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Following widespread power outages during a series of winter storms that left many Texas residents in the dark for days, the head of the organization overseeing the state’s power grid has been fired. Bill Magness, president and CEO of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), was terminated from his contract by the organization’s board of

South Korea’s first transgender soldier, who was discharged from the military last year for having gender reassignment surgery, was found dead in her home on Wednesday, authorities said. Byun Hui-su, 23, who was a staff sergeant before being discharged after she had the operation in Thailand while on leave, was found by emergency officials at

A third man has now accused Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of the Saint Sabina parish in Chicago, of sexual abuse, according to an affidavit provided to CNN by an attorney for two other men who have also accused the priest. Attorneys for Pfleger said he “definitively” denies the allegations. In the affidavit, a 59-year-old

Click here for updates on this story     BETHALTO, Illinois (KMOV) — Police are asking for help finding a man accused of stealing memorial vases from a Bethalto cemetery. On Feb. 23, it was discovered that around 80 small copper memorial vases were taken off burial sites at the Rose Lawn Cemetery. Police said the flowers

A total of 150 missing children ranging in age from 3 to 17 were recovered in January and February during a joint law enforcement operation, authorities in Tennessee said Wednesday. The task force recovered the children — some of whom are potential victims of human trafficking — in three sweeps throughout the state. The situations

Click here for updates on this story     Connecticut (WFSB) — A new restaurant trend is popping up in Connecticut. These so-called ghost kitchens are delivery only operations that run out of existing restaurant kitchens. A handful of new ghost kitchens opened this week, running out of Bertucci’s kitchens, but some say that’s going to take

Those who showed up to a Miami vaccination site on Wednesday found themselves in the rare position where they got to choose which Covid-19 vaccine they would like to get: the newly FDA-approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine, or the Pfizer vaccine. The long-awaited, one-dose J&J vaccine became available in the United States this week after

A New York appeals court reversed a ruling that ordered a Manhattan high-rise construction project to dismantle multiple floors. A February 2020 New York Supreme Court judge’s ruling found that the permit for the luxury residential tower should not have been issued. The developer was ordered to remove all floors that may have exceeded the

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A joint operation between the U.S. Marshals Service, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation resulted in those agencies finding 150 missing children across the state. Planning for the effort, named Operation Volunteer Strong, began in fall 2020 with operation

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — As more Oregonians become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, some essential workers feel left behind. Grocery store workers say they’re upset they don’t become eligible until May 1. “They were livid. They’re livid,” Melody said of her coworkers. She’s a grocery store worker and

Click here for updates on this story     MARION, North Carolina (WLOS) — A group of students say ‘thank you’ for a successful classroom project. Students in Mrs. Sandra Wilkerson Queen’s class made several ‘thank you’ cards to show their appreciation to the people who donated food and money for their effort to help animals in

Click here for updates on this story     SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan family was hit hard by the coronavirus with three of six family members dying. This families prayers were answered for their father and a local pastor who is heading home soon after months long battle in the hospital and two brushes with