Click here for updates on this story ODESSA, Texas (KTVT) — In Odessa Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott fired back at President Joe Biden’s executive order armed with an executive order of his own. The governor directed all state agencies to sue the federal government over its new policy to place on hold new oil
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — TGIF. We made it another week, and so did the impressive man you’re about to meet. The Morning Insiders tagged along to a birthday party that’ll really give you that Friday Feeling. CBS 2’s Lauren Victory introduces us to one of the oldest people in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly a million people in Illinois have been scammed in connection with unemployment. CBS 2 has exposed quite a few of them as part of our commitment to Working for Chicago and now has uncovered a new one
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Six workers were killed and several others were taken to a hospital after a liquid nitrogen leak Thursday at a poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Georgia, officials said. Fire crews from Hall County and Gainesville responded to a report of burns at the Foundation Foods facility — formerly Prime Pak Foods — around 10:12 a.m.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PENNSYLVANIA (WPMT) — Each year, more than three million people flock to the Appalachian Trail in search of adventure. Most use the trail for day hikes and short backpacking trips. A few hardy souls put their bodies to the test and attempt the “Thru-Hike, ” hiking the entire
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, CO (KCNC) — The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder celebrated the upcoming arrival of the Emirates Mars Mission to the planet’s orbit early next month with their counterparts in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, excited about the knowledge they
Continue Reading Spencer Smith was an outgoing 16-year-old high school sophomore who loved teasing his sisters, spending time with friends and — most of all — football. If he wasn’t out on the field, he was on the couch watching his beloved New England Patriots on TV, his father, Jay, told CNN. “Every time football season ended,
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Famed former Temple University men’s basketball coach John Chaney passed away at the age of 89 on Friday. Temple confirmed Chaney died after a short illness. Chaney led the Temple Owls for 24 seasons and to 17 NCAA postseason tournament appearances, making it as far as the Elite Eight on five occasions. Chaney won 516
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Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri announced Friday that she will be moving her office away from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, following a heated exchange earlier this month where Bush confronted Greene about not wearing a mask in a hallway on Capitol Hill. The fallout led Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take the
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A third Covid-19 vaccine, one made by Johnson & Johnson, could be authorized for use in the United States in the near future. Data about the single-shot vaccine released Friday, and the company is now collating its data to apply to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization. The vaccine was made
Continue Reading Florida has launched a statewide preregistration system to schedule Covid-19 vaccine appointments for people 65 and older and frontline healthcare workers, the state’s health department said Friday. Individuals can preregister for vaccine appointments and be notified when appointments are available in their area, according to a Florida Department of Health news release. The department’s website
Continue Reading For 112 years, a 30-foot obelisk stood outside the courthouse grounds in the suburban Atlanta city of Decatur. Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, it suggested the Civil War was about state’s rights and “Southern honor” instead of the real root cause: slavery. That structure was finally taken down last year. And in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SIMI VALLEY, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — Two Simi Valley teens will be part of the first class of female Eagle Scouts this year. Dana Miller, 19, and Laura Allen, 18, are set to be among the nation’s first female Eagle Scouts, the highest rank in the Scouts, on Feb.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAYWARD, CA (KPIX) — Police will no longer walk the halls of Hayward schools following a unanimous decision Wednesday by the school board, a school district spokeswoman said Thursday. Oakland has also recently ended its partnership with Oakland police. The Hayward Unified School District school board will have
Continue Reading Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday ratifying the extension of New START, a key arms control treaty with the United States, a week before it was due to expire, the Kremlin said in a statement. The nuclear arms control agreement has been extended for five years until February 5, 2026, the Kremlin
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — The Salvation Army operates in 131 countries, running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless and providing humanitarian aid to developing countries. One of it’s most successful initiatives is aimed at helping children through it’s afterschool program. Years ago, FOX43 had the pleasure of
Continue Reading The Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus vaccine completed an arduous journey through development and approval — but still is left with hundreds of miles to go to reach waiting arms once it arrives in rural America. “Our couriers travel many, many miles. Our physicians, our staff travel miles,” said Susan Jarvis, president and CEO of Sanford Health of
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An 8-year-old student was kicked out of a Christian elementary school, after she told another female student she had a crush on her, the mother says. The incident occurred last week, when Chloe Shelton, a second grader at Rejoice Christian School in Owasso, Oklahoma, told another female student she had a crush on her, mother
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Spanning 1,400 acres and eight venues, Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Southern California is the biggest cemetery in North America. But the number of Covid-19-related deaths since the holidays have so challenged its capacity that grieving families are having to wait a month for funeral services and the cemetery has had to order
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREDERICKTOWN, Missouri (Daily Journal) — A Fredericktown woman is facing felony charges after allegedly transferring tens of thousands of dollars from a man’s retirement account into her own personal business account over the course of more than a year. Tammi Whitener, 44, has been charged in Madison County
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