Loaded gun recovered from student at Wisconsin high school

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By CBS 58 Newsroom

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    KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 16-year-old student is in custody after a loaded firearm was recovered at Bradford High School early Wednesday, Feb. 11.

School administrators and a Kenosha Police Department school resource officer tried to search the student at around 7:30 a.m., based on information he may have had a firearm, according to police.

The student would not comply and resisted the officer during the search, leading to a physical struggle, police say. The student was subdued and taken into custody.

A concealed, loaded gun was recovered during the search, according to police. No serious injuries were reported.

A lieutenant with KPD expressed gratitude to the people who came forward with information about the gun, saying in a press release that the information likely helped prevent “a tragedy in our community.”

Police expect multiple criminal charges to be filed, and the investigation is still taking place. Officers remained at the school throughout the day.

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Bend Comedy Festival returns Labor Day weekend with bigger lineup

KTVZ on February 11, 2026

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After a sold-out debut last year, the Bend Comedy Festival is returning Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-6, with three days of live stand-up, improv, sketch, and late-night performances at venues across the city.

Organizers said the 2025 inaugural event exceeded expectations, selling out more than 20 shows and drawing packed crowds to venues big and small. Building on that momentum, this year’s festival promises an expanded lineup, larger spaces, and more chances for audiences to experience comedy from around the country.

The 2026 festival will feature nationally touring headliners along with rising comedians and Pacific Northwest favorites. Acts include Geoffrey Asmus of “Just For Laughs” and Kevin Hart’s “LOL Network,” Fahim Anwar from “Conan” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the UCB longform improv show ASSSSCAT, and a Don’t Tell Comedy All-Star Show featuring popular YouTube performers. Additional acts will be announced in the coming months.

Venues include Tower Theatre, Volcanic Theatre Pub, The Capitol, and others throughout Bend. Festival passes offer access to all events, exclusive perks, and invitations to late-night shows.

Produced by the Bend Comedy & Arts Foundation, a volunteer-run nonprofit, the festival is led by a queer and women-led team dedicated to building community through comedy.

Early bird festival passes are on sale now in limited quantities at bendcomedyfestival.com.

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Penn patients “forever grateful” as hospital celebrates 6 decades of organ transplants

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Stephanie Stahl

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    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Penn Medicine celebrated six decades of organ transplants Tuesday at the Smilow Center for Translational Research in University City.

Penn’s first successful transplant was a kidney back in 1966. Since then, there have been thousands of life-saving operations, including one that allowed the dream of motherhood to come true.

One-year-old Rome is the baby his parents never thought they would have. His mom, Stephanie Collado, was born without a uterus.

Two years ago, she had a uterus transplant at Penn.

“It’s amazing,” she said. “It’s a dream come true. But not only that I have a baby, but I got part of my future back.”

Collado and her family were back at Penn to be part of the 60th anniversary of the transplant institute Tuesday.

Since 1966, Penn has performed more than 15,000 solid organ transplant procedures, becoming a leader in the field.

Mike Marinelli, a South Jersey former firefighter, was just 34 when he had the first of two lung transplants at Penn.

“I got to walk my daughter down the aisle, I got to see four grandkids grow up,” Marinelli said. “I’m incredibly grateful and forever grateful.”

Marinelli still has the transplanted lung from over 30 years ago.

“Since our first lung transplant at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania in 1991, we have actually done 1,683 lung transplants,” Brooke McDonnell, the CAO of the Penn Transplant Institute, said.

The first uterus transplant at Penn was in 2018. Since then, Collado is one of six women who’ve had the operation.

Collado’s transplant came from a living donor, and she said she’s planning on trying to have another baby.

“It’s groundbreaking,” Collado said. “No one else is doing this, just a few hospitals in this country. The fact that Penn is daring and willing to go beyond the norm and do this and make people’s dreams come true. I’m just happy to be a part of it.”

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Winter storm brings much needed snow to Sierra

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Conor McGill

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    SAN FRANCISCO (KOVR) — A February winter storm is moving through the Sierra, bringing steady rain and snow to the region and creating slick, hazardous conditions along major roadways, including Interstate 80.

After a dry and disappointing January, the storm system is delivering much-needed snowfall to higher elevations. Fresh powder is falling across mountain passes and Sierra resorts, offering a boost to an underperforming snow season.

“Yesterday it was sunny, there was no snow,” said Barbara Chung, who is visiting from Hong Kong. “With the fresh powder, it’s much softer.”

