring. “We cannot now at this point have fall NCAA championships,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday via Twitter. Last week, the NCAA Board of Governors announced that if 50% of eligible teams in a particular sport,…… MORE
It was a real whodunit when a stash of beer and gum from the 1980s was discovered behind the walls of the Mystery section at a Washington library. Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the Walla Walla Public Library has been closed to the public since March and has since taken the time to do…… MORE
A man’s leg may need to be amputated after the Salt Lake City Police Department allegedly used excessive force against him by ordering a police dog to bite the man repeatedly, leaving him severely injured. Attorneys for Jeffery Ryans, 36, say a police officer “commanded his K9 … to attack Ryans unnecessarily and for an…… MORE
