Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — New COVID-19 tracing technology is being implemented at Gervais schools is getting some pushback from parents. When middle and high school students go back to campus, they’ll have the option to wear a lanyard that keeps track of social distancing, alerting students when
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Nawal El Saadawi, a famous Egyptian feminist author, physician and psychiatrist, has died aged 89, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Sunday. El Saadawi was known as a defender of women’s rights and fought strongly against the widespread practice of female genital mutation. She was jailed and persecuted and received threats from conservatives throughout her life
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Over 8,000 individuals were vaccinated Friday and Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium, according to the Kansas City Chiefs. The mega-vaccination event, termed by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, is the largest so far in Missouri. On Friday, about 3,600 Missourians received coronavirus shots. The Chiefs
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IRVINGTON, Alabama (WALA) — It is a postal carrier’s job to deliver mail, but this week a Mobile County post office employee delivered a message of patriotism with a simple act. “My flag was actually laying on the ground and I saw the USPS worker walking in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV Network) — As people begin to soak up more of the springtime sun, the rays may offer more than just a reprieve from cabin fever. A new study finds that COVID-19 patients, particularly Black patients, with high vitamin D levels may have a lower risk
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Countless numbers of those with COVID-19 have had to contend with the loss of taste and smell, changing the way that they perceive food. But a British chef is coming out with a free cookbook containing recipes tailormade for COVID-altered taste buds. British
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 60-year-old man from Sun Prairie was arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Waukesha Post for his sixth OWI on Saturday, March 20. Troopers in Waukesha County were made aware of a car traveling eastbound on I-94 that allegedly struck two other cars
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A set of parents and a third person were arrested and charged with endangering a child’s welfare after a 2-month old baby was found dead in an apartment at Pinehurst Rentals in Barrett Township near Canadensis. Pocono Mountain Regional Police were called to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — At the end of January, Linda Lingle was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. “It was just a gut punch you know. You just had a sinus infection. you don’t expect leukemia,” said Linda. Linda started chemotherapy soon after and the good news is, she
Continue Reading Nawal El Saadawi, a famous Egyptian feminist author, physician and psychiatrist, has died aged 89, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Sunday. El Saadawi was known as a defender of women’s rights and fought strongly against the widespread practice of female genital mutation. She was jailed and persecuted and received threats from conservatives throughout her life
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. says she’s been reassured by her American colleagues that they are viewing the cases of detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig as if the two men were their own citizens. “Many members of the U.S. administration
Continue Reading Eight people were stabbed during a fight that started inside a Detroit hookah lounge and continued into the parking lot early Sunday morning, police said. The stabbings happened at about 4:40 a.m. Sunday on Greenfield Road. The eight people who were stabbed were hospitalized, but none of the injuries were fatal, Detroit Police said in
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Andrew Scott Lucas was indicted on an upgraded first-degree murder charge after initially being arrested and charged with second-degree murder back in December.
Continue Reading Crystal Sauser didn’t know who wrote obituaries. Was it the funeral home? The deceased’s loved ones? At 39, she didn’t think she’d have to know the answer. But in February, her husband of 13 years died of cancer, leaving behind Sauser and their three children. Suddenly, she found herself browsing funeral home obituary templates, grieving
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The scheduled first-round game between Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Oregon in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament has been declared a no-contest due to Covid-19 cases among the VCU team, the NCAA announced Saturday. The VCU team won’t be participating in the tournament after some Covid-19 tests came back positive recently, Ed McLaughlin,
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Where does the hate come from? That was the question on many people’s minds after the killing of women at three spas in Georgia on Tuesday drew even more attention to the targeting of Asian Americans in the year since the coronavirus pandemic was declared. A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with shooting to
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Miami Beach Police fired pepper balls into crowds of partiers and arrested at least a dozen people as the city took extraordinary measures to crack down on spring breakers who officials have said are out of control. Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber declared a state of emergency and set an 8 p.m. curfew Saturday, saying
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Jami Webb says she was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday this week. But Xiaojie Tan, who owned Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia, was among eight people who lost their lives Tuesday in a shooting rampage that has rattled the nation. Four people were killed at the Cherokee County spa, and four more
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Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber declared a state of emergency and set a curfew Saturday, saying the crowds that have descended on the city recently are “more than we can handle.” “Too many are coming, really, without the intention of following the rules, and the result has been a level of chaos and disorder that
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of world-renowned primatologist, activist and conservationist Jane Goodall. Personal Birth date: April 3, 1934 Birth place: London, England Birth name: Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall Father: Mortimer Morris-Goodall, businessman Mother: Margaret Myfanwe (Joseph) Morris-Goodall, a novelist Marriages: Derek Bryceson (1975-1980, his death); Hugo van Lawick (March 28, 1964-1974, divorced) Children: with
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