Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — The music roots run deep for family medicine Doctor Sebastian Lane. “I was just always around it. Whether it was like Eric Clapton and all those kind of guys, literally coming by my grandparents’ house in Chicago. I was just surrounded by it,” Lane
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A federal judge’s ruling this week ordering the release of a redacted Justice Department memo recommending that former President Donald Trump should not be charged with obstruction of justice could place new scrutiny on then-Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the Mueller investigation. The memo, if released, would likely provide fodder to Barr’s critics who
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The outlook is improving for small businesses in Columbia with low numbers of new coronavirus cases and the pending end of local health orders, an advocate for downtown business said Tuesday.
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Calls to a major child abuse hotline increased in the early months of the pandemic, new research has revealed. The findings add fuel to worries that hidden child abuse may have been a consequence of school closings and lockdown measures due to the novel coronavirus. Researchers assessed calls and texts to the national child abuse
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Former President Donald Trump is weighing in on the fight to replace Rep. Liz Cheney in the House Republican Party’s leadership, blasting Cheney, endorsing her possible replacement and staying in touch with Republicans on Capitol Hill as the effort gets underway. On Wednesday, Trump publicly backed Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York to replace
Continue Reading A lack of facial coverings and social distancing may have contributed to repeated Covid-19 transmissions at an ICE facility in Illinois, according to a newly released watchdog report that uncovered several health and safety related violations at the detention facility. During an unannounced inspection of Pulaski County Jail, which houses ICE detainees, the Department of
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A New Jersey high school teacher has been suspended with pay after launching into a rant during two virtual classes in which he allegedly called George Floyd a “criminal” and used profanity against his students. Howard Zlotkin, a science teacher at William Dickinson High School in Jersey City, is also accused of singling out Black
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The United States could see a drop in Covid-19 cases and deaths by July if vaccinations remain high and people adhere to certain prevention measures, a new modeling study suggests. But if fewer people follow Covid-19 precautions — such as wearing masks and physical distancing — it could undermine the gains from vaccinations to slow
Continue Reading A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday declared that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on eviction — a key element of the federal government’s efforts to aid those hit hardest by the Covid pandemic and its economic effects — must be set aside. The ruling from Judge Dabney Friedrich says the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis City police officer was involved in a car crash in north St. Louis Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 11 a.m. at the intersection of Hamilton and Lotus. St. Louis police told News 4 a car ran a stop
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GAINES TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WNEM) — No police department is the reality for Genesee County’s Gaines Township. “It kind of makes me nervous,” said resident Mandy Utter. Utter said the local cops are the reason she lets her young kids walk to class. “They’re up there every day. The
Continue Reading Divisions within the Biden administration persist over whether to ease some patent restrictions on vaccines, according to people familiar with the matter, as the President nears a decision on loosening some intellectual property rules on pharmaceutical products, a move that could expand global vaccine supply. Officials said an announcement on the administration’s position could come
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With stocks enjoying a strong start to 2021, investors are continuing to plow more money into exchange-traded funds — especially ones that are tied to the top broader market indexes. In other words, many investors are still happy to place their bets on the top techs that dominate the S&P 500 — even though an
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story O’AHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Over the weekend, one O’ahu resident’s beach day took an unexpected twist after a close encounter with a shark on the Windward side. Sheri Gouveia and her six-year-old daughter Anela Rezentes were at Kalama Beach in Kailua — a common hang-out spot for the
Continue Reading Centrist lawmaker Yair Lapid has been tasked with trying to form a new government in Israel, after longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to admit failure in his efforts to reach agreement with potential coalition allies on Tuesday night. Lapid, whose Yesh Atid party came second in the March 23 election to Netanyahu’s Likud,
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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s repeated rebuttals of former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him has put her in a precarious position within the Republican Party. Just three months after an overwhelmingly vote to keep Cheney in her leadership position as the No. 3 House Republican, some of her colleagues
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Nick Kamen, the British model and singer who appeared in a famous 1985 Levi’s commercial, has died at the age of 59. A friend of the family confirmed his death to the PA Media news agency on Wednesday. The agency said it understood that Kamen — born Ivor Neville Kamen — died on Tuesday night
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to promote the newly launched Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which was established to help struggling restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a White House official. Applications for the program opened on Monday. The $28.6 billion fund was established as part
Continue Reading The Justice Department charged a soldier in the Wisconsin National Guard for storming the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection. Abram Markofski and an associate allegedly traveled to DC together to attend then-President Donald Trump’s protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election. After the rally ended, investigators say Markofski and his associate walked
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The Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education held a webinar for school leaders, school nurses and local health officials to keep local leaders informed with COVID-19 updates pertaining to K-12 schools and answer questions.
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