Former ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris sentenced to 12 years in prison for sex crimes
Jim Spellman/Getty ImagesJerry Harris, a former star of the popular Netflix docuseries Cheer, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crime charges earlier this year.
The 22-year-old actor pleaded guilty in February…
Local Rep holds business roundtable on computer chip shortage
Your car, your phone and even your fridge all rely on computer chips to operate, so one local Member of Congress is involved in an effort to boost the short supply of those chips. Because so many
FBI director calls China ‘biggest’ US threat; authorities warn of North Korean cyber attacks
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Speaking alongside his British counterpart in London on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray called China the “biggest long-term threat” to both the U.S. and the U.K.
“The Chinese government is se…
Highland Park survivor recalls the scary moment she realized she was wounded
ABC News(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Lorena Rebollar Sedano has attended the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade for 28 years, but this year’s festivities turned to terror when Sedano and her family were caught in the crossfire after a gunman op…
North Carolina governor signs executive order to protect abortion rights in the state
Allison Joyce/Getty Images, FILE(RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order to strengthen access to reproductive health care in the state on Wednesday.
The order takes several steps to defend the existing services in No…
‘Strangers Things’ creators announce upcoming TV spinoff, plus Upside Down-set stage play
NetflixMatt and Ross Duffer, the sibling creators of the phenomenon Stranger Things, are staying with Netflix in a big way.
Long story short, if you love Stranger Things, you’re in luck.
On Wednesday, the Duffer Brothers, as they’re professionally kn…
‘Thor: Love and Thunder”s Taika Waititi “forgot” co-star Natalie Portman was in ‘Star Wars’
Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman in “Star Wars: Episode II” — LucasfilmWith an Oscar under his belt, a blockbuster in Thor: Ragnarok and another likely on its way with Thor: Love and Thunder, pretty much everybody wants to work with writer-direc…
Police say tip helped prevent mass shooting at July Fourth celebration in Richmond, Virginia
Tetra Images/Getty Images, STOCK(RICHMOND, Va.) — News of the thwarted attack comes after seven people were killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb on Monday.
“There is no telling how many lives t…
Woman sentenced for killing her abuser as a teen pardoned by Gov. Gavin Newsom
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, FILE(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — When Sara Kruzan was 16 years old, she shot and killed the man who she says had abused her and trafficked her for sex since she was 13. Almost 30 years later, she has been pardoned by California…
Medical examiners impacted by relationships with police, study finds
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — Helen Jones has been searching for answers since her son died in 2009 while in custody at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.
Jones said she was initially told by law enforcement that her 22-year-old son, Joh…