Three people were pronounced dead at the scene of an active shooting incident in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to tweets from Austin-Travis County EMS. There are no reports of other patients, the agency added. Police said on Twitter they are on scene at the incident at Great Hills Trail and Rain Creek Parkway. Austin
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Lori Lightfoot pledged on the day she was inaugurated 23 months ago as Chicago’s first Black female and first gay mayor that “reform is here.” But, amid outrage following last week’s release of video of the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, the mayor faces a new round of questions about how Chicago Police Department
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Two people have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at a Nebraska mall, Omaha police said. The shooting took place Saturday at the Westroads Mall in Omaha. Trequez Swift, 21, was killed. Ja’Keya Veland, 22, was injured and is expected to survive, police said. A 16-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree
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Authorities are looking for whoever opened fire at a tavern in southeast Wisconsin overnight, killing three people and seriously wounding two others, the Kenosha County sheriff said. Gunfire broke out both inside and outside the The Somers House tavern around 12:40 a.m. Sunday, Sheriff David G. Beth said. “It sounds like one person got removed
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Bryan Blitz, the only coach in Mizzou soccer’s history, is stepping down to spend more time with his family, according to Mizzou Athletic Director Jim Sterk. The program said Blitz informed Mizzou of his decision on Sunday. “I have run my race, after 25 years it is time for me to step
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Tennessee artist’s work has been featured in The Washington Post and The New York Times. His latest piece takes on a huge ambition, summing up life in the time of the pandemic. In one studio, art’s not just made from paint and brushes.
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A consensus appears to be taking root in Corporate America: What’s good for the environment can also be good for business. As President Joe Biden prepares to bring 40 world leaders together for a two-day climate summit this week, big businesses have been amplifying their sustainability initiatives and making trillion-dollar pledges to fight climate change.
Continue Reading President Joe Biden’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan includes an intense unraveling of the extensive intelligence and covert action network that the US has built there over the two decades since 9/11 as part of the global war on terror. The current plan includes the removal of the hundreds of special operations forces not publicly acknowledged
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A romantic getaway for a young couple took a violent, almost deadly turn in broad daylight Friday. “I was sleeping it was so early I just heard like 5 shots and that’s what woke me that was my alarm clock,” said Leshon Jones a tenant
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A partnership of organizations is cleaning parks in Genesee County for youth sports. Quincy Murphy has spent years maintaining Flint’s Dewey Park. “This park here, Dewey Park, is an example you can take one park one project at a time and make a difference,”
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that it would be “very hard” to meet the 62,000 refugee cap pledged by President Joe Biden, arguing that the refugee system that was in place when the administration came in lacked “the means to effectively process as many people as we hoped.” “I think what the President
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Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday urged his party to return to its traditional principles, saying a focus on things like fiscal responsibility and strong national defense are key to winning back control of Congress in upcoming elections. “You know, what I’ve suggested here over the last several months is, Republicans have to
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that he expects a decision to be made about the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine by Friday, predicting the vaccine would come back on the market with restrictions or warnings. “I don’t want to get ahead of the CDC and
Continue Reading Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that it would be “very hard” to meet the 62,000 refugee cap pledged by President Joe Biden, arguing that the refugee system that was in place when the administration came in lacked “the means to effectively process as many people as we hoped.” “I think what the President
Continue Reading At least 97 people were injured when a train went off the tracks near the city of Toukh, north of Cairo on Sunday, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Health. More than 50 ambulances were dispatched by the Ministry of Health to rescue the injured from the train crash. The Egyptian Railways Authority said it was
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With Broadway theaters shut down during the pandemic, artists are turning to Clubhouse, a buzzy audio app often used for networking and virtual panels, to create free full-length musicals. Clubhouse, which is still in beta testing, is an invitation-only app with hundreds of audio chat rooms where its millions of users can talk about a
Continue Reading While her kindergarten classmates spend their free time playing with blocks and running around outside, Paige Tobin has been busy dropping into 12-foot high skateboard ramps, amassing a burgeoning online fanbase, and challenging gender stereotypes. Paige, 6, of Lake Macquarie, Australia, nabbed the world’s attention last week after an Instagram video of her skating in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new case study describes a rare case of severe heart failure in a 21-year-old man after he drank multiple energy drinks daily for two years — revealing the potential dangers of excessive consumption of these beverages. The case study, published in BMJ
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — For Wayne Smith, pain is forged in iron and steel, but also in words. What started as an outlet to channel his grief over the death of stepson Corrie Ellison is now a 680 kilogram sculpture that stands three-and-a-half metres tall and sits
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Joe Biden’s swift reversals on raising the nation’s refugee cap over the past 48 hours marked a rare moment of uncertainty for the new President within a carefully choreographed first 100 days — one that underscored the power of progressives to force Biden to change course, even as they face legislative setbacks in a deeply
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