Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — An act of love comes full circle with a 7-year-old girl who could teach all of us a little something about giving back. Laila is turning 7 years old next week. She decided that for her birthday, she would collect clothes for children in need.
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A dangerous coronavirus variant is wreaking havoc in other parts of the world, so the US must stick with safety measures over the next few months to prevent that kind of damage as the variant takes more of a hold stateside, an expert says. The B.1.1.7 variant, first spotted in the UK, is more contagious,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERLOO, Iowa (The Courier) — A Waterloo man used a riding mower as a getaway vehicle after breaking into a garage, according to police. Officers obtained a surveillance video showing James Howard Harrington holding the loot from the Independence Avenue garage while struggling to keep the John Deere
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHELBY COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — Having a bad day? Maybe you should hug a cow. There’s a farm in Kentucky, just outside of Louisville, that is home to a herd of Scottish Highland cattle. If you’ve never seen one, they are possibly the cutest, “floofiest” cows ever. TC
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — A decline in the number of child abuse and neglect reports is usually seen as a reason to celebrate. But in the upside down world of COVID-19, state and local social service agencies worry that darker forces may have been at work to
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An employee at the Minneapolis corner store who suspected George Floyd gave him a counterfeit $20 bill last May testified in court Wednesday that he felt “disbelief and guilt” knowing that their interaction led to Floyd’s death under former police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee. “If I would have just not taken the bill, this could
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WALTHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Easter Sunday will mark the 46th consecutive week of outdoor masses at Our Lady’s Parish in Waltham. “Holy Week is here. The time to come forward,” said Our Lady’s Pastor Father James DiPerri. People set up their beach chairs socially distance right in the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — By decking out a Schnauzer with an expert coat carving and a sprinkle of rhinestones, a Madison-area dog groomer advanced Tuesday night to the next round of the new ABC-TV reality series “Pooch Perfect,” where top creative dog groomers are vying for
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Theories about a laboratory leak being the source of the coronavirus pandemic sound like something out of a comic book, one virologist says. Dr. Robert Garry of Tulane University and other virologists have been publishing studies for a year that demonstrate SARS-CoV-2 originated naturally in animals and is unlikely to have been engineered in a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. MARY’S CITY, Maryland (WJZ) — A group of archeologists is working to unearth the first major foothold of a European settlement in the State of Maryland. It’s a slow process digging through history, but the team of archaeologists with Historic St. Mary’s City is up to the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (Richmond Times-Dispatch) — Every year in the United States about 20 billion pounds of food goes to waste while 50 million Americans go hungry. These two facts are hard to reconcile. It’s also what inspired Hungry Harvest to take action. The company saw an opportunity in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — The game of baseball hasn’t seen many changes over the years, but the implementation of technology recently changed that. Data is everywhere. It isn’t just how fast a pitch is. Did it spin efficiently? How fast did it spin? How much movement did the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CASS COUNTY, Nebraska (WOWT) — A private park for recreational vehicles is about to open for the camping season but an owner says its financial survival may depend on a rule change. The powerful flood of 2019 could have been the tipping point for the owners of Merritt’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — Arconic has unfortunately revealed that this year’s eagle eggs may not be hatching, potentially due to a third eagle that showed up in the area. In a Facebook post, Arconic Eagle Cam revealed that they don’t expect this year’s pair of eggs to hatch
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Vanessa Bryant is a proud mom. She announced on Instagram Tuesday that her 18-year-old daughter Natalia Bryant was accepted into the University of Southern California (USC), saying that her late husband Kobe Bryant would have been proud of their daughter. “I got in!” Natalia, wearing a USC sweatshirt, yells in the clip. Vanessa wrote: “Tears
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Arrests have been made in connection with a coup attempt in Niger overnight, according to a statement sent to CNN by a diplomatic source in the country. “Several people linked to the coup attempt” have been taken into custody, but authorities are searching for others involved, the source said. The incident comes two days before
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Despite the country slowly opening up after a year of Covid-19 restrictions, the amount of blood donations needed has stayed in high demand. American Red Cross chief medical officer Dr. Pampee Young said the organization is in critical need of blood and platelet donations. “The demand for blood never goes away because it’s got a
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A rider suffered head, wrist and ankle injuries on Monday after being ejected from a roller coaster in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The person, who has not been identified, was flung about 10 feet out of the cart and landed on the track, according to an accident report filed by Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster. The rider was taken
Continue Reading Tiny particles recovered from the summit of a mountain in Antarctica are clues that a meteorite more than 100 yards wide exploded in the sky 430,000 years ago, sending a fireball of vaporized extraterrestrial material to the icy surface, according to new research. Such “airbursts” are thought to occur more frequently than falling meteors or
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — We all know that expression; all hands on deck. In the most urgent times, we all have to pitch in and do what we can. Now, two women share a story about their calling and a big decision they just made. “There was something about
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