The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines were found in the real world to be 94% effective against Covid-19 hospitalization among fully vaccinated adults ages 65 and older in the United States, according to a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. The study also found that the vaccines were 64% effective among those
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Mauri Friestleben won’t watch the video of George Floyd’s final moments. She leans on her husband — a retired Minneapolis Police lieutenant — to view viral videos of police killings. She trusts his perspective. “I’ve never been able to watch any of them,” Friestleben said. “He’ll tell me honestly that, ‘It might be hard to
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Click here for updates on this story LONGWOOD, Florida (WESH) — A boy from Longwood just got a very special gift for his fourth birthday. Evan Schaefer has trouble moving around by himself because of a rare disorder. Thanks to some Central Florida engineering students, he’s getting around and having fun doing it. “You can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The $1 million prize at the Kentucky Derby Festival hole-in-one contest goes unclaimed for the 32nd year. Golfers took their best swings earlier Tuesday in the finals at the eighth hole at Seneca Golf Course. While no one made a hole-in-one, Shawn Santini, of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — An MBTA contract bus driver has been charged with kidnapping, assault to rape and indecent assault and battery on a woman who was a passenger on the bus he was operating, District Attorney Rachael Rollins said. Ali Ennab, 45, of Revere, who is employed by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PERNELL, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A driver was rescued from a washed-out road in Garvin County as severe storms moved across the area overnight, according to the Elmore City Fire Department. In a post to Facebook, officials with Elmore City Fire Department said they assisted Pauls Valley and Wynnewood
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Sacramento police are investigating several recent vandalisms and whether those vandalisms are tied to homes displaying Black Lives Matter signs. The vandalisms have occurred in and around the Elmhurst neighborhood. Jason Dillard lives nearby and was hit by vandals sometime late Monday night or
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLEAR CREEK, North Carolina (WYFF) — The 911 calls made after deputies say a North Carolina woman stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to death were released Tuesday. Penny Short Hartle, 50, of Hendersonville, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her child, according to Henderson County deputies.
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Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his passing on Collins’ Facebook page. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a
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It’s time for a little game of I Spy on Mars. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter in the last week has aced all three of its planned test flights so far, with each one a little longer, farther and faster than the last. During each flight, the Perseverance rover has been perched on an overlook at
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Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Nancy P. Metz of Columbia was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child. Leer said she posted bond and was released.
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New York is the latest state to allocate Covid-19 vaccine doses directly to primary care doctors as part of an initiative to reach people who may be reluctant to be inoculated. A group of primary care doctors in New York City vaccinated patients at their own offices for the first time Tuesday. Primary care doctors
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, and Wednesday marks five years since a TDOT worker was hit and killed on the side of I-40 in the Midstate. This week, there’s a special focus on safe driving through highway work zones. “It’s not just a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — After working with federal partners, the health district has identified 11 probable cases of acute non-viral hepatitis linked to the consumption of “Real Water” brand alkaline water in Clark County. In March, the Southern Nevada Health District announced it was working with its federal
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Three of more than 40 people, part of a big lawsuit, have different stories about drinking Real Water. “I had the water for all of 11 days. And I was in the hospital for nine,” Tino Hartshorn said. “I was shipped out to California,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — When people think of identity theft, they often see images of sophisticated computer manipulations and online chicanery. But identity thieves still get sensitive information the old-fashioned way. That was the case for a Mobile woman, who said she has spent the better part of
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The Three Rivers Fire has grown from burning 4,000 to 12,000 acres in New Mexico, according to a press release on the New Mexico Fire Information site. As of late Tuesday, the fire, which is burning about 60 miles northeast of White Sands National Park and about three hours south of Albuquerque, was 5 percent
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Nebraska State Patrol troopers helped a New Jersey man stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 80, then chased after him, after learning that the Honda Civic he was driving had been reported stolen. Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said a trooper stopped to
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Vivid images and testimony from the trial against Derek Chauvin are now seared into the memory of Brandon Mitchell, one of the jurors who convicted the former police officer of murdering George Floyd. Inside the Minneapolis courtroom, “it was just dark. It felt like every day was a funeral and watching someone die every day,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Robert Titsworth got the surprise of his life when he opened his front door Monday. Waiting for him at his Broken Arrow home was his cousin, Christine Riley, and Erin Faith Allen of Purple Hearts Reunited, who had the Purple Heart of his
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