By WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story CREOLA, Alabama (WALA) — According to Creola Police, Heather Lynn Silvers, 34 of Chickasaw stole a truck from a person’s home. She then took police on a high speed chase on Highway 43 from Creola to Mount Vernon and ended on Radcliffe Road. According to
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Police on May 17 pulled over a car that DeAngelo Demetrius Merrill was riding in and found cash, drugs and a loaded gun – yet did not arrest him. Instead, Mobile police issued an arrest warrant days later, long after officers
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Benson Click here for updates on this story COFFEE COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — Hunter Gremillion pleaded guilty for indirectly killing another man through the sale of fentanyl. On June 30, 19-year-old Brennan Buckner from Tullahoma died as a result of taking the drug that Gremillion had sold to him. After pleading guilty for
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Warick Click here for updates on this story WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — An investigation is underway after a “lookalike bomb” was placed in an outdoor trashcan on Tuesday afternoon in Franklin. Franklin Police say they found the fake bomb outside of the Williamson County Recreation Center on Fulton Greer Lane near Mack
Continue ReadingBy John Le Click here for updates on this story FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) — During the pandemic, the role of often unsung heroes became important on campuses all over the mountains. “School nursing, in light of the pandemic — it has been highlighted even more why there’s a need for every school to have
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CNN’s Rachel Crane explores how the pandemic accelerated innovation in telemedicine and access to health care.
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By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent As many of you who regularly visit CNN.com know, on occasion throughout the pandemic, I have talked about the United States as if it were my patient. I was there when the country first developed mild symptoms, and then tested positive for a new mysterious disease. I
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Emergency crews are on scene near the Planned Parenthood in Asheville after barrels with ‘HAZMAT’ labels were discovered outside Saturday morning. Molly Rivera, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, tells News 13 as soon as the barrels were spotted
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Liu, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A 37-year-long study shows that the Earth’s fluctuating cryosphere – the area of the planet covered in ice and snow – averages a net loss of 87,000 square kilometres each year, with researchers attributing it to climate change.
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A 52-year-old Canadian woman made history by becoming the first woman to win the Race Across America, when she cycled 4,800 km in 11 days, three hours and three minutes. Leah Goldstein, from Vernon, B.C., was one of
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By John Allen, Delia Gallagher and Mia Alberti, CNN The Vatican has indicted 10 people, including an Italian cardinal, for several alleged financial crimes including extortion, corruption, fraud, forgery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The investigation, which started in July 2019, was carried out by the Vatican in cooperation with Italian authorities and revealed “a
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By David McKenzie, CNN Jacob Zuma and his lawyers successfully delayed the former South African president’s prison sentence for contempt of court on Saturday when the country’s top court agreed to hear his application for a review of their decision to sentence him to 15 months in prison. In the application, 79-year-old Zuma and his
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN If you can’t be sexy in the summertime, when the H-O-T as hell can you be? Seriously. High temps, more skin and plenty of cocktails with umbrellas. Count me in. And after surviving a pandemic, you had better praise ANY body you’re living in and designate it summer-ready. That’s why
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Murray and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A standoff overnight between Massachusetts State Police and “several heavily armed men” in the woods ended Saturday morning with 11 people arrested, authorities said. The ordeal, which started during a police traffic stop, led to the shutdown of part of Interstate 95 and a shelter-in-place order for the
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By Rachel Janfaza, CNN There’s a new TikTok star, and his name is Dr. Anthony Fauci. “Tell all of your TikTok buddies to get vaccinated,” Fauci said this week in a video posted on TikTok by Nia Sioux, the social media and former “Dance Moms” star. “I will, I’ll tell all my besties,” Sioux replied.
Continue Reading Some younger Americans are still hesitant to get vaccinated against Covid-19, despite knowing the risks. CNN’s Amara Walker reports.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN When I was a kid, field trips to the local science museum or planetarium were more appealing than any playground. Disposable camera in hand, I marveled that a dinosaur fossil could tower over me in one room while an Apollo capsule seemed to float in the next. The things I learned
Continue ReadingSome younger Americans are still hesitant to get vaccinated against Covid-19, despite knowing the risks. CNN’s Amara Walker reports.
Continue ReadingBy Amara Walker and Maria Cartaya, CNN Destiny Britt has given the Covid-19 vaccine a lot of thought and has no plans to get vaccinated anytime soon. “Don’t take it as when people don’t want to take the vaccine as being rebellious,” she said. The 21-year Atlanta native is skeptical of the vaccines thanks in
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Despite the controversies surrounding the Tokyo Olympic Games, there are hardcore Olympic super fans who can’t wait for the Games to begin. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks to two of them.
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