By AUDREY WEIL Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Hospitals in our area are offering thousands of dollars in bonuses and incentives to attract nurses amid a staffing shortage. Kaiser is offering up to $8,000 in sign-on bonuses for new emergency department nurses who work nights or evenings. OHSU is
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By Jeremy Herb, CNN Former President Donald Trump pressured acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to declare that the election was corrupt in an attempt to help Republican members of Congress try to overturn the election result, according to notes of a December 2020 call Trump held with Rosen and acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue.
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN KIRBY Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY Alabama (WALA) — BCSO is asking for the public’s help in identifying a burglary suspect. According to BCSO, on July 17, 2021, the pictured woman was seen on camera at a business in the Magnolia Springs area. The woman arrived at the facility
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN KIRBY Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — With three faculty members still sidelined over pictures that emerged earlier this year of a 7-year-old Halloween party, the University of South Alabama has indicated that an investigation is nearing is conclusion. Interim university President John Smith told students and employees
Continue ReadingBy Gabriella Bachara Click here for updates on this story VILLAGE OF WALES, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The latest count is up to five tornados as a result of Wednesday night’s severe storms in Southeastern Wisconsin. The National Weather Service of Milwaukee survey shows the tornado first touched down near Highway 18 and Brandybrook Road before
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By Elaine Ly and Luke McGee, CNN Carrie Johnson, the wife of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has announced the couple are expecting their second child in December. Carrie revealed she was pregnant and that she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year in an Instagram post on Saturday. “Hoping for our rainbow baby this Christmas,”
Continue ReadingBy Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Foo Fighters fans are getting to see live music again for the first time in two years at the Summerfest grounds Friday night. They’re also getting a first look at the remodeled American Family Insurance Amphitheater. A year ago, many wondered
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By Alex Rogers, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN When a group of 22 senators negotiates a $1 trillion bill, conversations can go off track. And when they did — “far too many (times) to recount,” joked one senior staffer — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema would urge them to finish the job, even if that
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY, KENDALL KEYS Click here for updates on this story ANN ARBOR, Michigan (WNEM) — The University of Michigan is requiring all of its students, faculty, and staff on all its campuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Aug. 30. Individuals’ vaccination information must be submitted before the start of the fall, according
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By George Ramsay, CNN The celebrations started even before she had crossed the line, gesturing with her left arm and shouting in delight. A month-and-a-half ago, Elaine Thompson-Herah thought she wouldn’t be able to compete at the Tokyo Olympics as she struggled to overcome a nagging Achilles injury. Now, she’s not only a gold medalist,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Local organizations are throwing their support behind the St. Louis County Health Director, who says he endured racist attacks. Dr, Faisal Khan says some people who attended Tuesday night’s St. Louis County Council meeting taunted him with racist
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By Nyasha Chingono, for CNN Pauline Chinyandura adjusts her face mask as she rushes to serve lunch to a group of men visiting her makeshift canteen in Domboshava, a rural area around 25 miles northeast of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. The chatter around the canteen is all about the death of a popular health official from
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — For the first time, scientists have been able to directly observe light bending from behind a black hole. It’s something that Albert Einstein predicted would be possible under his theory of relativity. But this is the first time
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canada is headed towards a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, but how severe of a resurgence it’ll be depends on how many people are fully vaccinated, warns new national modelling released Friday. The country is seeing an increase
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An assault in Columbia Friday night, left a woman seriously injured. Around 11:30 p.m. Columbia Police were called to the 100 block of Benton Street for a reported assault. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman with serious injuries and she was taken to a local hospital. The woman
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Restricting your blood flow sounds like a dangerous thing to do, but it’s exactly what some Olympians, athletes, and surgery and physical therapy patients have done to strengthen their muscles and speed up recovery. The origins of this practice go back to 1966, when — while sitting on his heels during
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The US Senate passed legislation this week to grant Congress’ highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to the first Black player to compete in the National Hockey League. The bipartisan measure to honor Willie O’Ree unanimously passed the chamber on Tuesday. It now must be approved by the US House of
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ warning this week of a “Faucian distopia” offered the latest glimpse at how ambitious Republicans eyeing 2024 presidential bids are increasingly targeting public health officials as they attempt to grow their national brands in front of conservative audiences. “It is very important that we say unequivocally no
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Thousands flee active wildfires in California
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday the wildfires intensifying in the West demand “urgent action” as he met with seven Republican and Democratic governors to discuss how states are responding to the wildfires and how the federal government can best assist. “We can’t ignore how the overlapping and intertwined
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