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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

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — A St. Louis County employee, who sources say is the brother-in-law of Chief Mary Barton, is under investigation after broadcasting a racial slur over the radio to dozens of on-duty police officers Saturday. A St. Louis County Police spokesperson said the employee

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved residents Inji, who was thought to be the oldest orangutan in the world. The zoo says Inji’s health deteriorated over the past few weeks. After it became apparent that medications were

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPMT) — Because the 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show has gone virtual, its outsized economic impact will likely be dampened this year. For 105 years the Farm Show has been drawing crowds. “Through good times and bad. Through feast and famine and war and peace and now,

Click here for updates on this story     DICKSON CITY, PA (WNEP) — The former Gibbons Ford dealership in Dickson City is now home to Cornerstone Alliance Church. Members finally gathered here this weekend for the first in-person service in the new space. “I feel a jumble of emotions, I’m excited I’m nervous, ministry 23 years

Yesenia Lara spoke to her uncle on the phone nearly every day until May 1. Raul Rodriguez, 61, who was in a Texas county jail after a DUI conviction, had struggled with alcoholism but was a loving man who was “outgoing, always laughing,” she said. He told her there were about 15 to 20 other

The seventh National College Football Playoff championship is set. After an arduous season amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s an accomplishment that the game is even being played. Here is everything you need to know about the match-up. When and where is the game? Monday, January 11, at 8 p.m. ET at the Hard Rock Stadium

The encounter that ended with the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last summer began with a “family trouble” call to 911 from the mother of his children. Laquisha Booker had made such calls before, according to an investigative report by Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley, who on Tuesday outlined a review of

The United States is lifting decades-old restrictions between American and Taiwanese officials, in a move that will fundamentally change Washington’s relationship with the self-governed island — prompting threats from Beijing. Washington has for years “created complex internal restrictions to regulate” US officials’ dealings with Taiwan “in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing,”

A manhunt is underway for six inmates who escaped from the Merced County Downtown Jail in Northern California, according to a press release from the Merced County Sheriff’s Office issued Sunday. The inmates, ages 19 to 22, were able to make it to the roof of the jail and used a “homemade rope to scale

A controversial advertisement for make-up removal wipes has been pulled from the internet in China, after it prompted widespread backlash on social media over claims it “demonized” victims of sexual assault. The advertisement, produced by Chinese cotton product brand Purcotton, shows a woman walking down a dimly lit street at night followed by a masked

US federal prosecutors say Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández helped an alleged drug trafficker deliver thousands of kilos of cocaine to the United States in exchange for hefty bribes — a claim the Honduran Presidency rejected on Sunday as “100% false.” A motion submitted Friday by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York details

A woman charged with attempting to assault a 14-year-old and falsely accusing him of stealing her cell phone has been granted supervised release after her arrest and extradition to New York, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told CNN. Miya Ponsetto, 22, of Piru, California, was arraigned Saturday evening on charges of attempted

President-elect Joe Biden is not the only one getting some fanfare as he enters the White House — his rescue dog, Major, is being honored by the shelter he came from. The Bidens adopted Major, a German shepherd, in 2018 from the Delaware Humane Association (DHA). The shelter and Pumpkin Pet Insurance are now hosting