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At least three people were killed and two were wounded after a shooting Tuesday at a massage parlor in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said. Deputies were called to Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia, for reports of a shooting, Cherokee County Sheriff’s spokesperson Howard J. Baker said. Responding deputies found five people suffering from gunshot

Click here for updates on this story     SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A Saginaw woman is warning others about the seriousness of COVID-19 after spending months in the hospital battling the virus. “Being home in my own environment is really nice,” said Rachel Lijewski said. Lijewski survived COVID-19. A year ago, the healthy then-28-year-old thought if

New York City has purchased a historic Brooklyn home, believed to have once harbored those fleeing slavery. City officials announced the purchase of 227 Duffield Street in Brooklyn on Monday, in a move that Mayor Bill de Blasio called “protecting an important part of New York City’s abolitionist history.” “In order to build a better

Click here for updates on this story     TIGARD, Oregon (KPTV) — A retirement community in Tigard is finally getting the COVID-19 vaccine for people living there. Tuesday was the first clinic at Summerfield Estates Retirement Community. This community is an independent living community and wasn’t included in the assisted living or skilled nursing rollout. One

Three people died, including a child who passed away at a hospital, after a single-engine plane crashed into a car on a Florida road, officials said Tuesday. Two victims were on board the Beechcraft Bonanza plane, which went down Monday near the North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Fire Chief Marcelino Rodriguez told CNN. A

A soon-to-be high school graduate started his job search in a unique way — he wrote a candid open letter and posted it on LinkedIn. Ryan Lowry has autism and wants future employers to understand that while he may learn in a different way, he is worth taking a chance on. “I realize that someone

In a sign that one small part of March Madness is inching back to normalcy, Chicago’s favorite basketball-loving nun will soon be in the stands. Loyola University Chicago chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt got the green light from the NCAA to cheer on her beloved Ramblers in person this Friday, but it will be from

In 1838, the Jesuits who ran Georgetown University sold 272 enslaved people to pay off the university’s debts. Many of them baptized Catholic, they were bought by planters to work in sugar plantations in Louisiana. The transaction was one of the largest sales of human beings in US history. Now, the Jesuit Conference of Canada

Click here for updates on this story     LITITZ, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Marking the one year anniversary of Pennsylvania’s pandemic shutdown: Many nursing home residents say periods of isolation — minimal to zero family visits at times — left them feeling lonely and depressed. “There were times I’d think, ‘We’re both so old. Suppose we’d get

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Actress Jane Fonda joined protesters at the site of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement in northern Minnesota on Monday, advocating for the treaty territory of Anishinaabe First Nations and voicing environmental concerns about the surrounding river water. Shortly after receiving her COVID-19