By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Oregon (KPTV) — A five-day unfair labor practice strike began Monday at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. Over 300 healthcare workers from the facility are currently participating in the strike. This isn’t the first unfair labor strike for the workers. Previously, employees participated in a two-day
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Authorities have charged two teens in the death of 18-year-old Kiley Kennedy. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis was activated Wednesday after police found Kennedy dead in Pacific. Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office found her near
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Words are hard. Using them properly in a sentence is one thing, but saying them out loud? Even harder. “Cheugy” doesn’t even look like it should be a word! You’re not alone if you, too, have stumbled over “cheugy” or Billie Eilish’s last name. They’re two of the words that were
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted down and made into new art. The city decided to donate the bronze statue to an African American heritage center after a council meeting that stretched into Tuesday morning. The “Swords Into Plowshares”
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Gilbane Motorsports will honor Skylar Maddox, 25, of Columbia, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Waves Cider Company, 604 Nebraska Ave. Maddox died Nov. 30. Susan Hanel, 72, of Columbia, has been charged with several crimes in the crash, including driving while under the influence of drugs.
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By Joseph Ataman, Pierre Bairin and Gul Tuysuz, CNN A Saudi man detained in Paris has “nothing to do” with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi authorities said Tuesday, responding to local media reports. The 33-year-old was detained at Charles de Gaulle Airport before his flight at 9:30 a.m. local time, and was traveling
Continue Reading Stella Chan, Cheri Mossburg, Wayne Sterling and Jack Bantock, CNN Medina Spirit is set to undergo a postmortem to determine the cause of the Kentucky Derby-winning horse’s sudden death at Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California, according to the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB). The three-year-old colt collapsed near the finish line just as he
Continue Reading By Kim Shine Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee Police believe an argument is what led to the fatal hotel shooting of Jose Stanton, 28, near 6th and Vine Monday night, Dec. 6, 2021. It happened at approximately 11:20 p.m. at the Days Inn and Suites. The suspect remains at
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A person was found frozen to death near Muskego Avenue and Burnham Street in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office was called to the scene. The Milwaukee Fire Department tells CBS 58 the person was found on
Continue Reading By Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Ont. (CTV Network) — A team of Canadian field hockey players will start their journey home from South Africa on Wednesday, after being stuck in the country due to recent COVID-19 travel restrictions. “As a parent myself, thinking about my own daughter,
Continue Reading By Christy Somos, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., have been approved to begin human trials on two Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccines that are delivered by inhaled aerosol to target the lungs and upper airways. In a release Tuesday, McMaster said
Continue Reading By Robert Chappell, for Madison365 Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — The Center for Black Excellence and Culture today announced it had raised $5 million toward its capital campaign goal of $36 million — including a $2 million commitment from Summit Credit Union, the largest donation in
Continue Reading By Luis Acosta, Jr, for Madison365 Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — The art and start-up universes may be beginning to collide, thanks to the initiatives at Madison start-up nest StartingBlock. Located in American Family Insurance’s “Spark” Building on East Washington Avenue, the non-profit organization specializes in
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By Mostafa Salem and Walé Azeez, CNN Business The United Arab Emirates and its international finance hub Dubai are switching to a four-and-a-half-day work week ending at midday Friday to make it easier to do business globally. The move away from the current Sunday to Thursday schedule — the first by a Gulf state —
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Emergency dispatchers sent out a public alert on the crash at Old 63 and Bluffdale Drive at about 8:15 a.m. A firefighter at the scene said three cars were involved. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the two men’s injuries were.
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell didn’t get the candidate he wanted in New Hampshire. He’s seen states like Pennsylvania and Arizona turn into brutal primary fights. And he’s had to deal with the constant barrage of attacks from former President Donald Trump over his leadership. But the 2022
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Tennessee court has decided a Black man convicted of aggravated assault deserves a new trial because evidence was improperly admitted and the jury deliberated in a room filled with tributes to the Confederacy, according to court documents. Judge James Curwood Witt Jr. said in an opinion filed last week that
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House touted a series of positive milestones for the administration’s pandemic response Tuesday as the nation experiences rising Covid-19 cases and concerns about the new Omicron variant. It comes as the US is experiencing rising cases — the highest case count since September — with nearly 60,000 people currently
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By Gregory Lemos The Mississippi man put to death on November 17 for the 2010 murder of his wife and sexual assault of her 12-year-old daughter confessed in his final days to also murdering his sister-in-law. First Circuit District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday David Neal Cox penned a note to the DA’s office that disclosed
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are squaring off over the massive buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. The U.S. president is eager to use his video call with Putin to serve notice that Moscow will face economy-jarring sanctions if it
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