(The Hill) – The city of Baltimore on Monday argued the owner and operator of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge should not be able to avoid liability, claiming the vessel was "unseaworthy" when it left the Baltimore port last month, according to new court filings. In the filings, attorneys for the city of Baltimore claimed the owner of the container ship Dali — Grace Ocean Private — and its operator — Synergy Marine Group — were "grossly and potentially criminally negligent." "For more than four decades, cargo ships made thousands of trips every year under the Key B ..read more

DENVER (KDVR) — Two yearling mountain lions were saved from drowning on Friday at Vallecito Reservoir in Colorado, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Southwest Regional office. The agency said Mike Canterbury, the dam tender with Pine River Irrigation District, was going to release water from the reservoir down the spillway when he saw two young mountain lions trapped by the spillway's high walls. The spillway was too tall for the yearling mountain lions to escape. The spillway was too tall for the yearling mountain lions to escape. The spillway was too tall for the yearling mountain ..read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Two heroic Connecticut barbers came to the rescue last week after a child almost ran into busy East Hartford traffic. According to police, Osvaldo Lugo and Rafael Santana of Looks Sharp Barbershop were cutting customers' hair when they saw a child running in the street. The barber shop is located on the corner of Brown and Main, which is usually a busy spot with traffic from Pratt Whitney, Coca-Cola facilities, and an on-ramp to I-84. "This corner right here is busy and dangerous; it's not a corner that a toddler should be on. This weekend, there was an accident h ..read more

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City mother is criticizing her child's school for losing track of her and another student while they were in the school's care. Kily Keeling said she dropped off her eight-year-old daughter at John Glenn Elementary Tuesday morning, not expecting anything out of the ordinary. John Glenn Elementary {KFOR} She said that expectation was not met when she got a call from her daughter's school telling her she had been picked up by police and that Keeling needed to get to the school. "I got there, my child was in the conference room," said Keeling. "I ..read more

OKLAHOMA (KFOR) - Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing back on the Biden Administration telling school districts not to comply with the new Title XI regulations. The new rules would prohibit sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools.  Walters argues the recent rule changes are illegal and unconstitutional. On Tuesday, he told all Oklahoma superintendents to not make any changes based on the new regulations.  ..read more

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A TikTok influencer is scared to live in her Oklahoma City apartment after several incidents involving a stalker within the last month. Richard Newman was arrested on April 10th and found to be the alleged stalker. "It was scary, I would get messages telling me they knew where I lived and to do whatever they say," said the victim. | MORE NEWS > Fifth suspect arrested in Texas County > KFOR concealed her name because she said there could be more arrests soon. Her TikTok handle according to documents is @rubberduckiejo or Jo. Her account has thousands of followers an ..read more

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Senate voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto after he rejected a bill that some believe would protect survivors of domestic violence. "One of the areas that we are a top ten state and it's a terrible designation is in the number of domestic abuse survivors," said Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat (R-OKC). Oklahoma ranks first in the U.S. for domestic violence cases per capita, and third for domestic homicides. The Oklahoma Survivors Act was just passed by lawmakers and would allow judges to impose lower sentences on domestic violence ..read more

(The Hill) -- A Kentucky man charged for using pepper spray against law enforcement officers and carrying a Confederate flag while storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Monday to over two years in prison. Isreal James Easterday, 23, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and 500 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Easterday traveled from Kentucky to the nation's capital because he was upset with the results of the 2020 presidential election and t ..read more

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Despite a multitude of biblical reasoning to allow the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities, the Senate has passed a proposal that would prohibit it. House Bill 1028, co-authored by Representative John Talley (R-Stillwater) and Senator Dave Rader (R-Tulsa), states, "School district personnel shall be prohibited from using corporal punishment on students identified with the most significant cognitive disabilities according to criteria established by the State Department of Education unless addressed in an annual individualized education program (IEP) d ..read more

(NEXSTAR) – The operators of the personal-finance website FinanceBuzz are planning to pay someone $1,000 to watch the nine main films in the “Star Wars” franchise this May. There’s only one catch: You can’t give two bantha ticks about “Star Wars.” The gig, announced Monday, is being offered to a single candidate who — for whatever reason — has somehow never seen a single “Star Wars” film, watched a single “Star Wars” TV series, or played a “Star Wars” video game. It’s probably OK, though, if you once saw a gigantic inflatable Baby Yoda float down 6th Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day P ..read more