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    MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis street will forever serve to honor the police officer who lost his life on it. A portion of Blaisdell Avenue is now called “Officer Jamal Mitchell Way.”

Two years ago, Officer Mitchell was shot and killed while responding to an active shooter. The man who murdered him was the person Officer Mitchell was trying to help.

Mitchell’s friends, family, and community gathered on Saturday to make sure his name is remembered.

“He is emblematic of everything that Minneapolis is about,” said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. “This is someone who lived his life in service to those he loved — a hero, who gave his life to protect others without a second thought.”

“May every person who passes this sign take a moment to reflect on the example Jamal Mitchell set for all of us,” said Katie Blackwell, Interim Chief of Minneapolis Police. “Jamal, we will never forget you.”

“Man, do we miss him,” said friend and neighbor Chris Dunker. “Our backyard barbecues, our game nights, even just conversations, Jamal, with you in your front yard as you were playing with your kids.”

“Jamal, my friend, we miss you daily. We admire your bravery, we honor your legacy, we will never forget your sacrifice to this community,” said Dunker. “Rest easy, brother.”

Mitchell was awarded the Medal of Honor and a Purple Heart after his death in 2024. His former commander says Mitchell’s name on the street sign reminds us we are the fabric of each other.

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By Jermont Terry

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    CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Rise Up Healing Collective is a nonprofit that provides holistic healing, mental health advocacy, and violence intervention services.

They offer a wide range of services, including meeting with elementary school kids to teach them how to prevent violence.

One by one, second and third graders embark on a new mental journey. They ditch their shoes and grab a mat for a unique after-school program.

Coaches Sidney Francois-Friis and Emmaline Jones spent the past 10 weeks teaching yoga techniques to the young kids at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Calumet City. The coaches insist this is deeper than just stretching and breathing.

“To allow them to heal and to understand that they can control their emotions,” Francois-Friis said.

Rise Up Healing Collective started just over three years ago. This year, it’s one of 80 organizations across the Chicago area that works with Strides for Peace to combat gun violence. The coaches say what’s happening in the after-school program is also a crime prevention.

“This is exactly what we do. We do crime and harm prevention in our community, social and emotional learning, and we have family members, as well as ourselves, who have been directly affected by gun violence,” Francois-Friis said.

While he’s an adult, he recalls vividly a tragic time when he was a teen.

“When I was in high school,one of my teammates got shot and killed. He was 14 years old, and he didn’t deserved to be killed at 14,” he said.

Both coaches view coming into the elementary school as a way to catch children when they are most impressionable.

“We can very intentionally come into the children’s lives and implement tools of self-awareness, tools of how to care for your body, care for your mind and show up for your community,” Jones said.

By finding their inner peace and connecting with their mind, body, and spirit. The nonprofit hopes that later in life, they will remember to reflect and think before taking action.

“We are also very intentional about instilling leadership in our space we talk about what are your gifts,” Jones said.

“Sometimes you have to pause on academics and really focus in on do they have skills to identify their emotions,” said Assistant Principal Jeanelle Smith.

Smith says she’s seeing changes in students’ behavior since participating in the Rise Up program. She adds that the school district understands social-emotional behavior.

“I think our students at this level can be easily forgotten,” she said. “We come from a generation of do as you’re told, and we don’t realize, they, too, come to school with certain things that are out of their control, but it affects them.”

Rise Up not only comes into schools, but they also take teenagers and young adults on emergence trips out of the country to broaden their view.

“What do we want the future to look like? In order for the children to live in the world we want, we have to rise up and create those things,” Jones said.

One breath at a time.

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    CHADDS FORD, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Afrezza, an inhaled needle-free insulin, for children with diabetes. It is the first needle-free insulin option for children.

Fifteen-year-old Greg Stanoch from Chadds Ford participated in the clinical trial. He tested Afrezza for four years ahead of the FDA’s approval.

“It’s pretty cool, honestly,” Stanoch said, “it’s very easy.”

Stanoch was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when he was in the first grade. He relied on multiple insulin injections daily to control his blood sugar.

“It’s really hard for me to say this, but I couldn’t really be a kid,” Stanoch said. “It was a lot of anxiety, a lot of stress.”

He said it was difficult managing injections with all the sports he loves, including playing Frisbee.

“As a parent, it just breaks your heart,” Greg’s father, David, said. “Every time your little child wants to eat a potato chip, you have to watch him jab himself.”

David Stanoch said he was a little concerned initially about enrolling his son in a clinical trial, but he said his family had some comfort knowing the drug had been approved for adults for more than a decade.

“It was definitely easier,” Greg Stanoch said about the drug, which is inhaled before meals. “I can manage it a lot better than taking shots.”

