The coronavirus pandemic almost didn’t happen, a new study shows. Researchers working to show when and how the virus first emerged in China calculate that it probably did not infect the first human being until October 2019 at the very earliest. And their models showed something else: It almost didn’t make it as a pandemic
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Click here for updates on this story MURFREEESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — With the help of a drone and robot, the Murfreesboro Police Department was able to apprehend a wanted man safely. Police said that 37-year-old Shelton Hall was hiding from law enforcement in his home for over an hour at the Center Point Townhomes. A
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — A wave of blessings is sweeping across Baldwin County in the way of food for those in need. Blessed to Blessing Boxes for Baldwin is a growing Facebook group based on faith and the desire to help others. The concept seems simple and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A suspect wanted in a kidnapping out of New Hampshire was arrested during a traffic stop on I-91 north in Hartford Friday morning. Connecticut State Police said they were notified about the kidnapping, which involved two young females, ages 12 and 17, on Friday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BURTON, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan father is trying to come to terms with the death of his son. Three other teenagers are now facing charges months after their friend died. Steve Platman has been trying to find words to describe every day since Oct. 24, 2020 at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (WDJT) — As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall, the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) announced Friday, March 19, that the decommissioning process has begun for the Alternate Care Facility (ACF) at Wisconsin State Fair Park. “The Alternate Care Facility was constructed as hospitalizations from COVID-19
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A prosecutor in Pennsylvania has been demoted after staff members in the district attorney’s office learned he was working as a DoorDash food delivery driver during office work hours, according to Buck’s County District Attorney Matt Weintraub. Gregg Shore, who’d served as first assistant district attorney, will now work as a deputy district attorney, said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — Two welders from Arkansas say they were laid off because of the Keystone XL oil pipeline’s cancelation. The pipeline would move up to 35 million gallons of crude oil daily from the oil sand fields from Canada through multiple states, connecting to other
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Update, 3/19, 10:48 a.m.:Police have provided additional information about Michael Carter’s arrest. According to police, Carter was found hiding in the woods near 1120 Hanover Road around 10:30 a.m. on March 18. Carter identified himself to officers and said that he fled the scene
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Williamson County emergency dispatcher had a special and unforgettable day at work when she helped a couple deliver their baby from dozens of miles away. In the early hours of March 5, Dispatcher Taylor Kinney received a call from Taylor Riley, who said
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A state lawmaker leading an effort to restrict voting rights in Georgia has been asked to resign from his role as attorney for a majority-Black county where residents as recently as 2015 accused other local officials of “making Black votes disappear.” State Rep. Barry Fleming, R-Harlem, is cosponsoring a bill that’s among more than 250
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PARK HILLS, Missouri (Daily Journal) — Connie Garner was just 2 when her dad was killed in action in the Korean War. On March 19, 1951, 70 years ago today, Cpl. Robert Eugene Bell, who was from Flat River, was killed during Operation Ripper in South Korea. He
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Covid-19 infections are on the rise across the country, with Michigan (+50%) among the states witnessing the largest spikes, according to Johns Hopkins University. Michigan cases have been climbing since the last week of February, and the state has reported the second highest number of cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the United
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — Zookeepers in Omaha are about to be busy baby-proofing the place. But they have about a year before Claire, a 12-year-old African elephant, welcomes a calf. Officials at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium announced Claire’s big news on Thursday. Claire will give
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — When Betty Diamond returned a book to the Queens Public Library recently after 63 years, she calculated what she might have owed. Diamond said the fine was 2 cents a day in 1957, when she was a 10-year-old in Whitestone, Queens. At
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (The Buffalo News) — A fight for a Ferrari is brewing in federal court in Buffalo. And it’s not over some everyday, run-of-the-mill Ferrari that costs a couple hundred thousand dollars. The fair market value for this red 1996 Ferrari F50 – one of just
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Click here for updates on this story TIJUANA, Mexico (KABC) — Hundreds of families from Mexico, Central America and other nations are stuck in encampments at the border in Tijuana as they attempt to seek asylum in the United States. One such family spoke to Eyewitness News reporter Anabel Munoz, who visited the encampments with
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The video shot by undercover St. Louis Police Detective Luther Hall the night he said he was beaten by three St. Louis officers was released Thursday. The video starts with showing people running in downtown St. Louis while shouting is heard. When Hall stops
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — It’s a modern-day miracle. “I’m very blessed that God has put Royalty and her mother back together,” said Donnie Howell. “My window was down, no music was playing, I got about right there to the cone, and she was screaming.” After hours of separation, kidnapped
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The European Union’s medicines regulator has concluded that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to use after several EU countries suspended their rollouts following reports that it could be linked to blood clots. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s executive director Emer Cooke said the agency had “come to a clear scientific conclusion: this is a
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