Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A Nashville business’ security guard was arrested last night after shooting and injuring another security guard from the same business. According to court papers, an on-call person was called into the business at 5800 Centennial Boulevard around 10:15 p.m. for a security guard who was
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Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — More than 2.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far in Connecticut, as the state remains a leader in the nation in terms of vaccination rates. This would not be possible without the healthcare heroes working around the clock to
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Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger became the first congressional Republican to call on his colleague from Florida, Rep. Matt Gaetz, to resign in the face of a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations. “Matt Gaetz needs to resign,” Kinzinger tweeted Thursday night, linking to a Daily Beast article about allegations against Gaetz, the details of which
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Click here for updates on this story ROSWELL, Georgia (WGCL) — Accusations of racism at a Roswell daycare explode online after a livestream video appears to show white children being fed lunch first. “They were skipping all of the black kids it seemed like,” said father Adryan McCauley. The family said they saw it happen
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — EJ Brown, the owner of John’s Bar and Party Store in Munger, said he won’t honor Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request to pause indoor dining for two weeks. “Pausing indoor dining? I don’t think we can handle that,” Brown said. “We’re just getting back to
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The Biden administration is spending at least $62 million a week to care for unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to government data. Over the last month, HHS announced or opened at least 11 new facilities with more on the way, leaning on convention centers, military
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Employees are speaking out against Alphabet, Google’s parent company, arguing the tech giant must do more to protect employees from workplace harassment. An open letter addressed to Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, published online on Friday, made two demands: the company stop those who are found to have harassed other employees from managing anyone
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Amazon has soundly defeated a landmark union drive that would have established the company’s first US union, but labor advocates are hopeful that the high-profile fight will nonetheless be successful in spurring support for broader change. In the final vote tally, 1,798 workers at the Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse voted against unionization while 738 voted to
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Federal prosecutors have arrested and charged Seth Aaron Pendley of Wichita Falls, Texas, with trying to blow up an Amazon data center. Court filings for the 28-year-old were not immediately available, but a criminal complaint distributed by a Department of Justice spokesperson indicates he was charged with attempting to, “damage and destroy, by means of
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President Joe Biden‘s border coordinator is stepping down at the end of the month, the White House announced Friday — an unusual time given the administration is dealing with record numbers of unaccompanied migrant children at the US southern border. Roberta S. Jacobson was appointed as a special assistant to the President and was a
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Pfizer on Friday asked the FDA for an amendment to its emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine to expand its use in people ages 12-15 in the United States. “It’s highly likely” that the FDA will allow the expansion and could act “relatively quickly,” the acting chairman of an FDA vaccine advisory committee said.
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Just as the Biden administration is moving up its deadline to make vaccine eligibility available to all adults by April 19, the supply of at least one of the vaccines, Johnson & Johnson’s, is slowing down, and with some of its manufacturing challenges at an independent plant that has had problems in the past, it’s
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As more and more vaccinations are administered in the US, the Covid-19 story, which once was nothing more than a tale of enormous tragedy, now has a new plotline: how best to return to normal. A key element of this latter story arc is the poorly understood concept of “herd immunity.” The idea is straightforward:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team officially signed transfer guard Jarron “Boogie” Coleman on Friday afternoon. Coleman comes to Columbia after spending the last three seasons at Ball State. The rising redshirt junior will still have three years of eligibility to play for the Tigers. “Boogie is a leader who is scrappy, hungry and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story READLYN, Iowa (The Courier) — You’re never too old to be vaccinated. Proof of that is 112-year-old Readlyn residents Esther Wittenburg and her 92-year-old son Virgil Bock, who recently received their COVID-19 vaccines at the UnityPoint Clinic in Waverly. The secret to their longevity? Wittenburg credits “real potatoes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Montana (Missoulian) — The Missoula Fire Department responded to a call Wednesday afternoon for a report of a person trapped in a silo and buried to his neck in sand at a concrete business on the city’s Northside. Firefighters arrived at 1700 Rodgers St. with two ladder
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Reports received by the state of Texas about the care of unaccompanied migrant children housed in a San Antonio facility and released Friday by Gov. Greg Abbott did not allege children were being abused, as the governor has previously said. The reports were included in a letter Friday sent from Abbott, a Republican, to Vice
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Illinois (The Journal Times) — A pot-bellied pig was found on the loose near Downtown Racine, and the owner has been identified, according to the Wisconsin Humane Society. Wrinkles, the 3-year-old male pig, was found in the 900 block of Superior Street and returned to the Racine
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Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — In opening statements Thursday in Katerian LeGrone’s sex assault trial, the state painted a picture of a then-Husker football player who thought he could do whatever he wanted and a young college student too frightened to do anything to stop him. The
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Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — A month after firing and charging an officer he said had no business wearing a uniform, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia is facing scrutiny now that the former officer has been released from jail. Garcia faced some tough questions Thursday about his handling of the
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