Travelers from across the region welcomed the change.

“Finally, we got the snow, it’s a little powdery today,” said Marni McKee, visiting from Sacramento.

Higher peaks and mountain passes could receive between 6 and 12 inches of snow, while some Sierra resorts may see 12 to 18 inches by the time the system moves out.

The snowfall comes at a critical time. During the state’s most recent snow survey on January 30, officials measured the statewide snowpack at just 47 percent of normal for this time of year.

“Climate has changed. Thirty-five years ago, we didn’t have the problem of not having enough snow, and now it’s more difficult,” said Michael Norreel of Santa Rosa.

Caltrans officials say the storm is a reminder that winter driving conditions can return quickly, even after dry stretches.

“Mother Nature season-wide is still saying it’s winter and given us finally that reminder again,” said Jeremy Linder, a Public Information Officer with Caltrans. “For those drivers that are going to be headed up either the next couple of days or even over the weekend, just be prepared.”

With additional storms possible next week and several feet of snow in the forecast, this system could mark the beginning of a significant shift in the Sierra’s winter season.

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Pride flag removed from Stonewall National Monument in NYC

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Jesse Zanger, Jenna DeAngelis, Dave Carlin

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    NEW YORK (WCBS) — A large Pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village.

The National Park Service said it did so under guidance from the Department of Interior, which cautioned the National Parks Service that non-agency flags could not be officially displayed.

“Under government-wide guidance, including General Services Administration policy and Department of the Interior direction, only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions. Any changes to flag displays are made to ensure consistency with that guidance. Stonewall National Monument continues to preserve and interpret the site’s historic significance through exhibits and programs,” the National Park Service said in a statement.

The flag came down Sunday night or Monday morning, according to Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

“You can actually see the footprints where, perhaps in the dark of night, park officials entered and removed the flag, and now it’s gone,” he said.

Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz said the monument is a global symbol of Pride.

“And it really stands for fighting back oppression. I mean, this is the birthplace. So to come into the first place and try to take down the rainbow flag and historical symbol, it’s just alarming,” Lentz said.

The Stonewall National Monument is the nation’s first dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights and history. It was designated as a national monument in 2016. The Greenwich Village monument commemorates the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, sparked by police raids at the Stonewall Inn in June, 1969, which set off three days of protesting and rioting.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was outraged by the flag’s removal.

“New York is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and no act of erasure will ever change, or silence, that history,” Mamdani wrote on social media.

“First the Trump Administration worked to erase transgender history from the Stonewall Monument and now they have secretly removed the pride flag — a shameful attempt to erase our LGBTQ history. I will not let this administration rollback the rights we fought so hard for,” Gov. Kathy Hochul posted.

Sen. Charles Schumer called it a “a deeply outrageous action that must be reversed right now.”

The move drew immediate criticism from City Council Speaker Julie Menin.

“Stonewall is sacred ground. It is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and the removal of the Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument is a deliberate and cowardly attempt to erase that history. This is an attack on LGBTQ+ New Yorkers, and we will not stand for it. Our history will not be rewritten, and our rights will not be rolled back,” Menin said in a statement.

Menin fired off a letter to the acting director of the National Parks Service, asking for the flag to be restored.

“The events that took place [at Stonewall] catalyzed a global movement for dignity, equality, and freedom — guiding principles upon which our nation was founded,” Menin wrote. “The Pride flag has long flown as as a symbol of that struggle and of the resilience of a community that continues to fight for its basic rights.”

“I just think it’s extremely unfair and it’s just really stomping on that entire purpose,” tourist Maddie Bordeaux said.

Hoylman-Sigal said he’ll put the flag back with a group of politicians.

“This movement was founded in standing up to authority and standing up for our communities civil rights,” he said.

CBS News New York has reached out to the National Park Service to find out what specifically might happen to anyone raising the flag on their own, and we haven’t yet heard back.

It’s just the latest change at the Stonewall National Monument. Last February, references to transgender and queer people were removed from the Stonewall National Monument as a result of an executive order President Trump signed on his first day in office calling for the federal government to define sex as only male or female. In addition, the letters T and Q were struck from the LGBTQ acronym in various places on the website, replaced with “LGB rights movement” and “LGB civil rights.” Transgender flags were also removed from the monument.

