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Watch Live: St. Louis Fourth of July fireworks

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Nobody does fireworks like FOX 2. We are continuing our long-standing tradition of bringing you the Fourth of July fireworks live from downtown St. Louis on Independence Day. Child, 9, left without mother, siblings after quadruple shooting During our 9 p.m. news, our news crew at Laclede's Landing will be shooting the fireworks display while in the shadow of the Gateway Arch. The fireworks begin Tuesday night around 9:40 pm.

Coping without power for a third straight day

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – Thousands of people were without power for the third day in a row, including in one of the harder hit areas, University City.“Obviously, we can’t cook, and we had to bring our fridge stuff to a friend’s house," Kristin Kascsak said.Her family lost power Saturday afternoon, forcing them to find unique ways to stay cool.“I went to three Walmarts to find a battery-powered fan," she said.She and her husband, Thes, are charging electronics at work, school, friend's houses; anywhere that has power. Child, 9, left without mother, siblings after quadruple shooting “We have a friend that lives like a mile away that we’ve gone to periodically to recharge our cell phones, and we have power bricks to recharge them too," Kascsak said.She said closing the blinds helped keep things slightly cooler inside their home, but said the longer they sit without power, the warmer it gets.“Our temperature gauge is electric, so we have no idea. I told him, I said whenever the power co...

Crowds fill the Metro East to celebrate Fourth of July

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

GRANITE CITY, Ill. – Tuesday’s celebrations extended across the river into the Metro East, with patriotic crowds from Granite City to East St. Louis leading up to the fireworks display across the river at the Gateway Arch.Across the Metro East, the stage is set."Best show on earth!" said Granite City resident Andrew Mercer.Music, food, and a celebration of classic Americana unfolds in Granite City with the 26th annual Patriots in the Park."A lot of this area did not have power over the weekend. They weren't able to barbecue, a lot of the stores were closed, so hopefully we can give them some of the things that they may not have gotten over the holiday,” said Bilan Miller, owner of The Little Busy Bee Food Trailer. “It's kind of like we're feeding their soul." Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Video of deputy slamming woman to ground in Lancaster released by L.A. County Sheriff's Department

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released body-worn camera footage of a disturbing use of force incident in Lancaster that, according to a late Monday night announcement by the department, is currently under investigation.  The confrontation happened on June 24 when deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station responded to the parking lot of a WinCo Foods store, located at 740 W. Ave. K 4, on reports of an “in-progress robbery.”  “Upon arrival, deputies approached a man and a woman matching the description given by store security personnel in calls placed to 911,” a LASD news release stated. “As deputies attempted to detain the individuals described by store security personnel, the encounter escalated into a use of force incident.”Officials also said that an eyewitness captured cellphone footage of the incident that the department news release referred to as "disturbing" video. In footage from body cameras worn by two separate deputies, a man is ...

Search underway for hit-and-run driver that killed man setting off fireworks in L.A. 

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

Police are searching for the driver of an SUV that hit and killed a 36-year-old man igniting fireworks in the street in Wilmington Monday night and then fled the scene.  Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the scene, located at 710 N. Fries Avenue, near a Food 4 Less grocery store, at around 9:10 p.m. on reports of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian, police told KTLA.   The victim, identified by friends at Juan Aeryan, was lighting fireworks in the street when he was struck by an SUV drive described only as a female Hispanic, police confirmed.  Authorities said the force of the impact threw the 36-year-old several hundred feet where he came to a stop partially underneath another vehicle leaving the shopping center parking lot. That driver remained at the scene.  The driver of the SUV never stopped and was last seen traveling northbound on Fries Avenue from G Street. Photo of Juan Aeryan, 36, who was killed by a hit-and-run driv...

One of the Bay Area’s most popular TV anchors retires from KRON4

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

Pam Moore, one of the Bay Area’s most popular and acclaimed TV anchors, has retired from KRON4.She brought her career as KRON4 news anchor — a position she had held since March 1991 — to a close with a broadcast on June 29.“It is difficult to find the appropriate words to thank everyone,” Moore posted on Facebook. “I am so honored and blessed to have worked in the San Francisco Bay Area news market all these years.. and to work with such great professionals .. many of whom are now my dear and lasting friends.“Through the tests of any job, I have had the opportunity to work in one place for more than three decades… and to try and serve the people of the Bay Area who are also a part of my life.. I have been given the chance to grow, to be challenged, to look back on mistakes and times when I’ve fallen short, but still be allowed to be here to get better and to love and enjoy the people in our shared communities.”Related Artic...

