Earlier this year Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold a digitally signed copy of his first-ever tweet from 2006 for nearly $3 million. And that could be just the beginning for sales of celebrity non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. That’s according to Cameron Hejazi, CEO of Cent, the company that runs the Valuables site where Dorsey’s tweet
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As America reopens, more than 37 million people are expected to travel for the Memorial Day holiday weekend — a big boost from last year’s record low. That number of people expected to travel 50 miles or more from home is a 60% increase from last year when only 23 million traveled, according to a
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MARSHALL, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Valley men’s soccer arrived back on campus on Tuesday night after winning its first ever NAIA national championship. The Vikings were greeted to a big celebration at Gregg-Mitchell Field. Missouri Valley beat Oklahoma Wesleyan 2-0 in the national championship on Monday night. Senior Luka Gluscevic was named the most valuable
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The benefits of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine outweigh any harms, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told the agency’s vaccine advisers Wednesday. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is holding a public meeting to discuss whether to recommend Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in youth as young as 12. The US Food
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A growing number of gas stations along the East Coast are without fuel as nervous drivers aggressively fill up their tanks following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, a critical artery for gasoline. The panic-buying threatens to exacerbate the supply shock. US gasoline demand climbed by 14% on Tuesday compared with the
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Europe’s retaliatory tariffs on American whiskey are set to double to 50% in June unless the Biden administration lifts tariffs on foreign steel put in place by former President Donald Trump. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai — President Joe Biden’s top trade official — gave no indication that the government is preparing to lift the
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The Rev. Megan Rohrer made history when they became the first transgender pastor in the Lutheran church. This month, they again broke new ground — this time, as the church’s first transgender bishop. Rohrer was elected the Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America earlier this month. Throughout their
Continue Reading California recall candidate Caitlyn Jenner told CNN in an interview that aired this week that she did not vote in the 2020 election, but public records from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Record show that she did cast a ballot in the contest. Asked for clarification on her previous claim that she did not vote, a
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The Molly Bowden Neighborhood Policing Center in north Columbia includes community meeting space in addition to serving as a northern precinct for CPD, according to a news release. The nearly $10 million project is being paid for with voter-approved capital improvement sales tax revenue.
Continue Reading An investigation that began in March 2020 into Dr. Robert Anderson, a former University of Michigan physician, details decades’ worth of allegations that Anderson sexually assaulted and abused at least several hundred patients and that the university failed to act on reports it received about his conduct. The investigation, completed by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KILLINGLY, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Frito-Lay company in Killingly will expand its operations, the town announced on Wednesday. Gov. Ned Lamont said the company is investing $235 million for the expansion, which is expected to create 120 new jobs. “As we emerge from this [COVID-19] pandemic, we are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A 26-year-old Menasha man is facing charges after investigators say he left a gun on a kitchen table and a 3-year-old boy got ahold of it, and fatally shot himself. The incident happened Saturday, May 8, near 31st and Michigan. According to a criminal complaint,
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The worst violence in years between Israelis and Palestinians showed no signs of letting up Wednesday, as continued Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket fire prompted the United Nations to warn the conflict could mushroom into “full-scale war.” Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza has now killed at least 56 people, including 14 children, and injured more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A disease is threatening hundreds of Sacramento’s oldest and largest trees, and now the next time you’re out for a walk or bike ride, you can actually help protect these trees. The Sacramento Tree Foundation is building an army of “citizen scientists” who are
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Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KSBW) — A man who escaped police custody Tuesday afternoon was rearrested after leading law enforcement on a chase in a police cruiser in Monterey. According to Lt. Mike Bruno with the Monterey Police Department, police were looking for a woman who had led police on
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The vote to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position took only 16 minutes. Before the House Republican Conference met Wednesday morning to oust the Wyoming congresswoman from her position as the third-ranking Republican member in Congress, sources told CNN they expected it to be quick. But it happened so quickly that some members
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Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Orange County is considering an ordinance that would ban the retail sale of cats and dogs. At a workshop on Tuesday morning, more than 30 citizens spoke out on the issue. The burning question is, will existing pet shops be forced to close?
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WYFF) — Two people have been taken to the hospital with chemical burns due to a hazmat incident in Henderson County. Asheville fire officials said they responded to a machining manufacture company Tuesday morning. An Asheville Fire Department spokesman said the incident happened at Linamar
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Secretary of State Tony Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Arctic Council ministerial in Iceland next week — the first face-to-face meeting between a Biden cabinet official and their Russian counterpart. Their meeting in Reykjavik comes ahead of a potential summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. No date
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Indiana (WLWT) — Police are investigating after an off-duty deputy hit and killed a skateboarder in Jefferson County, Indiana, Monday. Indiana State Police said it happened around 10 p.m. when Jefferson County deputy James Webster, 51, was driving a county cruiser while off-duty. He was traveling west
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