“Bad news for the Trump administration: these colors don’t run. The Stonewall Inn & Visitors Centers are still privately owned, their flags are still flying high, and that community is still just as queer today as it was yesterday. While their policy agenda throws the country into chaos, the Trump administration is obsessed with trying to suffocate the joy and pride that Americans have for their communities,” Human Rights Campaign national press secretary Brandon Wolf said. “For over a year, they’ve been on a witch hunt, targeting rainbow crosswalks, pride flags, Black Lives Matter murals, and throwing a tantrum about a Super Bowl performance they couldn’t control. But they will fail. We will keep showing up at Stonewall, for each other, and being out and proud. There’s nothing the White House can do about that.”

“The Pride flag was removed from Stonewall for one reason: to further erase queer and trans people from public life. Stonewall marks a moment when queer and trans people fought back and demanded dignity — its very existence poses a threat to an administration hellbent on employing state violence against anyone who does not look, pray, or love like them,” Tyler Hack of the Christopher Street Project said. “The 1969 Stonewall Riots, on Christopher Street, showed us that queer and trans people can’t be erased — because the more they tried to silence us, the louder we got. Our history is not theirs to erase. We are resilient, and we will not be shoved back into the shadows.”

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Georgia stork to be removed from federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Dan Raby

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    GEORGIA (WUPA) — A Georgia bird is set to be removed from the federal government’s list of endangered and threatened species after seeing its population grow, officials say.

The wood stork, the only true stork that breeds in the U.S., was once on the brink of extinction when it was put on the list as part of the Endangered Species Act in 1984. Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that the stork’s population dropped by over 75% since the 1930s, mostly due to habitat loss.

In the years since, officials say they’ve seen a positive change. Today, the wood stork’s breeding population is estimated at between 10,000 and 14,000 nesting pairs across around 100 sites — more than twice the number of pairs and over three times the number of colonies compared to when it was listed.

Wood storks are now found in 13 counties in southern Georgia and around the state’s coast, as well as Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

“The wood stork’s recovery is a real conservation success thanks to a lot of hard work from our partners,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik. “The Trump administration is working quickly to remove federal protections from species that no longer need them, and I’m proud that the wood stork is another example of that.”

Some advocates are concerned that the delisting may hurt the iconic bird.

In a release after the announcement, the Southern Environmental Law Center called the decision “premature” because of shrinking wetland habitats.

“This is a short-sighted and premature move. Wood storks need wetlands to survive, and that habitat is facing overwhelming pressure. It is disappointing that Fish and Wildlife Service largely brushed away serious concerns about how losses to wetlands protections and climate change’s consequences for our coast increase threats to our U.S. population of wood stork,” said Ramona McGee, SELC’s Wildlife Program leader. “This delisting comes at a time when species face a storm of proposed federal rollbacks to habitat protections that are likely to imperil wood storks and countless other Southeastern species.”

The Fish and Wildlife Service said it has a 10-year monitoring plan to make sure the species continues to recover.

The delisting will be final on March 9.

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Possible “frost quake” causes soil buckling in Metro Detroit

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Ahmad Bajjey

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    ST. CLAIR SHORES, Michigan (WWJ) — Residents and business owners in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, near 11 Mile Road and Little Mack, experienced a rare weather phenomenon on Tuesday

CBS News Detroit received multiple reports of a slight shake, and even some floor damage, due to a potential cryoseism, commonly known as a “frost quake.”

Our news crew on the scene was able to see the buckled tile floor inside a 7-Eleven store.

What is a Cryoseism?

A cryoseism occurs when water in the ground freezes and expands.

Under specific conditions, this expansion puts significant stress on the surrounding soil and rock until it suddenly fractures, sometimes creating a loud boom and ground tremors.

After discussing our working theory about this with the National Weather Service, we are able to add in the sandy soil composition; therefore, the most likely reason the ground had a surface rupture. Unlike clay, which solidifies into a dense block when frozen, the soil in this area is predominantly sand.

Sand is generally more mobile and less cohesive. The ground is made of multiple layers of different soil and moisture content.

The mechanics of Tuesday’s event involve two factors:

Deep pressure: A deeper layer of frozen ground was under tremendous pressure. Surface thaw: As temperatures warmed today, the top layer of soil experienced a minor thaw and weakening. This weakened the containment of the top layer, allowing the built-up pressure from the ice below to release suddenly. This rapid release likely caused the soil to heave upward, resulting in the minor floor damage.

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Longtime Detroit firefighters turn brotherhood into business with Mount Clemens restaurant

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Jeffrey Lindblom

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    MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan (WXYZ) — Two longtime Detroit firefighters turned their brotherhood into a business. Nearly 20 years ago, they opened a restaurant in Mount Clemens that pays tribute to their days in the firehouse.

