Former US President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, Sarah Obama passed away Monday while receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment at a hospital in Kisumu, Western Kenya, authorities said in a statement. She was 99. “The passing away of Mama Sarah is a big blow to our nation. We’ve lost a strong, virtuous woman. A matriarch who
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the NAACP Image Awards. March 27, 2021 – The 52nd NAACP Image Awards ceremony is held. February 22, 2020 – The 51st NAACP Image Awards ceremony is held. History The Image Awards were established in 1967 “to honor outstanding black actors, actresses, writers, producers, directors, and recognize those working in Hollywood
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Opening statements are set to begin Monday in former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial, 10 months after George Floyd’s death under his knee launched a summer of protest and unrest.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A Cobb County man will spend the next 25 years behind bars after pleading guilty to eight counts of child molestation. The guilty plea came after the suspect, while awaiting trial, removed an ankle bracelet and escaped to Mexico for seven years. According to
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London has recorded zero daily deaths from Covid-19 in a single day for the first time in over six months, official data indicates. Public Health England (PHE) statistics from Sunday showed no fatalities within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test in the UK capital, while the country as a whole recorded 19 deaths. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A new wave of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility opens to more Oregonians on Monday. Group 6 of Phase 1B includes those 45 to 64 with underlying health conditions, migrant and seasonal farm workers, seafood and agricultural workers, people who work in food processing, those living
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One student is dead and another is missing after an Iowa State University crew club boat capsized with five students aboard during practice Sunday morning, according to the university. The body of one student was recovered from Little Wall Lake by a dive team Sunday, a news release from the university said. Three of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOXLEY, Alabama (WALA) — Disturbing pictures on social media lead to the rescue of four malnourished horses in Baldwin County. FOX 10’s Hal Scheurich was there Thursday as the horses were taken away and the owner — Mike Houston — charged with four counts of animal cruelty. Three
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The quarter-mile-long container ship that’s been blocking the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been dislodged, clearing the way for hundreds of waiting vessels to begin transiting the vital trade artery. But that doesn’t mean the crisis is over for companies that rely on timely deliveries of raw materials, parts and products. Even before
Continue Reading Buying a home is a quintessential adult accomplishment. For the students attending Build UP, a non-profit workforce development school in Alabama, the goal of owning a home could come much earlier than for most American grownups. Launched in 2018, Build UP is a program for low income youth in Birmingham that sees its students through
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Female surgeons in Canada have long faced gender-based referral biases that result in large pay gaps, and an inequitable and inefficient environment for patients, Canadian surgeons say, but with the urgency surrounding surgical backlogs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some say the time
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it has intercepted 30 suspected fraudulent COVID-19 tests from travellers seeking to enter the country since early January. “The CBSA is aware that fraudulent COVID-19 test results are being produced and that some travellers may attempt
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One student is dead and another is missing after a collegiate crew club boat capsized with five students aboard during practice Sunday morning, according to Iowa State University. The body of one student was recovered from Little Wall Lake by a dive team Sunday, a press release from the university said. The dive team was
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It’s been nearly five years since Hassan heard from his family, and he is terrified that he will forget them. He has one photograph of his father and nothing but fading memories from his past. He tries his hardest to hold on to the image in his head of his mother and siblings, but it
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For the first time in 40 years, Wessam Hafez, a senior pilot at the Suez Canal, is not going to work. Traffic outside the canal that runs outside his house has stopped. “No ships, no pilots,” he told CNN. “When the canal is closed not only the global economy is affected but everyone who works
Continue Reading In 1608, Jamestown colonists executed a man named Capt. George Kendall, who had been accused of spying for Spain. It was the first recorded execution in what would later become the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first for the fledgling American colonies. Over the next 400 years, more than 1,300 people would be executed in
Continue Reading One in five Colorado high school students say it is “sort of easy” or “very easy” to access a handgun, a study found. New research, published Monday in The Journal of Pediatrics, analyzed 2019 data collected in Colorado as part of the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey — an anonymous survey of more than 46,500 high
Continue Reading No longer working under the Trump administration, leading US health officials have revealed to CNN the challenges they faced during the nation’s fight against Covid-19 over the past year, including tension behind closed doors and a lack of preparedness. Here are some of the most haunting revelations from CNN’s new documentary, “COVID WAR: The Pandemic
Continue Reading Flash floods tore through Nashville this weekend, leaving four dead, destroying homes and businesses and prompting hundreds of evacuations. 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” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1.
Continue Reading Serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan III, who was facing execution after being convicted for the 2005 kidnapping and killing of Dylan Groene, a 9-year-old Idaho boy, died Sunday morning, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho. Duncan, 58, had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer before
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