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The European Union has authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, with the first phase of the bloc’s mass vaccination program to begin later this week. The move finalizes the recommendation of the European Union drugs regulator, who, just hours before, had granted the vaccine a conditional marketing authorization and paved the way for it to become

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson held an emergency meeting with ministers on Monday, after fears about a new coronavirus variant discovered in the country prompted a chaotic border shutdown and saw British travelers shut out from dozens of countries in Europe and around the world. Alarm over the new variant, which was first identified in

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police in Montgomery County have charged a suspect who they say assaulted an on-duty, uniformed Montgomery County police officer while waiting in line at a Chipotle restaurant in Rockville. The suspect, Nyziere London, 21, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — They can’t have you there in person, so the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is bringing their holiday performance to you. Gather the family and bust out the computer, iPad or any device that connects to the internet, and prepare to get in the holiday spirit with

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Officers arrested a teenage suspect after a car was stolen at gunpoint in southeast Portland Sunday night, police said. At 9 p.m., officers responded to a reported armed carjacking in the area of Southeast 30th Avenue and Southeast Bybee Boulevard. At the scene, the

A Houston postal worker delivered more than just the mail to a mom recovering from Covid-19 with her two sons. She left a care package with canned soup, crackers, cookies and other goodies last week on Lisette LeJeune’s porch. “It warms my heart to see such a caring gesture from a stranger,” LeJeune told CNN.

Click here for updates on this story     Missoula, MT (KPAX/KAJ) — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is expanding its recommendation to not eat any fish from the Clark Fork River below Missoula, saying there are too many pollutants for safe consumption. FWP and other state agencies issued recommendations seven years ago telling people it

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A Canadian man learned the man who tried to abduct him years ago, was Michael Devlin. Devlin was sentenced to 74 life sentences and 170 years of federal time after the 2007 kidnapping of Ben Ownby and 2002 kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck. Kevin

Click here for updates on this story     Missoula, MT (KPAX/KAJ) — The City of Missoula is working to turn a property on the Superfund list into housing. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA) approved $36,000 in Tax Increment Financing on Thursday to complete cleanup of the site in Midtown. The city will also need to get

Click here for updates on this story     Idaho Falls, ID (East Idaho News) — Opening an MMA gym was never Weston Barnes’ plan, but he’s grateful for the opportunity. He opened Team Lionheart MMA at 510 2nd Street in September. Barnes is a retired UFC fighter and he tells EastIdahoNews.com interest in the sport has

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Country music artist Tucker Beathard is honoring the memory of his brother, Clay Beathard, by helping others this Christmas season. Nearly a year ago, Clay Beathard was stabbed and killed outside a Midtown bar. Tucker Beathard spoke only with News4 on Tuesday about an

Click here for updates on this story     RURAL SCOTT COUNTY, IA (Quad-City Times ) — Country music plays from a radio as Robb Ewoldt steers his big white Chevy pickup down gravel and paved roads to two hog confinement barns about 12 miles from his home place. Feed and water flow into the hogs’ troughs

Click here for updates on this story     MICHiGAN, USA (WNEM) — A family is mourning the loss of their son after he drowned in a pond. First responders were sent to a home in Shepherd on Dec. 19 at 2:55 p.m. for a 4-year-old boy that fell through the ice on a pond. Michigan State

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — DeKalb police are trying to find the person who shot an 8-year-old girl while she was lying in her bed. According to DeKalb police, officers responded to a person shot call at a home at the 3000 block of Orbit Circle in Ellenwood. The

A newly discovered sungrazer comet was photographed approaching the sun during last week’s solar eclipse before it evaporated into dust particles. The comet was first spotted by Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod in satellite data on December 13, a day before the eclipse, NASA said on Saturday. He was taking part in the NASA-funded Sungrazer

Click here for updates on this story     SHARON, CT (WFSB) — A bald eagle rescued by a hiker in Thomaston is rehabbing a broken wing at the Sharon Audubon Center. The bald eagle, which was unable to fly, was found last week near the Thomaston Dam and carried 3 miles to safety. Environmental Conservation Police

The European Union drugs regulator has recommended authorizing the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use, paving the way for the first phase of the bloc’s mass vaccination program to begin later this week. In a closed-door meeting in Amsterdam on Monday, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine a conditional marketing authorization, green lighting

Click here for updates on this story     OREGON, USA (KPTV) — Thousands of people who live in the Columbia River Gorge may face disrupted gas service Monday morning, NW Natural reported. According to NW Natural, a vehicle crashed into a district regulator station around 11:50 p.m. Sunday. Due to the crash, natural gas customers in

Weeks after Dr. Carlos Araujo Preza was treated for Covid-19 in the same Houston-area hospital where he cared for patients during the pandemic, a coworker remembered him as she received the new vaccine that could have saved his life. “A nurse practitioner wrote on a little piece of paper that she got the vaccine for

Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — An Aloha man was arrested and charged with a hate crime after he threatened a FedEx delivery driver on Sunday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. The suspect, 68-year-old Rodney Bryant, was arrested and charged with a first-degree bias crime, unlawful use of