(WTMJ) An off-duty Racine, Wisconsin police officer has died after a shooting that took place Monday night. Officer John Hetland was at Teezers Tavern in Racine when he intervened in an armed robbery and was shot. The suspect shot Hetlund, and then fled the scene. Hetland also served as a field training officer and a member of the Greater Racine…
In this week’s Let’s Make A Meal, owner Tony Noghlabadi gives us a look at the making of the sandwiches and pastas at Geno’s Italian Deli.
(WAFF) A Huntsville, Alabama man is back at home after cutting grass for America’s heroes. Rodney Smith Jr. traveled to all 50 states, offering free lawn care for veterans as a way of thanking them for their service. The tweets he posted along the way, landed him in the national spotlight and secured free flights with Delta to Alaska and…
(WJAR) An end-of-the-year superlative has angered the mother of a student with autism in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Desiree Perez said teachers at Normandin Middle School gave her son a certificate on the last day of school that reads, “Most Likely to Get Lost in a Crowd.” The paper appears to have been signed by a group of teachers, including her…
(WRGX) A man who spent years on Alabama’s death row for the murder of an elderly woman is free after a new plea deal. A jury in Ozark convicted Emanuel Gissendanner in 2003 for beating 77-year old Margaret Snellgrove two years earlier. However, the judge who presided over that trial later ruled Gissendanner’s attorneys failed to adequately represent him. “We…
(WNYT/NBC News) New York lawmakers have passed a bill that authorizes driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. The “Green Light” bill, if signed into law, will make New York the 13th state to issue licenses to immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally. Advocates say allowing immigrants to have licenses would help them get jobs and handle everyday tasks more easily. Opponents…
(NBC News) President Donald Trump will officially launch his 2020 campaign for re-election Tuesday in Orlando, Florida. Supporters are already lining up outside the Amway Center, where the president will be making his announcement. According to a person close to the campaign, the president is cutting ties with some of his pollsters after leaked internal data showed the president trailing…
(NBC News) A gunman was killed Monday moments after opening fire outside of a Dallas, Texas federal court building. The gunman, identified as 22-year-old Brian Isaack Clyde, was armed with an assault rifle and dressed in tactical gear at the time of the shooting. Witnesses say he began firing at the building’s entrance, then kept firing as he retreated to…
(WBIR) For her 71st birthday, Nan Scott threw herself a party and got some new knees. “And we all drank a margarita to stem cells,” Scott says. Instead of a traditional knee replacement surgery, she chose to try stem cell injections. “I don’t want to be taking drugs,” Scott says. “I don’t want to have a lot of contraptions in…
(WCSH) Nolan Desmond is blind, but his dad refuses to let it stop him from experiencing the world. “The only way that that I deal with it is that I have to,”Matt Desmond says. “I mean something gets thrown at you and you don’t have another option.” Nearly every week 3-year-old Nolan and his dad visit a sight somewhere in…
