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Mayor Jane Castor has issued an executive order mandating the use of face coverings during events surrounding the upcoming Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida. The order, which Castor signed Wednesday, requires face masks to be worn outdoors in event zones and entertainment districts, including parts of Tampa’s downtown and the area surrounding the Raymond James

Click here for updates on this story     MELBOURNE BEACH, Florida (WESH) — Brian Meisenburg has been a music teacher at Gemini Elementary School in Brevard County for 16 years. The 40-year-old father of two says it is his dream job, but in September his dreams came crashing down with the diagnosis of stage 4 cancer

Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A Des Moines father of three is desperate for a new heart. Dustin Bachman, 35, was diagnosed with heart failure in 2013 but last Christmas it got progressively worse. “They determined my heart is actually only at 10%, and my kidneys are failing

Three teenage boys were arrested in connection with a house fire that killed three adults and two children in Denver last year, authorities said. The Denver Police Department announced on Wednesday that two 16-year-olds and one 15-year-old were being held on suspicion of charges including murder, arson and burglary, among other counts. The suspects were

Click here for updates on this story     Grand Rapids, MI (WNEM) — A Michigan couple were denied parental rights to their biological twins after using a gestational carrier. “We were actually trying for a second child when I found a lump,” Tammy Myers said. Tammy and husband Jordan Meyers had two questions for doctors when

Click here for updates on this story     FLINT, MI (WNEM) — A Flint man who was granted clemency has been released from prison after he was sentenced to 40 to 60 years for selling weed and owning guns. Michael Thompson, 69, was released from the Charles Egeler Center in Jackson early Thursday morning, Jan. 28.

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — A 72-year-old man who recently recovered from COVID-19, died in an early morning apartment fire in Milwaukee Thursday, Jan. 27. Firefighters were called to Burnham Hill Apartments, near 29th and Mitchell around midnight. “I had to go to each floor and yell, ‘get out,

Click here for updates on this story     KEIZER, OR (KPTV) — This year, amid a pandemic, FOX 12 will regularly go inside Keizer Elementary to share the stories of teachers, staff and students firsthand, in a new series called “Keizer Strong.” FOX 12 most recently looked at some of the unique challenges students with special

Click here for updates on this story     COUNSELOR, New Mexico (KOAT) — A 4-year-old girl is paralyzed after she was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelitis as a result of COVID-19, the girl’s mother tells KOAT. KOAT spoke to 4-year-old Stella Martin and her mother, Cassandra Yazzie, a day after Stella was finally released from the

Click here for updates on this story     IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (East Idaho News) — One year ago, Aimee Thomson thought she had life figured out. Buying a place that she and her two children could call home was becoming a real possibility. Now, the word “future” has a new, short-term meaning. “Somebody asked me the

Whether we’re texting or using tools, our hands — perhaps more than any other body part — are what equip us for modern life. The killer app in the evolution of our hands was our opposable thumbs, which allow humans to precisely hold tiny things between our fingertips and pad of our thumb. When did

Click here for updates on this story     SUGAR CITY, Idaho (East Idaho News) — Football player, college student, cheerleader, track star, son, brother, friend. Dylan Pope is all of those, but the description he’s proud of most is stem cell donor. The 21-year-old was raised in Sugar City, where he played football, cheered and ran

Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS (FOX5/KVVU) — In a first for the Las Vegas area, spinal surgery is now being done using augmented reality. Only a small number of hospitals in the country have the technology and Southern Hills Hospital is now one of them. Augmented reality is being used to

Germany’s vaccine commission has recommended that the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford should not be given to people older than 65 years, the German Interior Ministry said Thursday. The Standing Committee on Vaccination at Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country’s main public health authority, has found there is insufficient

Click here for updates on this story     SEDONA, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — It looked like a scene right out of an action movie. An Arizona National Guard rescue team flying in to save three stranded hikers Tuesday, above the Haribo Canyon in Sedona. All three hikers were visiting from out-of-town. Scott Brand and his wife Crystal

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — A homeowner is asking for answers from the Phoenix Police Department after she recorded two Phoenix police officers striking a man at a homeless encampment in an alleyway on Tuesday. The incident happened near 16th Street and Jefferson Street. Her boyfriend heard someone yelling for