When Alexandra Leighton set out to get her Covid-19 vaccine, she found herself pleasantly surprised. Leighton, who produces television commercials, found she could get any of the three Covid-19 vaccines — Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson — within a reasonable drive from her Miami home. “At the beginning it was horrible — you wanted
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ORLANDO (WESH) — A Polk County mother and military wife is back in Orlando with her family, after being deported three years ago. Alejandra Juarez entered the United States illegally more than twenty years ago and lived undocumented. She was deported in 2018. Congressman Darren Soto asked President
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It’s the claim that’s suddenly everywhere: The Covid-19 vaccine is going to make women infertile. “No! You don’t know the science!” one woman posted on Twitter in response to naysayers. “The vaccine creates an immune response to the placenta and renders a woman sterile! They know this and this is the objective! It’s a shifty
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New York Police Department investigators are looking for a 31-year-old man they believe to be the shooter who left three people injured in Times Square over the weekend, according to two law enforcement officials. The law enforcement officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, say the man intended to
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week it had designated a coronavirus variant first seen in India as a “variant of interest,” adding it to the growing collection of viral variants it’s keeping an eye on. Vaccine makers are so worried about the chance new variants will escape the protection offered
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story VILLAGE OF SANFORD, Michigan (WNEM) — A man and his three daughters have a new home after his was destroyed last year. When floodwaters caused by the two dam failures submerged the village of Sanford, his new home was built with community support. “It’s really nice to call
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Hundreds of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police at one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites on Monday, as tensions in the city continue to soar. Footage from social media showed Israeli police inside Al Aqsa mosque and its surrounding compound, throwing stun grenades, and Palestinians throwing rocks at officers. Around 50 injured Palestinians were
Continue Reading Police shot and killed a man who repeatedly rammed his SUV through the doors of the police department in Leicester, Massachusetts, early Sunday, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said at a news conference. The man managed to drive through the steel double doors and make it inside the station, Leicester Police Chief Kenneth
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Some Tulsa-area interfaith leaders hope their effort to raise money for Tulsa Race Massacre reparations will ultimately pay off by convincing the city of Tulsa to do the same. Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries, in partnership with All Souls Unitarian Church, reached out to its
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A gunman opened fire at a family birthday party in Colorado Springs on Sunday, leaving six people dead and a community in mourning. There were at least nine mass shootings in the country over the weekend that combined left at least 15 people dead and 30 more wounded, according to CNN reporting and an analysis
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — The Greenwood Rising History Center building is complete. Now comes the hard part — filling it with stories. Workers from 1220 and Local Projects will spend the next month doing just that in the leadup to the centennial commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A family from Greenwood is contemplating legal action after a hospital prevented a wife from saying goodbye to her husband dying of COVID-19. They found out a couple days too late about a new Indiana law that requires visitation be allowed even during a public
Continue Reading After spending nearly two-and-a-half years together, a NASA spacecraft will bid farewell to its asteroid companion Monday and begin the long journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, and it carries a generous amount of material collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Tune in live to NASA Television
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The Jefferson City School District will forgive several of its snow day make-up dates to end the school year earlier.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police are investigating a report of a missing 2-year-old boy last seen east of the Strip. About 3:11 p.m. on May 5, the child, identified as Amari Nicholson, was reported missing in the area of 3600 block of Paradise Road near Sands
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A 24-year-old man didn’t let the pandemic stop him from giving back to others. Jesus Morales’ viral TikTok videos have moved people to tears and let him gift thousands of dollars to many street vendors in Southern California. Morales worked at a gym but
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story REDLANDS, California (KABC) — An Inland Empire woman received the perfect Mother’s Day present: Welcoming her first child into the world. Kelsey and Christopher Richards of San Jacinto had their first child at Redlands Community Hospital. The baby boy, Miles Richards, was born early Sunday morning weighing a
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A man got away with an undisclosed amount of cash after robbing a Columbia gas station Saturday.
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They had the artsy, rustic venue, the tailored dress and a guest list including about 150 of their closest friends and family. But the pandemic had other plans, forcing Carly Chalmers and Mitchell Gauvin to make a difficult decision about their wedding — twice. “Everything was changing,” said Chalmers, a Toronto-based marketing manager whose nuptials
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Saturday night in Honolulu the Maui Classic made its return, a bodybuilding competition. Triceps & biceps at their best otherwise known as the Ikaika Classic. Leading to a Sunday Mother’s Day special, for mom turned first time competitive bodybuilder Melanie Gonzalez there was a lot
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