Click here for updates on this story DAVIDSON, MI (WJRT ) — As you can imagine, we were irate, worried, you know, our minds were racing,” Mom Kristal said. After dropping her son off at school Thursday, she got a call from a friend panicking, asking if he was okay. “They said no I just
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The candidates competing for mayor in one small Vermont town don’t have to pick a party — or have opposable thumbs. Ever since March 2019, the mayor of Fair Haven has been of the four-legged variety. Lincoln, a 3-year-old Nubian goat, is the current mayor. Fair Haven has a town manager, a position held by
Continue Reading Two people were shot and killed Saturday afternoon after a funeral at a church in south Florida, according to a news release from the Riviera Beach Police. The two victims were a 15-year-old male and an adult male, the release said. The shooting occurred across from Victory City Church on W. 20th Street in Riviera
Continue Reading Kobe Bryant’s wife has requested that all memorabilia and items left by mourning fans at the Staples Center be sent to the family, according to the arena’s president. “We will catalog and box up all the non-perishable items like T-shirts, letters, basketballs, other toys, stuffed animals, and we’re going to put them in containers and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD) — Mary Rourke has stacks of unread books at home. Still, the longtime Davenport resident comes to the public library on N. Main Street three times a week when the weather is good. “Since I don’t subscribe to the QC Times anymore, or the Catholic
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Leila Janah, a social entrepreneur who poured her energy into creating job opportunities for the world’s poorest communities, has died at 37, one of the companies she founded said. Samasource, the artificial intelligence company founded by Janah, confirmed that she passed away on January 24 due to complications from epithelioid sarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer.
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Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said he believes Donald Trump acted improperly and crossed a line in the Ukraine scandal but said the President’s actions are “a long way from treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors.” “I think he shouldn’t have done it. I think it was wrong. Inappropriate was the way I’d say —
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With the question of witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial put to bed, President Donald Trump is eagerly anticipating his acquittal in the Senate next week. But unlike the last President to be acquitted, don’t expect Trump to apologize or express any contrition for his conduct. Instead, people close to the President say they anticipate
Continue Reading Fotis Dulos, the Connecticut man accused of killing his estranged wife Jennifer Farber Dulos, was confirmed dead Thursday after an apparent suicide attempt two days before. But that won’t stop Fotis Dulos’ attorney from insisting he was innocent. To do that, Dulos’ attorney, Norm Pattis, has asked the state to proceed with the criminal case
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As a child, Sofia Kenin got to hang out with some of tennis’ greats. She could be on the way to becoming one herself. Kenin won her first grand slam title at the Australian Open on Saturday, rallying to beat a resurgent Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-2 6-2 as Melbourne’s fickle weather resurfaced. At 21, Kenin
Continue Reading Like so many odd things on the internet, the hawk neck challenge began with a tweet. A compilation Twitter page posted a video of a hawk, demonstrating its head stabilization. The effect is a bit mesmerizing, as the falconer moves the bird’s body while its head remains still. The original post got more than 300,000
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(CNN Español) — El ministro de Gobierno de Bolivia, Arturo Murillo, lamentó que dos exfuncionarios de Evo Morales, que contaban con salvoconductos para viajar, hayan sido detenidos cuando pretendían salir del país, la mañana de este sábado. “Lamentablemente ha existido una descoordinación entre el Ministerio Público y la Policía Nacional y esta madrugada, 3 días
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American Airlines and Delta Air Lines announced more flight cancellations to China on Saturday as coronavirus cases rise rapidly. Delta said it will suspend flights between the United States and China starting on Sunday until at least April 30, according to a press release. That’s four days earlier than it had initially planned. Delta’s last
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Apple is temporarily closing all of its stores in China because of the coronavirus outbreak. Apple’s website in China says that all 42 stores will be closed until February 9. The online website still works for customers in China. “Out of an abundance of caution and based on the latest advice from leading health experts,