Noda’s RBI single in the 10th carries the Athletics to a 1-0 win over the Tigers

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

By Dave HoggThe Associated PressDETROIT — Ryan Noda had an RBI single in the 10th inning as the MLB-worst Athletics edged the Detroit Tigers 1-0 Tuesday night after being no-hit into the seventh inning.Jace Peterson bunted pinch-runner Tyler Wade to third to start the 10th. Tyler Horton (0-1) struck out Shea Langeliers for the second out before Noda slapped a single to left — one of just two hits for Oakland in the game — to break the scoreless struggle.“J.P. (Sears) had a great start for us, and we were just trying to feed off that,” Nola said. “We wanted to reward the pitchers for what they did tonight.”Shintaro Fujinami (5-7) got the win after striking out the side in the ninth. Trevor May pitched a scoreless 10th for his sixth save.The Athletics were the last team in baseball to record a shutout.The Tigers had runners on first and third with one out in the eighth. Lucas Erceg struck out Spencer Torkelson of Petaluma, and after Kerry Carpenter drew a pinch-hit walk to load ...

Brazil hires Diniz as national team coach for 1 year, waits for Ancelotti

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has appointed a new national team coach. Sort of.Fernando Diniz has been hired as head coach of Brazil’s national team on a 12-month contract that will be due to expire when Carlo Ancelotti’s deal with Real Madrid ends. Executives at the Brazilian soccer confederation have indicated the intention is to wait a season and then bring in Ancelotti, the 64-year-old Italian coach, to lead the team into the 2026 World Cup.The 49-year-old Fluminense coach Diniz will keep his job at the Rio de Janeiro club and join Brazil only for South American World Cup qualifiers. He takes over from Brazil U-20 team coach Ramon Menezes, who led the team into this year’s friendlies on an interim basis, losing two out of three matches. Brazil is yet to appoint a long-term coach to replace Tite, who left the job after a quarterfinal loss to Croatia in the 2022 World Cup at Qatar. Diniz, who in recent years has been praised by Brazil stars including Neymar and Thiago Silva, will be int...

Josef Martínez reaches 104 career goals, Inter Miami ties Crew 2-2

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Josef Martínez scored his sixth goal of the season in the 90th minute to reach 104 for his career and Inter Miami tied the Columbus Crew 2-2 on Tuesday night.Miami (5-13-2) was coming off its first draw of the season to end a seven-match losing streak. Miami had gone 28 straight regular-season matches without a draw.Martínez, who also scored in Miami’s 1-1 draw with Austin on Saturday, is tied with Dwayne De Rosario for the ninth-most goals in MLS history.Miami tied it at 1-all in the 57th when Leonardo Campana headed in a corner for his fourth goal of the season. Three of his four goals have come against Columbus.Columbus (10-6-5) has two draws and five wins in its last seven matches. The Crew have won just two of their last 17 regular-season away matches.Darlington Nagbe opened the scoring for Columbus in the 23rd by volleying home a loose ball outside of the 18-yard box. Christian Ramírez gave Columbus a 2-1 lead in the 69th with a sliding finish of C...

World swelters to unofficial hottest day on record

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:07:50 GMT

The entire planet sweltered to the unofficial hottest day in human recordkeeping July 3, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. High temperature records were surpassed July 3 and 4 in Quebec and northwestern Canada and Peru. Cities across the U.S. from Medford, Oregon to Tampa, Florida have been hovering at all-time highs, said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Beijing reported 9 straight days last week when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F).This global record is preliminary, pending approval from gold-standard climate measurement entities like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. But it is an indication that climate change is reaching into uncharted territory. It legitimately captures global-scale heating and NOAA will take these figures into consideration when it does its official record calculations, said Deke Arndt, director of the National Center for Environmental Information, a division of NO...