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Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Some vendors fined by the City of Mobile for selling goods during the Tardy Gras celebrations were refunded on Monday. City revenue workers were at booths on Friday night issuing fines to booths that did not have the “special events” license to do business.

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Forget the cicadas infiltrating the Northeast, the Port City is seeing its annual invasion of termites. It is swarming season and they are being reported all over, from Midtown to West Mobile. Mobile is termite territory, just ask Michael and Kathy Halunen. “We were

Click here for updates on this story     CEDARBURG, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Masks will continue to be required in Cedarburg schools, despite a big push by some parents. The Cedarburg School Board voted Monday night, May 24, to leave things exactly the way they are, with masks required indoors and optional for outside activities. This is

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — While most children who contract COVID-19 are asymptomatic, those with a multi-system inflammatory response may have more severe reactions to the virus, a new study shows. Multi-system inflammatory response (MIS-C) is a condition that affects one in 1,000 children and occurs when different

Ghana’s LGBTQ community has called for the release of 21 people, who were arrested by security forces last week while attending a conference in the southeastern city of Ho. An online campaign with the hashtag #ReleaseThe21 has gone viral on social media platform Twitter, as people demanded the immediate release of the detainees. At least

The day after George Floyd’s funeral, Jonathan Veal drove from Houston and back to his Oklahoma City home still grappling with what had happened: his close friend — a brother, really — was killed by a Minneapolis police officer and the brutal video of his last moments had been viewed by millions. The last time

A White driver is in custody and could face a hate crime penalty after she struck two Black women with a car during a protest Monday over the fatal police shooting of a Black man last month in North Carolina, authorities said. The incident occurred during the near-daily protests in Elizabeth City over the shooting

The US has warned Americans not to travel to Japan as Covid-19 case numbers there rise, dealing another blow to the already uncertain future of the Summer Olympics. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today”

Faced with a return to in-person learning in the fall — and with no option for remote schooling — New York parents are hopeful — but also anxious about what the city will do to safeguard the health of their children. With vaccinations increasing and cases decreasing, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced

A second person has been arrested in connection with the attack on a Jewish man near Times Square during protests in New York City last week, the New York Police Department said Monday. The NYPD arrested Faisal Elezzi, 25, and is recommending charges of assault as a hate crime, menacing as a hate crime and

A federal judge has ruled that a 15-year-old soccer player should be able to be signed by the National Women’s Soccer League despite the league’s existing age restriction. In a ruling issued Monday, Judge Karin Immergut approved a temporary restraining order that would require the NWSL to lift its age restrictions, allowing Olivia Moultrie to

A 21-year-old University of Cincinnati soccer player drowned in a state park in Ohio over the weekend, authorities said. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) said witnesses reported Allyson Sidloski, of Strongsville, Ohio was hanging from the platform of a boat before disappearing into the water in East Fork State Park just before 5