Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO) — In the midst of the Chiefs’ second straight trip to the Super Bowl, a Lawrence school official sent a slideshow to district employees advocating for the Chiefs to change their name and Native American imagery. The email and slideshow, sent out on Tuesday, urged
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities Times) — Carolyn Richardson didn’t know she’d be making history Monday morning. Richardson, 57, was the first patient in the Quad-Cities to receive orthopedic robot-assisted surgery using the Stryker Mako SmartTechnology TM system — the first time such advanced technology has been used in
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Local shelters are taking extra steps to make sure that people are provided a space through the weekend as Mid-Missouri enters temperatures in single digits.
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Mars is too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface, but a wealth of ice may exist just beneath the surface in certain regions. Future human missions to Mars could use this ice as a resource and study it to learn about the planet’s past. The Italian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday, Feb. 4, sent a letter to the Wisconsin State Legislature urging immediate, bipartisan action on his proposal to modernize the state’s unemployment insurance system. According to a news release, during his 2021 State of the State address, the governor
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Attorney General Kaul and Governor Tony Evers on Thursday, Feb. 4, announced that Wisconsin has joined a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million agreement with one of the world’s largest consulting
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UK scientists have launched the world’s first study examining whether different coronavirus vaccines can safely be used for two-dose regimens, an approach they say could give extra flexibility and even boost protection against Covid-19 if approved. Participants in the 13-month study will be given the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines in different combinations and at different
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Thursday morning Cole County health officials gave updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and an upcoming coronavirus vaccination event.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TOWANDA, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The Bradford County District Attorney is facing more than a dozen charges, including sexual assault, prostitution, and intimidation. The Pennsylvania Attorney General said D.A. Chad Salsman, when he was a private attorney, would force female clients to have sex with him, some at his
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Police have charged a 33-year-old York man accused of committing a spree of armed robberies last month in and around the city. Angel Luis Sanjulio-Diaz, of the 300 block of East College Avenue, has been charged with committing at least two armed robberies
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Marion County, Oregon (KPTV) — Two people died and four others were injured Wednesday evening in a two-vehicle crash near Gervais, according to Oregon State Police. Just after 8 p.m., emergency crews were called out to a crash on Highway 99E near Northeast Boones Ferry Road. OSP said
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MU Health Care’s mass vaccination event is set to begin at 7 a.m. on Thursday and will aim to vaccinate 2,000 people.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Houston (KTRK) — There’s no telling how many lives Dr. Emil Freireich saved during his legendary career, which included treatments for childhood Leukemia. Now, many are remembering the titan of the Houston health care industry who lost his battle with COVID-19. “My dad has always been my best
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The United States’ coronavirus death toll could reach 534,000 by February 27, according to an ensemble forecast by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which would amount to about one death per minute over the last year. The US first reported a Covid-19 death on February 29 last year, though at least
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Annville Township, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A Lebanon County couple is facing charges for prolonged assault and abuse of their five adopted children, according to the Lebanon County District Attorney’s office. Stephanie Duncan, 43, and Robert Duncan, 44, are facing multiple counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, endangering the
Continue Reading Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet and star of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, has met Michelle Obama only three times, most recently on Inauguration Day. But she left a lasting impression on the former first lady, so much so that Obama interviewed Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, for her cover story in the upcoming
Continue Reading A US Marshal was shot in Baltimore on Thursday morning while serving an arrest warrant for a fugitive wanted on charges of attempted murder and armed robbery, according to Don Snider, Commander of the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. While serving the warrant at about 6:45 a.m., deputies received gunfire from the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Nashville (WSMV) — A convicted robber has been arrested after he stabbed both the owners of a Donelson restaurant during a robbery attempt on Tuesday night. The suspect, Keenan Ty Cook, 30, walked into the La Hacienda Restaurant on Bell Road during prime dinner hours around 7 p.m.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Washington County, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says SWAT officers found a second victim in another home while investigating a home invasion in the town of Kewaskum Wednesday, Feb. 3. The names of the two victims and the deceased suspect have not been released. “It
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta (WGCL) — Local nurse Nakeisha Person got an offer she said was too good to pass up, a chance to be a travel nurse. Person, a 29-year-old registered nurse at Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, received an offer for a travel nurse position from Los Angeles-based medical recruiter
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