Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — With three different COVID vaccines being administered in the U.S., some pharmaceutical companies are now working toward a vaccine for animals, and the Maryland Zoo is already putting together their distribution plan for it once available. The African lions are a must-see when visiting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — It might be said that Morgan Dardia is wired a bit differently than many high school seniors. For example, she just completed her EMT courses, and can now be certified. She says helping out just runs in the family. “Yea, I’d just say coming
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLORIDA KEYS, Florida (WFOR) — Cats really do have nine lives, especially a small kitten found hitching a ride underneath a police car in the Florida Keys. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the Seven Mile Bridge on Monday morning following reports of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — An MTA employee was recognized Tuesday after saving a scared dog in the subway. Nine-year-old Lucy looked a little bashful while reuniting with her rescuer, MTA employee Jose Bonilla. Perhaps she was remembering the grueling chase she led him on before he
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GOP leaders are moving swiftly to install Rep. Elise Stefanik as the No. 3 Republican in the House on Friday in a rapid effort to unify the party, but the move comes as a growing number of conservatives are expressing doubts that the New York congresswoman has the credentials or voting record needed to step
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Watch President Biden address the pipeline issue in the player below. The Colonial Pipeline launched the restart of its operations Wednesday evening following a six-day shutdown caused by a ransomware attack, but the pipeline’s operators warned it will take several days for service to return to normal. “Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh woman who says her dog was strangled to death at a PetSmart in East Liberty while having its nails trimmed is asking for accountability from the company. Now four employees involved in her claim are facing felony charges of animal cruelty, and
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Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe told a female Environmental Protection Agency nominee on Wednesday that if she did not “behave,” then “I’m going to talk to your daddy.” The awkward exchange was during Radhika Fox’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to be the assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office of Water.
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The body of a missing 2-year-old boy was found Wednesday, one day after Las Vegas police arrested a man in connection with the child’s disappearance and death, authorities said. Amari Nicholson was last seen May 5, according to Lt. Richard Meyers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. “This case started out as a missing
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs released their full 2021 schedule on Wednesday night. KC will open the season at home on Sept. 12 against Cleveland. The Chiefs won’t have their bye week until Week 12. Here’s the full schedule with all of the home games bolded. WEEK 1: Sunday, Sept. 12 vs.
Continue Reading Thousands of miles from its native habitat, a Bengal tiger has been spotted in the front yard of a Houston home. But days after the bizarre sighting, authorities and Houstonians aren’t sure exactly where the big cat is. Here’s what we know about the tiger and what might happen after it’s found. Where was this
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The ransomware group that carried out a crippling cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline has demanded millions in bitcoin cyrptocurrency payment, though at this point the company has not paid, according to people familiar with the matter. The group, previously identified as DarkSide, demanded nearly $5 million, two sources familiar with the incident said. But it is
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A new reality TV show called “Unicorn Hunters” borrows the pitch-for-fame-and-fortune concept popularized by “Shark Tank” but adds an unusual twist: It’s not just the judges throwing money at the businesses. Viewers at home can invest, too. The new streaming series — which debuted Monday on its website, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook Video — features
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One of two planes that collided in the air near Denver deployed a parachute and slowly drifted to the ground, where two people walked away from the aircraft, a sheriff’s office spokesman said Wednesday. The other plane, a small cargo turboprop, landed at an airport, according to Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy John Bartmann.
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The chief of the public corruption unit at the Manhattan US Attorney’s office, which is handling the criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani, is stepping down at the end of the week to return to private practice, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN. Edward Diskant, who has been a prosecutor at the office for
Continue Reading Local officials in Texas unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for a posthumous pardon for George Floyd on a drug charge from more than 15 years ago. Floyd died in May of 2020 after former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes. Chauvin was convicted last month of
Continue Reading President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday meant to better protect the nation from cyberattacks, but even as he signed it, the White House acknowledged more will need to be done to prevent the type of hack that affected the Colonial Pipeline. That attack, which temporarily shut down the pipeline supplying fuel to the
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People who got mixed doses of coronavirus vaccines — receiving a different vaccine type as a second dose than the first dose — appear to be more likely to experience mild side effects such as fever, chills, fatigue or headache, researchers in the UK reported Wednesday. But the side effects following mix-and-match vaccinations were short-lived
Continue Reading The special runoff election in Texas’ 6th Congressional District will take place on July 27, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a proclamation Wednesday, with early voting starting July 19. The runoff features two Republican candidates, Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey, vying for the seat held by Republican Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after
Continue Reading Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the For the People Act, the sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to restrict voting access, a spokeswoman for the West Virginia Democrat confirmed Wednesday. Manchin — who had previously expressed reservations about moving forward with a far-reaching measure without bipartisan
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