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Single mom found dead leaves behind 4 kids

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police identified a woman found dead Sunday morning off Pennington Bend Road near Opryland. Police said the victim was 44-year-old Pamela Paz, of Smyrna, who was strangled to death. Kendall Smith, Paz’s 18-year-old daughter, said the family is going through a lot right

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Spontaneous combustion causes apartment fire

Click here for updates on this story     HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — Firefighters say spontaneous combustion is responsible for a fire at an apartment complex in Hillsboro that started Tuesday morning. At 10:30 a.m. fire crews got a report to an automatic commercial fire alarm at 305 Southeast Edgeway Drive in the Wyndhaven Apartment complex. More

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Portlanders head to Vancouver to escape shutdowns

Click here for updates on this story     VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — Washingtonians have avoided further COVID-19 restrictions, but they aren’t moving any closer to fully reopening either, as Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a “two-week pause” on moving between phases. It comes as COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations have been on the rise, but

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What is the difference between mRNA and viral vector-based vaccines?

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — After the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recently doubled down on its recommendation that mRNA vaccines are “preferred” over their viral vector-based counterparts in the fight against COVID-19, questions have been raised about the vaccines’ differences. So far, Health Canada has currently authorized

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Covid vaccines need to be more accessible for workers who can’t easily take time off, expert says. Or the US may face a winter surge

With slowing vaccination rates across the country, the US will need to shift its strategy toward local accessibility to get out of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. President Joe Biden announced a plan Tuesday to administer at least one dose of vaccine to 70% of the nation’s adult population by July 4, a

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Two dead after a small plane crashes into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, officials say

An aircraft crashed into a home late Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the police department said. Two people died in the incident, the Hattiesburg Assistant Fire Chief Danny Wade said, according to CNN affiliate WDAM. Emergency personnel on the scene said it was a small civilian plane, WDAM reported. The Federal Aviation Administration has been contacted

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