If overdose deaths don’t slow down in Franklin County, Ohio, a temporary morgue may be needed to store the bodies. The county has seen 23 overdose deaths from January 31 to February 7, Dr. Anahi Ortiz, the county’s coroner, said in a statement on her Facebook page. The next day, the county had five more.
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Tucked into the sign-up process for many popular e-commerce sites and apps are dense terms-of-service agreements that legal experts say are changing the nature of consumer transactions, creating a veil of secrecy around how these companies function. The small print in these documents requires all signatories to agree to binding arbitration and to clauses that
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Actress Michelle Trachtenberg took to Instagram on Thursday to share a less than lovely memory about Valentine’s Day. In her post, the actress, who began her career in the ’90s, appearing in projects like “Harriet the Spy” and “The Adventures of Pete & Pete,” remembered being the only one left out of the card exchange
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More than a year after NASA’s New Horizons mission closely flew by a small, distant Kuiper Belt Object, researchers have been able to sift through the data and learn intriguing new details about this fossil from the formation of the solar system. Located four billion miles beyond Pluto, Arrokoth is the most distant object ever
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A woman who served as a law clerk to a federal appeals court judge who died in 2018 told Congress on Thursday that she was sexually harassed by her former boss and that systems set up by the judiciary to report instances of sexual allegations are inadequate. The new allegations from Olivia Warren, a lawyer
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Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, GA (WGCL ) — The DeKalb County Chapter of the NAACP visited the DeKalb County Jail on the twelfth of February to offer inmates the chance to register to vote. In what has become an annual outreach program, authorized registrars received applications from 38 inmates. “It is
Continue Reading Sashay, oh, yay! The guest judges for Season 12 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” have been announced, and it’s a list that includes everyone from politicians and superstar singers to whatever we call Jeff Goldblum. The guest judges revealed on Thursday include: Nicki Minaj, Whoopi Goldberg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chaka Khan, Robyn, Leslie Jones, Normani, Daisy Ridley,
Continue Reading CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s space snowman is revealing fresh secrets from its home far beyond Pluto. More than a year after its close encounter with the snowman-shaped object, the New Horizons spacecraft is still sending back data from more than 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away. “The data rate is painfully slow
Continue Reading Shares of Wayfair fell 10% Thursday after the online retailer announced it will shed 550 jobs, which is 3% of its workforce. The company, based in Boston, said the move will help it lower costs. “We continually evaluate the needs of the business and work to increase efficiencies,” a spokesperson said. “We are continuing to
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(CNN Español) — Este jueves se registró una explosión cerca de una instalación militar colombiana en el municipio de Puerto Rondón, departamento de Arauca. Según la oficina de prensa del Ejército colombiano, se trataría de una carga explosiva dentro de un vehículo, aunque los funcionarios no especificaron si el vehículo estaba detenido o en marcha
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It’s time to stop asking whether President Donald Trump will learn lessons from the controversies he constantly stokes — of course he does. But far from stepping back or opting for contrition as his critics and appeasers hope, Trump draws darker political conclusions. The result is that he expands his own power by confounding institutional
Continue Reading Jeremy Roenick, the hockey star-turned-sports broadcaster, won’t return to NBC Sports. Roenick announced Wednesday that he won’t be back at NBC Sports after the company indefinitely suspended him without pay over comments he made about his co-workers. “Though disappointed, I’m also grateful that I’ve had the opportunity to share my love, my passion, my knowledge
Continue Reading(CNN) — The Senate on Thursday passed an Iran War Powers resolution on Thursday, a rare measure that was approved with bipartisan support despite the fact that it has been opposed by President Donald Trump and aims to rein in his ability to use military action against Iran without congressional approval. The vote was 55-45.
