Click here for updates on this story MIFFLINTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Mifflin County Regional Police have charged two Juniata County teens with setting a fire that consumed the “Biden Barn,” an empty structure painted with a campaign ad for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and a message calling for unity over division, on March 6.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICKASAW, Alabama (WALA) — Students at Chickasaw High School are making prosthetic legs. At some point, they will deliver them free of charge to people in need in Central America. “When you realize it’s going to be on a person you realize you’re not only changing your life
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The new details emerging daily at the US-Mexico border are tough to track. It’s a fast-moving situation, described by the Biden administration as a “stressful challenge” and decried by critics of immigration as a “crisis.” There are a lot of developments we’re still learning in real time. Here’s a look at some of the key
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its guidance for childcare programs during the pandemic, emphasizing the importance of mask-wearing for everyone 2 years of age and older, as well as air ventilation and other strategies. “Early last year, CDC released initial guidance for childcare programs during Covid-19. As we learn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A Canadian-led international team of scientists have disproven what was thought to be the discovery of the ‘world’s older crater’ from a meteorite in Greenland in 2012. The findings, published in the March issue of “Earth and Planetary Science Letters,” detail that during
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study suggests that some COVID-19 patients who suffer from prolonged symptoms after recovery, including anxiety, mood disorders, sleep problems and fatigue, are at a greater risk for depression. The study, conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that
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A granddaughter came to her grandmother’s apartment bearing a unique gift — it was a prescription for a hug. It had been a year since Evelyn Shaw had hugged anyone, let alone granddaughter Ateret Frank. Yet, Shaw said she wasn’t going to let her granddaughter into her Bronx apartment, even though both had been fully
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Bloodshed continues in Myanmar after another violent day Thursday saw at least 12 people killed by the ruling junta, according to a watchdog group, prompting a top UN official to say the crackdown on peaceful protests is “likely meeting the legal threshold for crimes against humanity.” In the small, central town of Myaing, police shot
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It’s been a gut-wrenching week for Black Britons. First came the interview where what many Black Britons believed in their hearts to be true was confirmed — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Britain’s first member of the modern British royal family to identify as a woman of color, said she was forced to leave the monarchy
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At least 30 students are missing after gunmen attacked a college in Kaduna state northwest Nigeria Thursday night, according to authorities. The students were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Kaduna. It is the third mass kidnapping from an academic institution in northern Nigeria this year. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A major law enforcement operation in the Fresno County mountains on Wednesday. It started with knocks at doors. Deputies and officers showed up unannounced to do compliance checks on probationers, parolees, registered sex offenders, and known arsonists. Those not in compliance were handcuffed and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LODI, California (KCRA) — There was another step forward in the effort to reopen California as the state announced updates to its Blueprint for a Safer Economy on Thursday. Starting this Saturday, breweries, wineries and distilleries that don’t serve meals may now open outdoors even in the purple
Continue Reading South Africans are calling for a state funeral be held in honor of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, the revered monarch of the country’s largest ethnic group, whose death was announced Friday. King Zwelithini, 72, passed away early Friday after being hospitalized for an ailment for several weeks, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a condolence message
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL ) — Baltimore resident Aurea Torres celebrated a monumental occasion: her 100th birthday. One of 14 children, Torres survived malaria in her native Puerto Rico, worked tirelessly in the textile district of New York, and left Spanish Harlem to settle in Baltimore. Torres has five grandchildren
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY ) — This weekend will mark the year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death. As protest groups make their plans for demonstrations, and events to honor her, local businesses are bracing for uncertainty. City leaders will be shutting down parts of eight streets in and around
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The global rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has encountered another hurdle as a handful of countries paused their use of the shot following reports it could be connected to blood clots, despite no clear evidence of a link. AstraZeneca has robustly defended its vaccine, saying Friday there was “no evidence of an increased risk”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KMBC ) — Officials with the University of Kansas Health System said Wednesday the hospital has eight acute COVID-19 cases, including two that are in the ICU and only one on a ventilator. Hospital officials say this is the lowest number for acute COVID-19 patients
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A Michigan man was recently exonerated of murder, a charge for which he spent nearly five years in prison. Now, he’s suing a rental car company for not providing records that, his lawyers say, would’ve exonerated him earlier. Herbert Alford was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder in 2016 and freed in 2020 after the Hertz
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Multiple members of New York’s congressional delegation are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WAYNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — You may remember the Walck family from Lake Ariel. Scott Walck, his wife, and two sons battled the virus when it first appeared in Wayne County in March of last year. Scott’s son Bailey recalls the toll the virus took on his family.
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