Click here for updates on this story Vermont (WPTZ) — Last week, Gov. Phil Scott opened vaccinations to people who identify as Black, Indigenous or a person of color. On Tuesday, he defended his decision after receiving sharp criticism from people all over the country. Scott’s press secretary, Jason Maulucci, says besides the thousands of
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A Georgia man received quite the surprise while he was at a local jeweler working out a possible payment plan for an engagement ring, as none other than Shaq overheard the conversation. The entire experience was caught on video, and shows Shaq paying off the
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Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT, Georgia (WGCL) — A missing Gwinnett County woman was found dead, buried beneath a Barrow County home early Tuesday morning. The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Tanners Bridge Road after they received information potentially leading to the location of a missing woman. Following
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Click here for updates on this story JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) — More than 200 residents were displaced by a massive eight-alarm fire that tore through an apartment building in Queens Tuesday, and the FDNY is pointing to a pair of missteps that it says allowed the blaze to spread. The fierce flames injured more
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — More than 2,000 people in Oregon have died from COVID-19 over the last year. “It’s, it’s been a lot,” said Shannon Speicher. Since day one of the pandemic, Speicher and her staff at Finley-Sunset Mortuary & Sunset Hills Memorial Park have been working hard
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Click here for updates on this story NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (WABC) — April has long been recognized as Autism Awareness Month, but this year, experts and advocates are calling for a shift to Autism Acceptance Month to foster change and inclusivity. Tommy Marcketta, 13, has autism. He was diagnosed just before his 8th birthday
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Sheryl Underwood is sharing her thoughts about co-host Sharon Osbourne leaving “The Talk” after their fiery debate. “I still love the Osbournes, from what I’ve known of them,” Underwood said in a three-part episode of her podcast “The World According to Sheryl.” “I don’t know anything other than what I’ve experienced with them, and this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A train has blocked the entrance to the Alabama Cruise Terminal for quite some time. It is finally beginning to move. Because of this delay, the MCHD COVID-19 Response Team will work beyond the previously announced closing time. They will provide the second-dose Moderna
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As he approached a curve in the road, Tiger Woods apparently meant to hit the brakes but instead slammed on the gas — causing a high-speed rollover crash, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday. Six weeks after the golf legend suffered serious leg injuries, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the main causes of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CARTHAGE, Texas (KTBS) — An East Texas man held on federal charges related to participating in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has asked for pretrial release and claims he “did not act out of criminal intent but out of sense of duty,” according to court documents. Alex
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Tears were heard Tuesday night from the sister of this 16-year-old boy shot and killed by Honolulu Police Monday. The family identified the victim in the officer-involved shooting as 16-year-old Iremamber Sykap. Monday night, shots were fired at the end of a police chase that
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday that her reelection campaign raised an astonishing $3.2 million in the Georgia Republican’s first three months in office, after reports detailed her embrace of conspiracy theories and support for executing prominent Democratic politicians. “I am humbled, overjoyed, and so excited to announce what happened over the past few
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A senior aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested earlier this week that the California Democrat is open to gutting the filibuster so that legislation can be advanced by a simple majority. Feinstein’s state director Jim Lazarus told a group of activists from the progressive group Indivisible on Monday in San Francisco that she believes “the
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A group of more than 70 congressional Democrats has sent President Joe Biden a letter pushing the White House to encourage Saudi Arabia to end a blockade of Yemen that has led to food and fuel shortages in the country that have hampered the delivery of desperately needed food aid. The letter comes after a
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Nearly every day, White House press secretary Jen Psaki heads into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, stands at the podium, and fields questions from the press. The questions asked of her are a
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Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a bipartisan-supported bill into law on Wednesday that expanded voting access by codifying election recount procedures, online absentee ballot portals and early voting procedures — an exception to the GOP efforts nationwide to overhaul state election rules in the wake of the 2020 election. “Today is also a good
Continue Reading Two massage therapists who have accused Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of misconduct during massages identified themselves during a news conference Tuesday held by Tony Buzbee, an attorney for more than 20 women who have filed civil lawsuits against Watson. Watson denies any wrongdoing. Immediately following the news conference, Deshaun Watson’s attorney Rusty Hardin released
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Health care professionals are urging people to get their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine at the same place as their first dose to avoid vaccine waste.
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With America joining the renewed talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear agreement shunned by Donald Trump, the United States has taken a giant step back into the global community of nations. Sadly, we are now reduced to playing a sharply weakened hand. It will take some deft management and out-of-the-box thinking on
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The Biden administration is reviewing 5,600 files to determine whether more children were separated from their families at the US-Mexico border during the Trump era than previously known, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told reporters Wednesday. Under former President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, border officials separated at least 2,800 children from
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