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Click here for updates on this story     NORMAN, Oklahoma (KOCO ) — Norman North High School innovative learning coach Jessica Eschbach was named the 2021 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year during a virtual ceremony Friday. Her smile was hidden by her mask – but her reaction was obvious. “I’m in shock and disbelief,” she said

France said Friday it may follow Italy in blocking Covid-19 vaccine shipments as concerns about vaccine nationalism rise. The comments by French Health Minister Olivier Véran came the day after Rome invoked European Union powers to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia, in a dramatic escalation of a dispute between

Click here for updates on this story     SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The woman police say was involved in the deadly stabbing of her fiancé is now charged with homicide. Eileen Dougherty, 40, is now charged with criminal homicide after a fight with her fiancé in their Scranton home late Wednesday night turned deadly. Investigators say

Click here for updates on this story     CARBON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — “It’s a nice area, but they’re ruining it because of all the traffic,” Janice Hoffman of Mahoning Township said. She has had it with the constant traffic outside her home along Ashtown Drive near Lehighton. People are using this back road as a

Click here for updates on this story     MILLMONT, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Raegyn Royer spent part of the day playing with his brothers and cousins just like any other 3-year-old child. But Aunt Chelsey Royer says it’s a miracle that Raegyn is even alive after he was attacked by the family’s dog last Friday. “Ripped his

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A new study released Wednesday by the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center found that all 53 of waterways tested across Pennsylvania contained microplastic contamination — including the Susquehanna River. The report provides new data on the presence of microplastics in water samples taken at

Cancer should be a near certainty for whales, the longest-living and largest mammals there are — but scientists are finding that cetaceans are excellent at protecting themselves against the deadly disease. Just how do they do that? It could all come down to good genes, according to a new study published by The Royal Society.

Not everyone wants to cook mung bean popsicles. Judy Leung, one of the people behind recipe website The Woks of Life, understands that. So when she shared her recipe online, she opened her blog post by taking the reader back to Shanghai, where she grew up. There, she wrote, popsicle peddlers would ride through the

Click here for updates on this story     EUTAWVILLE, South Carolina (WLOS) — A South Carolina man staying as a house guest was arrested after leaving damages upwards of $30,000 and smearing human feces and urine on the walls of an Eutawville home. Kristion Keller, 21, was charged with malicious injury to personal property in excess

Click here for updates on this story     BERKELEY, California (KGO) — A protest on Thursday prompted the shutdown of the onsite COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Golden Gate Fields. Protesters are reportedly calling for Golden Gate Fields’ race track to be shut down, citing dozens of horse deaths over the past year as well as widespread

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WABC) — Four of the injured people were taken to Bellevue Hospital. None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening. The vehicle hit another car, went through a bus stop taking a bus stop pole down, jumped the sidewalk, and hit the street sign before

Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS ) — Big moments in history shed a spotlight on historically Black colleges and universities. One of those moments includes the election to vice president of the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) graduate Kamala Harris, who attended Howard University. Then there’s Stacey Abram,

Britain’s Prince Philip was transferred to the King Edward VII private hospital in London on Friday morning, following a “successful” heart procedure on Thursday, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. The move is the second in less than a week for the Duke of Edinburgh, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He was transferred