Less than five minutes’ drive from downtown Salt Lake City sits the quiet neighborhood of Fairpark. The area hosts an annual state fair, a regional campus of Utah State University and modest homes with small yards. On one of those yards sits a random group of tents where people experiencing homelessness have set up camp.
Continue Reading A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy died by suicide on Monday after recording and posting to social media videos of himself condemning institutionalized racism and describing his struggle as a Black law enforcement officer in a system that he says condones police brutality against Black people. Lafayette Parish Deputy Clyde Kerr III, 43, died from a self-inflicted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — If 2-year-old Sandy could talk, she’d probably have quite the story to tell. This young golden retriever had been missing since Thanksgiving. She was just recently reunited with her family in Tobyhanna. “Everyone kept the faith and told me that if I stayed positive,
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There’s one mask guideline that hasn’t changed throughout the pandemic — you definitely should be wearing one. But what happens when you’re not sure if your mask is real? Between the time the pandemic began and the year ended, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized over 14.6 million counterfeit face masks entering the US,
Continue Reading Two men who appeared on the Netflix docuseries “Cheer” have been arrested and charged in separate sex crime cases involving minors, authorities said. The arrests on Wednesday of Mitchell Ryan and Robert Joseph Scianna came nearly five months after federal prosecutors in Chicago accused “Cheer” star Jeremiah “Jerry” Harris of “enticing an underage boy to
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One person was killed and several others injured Saturday morning in a shooting at a suburban Chicago hotel, according to police. Officers responded to the Indian Lakes Hotel in Bloomingdale, Illinois, at 2:35 a.m. following reports of shots fired on the fifth floor, the Bloomingdale Police Department said. When officers arrived they saw several people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lancaster, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A mural honoring Black women has been unveiled a the Ware Center in downtown Lancaster. The mural titled “Protection” highlights the lack of and need for the protection of Black women. The exhibit is part of a multi-media display assembled by the Lancaster LBGTQ+
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Honolulu (KITV) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa announced the establishment of the Tua Foundation on his Twitter account, Thursday. The Tua Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of youth initiatives, health and wellness, and other charitable causes.The Tua Foundation will primarily focus on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Saginaw, Michigan (WNEM) — According to a study by DrugAbuse.com, many Michiganders coped with the pandemic by drinking. The study found out that Michigan residents had an average of 18 drinks a week last year. The average Michigander had 956 drinks in 2020 according to DrugAbuse.com “When you
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Sagniaw Bay, Michigan (WNEM) — About a dozen fishermen had to be rescued after they found themselves stranded on a Saginaw Bay ice floe on Feb. 4 as bad weather moved in. “I would say they’re very lucky,” Kawkawlin Township Fire Lt. Steve Bernreuter said. His agency was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Maggie Valley, North Carolina (WLOS) — Quality time with a mentor grows even more valuable with time. Dave Gildersleeve has been teenager Ryan Stuteville’s Big Brother for eight years. “Me and my grandma used to play this all the time at Cracker Barrel,” Stuteville explained, making his move
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Portland, Oregon (KPTV) — Some essential workers say they feel they keep getting pushed back to get their vaccine, despite potential exposure to the virus everyday. UFCW local 555 represents 29,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington, it says about 28,000 of those are essential. The union says
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On the night of January 21, 1897, a mob of White men armed with pistols and shotguns surrounded the home of freed slave George Dinning in southern Kentucky. They falsely accused him of stealing livestock from a neighboring farm and unleashed a hail of bullets into his house, wounding him in the arm and forehead.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new antiviral drug, delivered in a single shot, could be a key tool to slow community spread, according to a Canadian study that shows the treatment may be able to help those with milder cases of COVID-19 recover from the infection much
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia fire crews are battling a fire at the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center Saturday morning. The fire started around 6 a.m. in the 1700 block of Paris Road. Smoke billows from the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center as fire crews work an active fire. Our crews on scene say at least
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“It’s a black hole.” That’s how one reader described the process of trying to sign her elderly parents up to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. In the past year, this virus has changed everyone’s life. Death, in an instant, became a constant worry for many. Schools closed and parents looked for ways to explain this new
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Brookhaven, Georgia (WGCL) — The mom of a Brookhaven child, who spent more than a week in the hospital due to complications from the coronavirus, believes now is not the time to return to in-person learning. On Wednesday, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Carroll County, Georgia (WGCL) — A substitute teacher in Carroll County faces 20 counts child molestation after police were alerted by staffers at Mt. Zion Elementary School. Carroll County investigators said they were called about allegations of misconduct by substitute teacher Amelia Ressler, 30, of Carrollton. The Carroll
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Jackson County, Mississippi (WALA) — JCSO states that on Thursday morning, the child was crossing the westbound lane of Jim Ramsey Road to get on her bus when the car hit her. The bus was stopped in the eastbound lane. According to JCSO, the child was taken to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, Alabama (WALA) — Nearly a week after 21-year-old Bradley Nall was shot and killed, four people have been charged with felony murder in his slaying. Hours after FOX10 News reported that 22-year-old Julian Sullivan was wanted for questioning in the case, he turned himself in and was
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