Just 40 light-years from Earth is a planetary system that has intrigued scientists since its discovery in 2016. While some of the planets in this system will be observed by the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in October, researchers continue to uncover new details that make TRAPPIST-1 even more distinct. The planets,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, WI (WDJT) — Former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah has been sworn in as a Waukesha County Deputy Sheriff. The news came Tuesday, Jan. 26. According to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department Mensah will enter a supervised field training program. Sheriff Eric Severson said Mensah progressed through
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (WALA) — Coasting off of Pensacola Beach, Edithe, a great white shark pinged on January 10th, 103 days after she pinged for the very first time in the northern Atlantic. She’s not yet fully matured, but already weighs 1,185 pounds and is 12 feet long.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Atlanta topped the list for the most firearms found at airport security checkpoints last year, according to a 2020 gun statistics report released by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). TSA officers discovered 220 firearms at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in 2020, ranking Atlanta number one
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — A water tower that has been transformed into a work of art in a growing area is catching people’s attention. “We wanted to create something that was really bright and colorful,” artist Myla said. The mural is called “magical unity” and is painted
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Gunmen abducted eight children and two adults from an orphanage in Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja, a spokesman for the orphanage told CNN. The kidnappers have threatened to “waste” the children if the board fails to pay a ransom of 10 million naira ($26,230), said board member Alaje Odewu. They broke into the orphanage, which housed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — News4 Investigates confirmed 135 Metro Parks employees are being told they have to pay back thousands of dollars each in hazard pay from 2020. In an email to News4 Investigates, Metro Parks spokeswoman Jackie Jones wrote, “Regarding hazard pay, this is an unfortunate situation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Tatyana Moaton served as an intelligence analyst in the military for 8 years. She’s celebrating President Biden’s executive order reversing the ban on transgender military personnel. “Trans people are people and they are willing and ready to serve this country and fight and die as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) — Investigators revealed more information about a fire in New London that killed the founder of a popular online shoe company. The New London police and fire department released a new report on the death of 46-year-old Tony Hsieh Tuesday. They said there was
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What used to be homes are now mangled piles of debris, with personal belongings strewn across lawns and streets. That’s the new reality near Birmingham, Alabama, after a “large and extremely dangerous” tornado late Monday night annihilated parts of Jefferson County. The storm killed at least one person and injured dozens more, officials said. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLCHESTER, Vermont (WPTZ) — Two people driving in a pickup truck escaped serious injury this weekend in Colchester, Vermont, after they drove on the frozen surface of Lake Champlain’s Mallets Bay Sunday night and broke through the ice, sinking into the water below. The two people in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Ohio (WLWT) — A 10-year-old and his family were kicked out of a youth basketball league after his mother, attending the game, refused to wear her mask over her nose. The family, from Lebanon, wants the league’s decision reversed and said the incident never should have gone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WBAL) — A U.S. Army soldier got home to Maryland just in time for the birth of his son. Pvt. Tyrell Hicks obtained leave from Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and was able to get home just in time to witness the birth of his third
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINTER HAVEN, Florida (WESH) — A paramedic with the Polk County Fire Rescue Department has been arrested for allegedly stealing COVID-19 vaccines. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said 31-year-old Joshua Colon stole three doses’ worth of the Moderna vaccine, then forged the vaccine screening and consent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A registered nurse working at a COVID-19 field hospital in Massachusetts is going above and beyond the call of duty. Rebecca DeCoteau, who works in the field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester, says a number of the patients are homeless and many
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MERRIAM, KS (KCTV) — Throughout the month of February, puppy love can be delivered across the Kansas City area. Great Plains SPCA volunteers will deliver puppygrams to recipients to play with, smooch and snuggle for 15-30 minutes. They can be delivered to businesses or residences. “Puppygrams are a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PINE GROVE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Assault charges have been filed in Schuylkill County against a man in connection with the death of his grandmother. Police were called to a home along North Tulpehocken Street in Pine Grove around 3 p.m. Sunday. Kalvin Clark, 32, of Pine Grove, told
Continue Reading Paleontologists have long been puzzled about how the Spinosaurus — a giant dinosaur and aquatic predator — would have behaved. Now, they believe it would have been less like an otter, and more like a huge, flightless stork or heron. Rather than hunting fish in the water, the massive dinosaur would have likely caught prey
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — High school basketball is already being played or there is a plan in place in every state other then Hawaii. The decision by both public and private schools on Oahu to cancel the season also trickled down to the middle school level. A pivotal time
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Virginia man who pleaded guilty to cyberstalking Mayor G.T. Bynum and his family over his handling of then-President Donald Trump’s visit to Tulsa last summer was sentenced Monday. U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan sentenced Adam Maxwell Donn, 41, of Norfolk, Virginia, to 15
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