TONIGHT:Â We finally start to dry out this evening as the cloud cover even starts to break up. As it does so, temperatures will settle down near 30 for overnight lows. TOMORROW: Sunshine is here! We’re tracking the return of sunshine and shifting winds that will allow us to warm back into the 50s. EXTENDED: We
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the country’s vice president announced in a televised address on Wednesday. He was 61. “President John Magufuli died of a heart ailment that he has battled for over 10 years,” Samia Suluhu Hassan said. She added that the president had been receiving
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The Italian island of Sardinia sits in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, gazing at Italy from a distance. Surrounded by a 1,849-kilometer coastline of white sandy beaches and emerald waters, the island’s inland landscape rapidly rises to form hills and impervious mountains. And it is within these edgy curves that shepherds produce casu marzu,
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At least two of the eight people killed at Atlanta-area Asian massage spas Tuesday lived in the same spa where they worked, Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen said. “This one fact alone highlights the vulnerability, the invisibility, and the isolation of working-class Asian women in our country,” Nguyen said at a Thursday news conference. “When
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President Joe Biden has ordered the American flags at the White House and on other federal ground be flown at half-staff as “a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence” in Atlanta this week. The shooting rampage on Tuesday took place at three different Atlanta-area spas — one in Cherokee
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Click here for updates on this story MONMOUTH, Iowa (WQAD) — A couple from Monmouth, Iowa was ready to retire as pastors at their church at the end of 2020. But they haven’t slowed down one bit. “If it wasn’t for them, probably would have been closed by now,” says parishioners Connie Bonney. “Instead of
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The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send millions of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses stockpiled and waiting for official usage approval in the US over the border to Mexico and Canada, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. “I can confirm that we have 7 million releasable doses available of AstraZeneca,” Psaki said at
Continue Reading Top Republicans in the House have repeatedly clashed with US Capitol security officials during closed-door meetings in recent weeks, as GOP lawmakers have privately aired their frustrations about the lack of clarity surrounding security measures and what they feel has been undue political influence from Democrats over the decision-making process, according to several sources familiar
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Five Below wants to win more teen shoppers with novelty stores and cheap prices. The toy, game, room decoration and tech accessory store targets teens and tweens as its key customers and sells most of its stuff for — as its name suggests — under $5. It said Wednesday that it will open 170 to
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement reached in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, mandating that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Facts 192 parties have ratified the protocol (191 states and one regional economic integration organization). The United States has not; it dropped out in 2001. The protocol mandated that 37 industrialized
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Last year, the annual event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Continue Reading Seven sandbar sharks now swim the waters of the New York Aquarium at Coney Island. Their new digs are definitely more spacious than their previous home — a New York man’s above-ground pool. Joshua Seguine, 40, is facing a $5,000 fine for illegal possession with intent to sell seven sandbar sharks, according to a statement
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (WALA) — A group from Idaho has a remarkable story to take home with them after reeling in a great white shark off the coast of Pensacola Beach earlier this month. It was the group’s first time saltwater fishing, and with the help of John
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The European Union’s medicines regulator has concluded that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to use after several EU countries suspended their rollouts following reports that it could be linked to blood clots. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s executive director Emer Cooke said the agency had “come to a clear scientific conclusion: this is a
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Google is the latest tech company to commit to more office space despite the ongoing pandemic and the rise of remote work. On Thursday, Google said it plans to invest more than $7 billion in offices and data centers in the United States and create at least 10,000 additional full-time jobs this year. “Coming together
Continue Reading The Senate narrowly confirmed Xavier Becerra to be the Health and Human Services secretary on Thursday, giving the former California attorney general a crucial role in fighting the pandemic. Becerra, the son of Mexican immigrants, is the first Latino HHS secretary. The vote was 50 to 49. Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins joined Senate Democrats
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Google is the latest tech company to commit to more office space despite the ongoing pandemic and the rise of remote work. On Thursday, Google said it plans to invest more than $7 billion in offices and data centers in the United States and create at least 10,000 additional full-time jobs this year. “Coming together
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The University of Missouri will start moving construction crews over to the site of the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital next week.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LYNCHBURG, Tennessee (WSMV) — Lexie Phillips makes history becoming Jack Daniel’s first female Assistant Distiller. The world-famous whiskey company is known for its corn, rye, and barley malts promoted Phillips to serve as a collaborator with Jack Daniel’s Mast Distiller Chris Fletcher. Phillips previously worked for Daniel’s as
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Doing your laundry with cold water can help save the planet, and maybe save you some money along the way. That’s the message from Tide in a newly launched campaign to decarbonize laundry. The goal is for consumers in North America to do three out of every four loads of laundry with cold water instead
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