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — China and its increasingly sophisticated and far-flung military sit atop U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s list of international security worries, but in Europe a bigger concern is closer to home: Russia. The Trump administration has been trying since 2018 to reorient its defense strategy toward China, with reduced focus, when possible, on
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan measure Thursday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran, with eight Republicans joining Democrats in a post-impeachment bid to constrain the White House. The rebuke was the Senate’s first major vote since acquitting Trump on impeachment charges last week. Trump
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The effort to legalize recreational marijuana in New Mexico is all but doomed for this year after a proposal to do so was rejected by a key state Senate committee. Two Democrats joined Republicans in a 6-4 vote to halt the bill that would have allowed recreational marijuana sales in
Continue Reading Voters have voted! With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary now behind us, the shape of the 2020 Democratic field is both a) clearer and b) different. The biggest change is that we now have a clear Top 2, in the form of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — A man charged in the deadly shooting of a pregnant woman on a party bus in Milwaukee, made his first court appearance Thursday morning, Feb. 13. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Antion Haywood fired the gun that killed 33-year-old Annie Sandifer. A judge set Haywood’s bond
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 13 announced the debut of a new coat check service travelers can take advantage of. Mitchell International Airport offers nonstop flights to several warm destinations where winter coats aren’t needed. The new coat check service allows travelers
Continue Reading The war in Afghanistan has lasted so long that kids born after it began are now old enough to fight in it. Now, news that US President Donald Trump could approve the first step to a US peace deal with the Taliban may herald a fragile but significant foreign policy breakthrough — and bring some
Continue Reading Medal of Freedom winner Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday that Democrats are in a panic because one of their presidential front-runners — former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg — is both gay and married to a man. Here’s Rush: “They’re looking at Mayor Pete, 37-year-old gay guy, mayor of South Bend, loves to kiss his
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An audit shows the city of Las Cruces avoided paying overtime to employees who staffed events in addition to their regular duties. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports the audit accepted by the city council this month said $8,500 worth of overtime was not paid to Convention and Visitors Bureau workers. In addition,
Continue Reading One person was taken to the hospital Thursday morning after part of the ceiling collapsed inside a restaurant at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. “This morning, a portion of ceiling in Cat Cora’s restaurant on Concourse A fell,” airport spokeswoman Elise Durham said in a statement. “Emergency crews from Atlanta Fire Rescue responded to the scene and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF) — Jakob Watson died of injuries in a conveyor belt accident at the UPS facility at Gardner Avenue and Century Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 11. He was a son, brother, uncle and friend. The people around him were his most precious blessing. The 24-year-old’s
Continue Reading Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday he is eager to debate Michael Bloomberg, noting he doesn’t think the former New York City mayor can “buy an election.” As he tries to resuscitate a campaign that faltered in the first two states to vote in the Democratic primary, Biden has turned his attention to Bloomberg
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VAN BUREN, AR (KFSM) — Arvel and Gail Ross of Altus go to Kopper Kettle Candies in Van Buren every year around Valentine’s Day to fill a box they’ve had for more than 25 years. “I brought it in here and they asked me how long I’ve had
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There are 15 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States. The virus was most recently confirmed in evacuees from Wuhan, China, where the outbreak originated. There are more US citizens traveling abroad who’ve been infected with coronavirus, including at least 24 Americans on a cruise ship in Japan. The World Health Organization
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MAYSVILLE, MO (WDAF) — Two women in DeKalb County, Missouri, are now facing charges after admitting they locked a 9-year-old with autism in a bunk-bed cage for hours. The child’s mother, 35-year-old Katrina England, and her wife, 39-year-old Debra England, were both charged with child abuse and child
Continue Reading Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Wednesday that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, was right to raise concerns about Trump’s July call to Ukraine’s president, The Atlantic reported. Kelly also believes that Vindman, who was fired from White House last week, told the truth
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA (WGHP) — One beagle managed to find himself between a rock and a hard place. Franklin County Animal Control and Shelter in Virginia shared photos of “sweet elderly Henry” after he got himself stuck in a buried vehicle, and they documented the whole rescue. “He
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