Aaron Rodgers, the reigning NFL MVP and the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, does not want to return to the team, according to a report from ESPN. ESPN’s Adam Schefter, citing unnamed league and team sources, said Rodgers has told some inside the organization he wants to leave. The ESPN report says that
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Joe Rogan, Spotify’s top podcast host, responded to the controversy surrounding his remarks that healthy young people should not get the Covid vaccine. On Thursday’s episode of his podcast, a snippet of which was posted to YouTube, Rogan brought up how the White House, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, addressed and disagreed with his comments. “I’m
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — High winds and hail forced air traffic controllers to evacuate an air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The forced evacuation happened on April 25 just after 8:38 p.m. During the evacuation, The Atlanta Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in Peachtree City, assumed
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Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his passing on Collins’ Facebook page. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a
Continue Reading Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced the postponement of planned parliamentary elections, saying Israel has failed to confirm it will allow voting in East Jerusalem. The announcement ends weeks of mounting speculation that Abbas would nix the vote and looks certain to trigger a blame game involving the international community, as well as widespread
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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill and advocates who want to overhaul the nation’s policing laws — including members of George Floyd’s family — held a series of meetings Thursday searching for legislation that can pass both chambers of Congress, the day after President Joe Biden highlighted the demand for policing reform in his prime-time address. “We
Continue Reading The television ratings for President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress were far weaker than the equivalent events by past presidents. But the decline probably has more to do with the state of television than the state of the presidency. Nielsen estimated that 26.9 million people watched the speech across 16
Continue Reading As the vaccine rollout continues and parts of the US loosen restrictions, school reopenings in some communities are still in flux. For many families of remote students, parents returning to work remain in a difficult position. “We don’t want them to make the choice, me earning a living versus my child getting an education. What
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — An investigation is underway into an infant’s death near 29th and St. Paul in Milwaukee. Police say it happened around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, April 26. According to police, the child’s cause of death was a result of blunt force trauma. A 20-year-old Milwaukee man
Continue Reading At 114 years old, Thelma Sutcliffe just became the oldest living American, according to the Gerontology Research Group. She is also the 7th oldest person in the world, and all she wants to do is eat meals with her friend. Luella Mason, a longtime friend, told CNN that Sutcliffe has lost most of her eyesight
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday agreed with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott that the United States is not a racist country, but added that the nation has a history of racism that cannot be overlooked. During a Thursday morning appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Harris was asked to react to comments from Scott
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A huge £10,000 ($13,950) commemorative gold coin has been created in Britain that pays tribute to the “Queen’s Beasts” — 10 mythical creatures that represent her royal ancestry. The coin, which weighs 10 kilograms (22 pounds), was made by the Royal Mint and is the largest ever created in its 1,100-year history. The Royal Mint,
Continue Reading A Minnesota man was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $12 million in restitution for his role in damaging a Minneapolis police station amid racial injustice protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, pleaded guilty in December to one count of conspiracy to commit arson for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — In November of 2019, an Oklahoma police officer was on the other side of the law, accused of killing his boss, a small-town police chief. Investigators said the crime happened at the Hilton Hotel on Pensacola Beach. Deputies found the body in the men’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RAPID CITY, South Dakota (Rapid City Journal) — A Rapid City woman is facing a felony charge because her children were hospitalized after she allegedly left marijuana edibles in an area where they were able to access them, according to a news release from the Pennington County Sheriff’s
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Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad. Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN that while the Pentagon and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Illinois (The Pantagraph) — Police said a Decatur woman, faced with her husband pleading with her not to take the car without him, ran him over with it instead. A sworn affidavit from Decatur police said the couple, married for two years, had gotten into an unspecified
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Five people have been arrested and charged for their alleged involvement in the February shooting and robbery of Lady Gaga’s dog walker, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Three of the suspects, ranging in age from 18 to 27, were arrested Tuesday on charges of attempted murder. The other two suspects, aged 40 and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELROY, Wisconsin (Kenosha News) — An Elroy woman is suing Kraft Heinz Food Company for allegedly deceptive packaging, claiming the company misleads purchasers of Bagel Bites Pizza Snacks into believing they are getting real tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese even though the product contains imitation sauce and cheese.
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors are moving forward with plans to charge Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers with federal civil rights violations, according to two local media reports in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, citing a source, and KSTP-TV, citing sources with knowledge of the investigation, say the Justice Department intends to ask a grand
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