John and Greg served alongside one another as Detroit firefighters for many years. Then, almost 20 years ago, they went into business as friends here at the Mount Clemens Engine House.

“Quality food, quality service, and that will get you through a lot,” said owner Greg Sisoy.

Sisoy said that advice comes from his friend, colleague and business partner, John Gusumano.

“Yeah, he was always take care of the customer,” Greg said of his friend. “Service is everything.”

Sisoy’s restaurant and bar has a similar look to where he spent 35 years of his life as a Detroit fireman.

“It’s not a job. It’s more of a way of life. It’s a brotherhood in the firehouse,” Greg said.

Sisoy started his career in 1988, 16 years after Gusumano, the man who became his mentor, with both men batting blazes and the bar business.

“So, he kind of took me under his wing and taught me everything he knows,” Sisoy said.

Around the bar, you can see firefighting memorabilia and tributes to fallen firefighters, men he calls a part of his brotherhood. His late friend is among them.

“Yep. It was during COVID. He died of COVID, actually, in December of 2020. So, yeah, it was tough,” Greg said. “He was a great guy. Big heart. If you needed help, he was always there for you.”

The two gutted the space together, building the bar and restaurant you see now, serving drinks, pouring beers, and bringing out food to smiling family and friends. They’re using hoses that spray soda, not water, for burning buildings. But it turns out being a firefighter and a bar owner has a bit of a crossover, outside of just the decor.

“You’re taking care of people. You want to do the best job you can do. Make everyone happy,” Sisoy said.

Sisoy hung up his jacket three years ago, and I asked him if he found some reprieve during his 15 years wearing both a first responder and a hospitality hat, getting away from the dangers of duty at his bar. But he said it was the opposite.

“I never considered it work, going to the firehouse. It was like a day off,” Sisoy said.

Nowadays, he says he still puts out small fires, just the slightly different, service-centric kind. Plus, he says the guys still come by and will give him a hard time every now and again.

“It can be trying sometimes. It’s like old times again, every time they come in,” Greg said.

So, to this day, he’s still putting out those small fires and still serving the public in some capacity. Things that make him very happy; this is the Engine House.

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Police arrest man tied to string of bronze plaque thefts in Orange County

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Matthew Rodriguez

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    LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Police arrested a Long Beach man allegedly tied to a string of bronze plaque thefts in several Orange County cities.

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has charged the suspect, Sean Paul Green, with 10 counts of grand theft and 10 counts of felony vandalism. He pleaded not guilty. He’s being held on a $100,000 bail. Green’s arraignment is scheduled for March 4.

The Orange Police Department apprehended Green after he allegedly stole multiple bronze plaques from several locations in the city, including Old Towne Orange, on Jan. 20.

Investigators said they reviewed surveillance systems to identify Green as a suspect. Orange PD said detectives linked him to more bronze plaque thefts in Huntington Beach, Santa Ana and Tustin.

Detectives located Green at this home and booked him into the Orange County Jail on Feb. 5.

“The bronze theft problem is a growing concern in the Southern California area and we ask members of the community to report suspicious activity when they see it,” Orange PD wrote in a Facebook post.

After a push from Southern California lawmakers in October 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 476, which mandated junk dealers and recyclers to collect detailed records of people selling precious metals and lawful ownership. It also expanded restrictions on the possession of scrap metal and increased penalties for those who stole copper wire.

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Man sentenced to prison for fatal shooting at birthday party in Northern Colorado

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Christa Swanson

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    COLORADO (KCNC) — A man will spend nearly 30 years in prison after shooting a man at his birthday party in Northern Colorado in 2024.

The Weld County District Attorney’s Office said Ricardo Velado-Contreras was a party celebrating his birthday at a home in the 2400 block of 11th Avenue in Greeley on Jan. 4.

He reportedly confronted Julian Lozano-Pinon about inappropriate contact with his younger brother. Authorities said Lozano-Pinon denied the allegations, and the argument escalated until Velado-Contreras shot him once in the chest.

Police were called to the scene, and Lozano-Pinon was taken to the Northern Colorado Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

Investigators said alcohol and cocaine were consumed at the party and that Velado-Contreras was showing his handgun to others at the party prior to the shooting.

Velado-Contreras pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last week for Lozano-Pinon’s death. He has been sentenced to 28 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

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