TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with rain moving in before dawn. Winds shift from southwest to northeast with lows falling into the low 40s. TOMORROW: Steady showers early, followed by scattered showers in the afternoon. Rain amounts between 0.25″ and 0.5″. Highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: Showers exit Thursday night, leaving us dry to end the
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A top health official warned the US could see an “avoidable” Covid-19 surge if Americans let up on mitigation measures now. A day later, two more states unveiled plans to loosen restrictions. “The continued relaxation of prevention measures while cases are still high and while concerning variants are spreading rapidly throughout the United States is
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German Catholic theologians and clergy have mobilized against a recent ruling from the Vatican that said the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions. The ruling “is characterized by a paternalistic gesture of superiority and discriminates against homosexual people and their lifestyles,” according to a statement put together by the Catholic Theological faculty at Munster
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Rikki Olds was a vivacious, strong, and independent young woman who worked as a front-end manager at a King Soopers grocery store. “She was so energetic and charismatic and she was a shining light in this dark world,” her uncle Bob Olds said. On Monday, after a shooting rampage at the supermarket, her family panicked
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Click here for updates on this story GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, North Carolina (WLOS) — It’s been 20 years since elk were reintroduced into Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). Officials with the National Park Service and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation released 25 elk in February of 2001. The next year they released
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Sidney Powell, the former Trump lawyer who famously threatened to “release the Kraken” in her quest to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has now formally responded to Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against her in a way that may surprise some who have followed Powell and her longstanding and vehement commitment
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Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw has been released from detention in Myanmar three weeks after he was arrested for covering a protest against the country’s military coup, the news agency has confirmed. Thein Zaw told the Associated Press by phone following a court hearing on Wednesday that all charges had been dropped because he was
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Heliogen, the Bill Gates-backed clean energy startup, is bringing its field of mirrors to the Mojave Desert. In a bid to bring carbon-free power to heavy industry, Heliogen announced Wednesday that mining behemoth Rio Tinto plans to deploy the startup’s breakthrough solar technology at California’s largest open pit mine, located in Boron. Heliogen says this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County native Shamus Goss’ 2013 started with plenty of potential. The high school basketball standout at Norcross and Duluth high schools wanted to do whatever it took to play Division I basketball, and he was close to achieving that dream
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Low-income families of color in Oakland, California, could receive some extra financial assistance over the next year and a half. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced this week that the city will launch a guaranteed income project to give hundreds of Black and Indigenous families and people of color $500 per month for 18 months. The
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Columbia police say a driver was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after another driver had a medical issue that led to a crash Tuesday night at Grindstone Parkway and Highway 63.
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A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to pass legislation as soon as next month to try to rein in China’s economic influence on the United States, in an effort that represents President Joe Biden’s best chance at a major bipartisan package from Congress. With the looming partisan brawl over a Biden’s next major agenda
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After heavy rains battered northern Australia for almost a week, stunning footage has emerged of waterfalls at Uluru, the sacred sandstone monolith in the desert plains of the Northern Territory’s “Red Centre.” Videos and photos show gallons of water cascading from the bright red rock, as rain totaling up to five times the March monthly
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Tourists sprawled over sidewalks, garbage piled up in the streets, and thousands-strong lines to enter museums. Overtourism feels a long time ago now, but the after effects are still being felt in Italian cities, where locals have been squeezed out by Airbnbs, businesses have been drowned out by souvenir shops, and whole economies have been
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Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A mother and her boyfriend are being questioned after an 8-year-old child was pronounced dead in a possible drowning. There are still a lot of questions about what exactly led up to the possible drowning that happened at the Quality Inn and Suites off the
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Monday’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado is the latest tragedy to plague the United States’ tragic record on gun killings — which its government has long struggled to get a handle on. And while America’s unique relationship with firearms sits at the forefront of the national psyche, the US is far from the only country
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Even as the pandemic pummeled its businesses, Disney managed to eke out a blockbuster success with its streaming service, Disney+. But to keep those subscribers — and, crucially, to attract new ones — the company needs content. That includes “Cruella,” the origin story of the dastardly-yet-fashionable villain from “101 Dalmatians” starring Emma Stone. That film,
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Bethenny Frankel is engaged. “The Real Housewives of New York” star is set to wed Paul Bernon, an entrepreneur based in New York, according to People magazine. The couple has been on and off since 2018. She previously spoke about her relationship with the magazine in 2019 saying, “Things are wonderful … He’s a good
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Olympic fencer Ryo Miyake took up a new job last year: delivering food for Uber Eats. Miyake, who won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, put sponsorship money on hold after learning the Olympics would be postponed. His training stopped for several months during Tokyo’s first state of emergency last spring so he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Raleigh man took himself straight to the hospital over the weekend after he was bitten by his pet. The thing is, the pet was a venomous green mamba snake, requiring antivenin to be flown in from a South Carolina zoo. A green
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