(KSDK/NBC News) A Missouri Cub Scout leader accused of molesting several young boys is now facing additional charges after police say he attempted to have some of his victims killed in order to silence them. On Thursday, prosecutors charged Matthew Baker, 50, with four counts of tampering with a witness in a felony prosecution after O’Fallon police said he asked…
(WCMH/NBC New) An Ohio state senator has been fired from his job as an emergency room doctor after he made controversial comments about African Americans and COVID-19. During a hearing about whether racism should be declared a public health crisis, State Senator Steve Huffman asked if the “colored population” was more severely impacted by the coronavirus simply because they don’t…
(WAVE/NBC News) Supporters of “Breonna’s Law” erupted with excitement Thursday after Louisville, Kentucky’s Metro Council unanimously passed the legislation banning no-knock warrants. “It shows the power of the people. The council didn’t do it because they wanted to, they did it because we demanded it,” supporter Cassia Herron said. “I’m grateful to all the people of Louisville who stood up…
(NBC News) Support for police reforms appears to be growing on Capitol Hill. Democrats have already introduced a bill that would ban chokeholds and establish a national database to track police misconduct. Republicans are now embracing some of those ideas as well. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has voiced his support for a chokehold ban, saying there should be “severe…
(NBC News) As openings increase across the country, so does the concern of a deadly surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations. Twenty-one states have seen an increase in cases since last week. In Florida and New Mexico cases are up more than 40 percent. In Arkansas and Utah, which never had statewide stay-at-home orders, cases are up more than 60 percent. “These…
(WTMJ) Anytime Fitness has issued an apology after someone at their Wauwatosa, Wisconsin location displayed a whiteboard with instructions for an “I Can’t Breathe” workout. “I can’t breathe” were among the last words George Floyd spoke as he died on Memorial Day in police custody in Minneapolis. Since Floyd’s death, protests have taken place in large scale across the country…
(KJRH/NBC News) A Tulsa police major is under investigation after controversial comments during a radio interview. During the Monday morning interview on KFAQ Talk radio, Major Travis Yates explained why he believes systemic racism “doesn’t exist” and stated, “all the research says we’re shooting African Americans about 24% less than we ought to be based on the crimes being committed.”…
(WETM/NBC News) The term “double-vision” can be used to describe part of the Spencer Van-Etten Central High School’s class of 2020. This year, the high school is honoring five sets of twins. Spencer Van-Etten has 65 seniors, with 10 being a twin. “Half the time I don’t see her as my twin,” said Phoebe Delmage-Brodie. “I see her as my…
(WTOV/NBC News) History was made in Wheeling, West Virginia Tuesday night when Rosemary Ketchum became the state’s first elected transgender person. Ketchum won a tight race, narrowly defeating Peggy Niebergall by 15 votes. She is now one of only 27 transgender elected officials in the United States. Ketchum says she didn’t campaign on the fact that she is a transgender…
(KJRH/NBC News) President Trump will travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma next week for his first campaign rally since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The date, June 19th, and location are drawing criticism. The rally coincides with “Juneteenth,” which marks the end of slavery in the United States. Tulsa, meanwhile, was the site of a 1921 massacre that saw a white…
