Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — 65 year old Marsha Scott has no choice but to take mammograms seriously. “I have a history, a family history of breast cancer so I’ve been getting mammograms since I was 35,” Scott said. Scott gets it so regularly at Tennessee Women’s Care PC,
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The area around the Missouri River bridge has seen 16 injury crashes over the past five years, not including a crash that snarled traffic on the westbound approach to the bridge Wednesday morning.
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Prosecutors are set to enter the ninth day of testimony in Derek Chauvin’s trial on Thursday after a day that focused on George Floyd’s suspected drug use prior to this death. On Wednesday, a state investigator testified that three white pills were found in the Mercedes-Benz vehicle Floyd was driving last May, and a similar
Continue Reading Here is some background information about the ongoing civil war in Syria. In the first five years of the war, which began in 2011, an estimated 400,000 Syrians were killed, according to the UN Envoy for Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria as president since July 2000. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The Tivoli Theater is one of St. Louis’ most iconic landmarks. As of Saturday, it’s now under new ownership. The Tivoli Theater opened in 1924 in the Delmar Loop as a single screen theater showing mostly documentaries, independent and foreign language films. It closed
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — One young local girl has a really big part in the construction of the Major League Soccer stadium in downtown St. Louis. Among hundreds of workers, dozens of pieces of heavy equipment, and piles of dirt, you’ll see “Stella” helping set steel. “She’s been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAYWOOD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two mountain lawmakers want Haywood County to be designated as North Carolina’s elk capital. Rep. Mark Pless (R-District 118) and Rep. Mike Clampitt (R-District 119) have introduced the bill in the General Assembly. It has been 20 years since elk were re-introduced
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two years after a catastrophic fire shut down the American Zinc plant (AZP) outside Forest City in Rutherford County, News 13 has documented at least 41 environmental and plant hazardous material safety violations since 2014. This includes the company’s self-report that it
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The pandemic has pushed millions of parents, largely women, to cut back on work, or leave their jobs altogether. This has resulted in many losses for those employees: wages, career plans and often, a sense of purpose beyond family life. The setbacks aren’t limited to the employee, though. Employers also stand to lose a lot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOYLINE, Louisiana (KTBS) — A historic home turned popular wedding venue was reduced to charred rubble Wednesday afternoon when a fire razed the almost 180-year-old structure. Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker confirmed the fire destroyed Azalee Plantation, owned by the Montgomery family. Cause of the fire is unknown
Continue Reading An explosion at a paint manufacturing facility in Ohio left several injured, two critically, and one person unaccounted for, according officials in Columbus. Firefighters who responded just after midnight to reports of an explosion were met by five employees evacuating the building who were transported to hospitals in stable condition, City of Columbus assistant public
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLARK COUNTY, Washington (KPTV) — Clark County Fire District 6 Firefighters were able to save a cat and several kittens Wednesday after a house fire in Felida. Crews say the fire started at 4:15 p.m. on Northwest 34th Avenue. Initial reports say that the homeowner was inside and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — On Wednesday, city commissioners unanimously approved a nearly $6 million plan to address the rising number of shootings and assaults in Portland. The plan proposes the following: • The Portland Police Bureau will internally realign resources to gain the patrol, analytic and investigative capacities
Continue Reading More than a third of the Antarctic ice shelf risks collapsing into the sea if global temperatures reach 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels as climate change warms the world, a new study from the UK’s University of Reading has warned. In a forecasting study, scientists found that 34% of the area
Continue Reading The US will resume the flow of hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for Palestinians that was previously halted by the Trump administration. Over $200 million will soon begin to flow to economic, development and humanitarian programs for the Palestinian people, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday — a move hailed by both
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — An Ontario nurse who spent the past 13 years working at an acute care setting in the Greater Toronto Area has died from COVID-19, according to her nursing association. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN)
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Heinz Ketchup and French’s Ketchup are not experiencing product shortages in Canada as spikes in takeout orders are making ketchup tough to come by across the border. In the U.S., Heinz has faced “surge in demand for ketchup packets driven by the accelerated
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Millions of counterfeit masks have been seized by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials since the start of the pandemic. But the last few months have seen an “exponential increase” in counterfeit mask seizures, a CBP official told CNN. Since the start of the pandemic, CBP has seized more than 34 million counterfeit masks,
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Children may be spreading Covid-19 through extracurricular activities like sports, health officials say. After-school activities are creating clusters where coronavirus can spread among children, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We know that these increases are due, in part, to more highly transmissible variants, which we are
Continue Reading What are you doing with your stimulus checks? According to a new survey, American households are using most of the money to pay down debt or add to their savings. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
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