Ontario announced a province-wide “emergency brake” shutdown beginning this weekend as Canada’s most populous province struggles to cope with a surge in ICU admissions that provincial leaders said they feared was fueled by rapidly spreading coronavirus variants. “The new variants are far more dangerous than before. They spread faster and do more harm than the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — According to a statement released by the Cobb County District Attorney’s office Terrance Paul Corry, the man who attacked his elderly mother while staying with her during the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced to 20 years. Powder Springs Police were dispatched to a
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Gov. Mike Parson is set to give a coronavirus briefing Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
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Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — State police have arrested two people after seizing drugs and firearms from a home in Waterbury. Police said on April 1 around 5 a.m., a search warrant was executed at a home on Keefe Street for suspected weapons violations. The investigation is in response
Continue Reading A man who went shopping in New Mexico came back to find his car was full of bees. Thousands and thousands of them. He called 911, as anyone would do if they returned to a car full of insects. Fortunately for him, the firefighter who responded also happened to be a beekeeper. The man’s car
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Spring is a time of year when many people thoroughly clean their homes, however, the Better Business Bureau said it can be even more important to do some ‘digital spring cleaning.’
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One of college basketball’s all-time coaching greats is calling it a career. Roy Williams, who led North Carolina to three national championships and guided UNC and Kansas to nine Final Fours, is retiring after 33 seasons as a head coach, UNC said. “I no longer feel that I am the right man for the job,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people are injured, two with serious injuries, after a wreck north of Columbia near the intersection of US 63 North and East Highway 124. The crash happened at 3:30 p.m. Thursday after one vehicle failed to stop at an intersection, and pulled into the path of another vehicle. The second vehicle
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Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin spoke to his supervisor in a phone call shortly after kneeling on George Floyd for over 9 minutes to explain what happened on scene. “I was just going to call and have you come out to our scene here,” Chauvin told Sgt. David Ploeger in a phone call captured
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Severe weather is a threat here in mid-Missouri during the springtime, and having adequate ways to get information about the weather can be the difference in life or death. Cole County’s Emergency Management Office is working to provide weather radios to those who may live in areas that do not have sirens nearby so that
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Jefferson City police officers arrested a chase suspect in Holts Summit on Thursday.
Continue Reading An interstellar comet that crossed into our solar system nearly two years ago is revealing more of its secrets. Researchers have determined that the comet, known as 2I/Borisov, is more pristine and unaltered than any of the comets that have been observed in our solar system. The dust around the comet is also intriguingly different
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At the headquarters of biotechnology company Novavax, scientists are developing what they hope could soon be another Covid-19 vaccine for the United States and the world. Data from the company’s large-scale Phase 3 clinical trial of the vaccine in the US and Mexico are expected this month, but the timeline depends on how quickly it
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Two Hennepin County paramedics who treated George Floyd last May said Floyd was unresponsive, not breathing and had no pulse when they arrived on the scene. “In layman terms, I thought he was dead,” paramedic Derek Smith said. Smith and his partner, Seth Bravinder, testified in former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial on Thursday.
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After an abbreviated 2020 season that is now a blur, Major League Baseball returns Thursday with all 30 teams in action before actual human spectators for a six-month, 162-game trudge to the postseason. Fingers crossed. Before a single pitch was thrown, the Washington Nationals announced their home opener against the New York Mets Thursday night
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Not in my backyard — that’s what Yutan residents told representatives of Community Energy, an out-of-state developer hoping to build a solar farm in their town. During a two-hour public meeting, the pair of developers, Noah Eckert and Page Bolin described the utility farm’s
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Border Patrol agents rescued two young Ecuadorian sisters after alleged human smugglers dropped them over a 14-foot-tall border fence in the New Mexico desert, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a news release. Video from a Border Patrol camera, shows the children, aged 3 and 5, being dropped on the US side
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The federal government considers it illegal but that’s not stopping states from legalizing recreational marijuana. New York just joined the list, so Connecticut is now surrounded by states where you can buy marijuana. “It’s bad, I honestly don’t think we should put police in
Continue Reading The smell of burnt and unburnt marijuana alone is no longer cause for New York Police Department officers to search vehicles, according a new NYPD memorandum. The memo laying out changes in police procedure comes after the New York legalized recreational marijuana for adults on Wednesday. Under the new policy, officers can only search vehicles
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