Day death tolls since the pandemic began. The number of new infections of covid19 are growing exponentially too and in nearly every corner of the u. S. That is leading two members of the president s Coronavirus Task force to call for states to shut down bars and for all americans to wear masks. But without any official guidance from the white house about those recommendations, governors and major retailers are taking matters into their own hands. Tonight colorado and arkansas are joining a growing list of states mandating masks in public. Altogether 28 states plus the district of columbia now require them. And today target, cvs and Publix Publix stores are also saying Grocery Stores are also sayi they are rolling out ruling telling customers to wear masks too. And as we come on the air tonight more than 138,000 people have been killed by the here in the u. S. And we hit this milestone more than three and a half million confirmed cases nationwide. If fighting the virus werent enough, th
Paradise lost, the death toll rising on maui, at least 36 People Killed with many others still unaccounted for. An Historic Town burned to the ground. This morning, the race to evacuate thousands of homeowners and tourists. And the heartstopping moment one Group Desperate to flee is suddenly surrounded by flames. Go go the very latest in a live report. Deadly confrontation. Were learning more this morning about the fatal fbi shooting of a utah man accused of threatening to kill President Biden just hours before his visit to the state. This morning, the disturbing images and messages that led agents to the suspect. Murder for hire. New details on the case against a georgia woman accused of plotting to kill own husband. What prosecutors in the bahamas just revealed during her First Court Appearance. Cause for coconcern. Popular drugs for acid reflux now being linked to a higher risk of dementia. Just ahead, what the millions of americans who rely on them every day need to know. Those sto
The sidelines. Well mention one more thing. A tweet that went out this afternoon from state senator jack lavalla. He tweets, thank you mike evans. Youre quite a young man. Hope to have the opportunity to meet you someday. Go bucs you remember the state senator from pinellas, a republican, said he was boycott the bucs until evans apologized. That has happened, and we assume the state senator will be watching this sunday as the bucs take on the sowers, fox 13 news. Breaking news from oklahoma where Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City remains closed following a shooting near a parking garage. Officials say one person was shot and killed and theyre looking for a potential second person. Those inside the airport were ordered to hunker down and seek shelter. They believe this was an isolated incident, but they havent said if theyre looking for a suspect or have someone in three thieves pose as shoppers distract elderly women and take their money. It makes you wonder what else theyre c
Shots were fired. We were counting 15 or more shots. Summer shot through the door. One ricocheted and hit the young girl. Is it world war iii . What is it . What is it coming to in the daylight now that people are now beginning to come out and shoot innocent kids . Reporter a concerned resident and neighbor, like many, is tired of seeing the cop cars and crimen we just had a Community Meeting yesterday. Crime and safety was one of the issues we talked about. I just went to a Board Meeting this evening considering concerning some other issues. Reporter a motive for the shooting remains under investigation. There were plenty of people outside and as i had said this happened in broad daylight. Detectives have their hands witnesses and theyre looking into the possibility that a nearby resident or a nearby business does have Surveillance Video of what happened. Fortunately, the little girl is going to be okay. A manhunt continues at usf tonight. Two men robbed a female student there last ni
Eastbound. All those are in the med yan so we arent seeing any tlas across the water this morning. In fact, we could check the drive times. Looking pretty good, nine minutes across the courtney campbell. 6 on the howard. 8 minutes to cross the gandy bridge. A minute after 6 00. We are continuing to follow breaking news out of clearwater. Firefighters investigating if a space hereto caused earlymorning fire just west of betty lane. The fire began around 2 00 this morning. You can see the inside of the duplex thankfully, nobody was hurt. And breaking overnight, Campus Police at usf sending out a warning to students this morning after a young woman is robbed on campus. Abc action News Reporter rodney live on campus this morning. Wow is that stuvent doing . We heard she was roughed up a bit. Thankfully, shes okay. She wasnt hurt too badly. All of this happened as she walked alone. Two guys walked up and robbed her. As you can imagine, students around campus on edge this i just make sure my