“Inhaled insulin is a different way to deliver regular human insulin,” Dr. Jamie Wood, a pediatric endocrinologist and the lead investigator on the clinical trial, said. “The insulin is in a powder that can be inhaled and absorbed through the lungs.”

Wood added that the drug works as well as injected insulin. Doctors said side effects for Afrezza are rare but can include lung problems, which is why doctors suggest people with breathing issues should not use the drug.

Stanoch said the drug is a game-changer for him, and that he is happy it will now be available for other children.

“I think that is amazing,” Stanoch said, “it truly is.”

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    NEW YORK (WCBS) — Not many people know Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe’s splash to stardom began on Long Island.

It was 1949 when photographer André de Dienes brought 23-year-old Norma Jean Mortenson to Tobay Beach in the town of Oyster Bay. The beach was little known at the time, but it was quieter than nearby Jones Beach.

“Norma Jean became Marilyn Monroe right here at Tobay Beach,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said.

The photos de Dienes took soon helped her skyrocket to international stardom.

Saladino unveiled a plaque at the beach Friday ahead of what would have been the pop culture icon’s 100th birthday on June 1.

Known as “the blonde bombshell,” Monroe spent time at numerous Long Island beaches and lived in Amagansett while married to famed playwright Arthur Miller.

During their marriage, she suffered an ectopic pregnancy and lost the baby. After recovering in a New York City hospital, she returned via limousine to their Long Island home, where her Pulitzer Prize-winning husband posted a sign reading “welcome home, Marilyn” on the front door.

This weekend and throughout June, beaches and movie houses on Long Island will be paying tribute to the legend.

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    NEW YORK (WCBS) — A teenager was injured Saturday after being hit by falling debris in Queens.

It happened just after noon outside a business on 82nd Street between Roosevelt and 37th avenues in Jackson Heights.

According to investigators, a 14-year-old boy was walking with his parents when a piece of the building’s facade estimated to weigh about 40 pounds fell and hit him in the head.

“I heard the boom,” witness Daisy Narula said. “I thought it was a car accident.”

“I came outside and I heard the kid screaming, like loudly, and when I came to see, he had this big wound on the side of his head,” Narula said. “He was almost about to pass out, but luckily, he stayed conscious until at least 911 came.”

The boy was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital and is said to be in stable condition.

“If it wasn’t for the fact the store had [an awning] … I don’t think it would have fell directly, like, on the side of his head,” Narula said. “It would have literally fell on top, and he might, he would have not made it.”

Back in 2019, 60-year-old Erica Tischman was killed when a piece of a building’s facade fell on her in Midtown. Since then, the city has created a facade and safety inspection program.

The Department of Building said inspectors determined part of the building parapet’s decorative terracotta became loose, fell off the building and bounced off a store awning before hitting the teenager.

The building owner was issued a violation for failing to maintain their facade, and ordered to conduct repairs and put up a sidewalk shed around the property, the DOB said.

The building had no prior complaints related to the facade.

One witness told CBS News New York there was a strong wind before the piece of stone fell. The CBS News New York Weather Team reports winds were gusting at around 40 mph at that time.

The DOB has not said whether wind was a factor.

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    ATLANTA (WUPA) — Cafe Momentum Atlanta is a nonprofit serving up good food while changing the lives of youth and young adults who have had direct contact with the juvenile justice system.

The nonprofit opened its doors in May of 2025. Since then, they’ve had 46 participants, also called interns, come through the program. Twelve more recently started.

“One thing I like about the job is making people feel welcome,” said Kingston, a participant of Cafe Momentum.

Kingston has been a part of the program for five months.

The nonprofit is helping participants by providing them with life skills, education, and job opportunities.

Kingston said Cafe Momentum has helped him open up.

“I have learned hospitality skills, I have learned to get better in my communication, because at first, when I started, I ain’t gonna lie, I was shy,” Kingston said.

Cafe Momentum is a one-year program. During their time in the program, interns are trained in different positions inside the cafe.

When they’re not working, they’re on the other side of the building, catching up on schoolwork, playing pool, or receiving mental health services.

“On Monday, that’s when the therapist comes, and the therapist holds sessions,” Kingston said. “If I need to talk about something, I could talk about something. But not only could I talk to the therapist about it, I could always talk to Ms. Sandy, I could always talk to any employee here because they’re always going to be here for you.”

Sandy Welfare is the executive director of Cafe Momentum Atlanta. She described it as a wraparound program for its young people.

Welfare said not only will participants learn everything about the restaurant business, but they’ll also work on case management, mental health services, and connecting with one another.

