Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — In the same way a sculptor looks at a block of marble and sees a statue, Alex Mixter looks at an old, beat-up house and sees a restored community space. “It really does come down to a matter of what your perspective is, in
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America is on the path to recovery and economic growth is rampant. But the pandemic recession has been severe and we’re still not done growing our way out of it. US gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity — grew at an annualized pace of 6.4% in the first three months of
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No Wi-Fi and spotty cell service hold a certain allure after 13 months of Zoom calls. That lack of connectivity is a key selling point for Getaway, a mini-vacation concept that has grown in the past six years from a few tiny rental cabins outside of Boston to 581 custom-built cabins sprinkled across 15 locations
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A dog was rescued from an island and is now safe in the hands of staff at a mid-Michigan animal shelter. A contestant in the Freeland Walleye Festival spotted the dog Sunday on Green Point Island where the Saginaw River branches off at
Continue Reading The Ingenuity helicopter has risen to every challenge it has faced on Mars so far. Now, it’s ready to fly even further, faster and longer than before. The 4-pound chopper will attempt its fourth flight on the red planet on Thursday at 10:12 a.m. ET, or 12:30 p.m. local Mars time. Data will begin streaming
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On Wednesday night, President Joe Biden unveiled his “American Families Plan,” which calls for $1.8 trillion to be invested in education, child care and paid family leave. This investment is essential to ensure that all who want join the American workforce have the opportunity. But even more importantly, it is aimed at helping women, who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Area Water & Sewer System (MAWSS) responded to a Sanitary Sewer Overflow on April 25 at 4519 Cypress Business Park Drive. Approximately 552,000 gallons of sewer overflowed into Halls Mill Creek as a result of a corroded ductile iron sewer mainline that is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — A Gresham family is devastated after two brothers and a cousin were shot in two separate but connected shootings, just a day apart, at the same location. One of the brothers didn’t survive. Alejandro Barajas, 22, was shot and killed Sunday night outside a
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Playing video games just got a whole lot posher, as a gold-plated Nintendo Wii made for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II goes on sale on eBay. But you might need to part with $300,000 if you want to game in a style fit for a royal. The special console was made in 2009 by now-defunct hardware
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When President Joe Biden drops by Jimmy Carter’s two-bedroom ranch house in Plains, Georgia, on Thursday — a pilgrimage to visit a man he vocally supported as a young senator decades ago — it will be at least the fourth time he’s spoken with one of his presidential or vice-presidential predecessors this month. He phoned
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Candles and flowers remain at Lents Park in the grass and tucked along the fence line, commemorating the place Robert Delgado lost his life almost two weeks ago. A Portland police officer shot Delgado the morning of April 16, following reports that he had
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The Biden bust that the Trump campaign warned of has morphed into a Biden boom. The S&P 500 is up 8.6% since the market close on January 20, the final day of the Trump presidency. That means President Joe Biden is on track for the strongest stock market performance during a new president’s first 100
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — The driver of a van that lost control and crashed on a major interstate Saturday killing six people and injuring several others has been charged with reckless driving and vehicular homicide. Gwinnett County police arrested Monica Manire Wednesday, charging her with six counts
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Michael B. Jordan puts his considerable star power to the test in “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,” an action movie that basically feels like the extended coming attraction for a possibly better one down the road. Whatever the intricacies in Clancy’s book, they’re largely abandoned in a violent revenge tale that a few decades ago might
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — Windsor police are investigating after a hangman’s noose was found at a construction site on Tuesday afternoon. Officers were called to the Amazon distribution center on Kennedy Road following the report that the noose was found hanging from a steel beam on the second
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Reese Witherspoon and Britney Spears ended marriages the same year and were raising two kids as single moms and Witherspoon says their treatment couldn’t have been more different. The “Big Little Lies” star and producer talked to Time magazine about the “Framing Britney Spears” documentary and how it highlighted for her the similarities between her
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“Vanderpump Rules” star Scheana Shay just welcomed a new baby, and revealed she was diagnosed with a serious medical condition after her delivery. She took to Instagram to telll fans about her diagnoses, writing: “Almost 24 hours after being induced, my blood pressure was extremely elevated.” As it got worse, she explained it “turned into
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IRWINDALE, California (KABC) — Just days after meeting her siblings for the first time, a Moreno Valley woman who was abandoned as an infant finally met with the man who rescued her. Jessica Hicks was able to thank the good Samaritan who found her 30 years ago. Isaac
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James Addie is charged with the 2018 death of his fiancée, Molly Watson, in Monroe County.
Continue Reading Playing video games just got a whole lot posher, as a gold-plated Nintendo Wii made for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II goes on sale on eBay. But you might need to part with $300,000 if you want to game in a style fit for a royal. The special console was made in 2009 by now-defunct hardware
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