Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in California, is running out of space to store the bodies of Covid-19 victims and officials are working to create more capacity. About 900 bodies are currently being held at the Los Angeles Medical Examiner Coroner’s Office, which usually has a capacity of 500, according to
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Click here for updates on this story EDWARDSVILLE, IL (KMOV) — A Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) student from Chicago was shot near campus Thursday night. Illinois State Police officials said the student was shot while driving on the ramp from Rte. 157 to Interstate 270 and then drove to SIUE’s campus, where police found
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POTTSVILLE, PA (WNEP) — Pottsville police say it was at the intersection of West Market and Fourth Streets where Seth Howard opened fire. He shot a pit bull multiple times, killing it around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. Officials say one of those bullets hit the dog’s owner, William
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Dothan, AL (Dothan Eagle) — Gina Mortimer first learned to weld when she was 17. She grew up in Miami and had a large group of male friends who were all welders and provided her early lessons. “They taught me how to help repair and build airboat cages,”
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More than a hundred people were arrested in Brussels on Wednesday night after violent protests over the death of a man in police custody. The Brussels prosecutor’s office said Wednesday it had opened an investigation into “involuntary manslaughter” after a 23-year-old Black man lost consciousness at a police station shortly after being arrested. He later
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Among the mob of extremists and Trump supporters that invaded the US Capitol last week in a deadly riot were former members of the very institution that is supposed to protect America from invasion: the US military. They included 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran who’d become infatuated with the QAnon conspiracy theory and
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Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, told CNN his home is “under siege” from military. “My home has been surrounded by soldiers, they’ve jumped over the fence, they’ve taken over my compound, they’ve arrested my security guard,” he said in a phone conversation from his home on Friday. His phone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Thousands will roll up their sleeves inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium this weekend for a one-of-a-kind vaccination event. Approximately 2,000 teachers and staff will be eligible to be vaccinated at the stadium, Fulton County School District spokesperson Brian Noyes told CBS46’s Adam Murphy. “The vaccination is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Maui, HI (KITV) — A Maui woman made a shocking discovery at a beach in Pa’ia on Thursday. While at Kuau Cove, also known as Mama’s Beach, Chelsea Williams said she reached down for her coffee and noticed what looked like a skull in the distance. “What caught
Continue Reading The Dutch government has resigned amid a scandal that saw thousands of families wrongly accused of child welfare fraud. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the Cabinet’s resignation in an address Friday, saying that responsibility for the scandal “ultimately rests with the incumbent Cabinet and nowhere else.” Under the scandal, around 10,000 families in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — No fans were allowed inside Bridgestone Arena for the start of the Nashville Predators new season Thursday, though there were a few exceptions. The six hero Metro Police officers who saved lives on the morning of the Second Avenue bombing were honored before puck
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, IL (WQAD) — Illinois lawmakers were at it before the sun rose January 13th. Quad City republican state senator Neil Anderson recording a Facebook message for constituents. Anderson saying, “5:06 a.m. and we have been in session in the Capitol since I guess 9:30 yesterday morning.” Anderson
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At least 42 people were killed and hundreds more injured after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early Friday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 1:28 am Jakarta time, was six kilometers (3.7 miles) northeast of the city of Majene, at a depth of 10 kilometers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RYAN BRESLIN (WSMV) — Financial relief can be hard to come by as the struggle continues through the pandemic, but there’s one program helping essential workers pay for childcare. The 2021 Pandemic Essential Employee Childcare Payment Assistance Program is through the Department of Human Services with the goal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILMINGTON, New Hanover County (WLOS) — A North Carolina woman is accused of intentionally hitting another woman with her car, in a crime similar to one she committed nearly exactly three years ago. Wilmington Police were called to Moore Plaza to investigate a reported vehicle versus pedestrian crash
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN CO., AL (WALA) — Baldwin County Sheriff’s officials say on Wednesday, January 13, a deputy with the special operations unit stopped a rented 2020 Jeep Cherokee northbound on I-65 in Bay Minette. They say the vehicle was stopped for following too closely. According to authorities, during the
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A British man who accidentally threw a hard drive loaded with bitcoin into the trash has offered the local authority where he lives more than $70 million if it allows him to excavate a landfill site. IT worker James Howells got rid of the drive, which held a digital store of 7,500 bitcoins, between June
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA COUNTY, WI (WDJT) — Kenosha County prosecutors are requesting modifications to Kyle Rittenhouse’s bond. They filed paperwork on Wednesday, Jan. 13. The request comes after Rittenhouse was spotted in a Racine County bar with his mother last week after his arraignment. Rittenhouse is charged with shooting three
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — At the onset of the pandemic, the medical supply chain weakened as hospitals scrambled to fine personal protective equipment. When the coronavirus cases surged at the beginning of 2020, it crushed hospitals as people flooded testing sites. At a critical time when the healthcare
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — The Flint water crisis prosecution team formally announcing charges against nine people including former Governor Rick Snyder on Jan.14. In total, there are 42 counts related to the water crisis with some defendants facing the possibility of more than a decade behind bars. Flint
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