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 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 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 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 ReadingClick 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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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 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 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 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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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 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 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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At least two people were killed and several injured Wednesday in an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak in the heart of the Spanish capital, Madrid, according to the city’s mayor. The blast, which occurred in a building on Toledo Street, caused widespread damage, according to video footage tweeted out by the Madrid city
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAPORTE COUNTY, Indiana (The Times) — A trooper took quick action when he realized an expectant mother was about to give birth in a semitrailer on the Indiana Toll Road. At 12:30 p.m. Friday Trooper Thomas Maymi was on duty on the Indiana Toll Road near the 52-mile
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — It’s a familiar household phenomenon: The buildup of plastic shopping bags that always seems to grow and often sits untouched. Retired teacher Becky Topil noticed plastic bags building up in her house during the pandemic and was determined to find a better
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — On the eve of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris’ inaugurations, they invited Americans across the nation to come together to remember those lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. The death toll in the United States hit 400,000 Tuesday. They hosted a ceremony
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WEB STAFF (KMOV) — Authorities have arrested and charged a man they say vandalized several businesses and non-profits in Jennings. St. Louis County Police Department had earlier identified the suspect as 40-year-old David Jackson of the 7100 block of Lamont Drive. He was taken into custody Tuesday. Authorities
Continue Reading Howard University’s marching band has taken part in presidential inaugurations before. But during today’s inaugural parade, they’ll be escorting one of their own. The renowned Showtime Marching Band will accompany Vice President Kamala Harris — an alumna of Howard University herself — to the White House shortly after she takes her oath of office, along
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Three candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for an open Jefferson City Council seat.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baldwin Co., AL (WALA) — A Baldwin County man was still in critical condition two days after being shot in the chest. That’s according to investigators with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office who said Colton Sims was shot by his stepdad during an altercation at the family’s home
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