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Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON COUNTY, TN (WSMV) — Dramatic new photos show the rescue of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter from surging flood waters in Jackson County. The Jackson County-Rescue Squad posted on Facebook: Last night, shortly after 10pm, the Jackson county rescue squad along with JCEMS, JCSO, and JCCFD

Click here for updates on this story     WALLINGFORD, CT (WFSB) — More people in Connecticut are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Eligibility expanded to people aged 55 and older on Monday, along with educators and childcare workers. “Beginning [Monday], all Connecticut residents between the ages of 55-64 can make appointments and receive COVID-19

Here’s a look at major ferry and ship sinking disasters throughout history. This timeline is not-all inclusive; various incidents with at least 1,000 fatalities are listed. Death tolls vary by source. Timeline April 27, 1865 – The Mississippi River steamer Sultana explodes and sinks near Memphis, Tennessee, killing between 1,450 and 1,700 people. June 15,

Here’s a look at Nepal, a mountainous country on the southern side of the Himalayas of Southern Asia. It shares Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, with China. About Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 147,181 square kilometers (slightly larger than New York state) Population: 30,424,878 (July 2021 est.) Median

Click here for updates on this story     Toledo, OH (Toledo Blade) — It was early March of 2020. The coronavirus pandemic was intensifying throughout the United States when Shalini Kota took a trip to Ann Arbor to visit her parents. When she sat down for dinner with them, her father, Sridhar Kota, a University of

Here’s some background information about Brian Nichols and the Atlanta courthouse shootings. On March 11, 2005, 33-year old Brian Nichols escaped from the Fulton County Courthouse while on trial for rape, and killed four people. About Brian Nichols Birth date: December 10, 1971 Birth place: Baltimore, Maryland Birth name: Brian Gene Nichols Children: with Sonya

Here’s some background information about the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Facts Haditha is a city on the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Eight US Marines faced charges in the deaths, but only one was convicted of a crime, that of negligent dereliction of duty. Timeline November 19, 2005 – A

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — The new iPhone 12 could potentially interfere with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators. Each year, more than 300,000 people in the United States undergo surgery to implant a pacemaker or defibrillator, which uses electricity to keep the heart beating or shock it into a

Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — On February 10th, the United States Air Force changed its hair regulations for women after feedback and research was done by the Air Force Uniform Board. Their previous standards that included wearing a bun gave some women migraines, damaged their hair, or caused hair

Broadcasting pioneer and former NFL Pro Bowl cornerback Irv Cross died Sunday morning in Minnesota, the Philadelphia Eagles announced on the team’s website. He was 81. Cross was the first African American sports analyst on national television when he worked for CBS Sports as an NFL analyst and commentator from 1971 to 1994. He anchored

Domestic violence incidents rose in the United States by about 8.1% after the imposition of pandemic-related lockdowns, according to an analysis by the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice. The analysis, released Wednesday, was based on a review of 18 US and international studies that compared domestic violence incidents before and after stay-at-home restrictions

Almost one year after the first known US coronavirus death, activists and community groups are calling on officials to memorialize the more than half a million Americans who died with an official Covid Memorial Day. More than a hundred events will take place across the United States on Monday, March 1, to remember those who

Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with another charge Monday, as protesters returned to the streets in a show of defiance following the deadliest day since the military seized power in a coup in early February. Suu Kyi appeared in a court hearing via video conference where she was charged under

March is National Women’s History Month, but since women are pretty historic year-round, it begs the question: Why March? Is this month significant to women’s history, or is it just an arbitrary month on the calendar? The answer involves a little bit of history and a little bit of coincidence. From day to week to