Click here for updates on this story Little Rock, Arkansas (KFSM) — A bill that would make almost all abortions illegal in Arkansas passed through a Senate committee Wednesday (Feb. 10) and will make its way to the Senate floor next week. Senate Bill 6 is the “Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act to Abolish Abortion
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Mayfield, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A state trooper in Lackawanna County is one of four people charged with illegal gambling and prostitution. Investigators say Trooper Robert Covington, 45, of Olyphant, is a co-owner of Sinners Swing Gentleman’s Club in Mayfield. State police say a year and a half investigation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lititz, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A 44-year-old Lancaster County woman is facing nearly 200 counts of animal neglect after more than 100 cats found suffering from various health ailments were removed from her home, according to the Pennsylvania SPCA. Jaime Grow, of the 1100 block of Pine Hill Road
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kenosha County, Wisconsin (Kenosha News) — Aman is in critical condition after he was found hanging in his cell at Kenosha County Jail on Tuesday night. The 25-year-old Kenosha man, who was being held at the jail on a probation hold pending new charges, was found hanging from
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A 67-year-old man who appeared to have financial problems told a motel owner in Buffalo, Minnesota on Monday not to worry about giving him a discount because “tomorrow my work will be definitely done.” The owner, Mona Patel, did not pry into what work her guest Gregory Ulrich had planned. But he now is the
Continue Reading The intelligence of pigs has long been renowned — and scientists in the US have now found that they are clever enough to be able to use computer joysticks. Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana said they were able to train four pigs to carry out a “joystick operated video game task” to get treats.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson touted increases in Missouri’s coronavirus vaccine supply and decreases in new cases and lashed out at a St. Louis-area medical leader during his weekly briefing Thursday.
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The Columbia Police Department said officers investigated an early Thursday morning shooting outside of a south Columbia residence.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) African region has backed the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 even in countries reporting variants of the disease. “While a vaccine that protects against all forms of Covid-19 illness is our biggest hope, preventing severe cases and hospitalizations which overwhelm hospitals and health systems is crucial,” Dr. Matshidiso
Continue Reading Cat owners who want to stop their pets hunting wildlife as much should play with them and feed them more meat, according to a new study. Typical methods of preventing feline hunting, which sparks conservation and welfare concerns, rely on methods that many cat owners find unacceptable, such as keeping them indoors or making them
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Hillsboro, Oregon (KPTV) — A woman in a stolen car hit a Hillsboro police officer, and the incident was captured on police bodycam video. Police were called out to check on a woman in a car parked near a store on the 11170 block of Northeast Evergreen Parkway
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Double masking can significantly improve protection, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Researchers found that layering a cloth mask over a medical procedural mask, such as a disposable blue surgical mask, can block 92.5% of potentially infectious particles from escaping by creating a tighter fit and eliminating leakage. “These
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Clemson, SC (WHNS) — Early Thursday morning the Circle K on College Avenue in Clemson was blocked off while police, SLED and the coroner’s office conducted an investigation. Police say around 1:15 a.m., officers with the Clemson Police Department were investigating a stolen moped at 307 College Avenue
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Covid-19 case numbers in Tanzania have risen considerably since January, says the United States embassy in the country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam. The warning comes as the East African nation’s president continues to downplay the virus and tell the health ministry not to rush to purchase vaccines. Tanzania has not reported Covid-19 cases or
Continue Reading Covid-19 case numbers in Tanzania have risen considerably since January, says the United States embassy in the country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam. The warning comes as the East African nation’s president continues to downplay the virus and tell the health ministry not to rush to purchase vaccines. Tanzania has not reported Covid-19 cases or
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The Florida water treatment plant unsuccessfully targeted by hackers last week had used multiple computers running an aging version of Microsoft Windows to monitor the facility remotely, and all of the computers shared a single password to access an apparently disused version of the plant’s remote management software. The revelations highlight evidence of poor cybersecurity
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Click here for updates on this story New York (WABC) — A New York City boxing club is helping its community knocked down by the coronavirus pandemic by providing a kind gesture that’s good for the body. “We got knocked down on the canvas but we getting right back up and we fighting,” said Power
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Raleigh, North Carolina (WRAL) — Six years ago Wednesday, three Muslim college students were gunned down in their Chapel Hill home. Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, were killed on Feb. 10, 2015, by neighbor Craig Stephen Hicks in what
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The House impeachment managers presented senators with videos of their colleagues fleeing a pro-Trump mob, which breached the US Capitol shouting “stop the steal.” They showed the rioters searching for then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and rummaging through the senators’ desks on the chamber floor.
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