Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, and Wednesday marks five years since a TDOT worker was hit and killed on the side of I-40 in the Midstate. This week, there’s a special focus on safe driving through highway work zones. “It’s not just a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — After working with federal partners, the health district has identified 11 probable cases of acute non-viral hepatitis linked to the consumption of “Real Water” brand alkaline water in Clark County. In March, the Southern Nevada Health District announced it was working with its federal
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America can’t get enough chicken sandwiches. That’s great news for KFC, which launched a new one earlier this year. KFC’s parent company Yum Brands said Wednesday that the sandwich — which is made with an extra crispy chicken filet on a buttered brioche bun with pickles and spicy or classic mayonnaise — has been a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Three of more than 40 people, part of a big lawsuit, have different stories about drinking Real Water. “I had the water for all of 11 days. And I was in the hospital for nine,” Tino Hartshorn said. “I was shipped out to California,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — When people think of identity theft, they often see images of sophisticated computer manipulations and online chicanery. But identity thieves still get sensitive information the old-fashioned way. That was the case for a Mobile woman, who said she has spent the better part of
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court, said at a Senate hearing Wednesday that her race doesn’t play a role in her work as a judge, but that her experience as an African American jurist “might be valuable” should she be confirmed to the
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The Three Rivers Fire has grown from burning 4,000 to 12,000 acres in New Mexico, according to a press release on the New Mexico Fire Information site. As of late Tuesday, the fire, which is burning about 60 miles northeast of White Sands National Park and about three hours south of Albuquerque, was 5 percent
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Republicans will not provide an official Spanish response to President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress on Wednesday night, breaking a modern tradition that has become standard with the annual address. Instead, the Republican National Committee will translate the English response from GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, and — most-likely — release it after
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai said it has been “heartbreaking” to witness the pandemic’s devastating impact on India, which is experiencing the world’s worst outbreak of the coronavirus. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Poppy Harlow Wednesday, Pichai discussed the unfolding situation, how his company is responding and what others can similarly do to lend support.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Nebraska State Patrol troopers helped a New Jersey man stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 80, then chased after him, after learning that the Honda Civic he was driving had been reported stolen. Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said a trooper stopped to
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A 30-year-old Fulton man died Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 54 in Callaway County.
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First things first: Joe Biden isn’t going to take away your hamburgers. There’s a bizarre rumor going around in right-wing circles — and being spread by Fox News and Republican members of Congress — that President Biden is scheming to come into your kitchen and pry the cold, dead beef out of your hands. Rep.
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Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin bet from early this year had already increased in value by more than $1 billion by the end of last month. The company disclosed in February that it used some of its available cash to invest $1.5 billion in bitcoin. Tesla on Monday reported a record quarterly profit, disclosing it had
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Vivid images and testimony from the trial against Derek Chauvin are now seared into the memory of Brandon Mitchell, one of the jurors who convicted the former police officer of murdering George Floyd. Inside the Minneapolis courtroom, “it was just dark. It felt like every day was a funeral and watching someone die every day,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Robert Titsworth got the surprise of his life when he opened his front door Monday. Waiting for him at his Broken Arrow home was his cousin, Christine Riley, and Erin Faith Allen of Purple Hearts Reunited, who had the Purple Heart of his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOAB, Utah (KSL) — Federal officials said Tuesday that they are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who was responsible for damaging a famous petroglyph in Grand County. The vandalism was first spotted at “Birthing Rock,” alternately known as “Birthing
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President Joe Biden has a lot on his plate right now. But he’ll soon need to make an important decision about the future of the Federal Reserve — a choice that will help shape his administration’s economic policy in the coming years. Current Fed chair Jerome Powell’s four-year term as the head of the central
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Samsung is bringing some of the strengths of its flagship Galaxy smartphones over to its notebook line. The company announced on Wednesday four mobile-first PCs that combine the power of a laptop with the responsiveness of its smartphones: the Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book Pro, Galaxy Book Pro 360 and Galaxy Book Odyssey, all of which
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The New York Post temporarily deleted, and then edited and republished, a debunked article that falsely claimed that copies of Vice President Kamala Harris’ book were being included in “welcome kits” given to migrant children at a shelter in Long Beach, California. The reporter who wrote the article, Laura Italiano, tweeted late Tuesday afternoon that
Continue Reading The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released new body cam footage from the March 31 police shooting of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez. Police have said Alvarez was armed with a gun at the time. The Medical Examiner’s Office declared Alvarez’s death a homicide. CNN is reviewing the footage.
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