Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo took an unofficial but unsubtle step into the 2024 Republican presidential race this week, touting former President Donald Trump’s administration’s foreign policy record in front of a large breakfast crowd Friday during a two-day swing through Iowa. Pompeo’s trip here was a starting gun of sorts — the first
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Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information after a Rutherford County quarter horse was found shot to death. The Hill family said their quarter horse, Blackjack, was found shot in the head on Monday, March 22, 2021, at the family’s farm
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A rod in Martha Juarez’s left arm, the silence in her home and a missing wedding ring are daily reminders of the mass shooting that changed her life. Martha and Luis Juarez had been married for 70 years when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, while they were shopping.
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Long gone are the days when you only needed your phone, keys, and wallet to walk out the door (hello masks). With Covid-19 vaccinations becoming more widespread, you may soon need to carry proof that you’ve been vaccinated to do something like travel or go to a concert. While some companies have been working on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAWAII (KITV) — The Department of Health (DOH) says a total of 12 people have contracted Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated. They’re called ‘breakthrough cases,’ comprised of 10 Hawai’i residents and two non-residents that were vaccinated in other states. Ages ranged from 26-years-old to 74-years-old. Among the cases
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Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man who was shot seven times by a White police officer who was responding to a domestic incident on August 23, 2020, has sued the officer for excessive force in federal court, records show. The lawsuit, which only names Kenosha, Wisconsin, Officer Rusten Sheskey as a defendant, argues that the
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This is how lies turn into laws that make it harder for people to vote. The same week that a major backer of former President Donald Trump’s false election fraud narrative admitted it was unreasonable, Republican lawmakers in Georgia turned legislation inspired by the false narrative into law. Republicans didn’t like the election results in
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The New York City Council passed a series of reforms for the New York Police Department on Thursday, including ending qualified immunity for officers, which protected them against civil lawsuits. The city is the first in the nation to end qualified immunity according to Council Speaker Corey Johnson. The package of legislation included five bills
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FARGO, North Dakota (WDAY) — Lake Park resident Chris Perry never dreamed he would be celebrating his 40th birthday Thursday, March 25, alongside his new baby girl and boy. The twins, Olive and Ashton are still hospitalized at Sanford Children’s Hospital in Fargo, and the story of their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Infection from bacteria associated with cat-scratch disease could potentially play a role in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, according a pilot study conducted in part by a UW-Madison veterinary medicine professor. Researchers took blood samples from 17 people with medically managed schizophrenia or
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle girls basketball team is in need of a new head coach. Michael Fernandez has resigned from his position, effective March 31. That’s according to Battle athletic director Alex Huck. The Lady Spartans went 10-13 this past season. They lost to Hickman in the final seconds in the district tournament.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Friday that she is appointing DC National Guard Major Gen. William J. Walker to be the House sergeant-at-arms, noting in the announcement that he will be the first Black American to serve in the role. Before Walker can begin serving as House sergeant-at-arms, the House must hold a majority
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WESTWOOD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts couple is speaking out after their vehicle was stolen from a local dealership. Daniel and Anabella Reyes say they dropped their Audi SUV off for repair at Audi Westwood on Tuesday but then received a call from the dealership the very next
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Click here for updates on this story KISSIMMEE, Florida (WESH) — All slingshot rides in Florida have been closed after two teenagers were rescued Thursday night from the slingshot ride near Old Town in Kissimmee. The Florida Department of Agriculture said there are four Slingshot rides in the state, in Kissimmee, Orlando, Daytona Beach and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — There are some things in life where you can’t help but smile, and the only thing more perfect than this baby is his shirt. Bonnie Carlberg, a resident at Luther Park in Des Moines, met her great-grandson, Daxton, for the first time. Little
Continue Reading The city of Long Beach, California, is working to rebuild a symbol of LGBTQ inclusion after it was destroyed in a fire that officials believe was an act of hate. The Long Beach Fire Department says the city’s Pride lifeguard tower was “fully engulfed” in flames early Tuesday morning. The tower has been a “symbol
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Here’s what you need to know if you’re planning on a spring break trip to Orlando next week: Renting a car — if you can find one — could cost you at least $300 a day. That’s possibly more than you’ll spend for air fare, hotel rooms or tickets to theme parks. A year ago,
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Metaphors are seldom as convenient as they were last week, when University of Oregon basketball player Sedona Prince posted a Tik Tok video of the fully appointed weight room in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bubble and what the women were given in theirs: a single rack of hand weights. The NCAA executives responsible for
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Dominion Voting Systems, a voting technology company that was the target of baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel Fox News on Friday. The company alleged that the network “recklessly disregarded the truth” and participated in a disinformation campaign against it because “the lies were
Continue Reading A California Supreme Court ruling will dramatically change the state’s cash bail system by stating that some defendants may no longer be detained just because they cannot afford to post bail. “The common practice of conditioning freedom solely on whether an arrestee can afford bail is unconstitutional,” Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar wrote in the court’s unanimous
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