Click here for updates on this story WISCONSIN DELLS, Wisconsin (WiscNews) — The Wisconsin Dells community is helping a retired firefighter and his family rebuild after a fire destroyed their home March 5. At least two online fundraisers and two drop-off donation sites have been set up in Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo to help Chris
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLOWERY BRANCH, Georgia (WGCL) — A teacher at Flowery Branch High School was arrested late Tuesday afternoon for allegedly sending a sexually explicit photograph of himself to one of his students. Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Matthew “Tyler” Stubbs, 25, of Duluth at the sheriff’s office headquarters.
Continue Reading Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a country’s food security, the United Nations uses the five-phase scale known as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Famine can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Portland City Council has finalized a big settlement between the city and the family of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed by police in 2017. The family of Quanice Hayes sued the city and the Portland Police Bureau after he was shot
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WABC) — An incident in which an Asian American mother says she was spit at while holding her baby and called the ‘Chinese virus’ is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The woman told police that the confrontation occurred Tuesday morning, sometime between 10:30
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story VALLEJO, California (KGO) — In Vallejo Wednesday, was a birthday party for the ages. It was a gathering of firefighters and a family they know very well though difficult circumstances. We have never seen a party like it, especially for a two-year-old like Michael Reading. “He loves fire
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Body-cam video shows a Phoenix police officer crashing through a side gate to save a family of six while their house burned down all around them. It happened at a home off McDowell Road and 64th Avenue in Phoenix on Saturday. Eighty-year-old Ruby Johnson Smith
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Chiefs released standout offensive linemen Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz on Thursday morning. The team released the following statements in a release. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for both Eric and Mitchell,” General Manager Brett Veach said in a statement. “With Eric, obviously he was the very first
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Cole County health leaders held a COVID-19 update meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A rideshare driver was beaten and carjacked on the South Side Wednesday night after Chicago police said he asked his passengers not to eat in his car. The 56-year-old driver brought the two passengers to a fast food spot in the 200-block of West Garfield
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Prince William has denied the royal family is racist in his first public remarks since his brother Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan, made explosive claims in a TV interview. Asked by a reporter during a visit to a school in east London if the royals were a “racist family,” the Duke of Cambridge said,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM ) — A mid-Michigan family is reflecting on the unusual circumstances in which their twins were born nearly one year ago. “The first year of their life has been anything but normal,” said Andre Laubach. For Jen and Andre Laubach, the past 12 months has
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Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin now faces an additional murder charge in the death of George Floyd.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO ) — When the Food Pantry Team at New Jerusalem Apostolic Church in Kansas City, Kansas walked into the church this week, they were shocked to find it had been ransacked. Nearly $15,000 worth of equipment was stolen, including a television used for announcements,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (WOWT) — Dozens of Nebraskans on Wednesday tried to speak for nearly 200,000 who had their voices on medical marijuana silenced by the courts last year. The issue is once again before state lawmakers, and many supporters say lawmakers continue to be on the wrong side
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Kenichi Kurosawa clung precariously to a tree as the water rose around him, entirely flooding the roads below. For almost six minutes on March 11, 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake — the worst to ever hit Japan — struck 370 kilometers (230 miles) northeast of Tokyo, triggering a huge tsunami that crashed into Ishinomaki, the
Continue Reading Here are some facts about Bowe Bergdahl, a former American prisoner of war. Personal Birth date: March 28, 1986 Birth place: Sun Valley, Idaho Birth name: Bowe Robert Bergdahl Father: Robert Bergdahl Mother: Jani Bergdahl Military: US Army, 2008-present Other Facts Traveled throughout Europe before enlisting in the Army. Worked as a crew member on
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Denmark is suspending the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for two weeks as it investigates reports of some patients developing blood clots after being inoculated, days after several other EU countries suspended use of a specific batch of the vaccine. Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said Thursday authorities were looking into “signs of a possible
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The European Union’s (EU) medicines regulator has recommended authorizing Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine. The decision from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday comes amid vaccine supply shortages across the 27-member state bloc. “After a thorough evaluation, EMA’s human medicines committee concluded by consensus that the data on the vaccine were robust and
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts Reclusive leader Mullah Mohammed Omar led the Taliban from the mid-1990s until his death in 2013. Taliban, in Pashto, is the plural of Talib, which means student. Most members are Pashtun, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. The
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