Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Last year was a tough year for Tennessee financially. Between devastating tornadoes, a global pandemic shutdown, and racial protests, businesses had a hard time picking up the pieces. But surprisingly, it wasn’t all bad. In the state of Tennessee, consumers spent a record $739
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Michigan, USA (WNEM) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced citations to multiple Michigan businesses for the month of December. Two businesses in Mid-Michigan received citations. They were Woodchips Barbecue in Lapeer and Big Boy in Sandusky. Woodchips Barbecue was issued a $4,000 fine
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALTON, Ill. (KMOV) — Pagedale Police Chief Eddie Simmons says he feels he was profiled by the Alton, Illinois Police Department in a December incident. “They treated me like a common criminal because a white person can call and say a black man did something and leave,” said
Continue ReadingControl of the US Senate now comes down to Republican David Perdue, who is trailing in his fight to keep his seat against Democrat Jon Ossoff.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV ) — Dozens of protesters took to the streets of north Portland Tuesday night, and some of them were destructive, police said. According to the Portland Police Bureau, around 9 p.m. about 50 people who had gathered at Peninsula Park blocked streets as they moved
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Nicole Salgado and her family woke up on New Year’s Day to frantic knocking at the front door of their home in Avondale, Arizona. Her house was on fire, and she didn’t know it. “We were all asleep,” Salgado told CNN. “Then all of the sudden around 7:30 in the morning, we hear banging on
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The European Union drugs regulator has recommended granting Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine a conditional marketing authorization, a move that will soon pave the way for the drug to become the second coronavirus vaccine to be distributed in the bloc. Following the recommendation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the shot now must be formally authorized by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — A train derailment early Wednesday morning closed Highway 99E between Oregon City and Canby for about an hour and a half. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and emergency personnel responded at 1:30 a.m. to a reported train derailment. At the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP) — The Scranton School Board is considering closing George Bancroft Elementary because it needs costly repairs while the district is already more than $200 million dollars in debt. Jennifer Schwartz and her son Gabriel play hopscotch outside the elementary school. Most students here still walk
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When a freezer that was used to store the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a Northern California hospital broke, officials soon realized they only had about two hours to administer the more than 800 doses that were inside. And they took on the challenge. The executive team at Mendocino County’s Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center
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The City of Columbia public outages map showed several outages early Wednesday morning.
Continue Reading Civil rights icons took part in a coronavirus vaccination event at a historically Black medical school in Georgia. The event was held to encourage Black Americans to be immunized, Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine said in a news release. Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young, civil rights leader Xernona Clayton, Former Health and Human Services Secretary
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Two new variants of the coronavirus have emerged that seem to make the virus more easily transmitted. But will they stymie vaccination efforts? One, first identified in Britain, has popped up around the world. While researchers worried at first that it might have changed enough to evade the protection offered by coronavirus vaccines, the evidence
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The US reported its highest daily Covid-19 death count ever Tuesday — a grim milestone that comes as state leaders work urgently to combat a slow pace of vaccinations. More than 3,770 American deaths were reported in one day — more than two dozen above the country’s previous record, set less than a week ago.
Continue Reading More than 1,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Los Angeles County over the past week as California grapples with surging cases and overwhelmed hospitals. “L.A. County reached the terrible milestone of more than 11,000 deaths due to Covid-19,” Los Angeles County DPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said in a statement, as she urged all
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers have mobilized across Washington as thousands of supporters who refuse to accept President Donald Trump’s election loss have flocked to the nation’s capital to protest when Congress gathers Wednesday afternoon to put the final stamp on President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. As part of their preparations, police posted signs around the
Continue Reading Break out the king cakes! It’s Epiphany, also known as Twelfth Night or Three Kings’ Day, which marks the start of Carnival season. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily.
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The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuke from the UN agency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said two scientists on the United Nations team had already left their home countries for Wuhan when they were told that
Continue Reading The family and supporters of Jacob Blake, who learned Tuesday that the officer who shot him seven times will not face charges, vowed to bring their protest to Washington, D.C. “Now our battle must go in front of the Congress, it must go in front of the Senate,” his father Jacob Blake Sr. said Tuesday.
Continue Reading This year will be marked as a year of continued uncertainty, anxiety and — if you’re like many people — a lot of stress-related eating. There is no need to stress about stress eating, though. As most of us await the arrival of new vaccines and the hope for a more healthful way of living,
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