Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — The pandemic has hit everyone hard especially local businesses, but one Shreveport family took a risk and did the unthinkable. They opened a Vietnamese banh mi restaurant, “World Sandwich.” “I was like why not a bahn mi shop,” said the son of the restaurants
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The United Kingdom is entering its most challenging weeks since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a top official said Monday, as hospitals face being overrun and morgues fill up. “We’re now at the worst point of this epidemic for the UK. In the future we will have the vaccine, but the numbers at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RED LION, PA (WPMT) — A 24-year-old York County man is facing aggravated assault and additional charges after allegedly firing a gun at his brother during an argument Sunday morning. Nicalas Lee Samuel, of Red Lion, is also charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person,
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They say creativity takes courage. And sometimes courage means finding the self-discipline to sit down and handcraft hundreds of cards by yourself, even if you’re only 5 years old. That was the task burgeoning artist Aryana Chopra set herself. Her goal was to hand design New Year’s cards for residents of a nursing home in
Continue Reading An act of kindness by an Arkansas doctor is helping his former patients face the new year with less debt. Dr. Omar T. Atiq voided more than $650,000 of unpaid medical bills for those once under his care. “If this gave them a little bit of assistance then I am grateful to have had the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, MO (KCTV) — The community is now in mourning after a famous Kansas City metro comic book artist passed away after battling COVID-19. “He was definitely hilarious, passionate but extremely kind,” says Virginia Bernstein. On Friday morning Bernstein’s uncle Steve Lightle, who was battling flu like
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — As COVID-19 spreads at Arizona’s largest university, in-person professors there will be in the state’s next phase coronavirus vaccinations. Spring semester starts Monday at ASU, both in person and online. Right now, there are reportedly hundreds of COVID-19 active cases at the university for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHANDLER, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — The traditional Chandler Ostrich Festival has been postponed a second time due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The Chandler Chamber of Commerce announced the decision on Friday, postponing the festival to sometime in the fall. Chamber officials had already rescheduled the festival
Continue Reading Galaxies die when the stars that live in them stop forming. Now, for the first time, astronomers have witnessed this phenomenon in a distant galaxy. Scientists were able to glimpse a galaxy as it ejected almost half of the gas it uses to form stars. They captured this rare observation using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter
Continue Reading Political leaders are promising that mass vaccination campaigns will see life return to normal, as a more contagious variant of the coronavirus spreads across dozens of countries, adding urgency to the race to end the pandemic. But vaccination efforts are rolling out slower than promised, raising doubts about an imminent way out of the crisis.
Continue Reading EMT Sadi Pope takes pride in her job, but the recent Covid-19 surge in Los Angeles County has made for some grueling 10-hour shifts. The mother of three and former stay-at-home mom has been running an ambulance for the last six months, but the call volume has grown so much in this latest wave of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PUNTA GORDA, FL (WBBH) — Punta Gorda Middle School was evacuated after a student made an apparent joke about bringing a bomb to school, said Punta Gorda police. Officers evacuated the school in an abundance of caution and a check of the school is being conducted. Punta Gorda
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CAPE CORAL, FL (WBBH) — A Cape Coral man was arrested for threatening his neighbors, two adults and a juvenile, with a gun during an argument after their dog ran into his yard. Jarvis Daniel Minor, 34, was arrested on Sunday and is facing charges of aggravated assault
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELYSIAN PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Dodger fans continue to mourn the loss of the man who led the franchise to a pair of World Series titles and Team USA to Olympic gold in 2000. Tommy Lasorda passed away Thursday at 93. Heartbroken fans continue to gather at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KABC) — Dodger Stadium, the nation’s largest COVID-19 testing site, will cease testing for the virus and shift to a massive vaccination site, the city announced Sunday. Testing operations at the stadium will end Monday, the city said. The site will be converted to vaccination
Continue Reading A Memphis police officer was arrested Sunday and charged with kidnapping and killing a man while on duty, police said. Patric Ferguson, 29, allegedly shot and killed 30-year-old Robert Howard after forcing him into the back of a squad car and taking him to Frayser Boulevard and Denver Street, Memphis Police (MPD) said in an
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Flags, signs and symbols of racist, white supremacist and extremist groups were displayed along with Trump 2020 banners and American flags at Wednesday’s riot at the US Capitol. The pictures tell part of the story of the beliefs of some of those who chose to show up on that day — from passionate and peaceful
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — St. Louis County is investigating after a wounded teen was founded in a crashed car near a hospital Saturday night. Officials said a 16-year-old boy was shot in the 1700 block of El Sabado Drive around 7:30 p.m. The victim was being driven
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — Women dies in house fire after “misplaced cigarette” investigators say. Flames rip through a home in Southwest Atlanta at the 2800 block of Waters Road. Six people fighting to make their way out but one women trapped inside. “You could feel the heat from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Over the weekend Nashville began vaccinating people over the age of 75 against the coronavirus. 1,200 doses were ready for those who had an appointment to receive the vaccine. 600 doses were administered on Saturday and another 600 on Sunday. Metro Health spokesperson Brian
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