Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Emergency room nurse Kathy Reardon is feeling a little less stress on the job these days, especially the day after Massachusetts reported no new COVID deaths. “To see that number zero is just incredible,” said Reardon. “I attribute that to people paying attention doing what
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Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, CA (KOVR) — The memorials for fallen Stockton Police Officer Jimmy Inn continue on Wednesday. A procession began at the San Joaquin County coroner’s office to deliver his casket to Casa Bonita Funeral Home in Stockton. The casket was surrounded by lines of Ofc. Inn’s sisters and
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol bomb squad, at the request of Cooper County Sheriff Chris Class, helped dispose of several dangerous devices Thursday, the patrol says. According to a tweet by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F, the bomb squad helped dispose of: one modified M-67 grenadetwo artillery simulatorsfive blasting caps24
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN LEANDRO, CA (KPIX) — An 11-year-old boy and a 17-year-old were arrested Wednesday in connection with an attack and robbery of an elderly Asian man in San Leandro, police said. The unidentified 80-year-old victim out for a walk along the 14200 block of Acapulco Road when two
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Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina offered a blunt assessment on Thursday of where things stand in the bipartisan effort to craft a compromise to overhaul policing in the US, telling CNN, “I think we have a long way to go.” Calling progress “incremental,” Scott said the three key negotiators — himself, Democratic Sen.
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Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, CA (KOVR) — Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones is praising the Good Samaritan who risked his own safety, to save the little boy caught in the middle of the shooting that left an officer and a suspect dead Tuesday. That hero is choosing to stay out of
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After years of encouraging Democrats and voters to take a meritocratic approach when evaluating candidates for office, Republicans are coming under fire for insisting that ousted House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney must be replaced by another woman. Before the Wyoming congresswoman was booted from her leadership post in a vote on Wednesday, House Republicans
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Tesla’s Chinese sales last month were much weaker than they originally appeared. Although Tesla does not report monthly sales or regional revenue, the China Passenger Car Association earlier this week estimated Tesla’s Chinese sales were down 27% from March to just under 26,000 cars — much worse than the overall 10% decline in China’s electric
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Seven members of the New York Yankees’ coaching and support staff have tested positive for Covid-19 despite being inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the baseball team’s manager said. Six of the seven do not have symptoms, Aaron Boone said Wednesday. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 72% effective against Covid-19 among US
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Streaming has carried Disney through the pandemic with Disney+ growing to more than 100 million subscribers. Yet on Thursday, the biggest star in Disney’s universe shined a little less bright. Disney+ now has 103.6 million subscribers, which was below the 110 million that what many on Wall Street were expecting. This seemed to follow the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — Western North Carolina is home to millions of acres of forest land with more than 70 species of trees. Many once-dominant tree species no longer prevalent in WNC thanks to non-native species Forest experts say the health of the region’s trees is being
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — According to Florida Highway Patrol, a vehicle pulling a trailer with live chickens and roosters came to an abrupt stop due to traffic on I-10 near mile marker 7. They state multiple cage doors opened, which allowed around 100 chickens to escape onto
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOVER, Tennessee (WSMV) — A school counselor at Stewart County High School has been indicted on charges of improperly changing academic records, the TBI announced on Friday. Gayla Grise, 51, was indicted on Monday by the Stewart County Grand Jury on two counts of falsifying of educational and
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Stocks rebounded Thursday from the inflation-fear weakness earlier in the week — though they pulled back a bit from earlier sharp gains. The Dow, which rose more than 500 points at its peak, finished up 1.3%, or 434 points. It was the index’s best performance since late March. The broader S&P 500 closed up 1.2%,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The mayor of Flint wants to crack down on drag racers by taking away their vehicles. Mayor Sheldon Neeley proposed revisions to the city’s ordinances covering drag racing. The changes would classify drag racing and other related dangerous activity as a public nuisance, which
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Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — The Vancouver Police Department is searching for a man they say fired shots at another vehicle during a road rage incident on Wednesday. The incident began at about 7:20 p.m. on northbound Interstate 205 and ended near 7500 Northeast 41st Street. Police said the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — According to Florida Highway Patrol, a vehicle pulling a trailer with live chickens and roosters came to an abrupt stop due to traffic on I-10 near mile marker 7. They state multiple cage doors opened, which allowed around 100 chickens to escape onto
Continue Reading The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is calling on the Biden administration to enact sanctions in response to the ongoing human rights abuses in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after a CNN investigation found that Eritrean soldiers were blocking critical humanitarian aid to starving and wounded civilians. In an investigation published Wednesday,
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People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,”
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Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday that Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 275,000 low-income residents who were set to become eligible for the program July 1. Missouri voters in August approved a state constitutional amendment to expand the program, but Parson said the legislature did not fund the expansion, make it unconstitutional.
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