By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story AGOURA HILLS, California (KCAL, KCBS) — With the Omicron surge creating record daily COVID-19 cases numbers, at-home testing kits are in short supply, sparking price-gouging concerns amongst some lawmakers and prompting Governor Newsom to sign an executive order prohibiting the practice. Now, however, one local
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By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration announced Wednesday the purchase of additional courses of a Covid-19 treatment manufactured by drugmaker AstraZeneca. The White House is “in the process of ordering another half-million courses of AstraZeneca’s preventive therapy for immunocompromised individuals,” Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said at Wednesday’s Covid-19 briefing. “The federal government was
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fees for bounced checks or lacking enough money in your account are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Wells Fargo announced changes to its overdraft policy Tuesday, saying that it will give customers earlier access to direct deposits, a 24-hour grace period before incurring any overdraft fees
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A 19-year-old cashier was shot to death working at a Burger King in East Harlem. Police said it happened during a robbery and now they’re asking for the public’s help to find the gunman. As the rain trickled down
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By Marianne Garvey Crystal Hefner has gone through a health transformation, saying she has “removed everything fake from my body and deleted all my old photos.” The widow of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner took to Instagram with the news, saying, “I am more authentic, vulnerable and feel that I belong more to myself. I am
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League says it will suspend its season for a week because of coronavirus outbreaks at many clubs. The KHL says it will stop play for a week from Saturday and resume on Jan. 22. The league says it recorded positive tests for 124 players. Twenty-seven of those cases
Continue ReadingBy Ava-joye Burnett Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Loved ones and colleagues paid their respects Tuesday to Keona Holley, the Baltimore police officer who died last month after she was shot in the line of duty. Hundreds of people gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center for a service to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to sound off on his disappointment on the decision to dismiss the drunk driving charge against Hawaii Rep. Sharon Har. In the press conference, Alm shared what he called “uncontroverted evidence”
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By Rob Picheta, CNN If you’re still wearing a cloth or surgical mask when you’re out and about, it’s time to rethink your face covering. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to update its mask advice this week to best reflect the available options and the different levels of protection
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN If you’re still wearing a cloth or surgical mask when you’re out and about, it’s time to rethink your face covering. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to update its mask advice this week to best reflect the available options and the different levels of protection
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Court officials say the trial for a Wisconsin man accused of killing and dismembering his parents has been postponed because he tested positive for COVID-19. Twenty-three-year-old Chandler Halderson is being tried in Dane County Circuit Court on charges of killing and dismembering Bart and Krista Halderson in July. Clerk of Circuit
Continue ReadingBy BRIDGET CHAVEZ Click here for updates on this story EUGENE, Oregon (KPTV) — The University of Oregon and Oregon State University have returned to in-person learning after the holiday break but some students at the University of Oregon are pushing for a return to remote learning because of the Omicron surge. “If you have
Continue ReadingBy SHAIN BERGAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Police are looking for a 30-year-old Kansas City man they are describing as missing and endangered. Julio Gonzalez is a 6-foot-3 white male, 190 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen with a black hat, black
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By Travis Caldwell and Jason Hanna, CNN As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states’ health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units. Nineteen states have less than 15% remaining capacity in their ICUs. Four of them have less than
Continue ReadingBy Troy Washington Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport man wants city leaders to see fair grounds field as more than just an old, condemned ballfield. Devante Austin is posting names of homicide victims outside of the stadium he believes bringing back the home of the Shreveport Swamp
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By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Shares of Biogen have tumbled a day after regulators slapped strict limitations on coverage the drugmaker’s new Alzheimer’s disease treatment. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Tuesday that patients taking Biogen’s Aduhelm will have to participate in clinical trials to assess the drug’s effectiveness in order for
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s leader believes that the detention of the man who has headed both of Denmark’s spy agencies at different times on suspicion of “disclosing highly classified information from the intelligence services” won’t harm the service’s contacts with foreign partners. News of the detention of Lars Findsen immediately sparked speculations that it
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINE HECKER Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Missouri (KMOV) — Pictures are all Fatima and Zahra Nazari have of their life in Afghanistan. Fatima was a nationally-known female skier, while her sister Zahra helped women start their own businesses in the market in town. “Never would we have thought we
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Flags in the state of Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff starting Wednesday, Jan. 12, in honor of two firefighters that died in a crash Jan. 6. Last week, James Ludlum and Captain Brian Busch of the Mineral Point Fire Department
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY, JAMES FELTON Click here for updates on this story DAVISON, Michigan (WNEM) — The Genesee County Republican Party Chair, who also serves on the Davison School Board of Education, has been sentenced in a malicious phone call incident. Matthew Smith has been placed on one year of probation, ordered to pay $650
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