Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — If you’ve received medical care, odds are you’ve been surprised at the mailbox too, with a bill asking you to cover some of the costs, even if you have insurance. Rod Kammrad experienced this surprise bill after he fell into a fire pit, leaving
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Missouri state troopers closed a road just west of Jefferson City in order to recover a vehicle stuck in water.
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US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been friends, allies and partners in a relationship that has spanned nearly four decades. When they first met, Biden was a junior senator in his early 40s; Netanyahu was a fledgling diplomat nearly a decade younger. Now with their first phone call expected imminently,
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1951 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Marriage: Sharon (Malone) Holder (1990-present) Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric Education: Columbia College, B.A., 1973;
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A Miami-Dade community activist is speaking out about the rise in gun violence, calling for more to be done as innocent children keep getting caught in the crossfire. Just this weekend, there was a shooting at a northwest Miami-Dade 7-Eleven that injured two men and
Continue Reading The son of two former slaves, Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) had little more than a grade-school education. But that didn’t stop the Ohio man from becoming an inventor with a rare gift for designing machines that saved people’s lives – including an early version of the traffic light. As a teenager Morgan got a job repairing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Public works employees in Baltimore say they haven’t been paid a proper paycheck so far this year. “When I first looked at it, I thought they were playing a joke. I thought I was on TV, or let’s make a joke,” Trent Cunningham, a DPW
Continue Reading Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine has filed a petition seeking to nullify the reelection of longtime President Yoweri Museveni. Wine told Journalists on Monday, as his National Unity Platform (NUP) party legal team filed the petition with the Supreme Court, that it can show fraud resulted in Museveni’s victory last month. WIne is supported by
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A panel of House representatives is launching an investigation into how major meat processors and OSHA handled coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking facilities. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Representative James Clyburn, said Monday that it has sent out letters to Tyson, Smithfield and JBS USA, along with the Occupational Safety and
Continue Reading A few dozen protesters carrying anti-vaccination signs briefly shut down Los Angeles’ largest Covid-19 vaccination site over the weekend. The Los Angeles Fire Department temporarily closed the entrance to the Dodger Stadium vaccination site Saturday for 55 minutes, Andrea Garcia, a spokeswoman for Mayor Eric Garcetti, told CNN on Monday. Hundreds of cars were waiting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YOSEMITE VALLEY, California (KCRA) — Yosemite National Park will reopen its gates Monday after a series of winter storms caused damage and forced the closure of the park two weeks ago. For the first week of February, visitors can show up at the park without a reservation. Between
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One person was dumped before finals week after a four-year relationship. Another broke off a relationship with their boyfriend because he had fallen in love with someone else. These two brutal breakups seem to have nothing in common, and yet both users’ Reddit posts hinted at a breakup months in advance. An analysis of over
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Hundreds — if not thousands — of people lined up in their cars outside Tumea & Sons Sunday afternoon for a pasta dinner and to support a Des Moines father of three in heart failure. Some said they waited an hour and a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KHBS/KHOG) — Dr. Josette Cline, the director of the Counseling and Psychological Services center at the University of Arkansas, said mental health is a top priority for the University, especially in a year plagued by the pandemic. “Whenever there are situations where people feel more isolated,
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Christine Chiu is fully aware of what some viewers of “Bling Empire” think about her. She is one of the stars of Netflix’s latest binge-worthy docuseries, which revolves around an insanely wealthy group of Asian friends in Los Angeles. Chiu is easily the one some fans have decided they love to hate thanks in part
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If you thought the GameStop drama was over, think again. ICYMI: Last week, a tense showdown played out on Wall Street. It was a David vs. Goliath tale in which a band of amateur investors on Reddit took on Wall Street pros by inflating the share price of GameStop (and other securities). The mass buying
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Some of the sickest people in São Paulo, Brazil occupy the rooms inside the Covid-19 ward at the Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Disease. Machines beep and whir, nurses and doctors a blur as they rush into the room of an elderly man who is gasping for air that won’t come. The decision to intubate
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, GA (WGCL) — Cobb County police have arrested a man for fatally shooting his father. According to an arrest warrant, on January 29, officers arrived at a home on the 2700 block of Sherwood Road in Smyrna. The arrest warrant stated Cannon Davidson, 26, called 911
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Following a yearlong investigation, Georgia state officials have cleared nearly all of the Georgia state trooper cadets who were implicated in a cheating scandal and fired in January 2020, according to Mike Ayers, executive director of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST). The Georgia State Patrol cadet class of 2019 was dismissed
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors have filed charges against an alleged US Capitol rioter who was one of the first people to breach barricades outside the complex, saying he attacked the police line, causing an officer to suffer a concussion. The man, Ryan Stephen Samsel, was charged with forcibly assaulting a police officer, attempting to obstruct a police
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