Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Four strangers are now inextricably linked after a crime, Amber Alert, and desperate search brought them all together. “What’s your name?” asked Elizabeth Grisby who’s daughter less than 48hrs before had been kidnapped. “Donnie,” said one of the men who found the little
Continue Reading The owners of a Denton, Texas, diner want customers to know that they are serious when they say masks are still required in their establishment. Wayne and Kat LaCombe put up a warning sign on the door of Legends Diner on Monday — just days after Texas lifted its mandatory mask mandate. The sign is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Six lions were found dead due to possible poisoning in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda on Friday, according to officials. The bodies were found missing several body parts and surrounded by eight dead vultures, indicating the lions may have been poisoned, Bashir
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Some teachers are grappling with how to protect students and themselves against the coronavirus in light of new guidelines for returning to in-person classes issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Friday’s announcement relaxes recommendations for social distancing to 3 feet from 6 feet and relies heavily on schools using other measures,
Continue Reading Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill this month banning the testing of cosmetics on animals in Virginia. The Humane Cosmetics Act prevents a cosmetics manufacturer from conducting or contracting for cosmetic animal testing in Virginia starting January 1, 2022. It also bans the sale of cosmetics tested on animals beginning July 1, 2022. The Humane
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The first congressional elections of the 2022 midterm cycle are set for Saturday, when Louisiana voters go to the polls to fill a pair of vacancies in the state’s House delegation. A Democratic battle is brewing in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge-area 2nd District, pitting two of the state’s top Democrats against each other.
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For people in the Northern Hemisphere who huddled against a sometimes brutal winter, hope is here. Spring equinox 2021 arrives on Saturday, March 20, bringing its nearly perfect balance of daytime and nighttime all around the world. Last year, the equinox made an earlier-than-usual arrival. Because of the peculiarities of the calendar, it was the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — New COVID-19 tracing technology is being implemented at Gervais schools is getting some pushback from parents. When middle and high school students go back to campus, they’ll have the option to wear a lanyard that keeps track of social distancing, alerting students when
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The NCAA has come under fire over the lack of amenities, notably the workout equipment, at the women’s basketball tournament compared with the men’s event this year. Both tournaments get underway this week, with the women’s tournament taking place at five sites in the host city of San Antonio, Texas, and with some games in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Emerging coronavirus variants are able to spread faster than the original virus thanks to a studier spike protein, according to a new study. Bing Chen, a professor of pediatrics at the Boston Children’s Hospital and his colleagues there analyzed changes to the spike
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A local war hero who survived two battles in World War II and the coronavirus turns 100 years old this weekend. Max Deweese was part of the first wave of Marines to hit the beach at the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — The mother of an Overland Park teenager shot and killed by a police officer during a wellness check calls a newly released separation agreement nothing more than a backroom deal to protect the officer and the city of Overland Park. The truth is
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Police in North Carolina found a real gun disguised as a Nerf toy while conducting a drug raid in Catawba County, north of Charlotte, this week. The Glock 19 pistol, along with a 50-round drum magazine, had been painted blue and orange and labeled with the Nerf logo to look like a toy, the Catawba
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Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Last march, one BJC doctor on the front lines made the decision to distance herself from her family so she didn’t bring COVID-19 home. “I had the same concerns every health care provider had which was one, am I gonna infect myself? But more
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The Idaho Legislature has brought business to halt for the next two weeks amid an outbreak of Covid-19 among lawmakers and staff at the state Capitol. The Idaho House and the Senate each voted Friday to recess and return on April 6. Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke, a Republican, told reporters during a news conference
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife have tested positive for Covid-19, according to government officials. Khan is “self-isolating at home,” the country’s health minister, Faisal Sultan, said on Saturday. The 68-year-old former international cricketer received his first dose of China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine on Thursday. The Sinopharm shot is the only Covid-19 vaccine
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After stiff-arming calls for his resignation from leading state Democratic lawmakers, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is staking his political fate on the outcome of a pair of independent investigations into allegations he sexually harassed or behaved inappropriately toward several women. The first probe, launched by New York Attorney General Letitia James, appears to be
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Elsa Peretti, the famed jewelry designer for Tiffany & Co., has died, according to a statement from the company. She was 80 years old. Peretti died in Spain on Thursday, March 18, according to a statement from her foundation. “Elsa was not only a designer but a way of life,” the statement from Tiffany &
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Alexi McCammond is out as editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue even before officially starting, she and the magazine’s owner announced Thursday. The announcement of her appointment to the job had sparked outrage from the publication’s staffers and readers as well as some celebrities because of anti-Asian and homophobic tweets she posted a decade ago. “I became
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In generations past, the arrival of spring meant not just warming days, chirping birds and frolicking baby animals, but also an energy-intensive project for homemakers: spring cleaning. After a winter cooped up in a small home heated by wood or coal—the standard heating system until the central HVAC boom of the 1960s—increasingly warmer weather meant
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