“I think the biggest thing for me is that we actually offer hope,” she said. “We offer a pathway for whatever they may feel they want to do in the future.”

She said they’re learning skills they can take with them to their next opportunity.

“These young people are figuring it out, and we’re helping them to figure it out, and the great thing is we’re a resource to give them guidance, give them some direction, and more importantly, when they leave, we’re going to still be championing them,” Welfare said. “We’re gonna still be jumping up and down for them.”

Cafe Momentum has three locations in Atlanta, Dallas, and Pittsburgh. A fourth location in Denver is set to open in 2027.

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    MASSACHUETTS (WBZ) — A storm in Massachusetts has left thousands without power after wind gusts brought down trees and power lines around the state.

National Grid reported that more than 20,000 residents were without power for part of the day on Saturday. Eversource reported that over 11,000 customers have been affected.

Wind gusts hit up to 55 miles per hour in Boston, with peak gusts hitting 63 miles per hour in Cohasset. Around 229 flights were delayed at Logan Airport and 58 had been canceled.

Several trees in Woburn blocked roads and ripped down power lines. The Woburn Police Department asked residents to avoid Wyman Street in the area of Park Drive and Watson Lane after a tree took down an entire utility pole and blocked all traffic.

The road was shut down for several hours as crews worked to clean up and restore power to dozens of neighborhoods in the area.

“It sounded like a big whoop and there was a huge fire in the middle of the road. We’ve had trees come down here before, but this is worse we’ve seen,” Woburn resident Meghan Nelson said.

Strong winds also caused significant damage to Stefan Brankovic’s home on Broadway in Stoneham. He said he was awoken early Saturday morning after getting home late from a work trip to a giant tree falling on his home.

“I heard a loud noise and shaking of the house. I thought it was a car accident. I came outside and saw the tree fell,” he said.

The tree is on town property. Brankovic, who has lived here for 6 years, says he’s asked to have it removed in the past.

“We have several times where branches and parts of the tree fell and cut internet lines. They came and cut branches but didn’t feel the tree needed to be cut. Now it’s done,” he said.

The gusts tore down trees and limbs, impacting service on several MBTA lines. A tree had fallen on the tracks of the Mattapan branch of the Red Line early Saturday morning and a tree limb blocked overhead wires on the D Branch of the Green Line into the afternoon. Service was disrupted for a few hours until crews were able to remove the debris.

While in Hingham, police said they had received several calls about downed trees and wires. They asked that anyone who discovers a downed tree on power lines call 911 immediately.

“Treat all downed wires as potentially live,” Hingham Police said on social media.

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    FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) — A dog who was swept away by floodwaters earlier this week is now reunited with his owner after being found the following day.

Following storms from earlier this week, the dog, named Monchu, was rescued one day after it had been swept away by floodwaters, thanks to community support and drone technology.

The search began the day after a doggy playdate gone wrong.

Sam Haney and his girlfriend Kristen Honeycutt took their dogs to a spot along Cane Creek, but Honeycutt says that day the water level was much higher than usual.

“Before we could even make it over the hill, to get to the water, the dogs were already in the water before we even got a chance to see the water levels and immediately both of us, when we saw we were instantly like this is not good,” Honeycutt said.

Honeycutt’s dog was being swept away and naturally, she went in to rescue her dog. Honeycutt was swept away as well.

Some of the other dogs entered the water during the rescue attempt. Honeycutt eventually got the dogs and herself out of the water, but Haney’s dog Monchu was still missing.

“I saw Monchu poke his head over Kristen’s shoulder and I was trying to tell him to stay there and he just kind of got freaked out and I guess jumped right back in the water because there was no other path of anywhere to go,” Haney said.

Honeycutt says they called 911 and continued searching along the creek.

As Honeycutt and Haney continued to search, Honeycutt’s mom turned to social media, asking for help.

“Eleven, we get back to the cars and we get quiet for a second and we started hearing complete strangers all around calling for Monchu and it was just the most incredible experience just knowing that the community was out looking for him,” Haney said.

The next day, local drone pilot Bree Day-Bottai saw the social posts, reaching out to offer help.

“We went back down to the river and she launched there,” Honeycutt said.

The rescue mission launched with Day-Bottai quickly locating Monchu.

“I was like, ‘hey, I got him,’ and they were over there instantly looking at the camera and it was him,” Day-Bottai said.

The couple was filled with joy.

“She says I think I got him and we just like jumped up like, ‘ What? ‘” said Honeycutt.

Haney described his reaction.

“Bolted over to the screen,” Haney said. “As soon as I saw him do the little circle on the screen and you couldn’t even make out, it was just a little blob and I saw it do a little loop and I was like ‘yup, that’s him,” Haney said.

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