As the United States marks Memorial Day Weekend and the start of summer, so many people are planning to travel to places they haven’t been in a year, see friends again, and go to baseball games, concerts and more. With coronavirus infections dropping around the country and more than 50% of adults fully vaccinated, are
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The gunman who opened fire on coworkers at a light rail yard in Northern California on Wednesday — killing nine people before killing himself — bypassed certain people and appeared to select those he shot, a witness said. “He … was targeting certain people. He walked by other people,” Kirk Bertolet, a worker at the
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Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Thousands of Albuquerque teachers are left disappointed after the Albuquerque Public School District promised bonuses then backtracked. The pandemic forced educators to d0 a 180 to teach online. “They spent so much time trying to meet the needs of the kids, Ellen Bernstein
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONROE, Union County, North Carolina (WLOS) — A North Carolina middle school student was arrested Wednesday after officials said they brought a loaded gun to school and pointed in at another student. Union County Public Schools leaders said school resource officer seized the loaded .380 pistol from the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Hundreds turned out Thursday to say their final goodbye to a Fern Creek firefighter who died last week. Sgt. Kyle Adams was killed in an off-duty lawnmower accident last Friday, just days before he was set to retire. He was 39 years old and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BELLE CHASSE, Lousiana (WDSU) — A Belle Chasse mother and father are devastated. Their daughter died of an accidental overdose right before her high school graduation. Hailey Deickman’s parents Allison and Jesse said their daughter was an honor roll student at Belle Chasse High School. Tuesday night, she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Many have been forced to make career changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A West Des Moines man showed KCCI how he’s making the best of it, and taking a trusty business partner along for the ride. In November, Chris James started
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALSTON, Nebraska (KETV) — A Ralston High School junior and his mother are both shocked and confused after the student’s yearbook photo was used in a science exam without his permission. The first question on the zoology final showed a picture of 17-year-old Ezekiyal Wells and asked “Which
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. How exactly did the coronavirus pandemic begin? More than a year after the outbreak spread across — and upended — the world, we still do not have a firm answer. But new reporting has sparked
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Days after the United States announced financial sanctions and visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials, eyewitnesses told CNN that hundreds of young men were rounded up from displaced peoples camps in Shire, a town in Tigray, late Monday evening. Witnesses speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity described how Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers invaded
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A Jefferson City police officer suffered minor injuries during an assault Wednesday night.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An Atlanta rapper and high school student ‘made it rain’ money at graduation but the excitement was short lived as officers swept in to stop the thousands of dollars’ worth of celebration. After backlash made its way across social media claiming officers arrested Marrs, Fulton
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The Jefferson City Police Department says officers arrested a registered sex offender that tried multiple times to communicate with a child.
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Isiah Brown, the unarmed man shot and wounded by a Virginia sheriff’s deputy in April, was discharged from the hospital Tuesday and will continue his rehabilitation at home, according to his attorney David Haynes of The Cochran Firm. Brown had been shot multiple times by a Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s deputy while on the phone with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Hendersonville woman spent her first night in her own home on Wednesday after living in a nursing home for three and a half years. 34-year-old Karen Landert lost her eyesight from a brain tumor and has been fighting for the last several
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LELAND, Brunswick County, North Carolina (WLOS) — A North Carolina woman managed to wrestle her child from the arms of an attempted kidnapper Wednesday afternoon. Leland Police said D’Vonta Robbins of Leland tried to take the seven-year-old male child near an entrance to Walmart. The mother of the
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A Scottish architecture firm has released plans for the second-tallest skyscraper in the world to be built in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Lakhta Center II will stand at 703 meters (2,306 feet), while the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, measures 828 meters (2,717 feet), according to a press release from architects Kettle
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Facebook said it’s no longer removing from its platforms claims that coronavirus was man-made. That announcement comes shortly after President Joe Biden announced he had directed the US intelligence community to redouble its efforts into the origin of Covid-19. In a statement to CNN Business, a Facebook spokesperson said late Wednesday that, “In light of
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A group of Democratic House members who are Jewish are calling on President Joe Biden to address a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the US amid a divide within congressional Democrats, especially between moderate and progressives, on how to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Four Democrats, led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, sent a
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Ariana Grande has shared a glimpse into her intimate wedding to real estate agent Dalton Gomez earlier this month. She took to Instagram with photos of the big day, captioning it, “5.15.21,” including photos of herself in a Vera Wang wedding dress and kissing Gomez, who wore a Tom Ford suit. The two were married
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