Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN, Texas (KTVT) — “Teachers had our backs. Now we must have theirs.” A lawmaker in Texas is looking to set a new minimum salary for teachers across the state. State Rep. James Talarico (D-Round Rock) on Thursday said he filed House Bill 3580, which would put that
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The Minneapolis City Council has unanimously voted to approve a $27 million settlement to George Floyd’s estate. “George Floyd’s horrific death, witnessed by millions of people around the world, unleashed a deep longing and undeniable demand for justice and change,” Ben Crump, an attorney for Floyd’s family, said in a statement. “That the largest pre-trial
Continue Reading One Georgetown Law professor has been fired and another placed on administrative leave after one’s comments disparaging Black students were recorded via Zoom. Sandra Sellers and David Batson, the two professors, had a conversation regarding Black students’ performance in their classes at the end of a lecture last month. Their comments were included in the
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Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor put a breathing tube down the trachea of a critically ill covid patient. Those performing such “aerosol-generating” procedures, often in an intensive care unit, got the best protective gear even if there wasn’t enough to
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Many nursing home residents who have been vaccinated at other facilities, saw it as the light at the end of the tunnel, after a year of loneliness. But CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has learned, that’s simply not the case. Even at facilities where 100%
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A unique condo is up for sale in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, but prospective buyers will need an open mind about its open concept. The main bathroom on the first floor at 302 South Street #2 does not have doors or walls around the toilet.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Springfield Middle School parent was suspended from the baseball diamond after yelling racial slurs at the coach. Latoya Groves doubled down on her words Thursday. She admitted to calling the coach, ‘coach c–n’ at a game, then taking to Facebook where she called
Continue Reading A quick-thinking customer at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru used the door of his truck to help police catch a fleeing suspect, authorities said. Police in Jacksonville, Texas, said that officers were attempting to stop a man in a stolen vehicle on Wednesday when he took off on foot, according to a post on the department’s Facebook
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — With two tennis ball-sized growths on each side of its beak, a goose in Baldwin County has captivated the attention of hundreds of animal lovers offering to help. The goose, named Ricky, went into surgery at Langston Animal Hospital to remove one of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NATURAL DAM, Arkansas (KFSM) — A local man says he stumbled into a wooded area full of rattlesnakes while out on a hike. He says he took a tumble trying to get away. “It was pretty scary,” Stephen Gossow. “It was unexpected, and it happened so fast.” Stephen
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The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIFFLINTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Mifflin County Regional Police have charged two Juniata County teens with setting a fire that consumed the “Biden Barn,” an empty structure painted with a campaign ad for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and a message calling for unity over division, on March 6.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICKASAW, Alabama (WALA) — Students at Chickasaw High School are making prosthetic legs. At some point, they will deliver them free of charge to people in need in Central America. “When you realize it’s going to be on a person you realize you’re not only changing your life
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The new details emerging daily at the US-Mexico border are tough to track. It’s a fast-moving situation, described by the Biden administration as a “stressful challenge” and decried by critics of immigration as a “crisis.” There are a lot of developments we’re still learning in real time. Here’s a look at some of the key
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its guidance for childcare programs during the pandemic, emphasizing the importance of mask-wearing for everyone 2 years of age and older, as well as air ventilation and other strategies. “Early last year, CDC released initial guidance for childcare programs during Covid-19. As we learn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A Canadian-led international team of scientists have disproven what was thought to be the discovery of the ‘world’s older crater’ from a meteorite in Greenland in 2012. The findings, published in the March issue of “Earth and Planetary Science Letters,” detail that during
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study suggests that some COVID-19 patients who suffer from prolonged symptoms after recovery, including anxiety, mood disorders, sleep problems and fatigue, are at a greater risk for depression. The study, conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that
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A granddaughter came to her grandmother’s apartment bearing a unique gift — it was a prescription for a hug. It had been a year since Evelyn Shaw had hugged anyone, let alone granddaughter Ateret Frank. Yet, Shaw said she wasn’t going to let her granddaughter into her Bronx apartment, even though both had been fully
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Bloodshed continues in Myanmar after another violent day Thursday saw at least 12 people killed by the ruling junta, according to a watchdog group, prompting a top UN official to say the crackdown on peaceful protests is “likely meeting the legal threshold for crimes against humanity.” In the small, central town of Myaing, police shot
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It’s been a gut-wrenching week for Black Britons. First came the interview where what many Black Britons believed in their hearts to be true was confirmed — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Britain’s first member of the modern British royal family to identify as a woman of color, said she was forced to leave the monarchy
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