Changing middle and high school schedules can lead to significantly improved shut-eye for students, a new study found. Researchers surveyed around 28,000 students in the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado over two years and found moving school start times later in the morning resulted in increased sleep times of around 45 minutes for students,
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Click here for updates on this story PLAINFIELD, Indiana (WISH) — Some parents of Plainfield High School students are upset by who the school says is allowed to go to the prom this year. In an email sent to parents on Thursday, the school outlined the time and place of this year’s junior and senior
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KALIHI, Hawaii (KITV) — Without money for more than three months, a 33-year-old Kalihi resident is battling to keep a roof over his head and food on the table. His unemployment checks stopped coming — and he doesn’t know why. The former Oahu maintenance worker, who asked not
Continue Reading The family of Tamir Rice sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland Friday asking him to reopen the investigation into the boy’s 2014 shooting death and to convene a grand jury to consider charges against the Cleveland police officers who killed him. Former AG William Barr announced in December that the Justice Department would not
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNY, Missouri (KMOV) — A man is being sought after he allegedly stole 30 cartons of cigarettes in St. Louis County. Detectives in North County said the suspect was seen on surveillance cameras stealing the cigarettes from an unmanned counter at the Cig-Liq Outlet on Dunn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis-area chiropractor is accused deceptively marketing products, saying they could treat or prevent COVID-19. In a complaint filed by the Justice Department on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), authorities say that Eric Neptune was claiming that products he
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story STE. GENEVIEVE, Missouri (KMOV) — An officer was injured after a suspect threw a lit Molotov cocktail in Ste. Genevieve overnight. Police Chief Eric Bennett told News 4 Officer Pete Unverferth, 36, responded to the St. Jude subdivision around 1 a.m. after a neighbor had called 911 to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The ongoing stalemate in labor negotiations between the Sacramento City Unified School District and the Service Employees International Union could lead to a scenario where students face picket lines on campus when in-person learning resumes next week. The local SEIU chapter, which represents 1,900
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A Westmoreland County woman claims she was forced to work in a local senior care facility’s COVID-19 unit, despite being high-risk and having a note from her medical provider. Dianne Corrie filed a lawsuit in federal court this week against her former employer, Redstone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Nate Shapiro was leaving Temple Israel last Friday when something caught his eye. “I just noticed something weird on the light poles and so I actually pulled back in and investigated and saw it was a Neo-Nazi recruiting propaganda poster,” Shapiro said. The executive
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GUTHRIE, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A transgender woman said she was turned away from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at the Logan County Health Department. The Oklahoma State Department of Health wouldn’t comment on camera about the incident but said in a statement the woman couldn’t get the vaccine due
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Daylight Saving Time, a system to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. Facts Sunday, November 7, 2021 – Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Set clocks back one hour. Sunday, March 14, 2021 – Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Set clocks ahead one hour. It is “Daylight
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The news that George Floyd’s girlfriend, Courtney Ross, at one time served as a teacher to Daunte Wright echoes the intimate connections between Emmett Till and Fred Hampton, two martyrs of the civil rights era who never met in real life. This shared connection between two men killed by Minneapolis area police who also never
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The Flint Registry will be mailing out two free, reusable face masks to every household in the city of Flint. Starting on Friday, April 16, approximately 60,000 masks will be mailed to Flint homes. “I wish we could mail vaccines, but I’m thrilled that
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For five nights in a row, protesters have gathered — often with snow falling around them — outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department to chant the name Daunte Wright, whose fatal shooting during a traffic stop Sunday sparked anger in the Minneapolis area and across the nation. During the days, the local community witnessed
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A confederate statue owned by the City of Atlanta is sitting on borrowed time, now that the Norfolk Southern Company has requested that it be removed from their property in Midtown. Hundreds drive by it every day, It’s held a spot in various Atlanta locations
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Police officers in Jefferson City arrested a man suspected of multiple drug crimes Thursday, according to a release sent out Friday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, DC (WFSB) — A Milford-based group that aims to help people who experience traumatic events visited with DC capitol police. K9 First Responders headed south on Sunday to comfort capitol police in the wake of a deadly incident that claimed the life Officer William Evans on April
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — In an effort to get as many people access to a COVID-19 vaccine, the United Way of Connecticut, Community Health Center, Inc. and Uber are coming together to provide free rides to vaccine sites. Uber is donating 30,000 free rides for those who have
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story RAINIER, Oregon (KPTV) — A Rainier homeowner is safe after his dog alerted him to a house fire early Friday morning. Columbia River Fire & Rescue crews were responded to a house fire in the 68000 block of Whitney Road just after 2 a.m. Officials said the homeowner
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