A Texas shelter badly damaged by last week’s winter storm is getting help from an unexpected donor. Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, surprised Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support in Dallas on Sunday with a donation to fix the roof of its transitional housing complex and help with other urgent needs. “We were notified
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Here’s a look at the Hispanic population in the United States, via the Census Bureau. Facts The Office of Management and Budget describes Hispanic or Latino ethnicity as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.” Hispanic people are the largest minority in
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Two counties in Georgia are seeking to recoup attorneys’ fees from former President Donald Trump and Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer stemming from their lawsuit that made “frivolous” and “baseless” claims of voter fraud in Georgia’s count during the presidential election, according to court filings. DeKalb County said its legal costs to fight the
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Click here for updates on this story LIVERMORE, California (KPIX) — The pilot and passenger of a small, single-engine plane were relieved to be unharmed Tuesday night after hitting a car as they made an emergency landing on a freeway overpass near the Livermore Municipal Airport. The crash happened just after 5 p.m. on Isabel
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The Federal Reserve is suffering a disruption in multiple payment services due to an operational error, the central bank said in a statement Wednesday. The Fed’s website indicates a service disruption for almost all of its payment services, and a spokesman confirmed these outages are ongoing and include Fedwire. Banks, businesses and government agencies rely
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The event is being held at Rothwell Park, where the first vaccination event was held back on Jan. 29. Vaccines will be given out from 9 a.m. until around 6 p.m.
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President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the CIA, William Burns, largely skated through his confirmation hearing Wednesday, receiving bipartisan praise from lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee who made clear they intend to support his candidacy as the first lifelong diplomat to serve as director of the nation’s preeminent spy agency. The tone of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The American Transportation Research Institute said in a report released on Wednesday that six Tennessee locations are in the nation’s top 100 most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America. Four of the bottlenecks are in Nashville. “Tennessee is at the crossroads of the country,
Continue Reading Michigan GOP Rep. Fred Upton was censured Tuesday by a local Republican Party in his congressional district for his vote to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her House committee assignments. The Cass County GOP voted to adopt a resolution saying the vote to remove Greene, a Georgia Republican, from her committees was an “attack”
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Tiger Woods was “awake, responsive, and recovering” in the hospital from major surgery, according to a statement on his Twitter account on Tuesday, after a high-speed rollover car crash near Los Angeles. The 45-year-old golf legend was driving shortly after 7 a.m. PT Tuesday in Rancho Palos Verdes when his SUV crossed a median and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — More than 100 students and staff are in isolation or quarantine at New Lothrop Area Public Schools, as of Feb. 22. The school district was notified Sunday evening, Feb. 21, and Monday afternoon, Feb. 22 that four middle and high school students tested
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People packed into the rotunda Wednesday for a Second Amendment rights rally at the Missouri Capitol.
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Some businesses in Columbia are planning to re-open their doors with a sustained lowering of coronavirus case levels and a new health order which allows bars and restaruants to stay open until midnight.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kenosha, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — The boyfriend of a woman found dead at her home after being reported missing weeks before is expected to be charged with her death. Gia Buccieri Martin, 39, was reported missing on Jan. 26, with family saying she had last been seen
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Tiger Woods’ rollover car crash led to serious leg injuries and a flurry of medical terms most people aren’t familiar with. The 45-year-old golf legend was rushed to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday after the wreck. The hospital’s chief medical officer described his injuries and immediate treatment in a statement posted to Woods’ Twitter account:
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Montana City, Montana (Independent Record) — The two men who were wrongfully convicted for a 1994 kidnapping and homicide in Montana City have each received $6 million in settlements. Freddie Joe Lawrence and Paul Jenkins reached their settlements after filing separate lawsuits, MTN News reported. They each had
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of comedian Billy Crystal. Personal Birth date: March 14, 1947 Birth place: Long Beach, New York Birth name: William Edward Crystal Father: Jack, concert promoter and record store manager Mother: Helen (Gabler) Crystal Marriage: Janice (Goldfinger) Crystal (1970-present) Children: Jennifer and Lindsay Education: New York University, B.F.A., 1970 Other
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Tucson, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star) — If NASA’s latest Mars rover ever finds itself in need of a drink of water or a snow cone, the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute can help with that. A team from the private nonprofit research organization recently unveiled the most complete map
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The Biden administration said Wednesday it would send more than 25 million masks to community health centers, food pantries and soup kitchens across the country in order to reach some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations. “While masks are widely available in many different shapes and sizes, many low-income Americans still lack affordable access to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A Davenport man is facing charges after he used a box cutter as a weapon to rob two businesses in January and February, Davenport police said. William Robert Smith, 50, of 625 W. 7th St., is charged with two counts of armed robbery,
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