More than 20 years ago, it was no surprise that women did the vast majority of child-rearing, as well as all other work around the house. I found that to be true in my dissertation research back in 1999 on gender roles of parents in households, regardless of whether mothers worked outside the home. Two
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Former DEA Country Attaché Supervisory Special Agent Sam Houston said cocaine trafficking in the northern Gulf is more common than one might think. “It’s throughout the Gulf Coast all the way from Texas, through Mississippi, Alabama and Florida,” said Houston. In Gulf Shores and
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As the status of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains uncertain, families in the region continue to reel. In just the first week of fighting, more than 200 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. The ministry says more than 1,500 have been injured. At the same time, Israeli officials
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Scientists have traced the locations of multiple mysterious fast radio bursts back to their origins with help from the Hubble Space Telescope — and it’s not what they expected. The cause of these mysterious millisecond-long radio blasts in space has eluded scientists since the phenomena was discovered in 2007. Given how quick they flare, these
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A faith leader in Portland who’s been outspoken on the issue of gun violence, is now grieving himself. “You know nothing prepares you for it,” Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church Pastor Matt Hennessee said. Hennessee says his stepson, 33-year-old Jalon Yoakum was shot and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, Washington (KPTV) — A young boy in southwest Washington is being recognized for an act of bravery. Back in April he saved a young boy from drowning and this week officers arrived to award that boy with several gifts to commemorate his life-saving actions. 11-year-old Aidan
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Days of scouring thrift stores and garage sales for the perfect vintage item are taking new form. Elizabeth Daniel – Decor is bringing “old-fashioned” to life online and making it easier for customers to shop those unique finds. Since she was a teenager,
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Jefferson City community leaders and organizations will be holding a Restoring Hope Press Conference on Friday morning to document the anniversary of the EF3 tornado, which hit the city two years ago.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Missouri (KMOV) — Angela Perkins said she was walking on the trails in Creve Coeur Park Sunday afternoon when she came across a man on a bench. She was near the soccer fields toward the Page Avenue overpass, and she continued walking. Minutes later, she said
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Eighteen people have been charged as a result of a large drug bust in Henderson County. Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin said it was part of Operation WaveRider, an investigation that began eight months ago and is still ongoing. At about 8
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Researchers at Western University have discovered a biological deficit that impairs some kid’s ability to sound words out while learning to read. The multi-year research project, funded by the BrainsCAN program and cognitive neuroscientists at Western’s Brain and Mind institute, studied children’s brains
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Experts say COVID-19 vaccines may promote little or no response in people taking certain medications or those with underlying conditions, and are calling for more research to protect this group. Dr. Deepali Kumar, the head of the University Health Network’s Transplant Infectious Diseases
Continue Reading Health care workers are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, risking their lives to protect Americans from illness and even death. Among them are countless Asian American medical professionals, serving as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians and more. But as they work around the clock to stop the virus from spreading, many are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — As the population of unhoused people continues to grow across the Southland, so too is the number of violent crimes. “He was just tired of being asked to leave, so he came randomly one day, charging at me with a, I don’t know, a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HEMET, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A woman was killed and four others shot during a large brawl involving as many as eight people in Hemet, police said Wednesday. Fighting in the 1200 block of Valencia Avenue was reported just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to Hemet police. Officers were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — Two teen girls spoke out after a car chase throughout Modesto resulted in their friend, who was behind the wheel, being shot by a deputy, leaving him on life support. They’re now questioning why that Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy opened fire, when they say
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — A woman was arrested after coming onto a high school campus in Santa Rosa Wednesday and allegedly assaulting students and a teacher inside a classroom. The incident happened at around 9 a.m. on the campus of Pivot Charter School on Cleveland Ave. Santa
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A strange underwater creature known as the vampire fish is making a comeback to the American River. Just this week, local divers spotted two of them. The vampire fish, otherwise known as pacific lamprey, is long with leather-like skin, and it has teeth. “It looks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — Police in Palo Alto said a coordinated group of at least ten suspects stole more than $150,000 in handbags from the Neiman Marcus store at Stanford Shopping Center Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday at about 12:20 p.m., Palo Alto police dispatch received a second-hand
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story THORNTON, Colorado (KCNC) — Police in Thornton say Travis Butts, 38, was driving under the influence at 102 mph when he ran a red light in March, killing a father and his 7-year-old son. Officers responded to the crash just after 1 a.m. on March 6 at the
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