WATCH: Inauguration of President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday morning
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Biden sworn in as 46th president
President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States Wednesday, ushering in a new era of calm and comity to Washington after four divisive and tumultuous years under former President Donald Trump.
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‘Hall of Fame’ nurses come out of retirement to help in expanding vaccination efforts
Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Nurses are coming out of retirement to help keep the vaccine rollout on pace as it expands to include more people eligible for the shot. “When word got out that we were providing vaccines here at St. Elizabeth, we had retirees wanting to come back
Continue Reading Michelle Obama Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Michelle Obama, wife of 44th US President Barack Obama. Personal Birth date: January 17, 1964 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Father: Fraser Robinson, water filtration worker Mother: Marian (Shields) Robinson Marriage: Barack Obama (October 3, 1992-present) Children: Sasha, Malia Education: Princeton University, B.A., 1985;
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Marijuana abuse by youth with mood disorders linked to suicide attempts, self-harm and death, study finds
Heavy use of marijuana by teens and young adults with mood disorders — such as depression and bipolar disorder — is linked to an increased risk of self-harm, suicide attempts and death, a new study has found. Unintentional overdoses, suicide and homicide were the three most frequent causes of death, according to the study published
Continue Reading 43 people drown after migrant boat capsizes in the Mediterranean
Forty-three people died and 10 were rescued after a boat carrying West African migrants capsized off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR said in a Wednesday statement. This is the first migrant shipwreck of the year 2021, the UNHCR said. The boat left the northwestern Libyan city of
Continue Reading Business owner says gun sales highest he’s seen
Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Gun sales often rise during transitions of power, and businesses are currently doing well despite the pandemic. “They’re buying (guns) up so fast, it’s not funny,” Bert Nelson said. Nelson has been selling guns since the late 1970s. He said he’s never seen anything
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Fulton man dies after apartment fire
Fulton firefighters say an elderly man is dead after a fire broke out at an apartment building early Monday morning.
Continue Reading Pfizer pitches Canada for tax breaks in upcoming budget
Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV News) — Pfizer Canada is pitching the federal government to bring in new tax breaks and change related corporate tax policies, suggesting the feds need to do more to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to invest domestically in a post-pandemic world. Specifically, Pfizer is proposing that in
Continue Reading Dozens evacuated after 20 fires broke out in the Santa Cruz mountains
Click here for updates on this story SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — Nineteen fires broke out overnight in the Santa Cruz mountains following severe winds knocking down powerlines and another igniting from the remaining embers of the CZU Lightning Complex fire. However, this time around, crews had some wet weather on their side. “One thing
Continue Reading Meter reader credited with saving homeowner’s life
Click here for updates on this story SILVER CITY, New Mexico (KOAT) — A PNM meter reader is being credited for saving a woman’s life after he noticed something awry at a routine meter read. According to a release from PNM, Luis Apodaca and the homeowner had a previous agreement that she would put her
Continue Reading Report: Patrick Mahomes ‘has no symptoms,’ will return to practice field today
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will take another big step on his road to recovery in the NFL concussion protocol on Wednesday. Mahomes – who was injured in the third quarter of the AFC Divisional game – is slated to be on
Continue ReadingExcavator arrives at property once owned by Fotis Dulos
Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, CT (WFSB) — State police returned to a property in Farmington that was once owned by the prime suspect in the disappearance of a New Canaan mother. Wednesday morning, an excavator was spotted at Fotis Dulos’ old Mountain Spring Road property. State police originally returned to the
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WNBA team Atlanta Dream, co-owned by Kelly Loeffler, is close to being sold, league says
The sale of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream — co-owned by outgoing US Sen. Kelly Loeffler — is close to being finalized, a league spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday. The news of the sale was first reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Loeffler, who lost to Rev. Raphael Warnock in the historic Georgia senatorial runoff earlier this
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Scientists have finally worked out how butterflies fly
Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly — compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Now, experts have found that the insects “clap” their wings together — and their wings are perfectly evolved for better propulsion. Biologists from Sweden’s Lund University set out
Continue Reading Navalny releases investigation into decadent billion-dollar ‘Putin palace’
Even locked up in a detention center on the outskirts of Moscow, Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny continues to be a thorn in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s side. Late Tuesday, which marked the opposition leader’s first day at the infamous Matrosskaya Tishina facility, his team dropped a colossal investigation into the President’s wealth, offering Russians to
Continue Reading UConn finds 76 positive COVID-19 cases among returning students
Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) — With its spring semester starting today, UConn announced that it had found 76 active COVID-19 infections in returning students. Most of the cases were asymptomatic, with 56 discovered in at-home tests mandated by the school. Another 20 positives involved students who had
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Tight security at capitols across the country as Joe Biden prepares for his inauguration
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, and state capitols across the country are under tight security on Wednesday as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to be inaugurated. After a pro-Trump mob attacked the US Capitol two weeks ago, the FBI warned of possible armed protests at the Capitol and all 50 state capitols in the days
Continue Reading Community mourns Baylor grad student who died from COVID-19 complications
Click here for updates on this story WACO, Texas (Waco Tribune-Herald ) — A 21-year-old Baylor graduate student and Waco native on the cusp of graduation died from COVID-19 complications Sunday, leaving behind a community to mourn and imagine what she might have accomplished next. Alicia Martinez is the first Baylor University student to die
Continue Reading Farmers deliver cattle for family of deceased friend
Click here for updates on this story BEATRICE, Nebraska (Beatrice Daily Sun) — On a chilly Tuesday morning, roughly 40 Nebraskans hauled and unloaded 30 trailers full of cows to the Beatrice 77 Livestock barn to help the Niss family from Pawnee City. The family’s patriarch, fourth-generation farmer Bryce Niss, 35, died in a rollover
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