Click here for updates on this story Key West, Florida (WRAL) — A tourist from North Carolina died following a snorkeling trip off the Florida Keys, sheriff’s officials said. Erica Michelle Brown, 42, had been snorkeling with family and friends on a Fury Watersports boat on Sunday afternoon when she began signaling for help, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville (WSMV) — “I didn’t have my taste, I didn’t have my smell, I was extremely tired,” said Chandler Maynard as she thought back to when she had COVID-19 around Halloween last year. “I had about every single symptom that they tell you,” she said. But like many
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Click here for updates on this story Houston (KTRK) — Experts say vaccines are the best bet at fighting the more contagious COVID-19 variants, and while some are pushing back, many more are anxiously awaiting their turn. Now, there’s a new push to get truck drivers to the front of the line. Eyewitness News spoke
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Decatur, Georgia (Herald & Review) — Dramatic body cam footage shows the moment Decatur police say one of their officers had to draw and fire his service firearm to defend himself from an armed suspect who had just shot at him. Both the suspect, 47-year-old Springfield man Gregory
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Willie Shorter woke up early Tuesday morning, donned some heavy canvas overalls and a thick knit hat, and found a pair of gloves. His anger didn’t need to be warmed. Shorter, 52, who has lived in The Heritage, 501 W. 3rd St., Davenport,
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Joseph Flavill slipped out of one world and woke up in another. On March 1, 2020, when the 19-year-old was struck by a car in Staffordshire, central England, the United Kingdom had recorded just 23 cases of a concerning new virus. The vast majority of Covid-19 infections were still confined to China, and the United
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Click here for updates on this story New York City (WABC) — The major nor’easter on Monday didn’t stop the violence in NYC as at least six people were shot during the blizzard-like conditions. One of the victims was a 26-year-old woman who was shot through the wall of her apartment on Washington Avenue in
Continue Reading The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging officials in Tanzania to follow science in the fight against the coronavirus, after the country’s president said the approved vaccines are “dangerous” and that “not all vaccines are of good intentions to our nation.” “Urging #Tanzania to ramp up public health measures such as wearing masks to fight
Continue Reading Were it not for the health benefits, Aimeé Gotreaux says she would have already resigned from her job as a special education teacher in Kennesaw, Georgia. Ever since her school district announced a return to in-person classes last October, the 26-year-old has been frustrated by the decisions made by local and state leaders. She was
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Fewer students are turning in federal student aid applications across the country compared to the same time period in 2020.
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Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles (KABC) — The family of a Southern California child who became seriously ill from complications linked to COVID-19 are sharing their story after their quick actions may have saved their young son’s life, and they hope to raise awareness to other parents about what to do
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — While studies and polls have show that loneliness and social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic are on the rise in Canada, an Ont. woman says widows are among those struggling the most as they’re having to deal with grieving alone. Susan Kendal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A dual citizen of Canada and China was taken prisoner in Hong Kong and forced to choose between their two nationalities, Global Affairs Canada says. Declaring themselves to be Canadian could have meant losing residency in Hong Kong, while declaring themselves to be
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A lot of numbers get thrown around during Super Bowl week. This year, it includes this: 18 years, 45 days. That’s the age gap between 43-year-old Tom Brady and 25-year-old Patrick Mahomes. When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs take the field for Super Bowl LV, it will be the largest age difference
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Grand Cane, Louisiana (KTBS) — A happy update in DeSoto Parish. A dog that was lost last month when her owner crashed his 18-wheeler has been found. Doll the pit bull was captured in a trap Monday night at a home near a restaurant in Logansport, DeSoto Animal
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Here’s some background information about Valentine’s Day, celebrated every February 14. Facts There are several different theories about the origins of Valentine’s Day. The ancient Romans held the festival of Lupercalia on February 15 to protect themselves from wolves. Men struck people with strips of animal hide; women believed that this made them more fertile.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT) — The Westside Community School District is apologizing after a staff member displayed a quote from Adolf Hitler in a school hallway at Westside Middle School Monday. The staff member’s intent is not publicly known. The quote read, “The man who has no sense of
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Here’s a look at the country of Iraq which borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran and the Persian Gulf. About Iraq (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 438,317 sq km Population: 39,650,145 (2021 est.) Median age: 21.2 years (2020 est.) Capital: Baghdad Ethnic Groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20% or other 5% (1987 est.) Religion:
Continue ReadingA shooting at a home in eastern Oklahoma has left five children and a man dead, and a woman hospitalized with serious injuries, police said Tuesday morning. A suspect — Jarron Deajon Pridgeon, 25 — was taken into custody after someone called 911 about the shooting early Tuesday in Muskogee, police spokeswoman Lynn Hamlin said.
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Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for two weeks, according to her party’s spokesperson, two days after the country’s powerful armed forces seized control in a coup. Suu Kyi, who was the country’s de facto leader under the title state counsellor, was issued with an arrest warrant for breaching the country’s
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