Continue Reading Who says libraries are dying? Last year, Americans visited the library more than they went to the movies, live sporting events, museums, concerts, amusement parks and casinos, among other activities, according to a Gallup poll. US adults reported taking 10.5 trips to the library on average in 2019, the poll found — about twice as
Continue Reading San Francisco’s “Captain America” has reached the Super Bowl. And so have I. When I found out that I’d have the privilege of covering the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV, I knew I had to profile 49ers general manager and Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist John Lynch. Perhaps
Continue Reading The Pentagon said Saturday that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved a request to provide military housing for up to 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined upon arrival in the United States from overseas travel due to concerns about possible infection from coronavirus. The Pentagon said the Department of Health and Human Services
Continue Reading The US Postal Service has issued a Black Heritage Forever stamp in memory of Gwen Ifill, an African American woman who broke gender and racial barriers and became a role model for journalists. The stamp, made available on Thursday just ahead of Black History Month, features a smiling Ifill in a photograph taken by Robert
Continue Reading WeWork plans to name seasoned real estate executive Sandeep Mathrani as its next CEO, according to people familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the hire. Mathrani will take over as head of WeWork’s parent, the We Company, as it recovers from a scrubbed IPO and the September departure
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KPTM ) — Rachel Lee showed two prides of joy to FOX 42 News Friday. “He’s really calm and kind of go with the flow and she’s a little feisty.” Lee was talking about her three-week-old children Olivia and Jackson. They were born early at the
Continue Reading The end seemed imminent — until it wasn’t anymore. Internal disputes and a “clash of competing priorities” interrupted expectations that the all-but-certain acquittal vote in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial would come late Friday. Debate over lunch, intense huddles on the Senate floor and a final phone call to Trump instead produced a schedule that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL ) — Imagine getting federal assistance with your Georgia Power bill, but you still sit in the dark and cold. That’s what happened to families in Southwest Atlanta Friday morning. Juawana Thomas is a single mother of nine and Tangee Farley helps take care of
Continue Reading In the days that followed the flood, life in Hamburg, Iowa, was measured by what was not: No city hall, no church, no electricity, not a single business open. Ten days without running water, the mayor counted. Twenty. One hundred and twenty. It began last year in the middle of March, in the middle of
Continue Reading There is much more to securing Super Bowl LIV in South Florida than keeping a massive, fan-packed stadium safe on Sunday. Events surrounding the Super Bowl stretch over a week. According to the NFL, hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to flock to three venues in three different cities — which are all along
Continue Reading A man who allegedly yelled anti-transgender slurs and spat on a transgender journalist last week was arrested and charged with hate crimes, the New York Police Department announced. Pablo Valle, 26, of Queens, was charged with hate crimes for first-degree harassment and second-degree aggravated harassment for the attack on Serena Daniari. Daniari, 26, was waiting
Continue Reading Timothy Prater had seen the YouTube videos. He remembered seeing a poster, too. So when this 9-year-old’s cousin started stomping his feet and holding his throat, Timothy knew just what to do. He leaped into action, dropped to his knees and put his cousin, Connor, in the Heimlich maneuver. A few moments later, a Lifesaver
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON COUNTY, PA (WPMT ) — A Lebanon County woman with cervical and ovarian cancer is fighting to the get the treatment she says she desperately needs. In a sentencing hearing last week Ashley Menser, 36, pleaded guilty after stealing one hundred nine dollars and sixty three cents
Continue Reading Louis Vuitton jumped into the restaurant business Saturday with the opening of Le Café V and Sugalabo V inside its new flagship store in Osaka, Japan. The high-end eateries sit atop Vuitton’s latest east Asian venue, the Louis Vuitton Maison Osaka Midosuji. The restaurants’ menus were curated by chef Yosuke “Suga” Sugalabo whose self-titled 20-table
Continue Reading On an average NFL Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, one is bound to see some tomahawk chops. Maybe some Native American headdresses. The stadium is the home of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, one of several American sports teams that copy Native American imagery and traditions. Now that the Chiefs will take the
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