O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a western Missouri Republican and a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, may be on the verge of joining the growing field of candidates for U.S. Senate in 2022. Hartzler said Thursday she’ll make an announcement June 10 at Frontier Justice, a firearms store and shooting
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There’s little doubt the 2016 election was stressful. Now a team in North Carolina say they have evidence the tumultuous campaign may have affected people’s hearts. Their study of 2,500 people living in the swing state of North Carolina shows an uptick in cases of irregular heart rates in October and November of 2016, as
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BAY SHORE, New York (WCBS) — It’s a remarkable story of survival: A mother of teenage triplets had three brain aneurysms. Thanks to state-of-the-art surgery, her life was saved. “It was divine intervention is what it was,” said Judith Tedesco of Yaphank. Tedesco, a mother of 17-year-old triplets,
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Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Cas Spurrier is an ordinary teenage guy. He draws, he watches TV and has a fascination with birds. Cas loves to study ornithology. But, for now, he’s focused on getting to know his new home. Just about a week ago, Cas and his
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Avocados have become an increasingly popular food in recent years, with people blending the creamy fruit in their smoothies or slicing it to layer on top of toast. This green fruit has become a true staple in kitchens around the world — and for good reason. Avocados deliver a variety of health benefits and are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — What if you had a daughter, and an entire family for that matter, and you had no clue? Kenny Erickson, 69, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Sanford, will soon meet an entire part of his family he never knew existed until months
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The FBI is investigating at least two LMPD narcotics detectives reportedly threw snow cones at homeless people in west Louisville. The information was revealed during a Metro Council Committee hearing Wednesday in which LMPD Chief Erika Shields was giving an update on reform steps
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Authorities in Las Vegas are asking for the public’s help to identify a boy found dead on a trail near the city, after a woman mistakenly identified him as her son. The body of the boy, believed to be between the ages of 8 and 12, was found by hikers near Las Vegas last Friday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — This was not the type of drive that golfers at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton are accustomed to. Around 5 a.m. on Wednesday, police were called to the sixth hole of Brae Burn after an SUV became stuck. The man behind the wheel
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Here’s some background information about MERS, or Middle East respiratory syndrome. MERS is a viral respiratory illness brought on by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). It is in the same family of viruses as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) as well as the common cold. The illness was first reported in Saudi Arabia in
Continue Reading After the murder of George Floyd and the summer of protests that followed led to greater dialogue among her students, Amy Donofrio decided last fall to hang up a “Black Lives Matter” banner outside her classroom. Most of the students at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida — where she had taught for
Continue Reading Two years after the Tulsa massacre left some 300 Black people dead and a once-booming neighborhood destroyed, another White mob attacked a Black enclave in Florida. The incident, known as the Rosewood massacre, would end with at least eight casualties: six Black people and two White people. Historians say the violence erupted after a White
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HALTOM CITY, Texas (KTVT) — Staying healthy has always been a lifelong challenge for 13-year-old Adam Roberts of Haltom City. He was born with several different heart defects. He also had his first open-heart surgery at just 15 days old. “It was a hard road because he had
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN (KTVT) — It’s a story about the night that the lights went out in Texas — but this time it was the audience who came to the rescue of a high school graduation ceremony. The class of 2021 at Anderson High School in Austin will never forget
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The graduating class of 2021 has overcome a lot to make it to the finish line. But when some students at Roseville Area High School found out a normal senior prom wasn’t happening, they got creative. “I never knew how much I would take a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OCEAN COUNTY, New Jersey (KYW) — A mystery washes ashore on a New Jersey beach. A skull showed up on Monday on the sand at Island Beach State Park in Ocean County. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection shared the pictures on Twitter. We have confirmed that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOLANO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The Flores ranch in rural Solano County was quiet Wednesday afternoon, but they had a rude and ravaging ruckus that happened at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, according to the Solano County Sheriff’s Office. “I thought it was probably like a cat or
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GILROY (KPIX) — For the first time in the city’s history, Gilroy is flying the Pride flag outside City Hall, but not without controversy. “We’ve never had commemorative flags in Gilroy, our city hall has the United States flag and the California flag,” said Mayor Marie Blankley. “I
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Denmark has passed a law allowing it to relocate asylum seekers to third countries while their asylum claims are processed, in a move that has drawn sharp condemnation from human rights groups. The bill paves the way for the establishment of offshore asylum centers outside the European Union. It was approved in Danish parliament on
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NASA has released an image detailing the never-before-seen “violent energy” at the center of our galaxy, created after two decades of research. The stunning panorama was compiled using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. Images also documented an X-ray thread known as G0.17-0.41 that researchers say suggests
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