Click here for updates on this story EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — Scott and Debbie Grigaitis say living by a crop field has been peaceful for the last 20 years. However, this past Monday they say that peace was disrupted by an overpowering stench of sewage. “It’s bad,” Debbie Grigaitis said. “You can’t even step out
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Blanchet House feeds thousands, while keeping their commitment to sustainability in all areas of their work. The non-profit provided a half a million meals in downtown Portland in 2020 and is taking it a step further by making good use of their food
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, North Carolina (WLOS) — Greensboro City Council has ousted a white official who refused a black resident’s request to be addressed by her doctoral title during a televised meeting Tuesday night. The incident Monday happened at the end of a four-hour Zoning Commission meeting in which Doctor
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President Joe Biden is preparing to outline the next step of his economic agenda during a joint session to Congress next week and his proposal to pay for it is expected to include new taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Multiple sources familiar with the discussions underway tell CNN that Biden’s forthcoming American Family Plan could
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Zlatan Ibrahimović has signed a one-year contract extension at AC Milan that will enable him to play beyond his 40th birthday. “AC Milan is the Club for which Zlatan has played the most in Italy,” said Milan statement. “After scoring 84 goals in 130 appearances with the Rossoneri, the Swedish striker will continue to be
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This time last year, Indian entrepreneurs were in panic mode. The government had locked down the country’s entire population in a dramatic step to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Company founders feared the restrictions would leave them in a severe funding crunch that could hurt their ability to expand, pay salaries or even stay afloat. The
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A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying four astronauts from three countries — took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday morning, beginning their six-month stay in space. This launch marked the third-ever crewed flight for Elon Musk’s company and the first to make use of a previously flown rocket booster and spacecraft.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — The authors behind the Dead Sea Scrolls, famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), have long eluded historians and scientists alike. But artificial intelligence technology has now unveiled two possible scribes. Researchers with the University of Groningen conducted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are scheduled to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. According to the prime minister’s itinerary for the day, the two will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at 12:45 p.m. in
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The Justice Department has built out one of its most gripping and complex investigations to date from the January 6 insurrection in a court case which has gotten far less attention than others about at least five rioters who dragged and beat police with flag poles and a crutch on the US Capitol steps. Investigators’
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Former President George W. Bush wrote in the name of his former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on his 2020 presidential ballot rather than voting for his own party’s nominee Donald Trump for reelection, he told People magazine. “She knows it,” Bush told the magazine, referring to Rice, one of his closest advisers during his
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A California police officer is facing multiple felony charges for the 2018 shooting death of a man during a slow-speed pursuit, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said in a Wednesday news release. The announcement came the same day local authorities released new body camera footage of a fatal shooting involving the same officer
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An unidentified object has been spotted at the site of the ongoing search for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew members on board, as authorities warn oxygen on the vessel will run out within 24 hours. An Indonesian naval vessel detected an object with “strong magnetic resonance” at a depth of 50 to 100
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Basketball player Terrence Clarke, who last month declared for the 2021 NBA draft after playing his freshman season for the University of Kentucky, died Thursday after sustaining fatal injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to the Kentucky athletics department. He was 19 years old. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon as Clarke’s vehicle
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The fight in Congress to reform how the nation’s police officers go about their jobs has reinvigorated a discussion over so-called “qualified immunity,” a controversial federal doctrine that protects officers accused of violating the Constitution while on duty. While abolishing the more than 50-year-old doctrine remains one of the main sticking points between Republicans and
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President Joe Biden kicked off a virtual climate summit on Thursday with a pledge to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade. Angel GurrÃa, the head of the OECD, told CNN Business that the summit, which continues on Friday, is a huge step in
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The Boone County Fire Protection District is investigating after a car caught fire on Prathersville Road early Friday morning.
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Lourdes Leon is ready to talk. The 24-year-old daughter of pop icon Madonna has opened up about her career ambitions and love life in a rare interview with Vanity Fair. In the candid Facetime chat published in the magazine’s May issue, Leon recalled attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing
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Russia appeared to be pulling back from a confrontation with the West on Friday as state media reported that troops were returning to their bases after taking part in exercises near the border with Ukraine and in Crimea. A buildup of Russian troops along the border in recent weeks had reignited tensions in eastern Ukraine,
Continue Reading Germany’s new “emergency brake” rules for areas with high Covid-19 infection rates, intended to curb the spread of the virus, will come into force Saturday, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. They will affect almost the entire country. The controversial new law gives the national government power to impose lockdowns on states for the first time,
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