Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — From a health and economic perspective the COVID 19 pandemic has been a disaster. But there has been one bright spot to it all: Hawaii’s roads have cleared up. The number of cars and trucks on our highways has slowly been increasing, after being cut
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AMARILLO, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott and state and local health officials expressed confidence Wednesday that they have made major progress in containing a hot spot of the coronavirus in the Amarillo area, saying that the surge in state and federal resources that they sent to the region will be a model for how the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — What started as a simple school project for a Portland family has now turned into a viral sensation. The Landreths had been planning to paint their house and their daughter Kim decided that would be a great subject for her middle school statistics project.
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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump for repeatedly pushing a decades-old conspiracy theory about MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, calling the attacks “vile” and “baseless.” Trump’s smears about Scarborough center on the 2001 death of Lori Klausutis, who worked in his Florida office when he served in Congress. Scarborough’s opponents and
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Archaeologists have found the skeletal remains of dozens of huge mammoths at a construction site outside Mexico City. They’ve unearthed the bones of about 60 mammoths at the site in Zumpango, where the General Felipe Ángeles International Airport is being built, according to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The area, which is
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Disney World will reopen its gates, ending a multi-month closure of the park that left the Walt Disney Company reeling. The Disney theme park, which employs some 70,000 people, plans to begin a phased reopening on July 11 for its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom parks and July 15 for EPCOT and Hollywood Studios, the
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Disney World will reopen its gates, ending a multi-month closure of the park that left the Walt Disney Company reeling. The Disney theme park, which employs some 70,000 people, plans to begin a phased reopening on July 11 for its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom parks and July 15 for EPCOT and Hollywood Studios, the
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Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A Las Vegas waiter received a big surprise while working on Memorial Day. Armando Garcia has been a waiter for over a decade at Los Cucos Mexican Cafe in Las Vegas. Garcia was working on Monday and was helping two men, who he said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A Las Vegas waiter received a big surprise while working on Memorial Day. Armando Garcia has been a waiter for over a decade at Los Cucos Mexican Cafe in Las Vegas. Garcia was working on Monday and was helping two men, who he said
Continue Reading Goodbye, breakfast buffets and bellhop service. Hello, temperature screening and keyless check-in. While pandemic-era policies are still being developed at hotels around the globe and will no doubt vary widely, it’s safe to say that guests will see big changes the next time they check in anywhere. For the foreseeable future — until a vaccine,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WPMT) — A Dallastown High School Graduate has earned a full ride through an NROTC scholarship, and wanted to celebrate the moment with his grandfather, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran himself. However, Brian Sebring’s grandfather is currently in a short-term rehab facility, and due to
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, on Wednesday recommended reserving judgment for now on whether or not to hold the Democratic and Republican conventions that are scheduled to take place in August during the coronavirus pandemic. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases comments come after President Donald
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Christian Cooper, whose video of a woman calling the police on him while he was birdwatching went viral over the Memorial Day weekend, acknowledged the woman’s apology but said her act was “definitely racist.” “I think her apology is sincere,” Cooper told CNN’s Don Lemon Tuesday night. “I’m not sure that in that apology she
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Christian Cooper, whose video of a woman calling the police on him while he was birdwatching went viral over the Memorial Day weekend, acknowledged the woman’s apology but said her act was “definitely racist.” “I think her apology is sincere,” Cooper told CNN’s Don Lemon Tuesday night. “I’m not sure that in that apology she
Continue Reading Even though we can’t see them, we live our lives surrounded by neutrinos. These tiny, high-energy cosmic particles are often referred to as “ghostly” because they are extremely volatile, or vaporous, particles that can pass through any kind of matter without changing. Neutrinos have almost no mass and can travel through the most extreme environments,
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Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday called for a cautious approach to reopening the US and implored Americans to wear face masks in public, comments that are at odds with President Donald Trump’s push to have America quickly return to normalcy. “I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make
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The simple act of wearing a mask to protect others during a pandemic is now a political and cultural flashpoint, underscoring the polarization afflicting every corner of American life. President Donald Trump’s use of the bully pulpit to defy his own government’s advice on face coverings has turned into the era’s latest ideologically motivated assault
Continue Reading It may not feel like it, but we are about to enter into summer. Plan on staying safe and cool with some of the new streaming content debuting in June. Click through the gallery to see a bit of what’s available on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney + and more.
Continue Reading Brittany Murphy’s death has long been cause for speculation. The “Clueless” and “8 Mile” actress died in 2009 at the age of 32. Murphy’s death was ruled accidental and determined to have been caused by a combination of pneumonia, an iron deficiency and “multiple drug intoxication,” the Los Angeles County coroner said at the time.
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Mysterious fast radio bursts have been used to unlock another strange aspect of the universe: the case of the “missing matter.” Here’s how: Fast radio bursts, called FRBs, are powerful millisecond bursts of radio waves that have been known to occur in distant galaxies and travel across the universe to reach Earth. Astronomers have yet
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If you’re thinking of returning to the weed of your youth to ease the strain of the pandemic, you will soon discover a potent truth — today’s weed is nothing like yesterday’s. Just 20 years ago levels of tetrahydracannabinol, the compound in cannabis known as THC that makes you high, was between 2% and 4%
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to “strongly regulate” or even shut down social media platforms after Twitter applied a fact-check to two of his tweets this week. Trump did not elaborate on what actions he could take. But the threat is Trump’s clearest expression of intent to use the power of government to target
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The family of George Floyd — who died after pleading that he couldn’t breathe while a police officer held him down with a knee on his neck — say they want the four Minneapolis officers involved charged with murder. “They were supposed to be there to serve and to protect and I didn’t see a
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About 24 hours after George Floyd’s death, hundreds of protesters packed the streets of Minneapolis, many gathering at the intersection where Floyd was pinned to the ground by police officers shortly before he died. Floyd was arrested Monday evening after officers responded to a call about an alleged forgery in progress. Video from bystanders shows
Continue Reading Millions of Americans shrugged off their fear of the coronavirus this holiday weekend when they flocked to crowded beaches, lakes and restaurants. But there is another type of contagion that still keeps some of White America paralyzed: Fear of black men in public spaces. This Memorial Day weekend saw the release of two disturbing videos
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Millions of Americans shrugged off their fear of the coronavirus this holiday weekend when they flocked to crowded beaches, lakes and restaurants. But there is another type of contagion that still keeps some of White America paralyzed: Fear of black men in public spaces. This Memorial Day weekend saw the release of two disturbing videos
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Okla. (Tulsa World) — David Jankowsky believes Oklahoma is absolutely ready to become the electric vehicle capital of the world. “It is at our fingertips,” he said. Jankowsky, president of Francis Energy, was not, as one might suspect these days, simply parroting the enthusiasm many Tulsans feel
Continue Reading “Star Trek: Voyager” star Kate Mulgrew has revealed she is happy to return to the universe for a do-over of the show’s first season. The 65-year-old actress, who rose to fame as Captain Kathryn Janeway, said she would be open to suiting up again during a recent cast reunion to celebrate the 25th anniversary of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREMONT, Neb. (Fremont Tribune) — The Rev. Judy Johnson can see how coronavirus restrictions have propelled her churches into a different form of ministry. Johnson is pastor of Elim and St. Paul Lutheran churches in rural Hooper. In the wake of COVID-19, churches closed their doors in March
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