When we do go outside again, what will it be like? Over the May 16-17 weekend, Tourism Australia — the country’s national travel organization — called upon a couple of well-known mates to connect couches across the country and answer that very question. Streamed on Facebook, the virtual event “Live from Aus” transported viewers to
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A senior official from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday offered a pointed rebuke of White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s scathing criticism of the top health agency in the latest sign of growing tension between the CDC and the White House. “We should remind Mr. Navarro that the CDC is
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For more than four years, Saiful Islam sent about half of the money he made as a construction worker in Bahrain back to his aging parents in Bangladesh. When the 25-year-old lost his job due to the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, that lifeline for his loved ones was abruptly cut off. “Now that I
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The US economy is going through an unprecedented recession and a recovery will take time. Even so, you don’t want to bet against America’s economy, said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on CBS’ News ’60 Minutes’ Sunday night. Business ground to a halt this spring as people stayed home and companies shut down to stop
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A person who later learned they were positive for Covid-19 attended a California religious service on Mother’s Day, exposing 180 other people to the novel coronavirus, according to local health officials. The individual got a positive diagnosis for Covid-19 the day after the service and is now in isolation at home, Butte County Public Health
Continue Reading Following in her siblings’ footsteps, Amelia Corne graduates from a Michigan high school this month as the valedictorian. She’ll be the third member of her family to hold the title in the past seven years. Amelia’s sister, Bethany, started the tradition as the first in the family to hold the title in 2014. Her brother
Continue Reading Say goodbye to the days of only being able to express your emotions through the generic sad, happy, angry or thumbs up emojis on Facebook. Facebook rolled out its Avatar feature to users in the US this week, after launching it last year in other countries. Similar to Snapchat’s Bitmoji, the feature allows Facebook users
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When President Donald Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick late Friday night, he continued an audacious campaign to exact revenge on the very people centrally charged with ensuring government accountability. It was yet another Friday night massacre, aimed at punishing government watchdogs and distracting from their recent findings of potential waste, fraud, and
Continue Reading Like most universities, Virginia Tech’s College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated the class of 2020 with an online commencement ceremony. But unlike other schools, they included one very good boy in the graduating class: a dog named Moose. The Labrador retriever, an 8-year-old therapy dog at the Cook Counseling Center, received an honorary doctorate in veterinary
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Like most universities, Virginia Tech’s College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated the class of 2020 with an online commencement ceremony. But unlike other schools, they included one very good boy in the graduating class: a dog named Moose. The Labrador retriever, an 8-year-old therapy dog at the Cook Counseling Center, received an honorary doctorate in veterinary
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Click here for updates on this story Lackawanna County, PA (WNEP) — For the past five years, hundreds of letters, written to and from World War II Navigator John Watson Dewey, have been sorted and organized by family members. Since the pandemic hit, Dewey’s great-niece, Carissa Butler from South Abington Township, took it upon herself
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Wildes-Barre Township, PA (WNEP) — Wilkes Barre Township Police responded to the Turkey Hill, along North Washington Street, for what started as an armed robbery with hostages. A male suspect armed with a knife was holding three employees inside. Wilkes Barre Township Police and State Police negotiated with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, MO (KCTV) — There has been breaking news on Sunday night in the case of Walter Barton, a Missouri man convicted of rape and murder. The 8th Circuit Court overturned Barton’s stay of execution. That means his execution moves ahead and will take place on Tuesday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cascade Locks, OR (KPTV) — A single-engine airplane crashed into the Columbia River in Cascade Locks on Sunday, and the two people on board were able to make it to shore safely, according to the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office says they received 911 calls
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Bartow County, GA (WGCL) — The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office charged two adults after deputies said a child shot and killed herself while playing with a pistol. It happened Saturday night at a campsite on Chitwood Cove in the Wilderness Camp Road area. Deputies responded just after 8:30
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Woodstock, GA (WGCL) — A Cherokee County teenager, who’s lucky to even be here to celebrate his 16th birthday, had a parade for his special day. Despite his medical issues and a pandemic – friends and family made his May birthday a memorable one. “I didn’t know it
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President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Michigan to visit a Ford manufacturing plant, a White House spokesman and Ford both confirmed to CNN. The trip is currently scheduled for Thursday but sources caution that is subject to change. The trip will be Trump’s third visit to a 2020 battleground state in recent weeks.
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Barack Obama’s harsh criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic this weekend brought renewed scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s leadership, but administration officials defended the response as “historic” Sunday as deaths neared 90,000. During a Sunday morning appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar touted
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EL PASO, Texas — For a sixth-straight day, El Paso County saw death resulting from coronavirus. Health officials on Sunday reported one new death for a total fatality count to date of 47. The latest victim was a woman in her 70s, officials indicated. Her death marked a half-dozen days in a row now that the
Continue Reading Director Lynn Shelton, known for the films “Humpday” and “Your Sister’s Sister” and the series “Little Fires Everywhere,” died Friday at 54 in Los Angeles. She died of a previously undiagnosed blood disorder, said her representative, Adam Kersh. Her partner, the comedian and actor Marc Maron, said Shelton collapsed Friday after having been ill for
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Just as more Americans are allowed to visit beaches, attend church indoors or eat inside a restaurant, health officials say gathering in large groups could send states back to where they started. Texas had its highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases Saturday, according to numbers from the Department of State Health Services. The Lone
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Just as more Americans are allowed to visit beaches, attend church indoors or eat inside a restaurant, health officials say gathering in large groups could send states back to where they started. Texas had its highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases Saturday, according to numbers from the Department of State Health Services. The Lone
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Former US goalkeeper Hope Solo said she is “brokenhearted” after her dog died from a gunshot wound this weekend. Conan, a Doberman, “wandered 30 yards off our property when he was shot,” Solo said in posts on her Instagram and Twitter accounts on Saturday. The pup, whom she shared with husband Jerramy Stevens, passed away
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Sunday suggested that the underlying health conditions of Americans, in particular in minority communities, contributed significantly to the death toll from the coronavirus. “Unfortunately the American population is a very diverse … It is a population with significant unhealthy comorbidities that do make many individuals in our
Continue Reading No matter his fame and notoriety, rapper Snoop Dogg proved that he’s just like the rest of us — he, too, sometimes needs to jam out to music in his car to relieve stress. But his choice of music might surprise you. Last week, Snoop shared a video to his Instagram of him listening to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials confirmed nearly 100 new coronavirus infections on Sunday amid an easing of restrictions – including a dozen in Doña Ana County, while the caseload in neighboring Otero County actually went down due to a data error. State officials reported 12 additional cases in Doña Ana County,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Papillion, NE (WOWT) — Online dating bought two people together in the Omaha-metro. But the woman discovered the man is not who he claimed to be and that cost her thousands of dollars. The victim — who asked not to be identified — gave insight into an alleged
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Joy, IL (WQAD) — Restaurants and other businesses across the globe have been implementing measures to limit human contact to keep customers and workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one Joy, Illinois small business went above and beyond. Boone Docks, a restaurant, bar, and grill, implemented what
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DALLAS, Texas — Another 785 Texas residents have tested positive for Covid-19 and there have been 31 more deaths linked to the novel coronavirus, according to the state’s health agency. On Sunday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported a total of 47,784 confirmed cases of the virus and 1,336 deaths associated with it.
Continue Reading A pair of Michael Jordan‘s game-worn shoes from 1985 sold for more than three times the estimated auction price on Sunday, breaking the world auction record for sneakers, according to Sotheby’s. Ten bidders from across the globe competed for the basketball legend’s autographed Nike Air Jordan 1 shoes before the online auction closed at $560,000,
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