Comic book giants DC Comics and Marvel Comics are celebrating Pride month by releasing graphic novels celebrating queer characters. The companies both announced they will launch LGBTQ anthologies in June. Here’s what we know so far. ‘DC Pride #1’ will have trans woman superhero DC Comics will release “DC Pride #1″ June 8 and new
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The birds are chirping, the crocuses are sprouting and we have one extra hour of daylight upon us. Spring is within spitting distance (no germs, please) and in this pandemic year, we understand perhaps better than ever how precious our time is. This extra hour of daylight may be more meaningful than ever before, particularly
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We’re one year, or roughly 31,536,000 seconds, into this new, strange pandemic life. We’ve missed loved ones and weddings and funerals, dance recitals and baseball playoffs, more “firsts” and simple pleasures than we can even count at this point. We’ve learned how to laugh with our eyes, through masks, from 6 feet away. We’ve learned
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Grocery store workers are now pushing to be moved up the vaccination priority list in Massachusetts. They say they’ve been on the front lines since the pandemic began and they need protection. In the rush to get vaccinations, it has been somewhat of a bumpy
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PARKVILLE, Maryland (WJZ) — A Baltimore County teacher has gone viral with his rendition of the Mr. Rogers theme song. Justin Pugh, a third-grade teacher at Parkville Elementary School, posted a video of the song on Instagram earlier this month. “This is the way we start every day
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Two people were killed Tuesday after a powerful commercial fireworks explosion in Ontario, California, according to the city fire department. Multiple police and fire units responded to the scene — about 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles — around 12:30 p.m. PST. A house was in flames, the department said. Dramatic cell phone video
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Boone County Fire is asking drivers to look out for low lying areas Wednesday as storms roll into Mid-Missouri.
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Concern is growing for the safety of residents in parts of Myanmar’s largest city after the military moved to seal off several key areas and impose an information blackout in an apparent bid to quash opposition. The military, which seized power in a February 1 coup, has in recent days become more indiscriminate in its
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Columbia police say a 46-year-old Jefferson City resident died Tuesday after being hit by a car while lying on Range Line Street.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A group of actors is putting a twist on a Shakespearean classic as they prepare for Hamlet Under the Bridge. “This unused space kind of like a dead area in Saginaw and I consider one of the more beautiful real arts areas of Saginaw
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Food choices can make all the difference when it comes to getting a good night’s rest. If you struggle with falling and staying asleep, or wake up feeling tired, it might be time to take inventory of what you’re eating and when. These eight diet habits can cause you to toss and turn, so avoid
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — It’s critical work, truly tasked with stopping the spread of COVID-19. “So, really anywhere that patients go, we follow right after, so whether it’s to the doctor’s office or surgical unit, or units with ICU’s, we clean the common areas, public spaces, patient rooms,
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Canada has expanded its rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, reversing an earlier recommendation that it not to be given to seniors, even as more European nations moved to suspend its use. Citing recent real-world evidence from the United Kingdom, a Canadian expert advisory panel on Tuesday updated its recommendation on the vaccine to now include
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — This week has brought joy and comfort into the lives of many seniors, who’ve been able to have family to their rooms for the first time in almost a year. The last time Leonard Dunaway’s family visited him at Homestead of Olathe Memory Care
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“We’re just tired,” Will Lex Ham of New York City tells CNN. “We’re tired of being scapegoated.” Ham’s sentiments echo the fatigue, frustration and collective trauma experienced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) due to recent racist attacks on their communities. For many in the AAPI community, just leaving home requires a new routine
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — It’s a first for one major local beauty pageant: a transgender person is now the reigning titleholder. Kataluna Enriquez won Miss Silver State USA, the biggest preliminary competition for the Miss Nevada USA pageant. Enriquez has won transgender pageants before and entered other cisgender
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the Iditarod dogsled race. The event is named after the Iditarod Trail, an old mail and supply route, traveled by dogsleds from Seward and Knik to Nome, Alaska. March 15, 2021 – Dallas Seavey wins his fifth Iditarod. March 18, 2020 – Thomas Waerner wins his first Iditarod. Facts The race
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — It was in the parking lot of Parkview Flats on Bradyville Pike Monday morning in Murfreesboro when Latoya Moore’s car was stolen. She was about to drive her daughter to school when she turned the car on and noticed she forgot her wallet. So
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ONTARIO, California (KABC) — A house full of fireworks exploded in Ontario Tuesday, setting multiple structures on fire. At least two people were killed in the incident. The huge blast was felt and seen for miles. Residents as far away as Anaheim and Huntington Beach reported feeling the
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The jurors selected so far in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd are unnamed and unseen on camera, but we do know basic details about them. As of Wednesday, four men and three women have been chosen to serve on the jury during the trial in Minneapolis. Of the seven jurors, four
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