Nick Offerman wants to help keep people fed during the coronavirus pandemic. The actor and comedian announced on his website that he will donate all of the proceeds from sales of three of his comedy specials to America’s Food Fund. The specials include a new one titled “Full Bush,” which was filmed at the Chicago
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Tennis star Roger Federer is the highest-paid athlete in the world, according to Forbes. The 38-year-old earned a total of $106.3 million over the past 12 months, making him the first tennis player to top Forbes’ world’s 100 highest-paid athletes list. Athletes from 10 sports and 21 different countries made the list this year but
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz expressed his concern Friday over the protests that have rocked his state and the black community which, he said, is “hurting beyond words.” “Minneapolis and St. Paul are on fire. The fires still smolder in our streets. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, of anguish, unheard,” Walz said during a
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For decades, a tortoise named Ms. Jennifer happily lived with her owner, who would take her to the bank and other places around their town of Waltham, Massachusetts, showing her off to anyone interested. But then Ms. Jennifer’s elderly owner had to be hospitalized after she contracted the coronavirus and could no longer care for
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Andrew remembers the week everything changed. When his flight back home to Chicago landed on March 11, he returned from a family gathering to a city on the verge of shutting down. It was the week the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. The week Andrew transitioned to a work-from-home dad, trying to “play
Continue Reading You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. The White House briefing has often been contentious, long-winded and stuffed with hot air — emitted by both spinning political flaks and grandstanding reporters. It was all a bit of a game. Presidents sent press secretaries to take heat so they didn’t have to. Reporters knew
Continue Reading More music has been released by Juice Wrld. The 21-year-old rapper died in December due to what authorities determined to be a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity. On Thursday, his collaboration with Trippie Redd, “Tell Me U Luv Me,” was released. This new single comes weeks after his first posthumous solo single “Righteous” was
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“It gets pretty lonely out on the farm,” admits Daniel Ricciardo, who is normally surrounded by the glitz and the glamor of the Formula One circuit. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the 30-year-old has been leading a very different paced life — after isolating on his family farm in Western Australia he’s very much gone
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TJ Maxx built its appeal on the “treasure hunt” shopping experience. Now it must persuade shoppers that it’s safe to return to scavenging stores in the age of a pandemic. It may not be that hard a task. There are already early signs that many shoppers are eager to return to reopened TJ Maxx stores,
Continue Reading It’s finally here! Lady Gaga released her new album, “Chromatica” on Friday, much to the excitement of her fans. Gaga took to Instagram to post a video of herself dancing to the song, “911” from her new work. The 16-track album features an array of dance anthems, one could say Gaga is returning to her
Continue Reading A 2001 cheating scandal on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” would have been an enormous story in the U.S., except that the news broke in the U.K. almost immediately after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The under-covered aspect of the story brings an extra level of deliciousness to “Quiz,” a three-part AMC miniseries that
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Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — An innocent driver and an ambulance crew found themselves ducking for cover Thursday evening as bullets flew in East Memphis. According to reports, both vehicles were stopped at a red light in the area of Poplar Avenue and Shady Grove when individuals in two
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — For more than half a century, Jimmy Kimble has walked through the doors at Republic Services ready to do one thing: work. It’s what he expects from the seven men he manages at the waste and recycling company. “Come to work ready to work.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Mont. (KTVQ) — A Billings woman is searching for answers after a spring trip to Spain left her husband dead from COVID-19 and his remains lost in the mail. Now, Christine Tyler, who is back home in Billings, is trying to get answers from federal postal officials,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Mont. (KTVQ) — A Billings woman is searching for answers after a spring trip to Spain left her husband dead from COVID-19 and his remains lost in the mail. Now, Christine Tyler, who is back home in Billings, is trying to get answers from federal postal officials,
Continue Reading Seventeen Democratic senators have sent a letter to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asking for a plan to fight a “dramatic” drop in childhood vaccinations since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, the CDC reported a “notable decrease” in the number of vaccines ordered through a federal program that
Continue Reading Reuniting Steve Carell and “The Office” producer Greg Daniels, “Space Force” carries such an impressive payload — from the star-heavy cast to the concept — it’s a shame the actual show isn’t better. As is, this too-broad parody has sporadic moments but consistently feels like it’s trying way too hard to achieve liftoff, like an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Department of Public health reported Friday that five more people had died of Covid-19 in El Paso County. The new victims were identified as a woman in her 60s, and four men ranging in age from their 70s to their 90s. The health department said all had underlying health
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHESTERTON, Ind. (The Times) — An electronic billboard message challenging the threat posed by COVID-19 and other viruses was removed late Thursday morning in the wake of local criticism. The message, which appeared on the billboard at the intersection of Indian Boundary and Calumet roads, read, “Viruses are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (The Times) — The city has responded to a local advocacy group criticizing the decision to not have lifeguards watching over the city’s beach this summer. Michigan City officials said multiple circumstances factored into the decision to make Washington Park Beach a “swim-at-your-own-risk” area, issuing
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight minutes. But some civil
Continue Reading When a journalist is arrested at a protest, the free and fair gathering of the news is arrested, too. That’s one of the reasons why these infringements on press freedom are relatively rare in the United States — and why Friday’s brief arrest of a CNN crew in Minneapolis was so egregious. “Police may not
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Okla. (Tulsa World) — Public schools grappling with multiple contingency plans for the COVID-19 pandemic will have one bit of new flexibility in 2020-21 if need be. On Thursday, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted 5-2 to approve a flexibility waiver allowing schools to count any
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Friday’s afternoon high temperatures will run around 5 degrees cooler today. The cold front that moved in Thursday will provide some relief from the triple-digit reading we saw yesterday at the El Paso Airport. The area mountains will still have a chance of showers this afternoon but dry conditions will persist through the weekend for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sanford, MI (WNEM) — Hundreds of personal belongings and family heirlooms were lost in the flooding caused by the Sanford Dam’s failure. But a Mid-Michigan family, is helping to reunite people with their lost items, one piece at a time. “We all came home covered in mud, head
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, MO (KMOV) — A large number of evictions in St. Louis City that have been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic are expected to be served soon and rental assistance programs will be swamped. Opal Jones, President and CEO of Doorways, is preparing to
Continue Reading The sporting world has come together to pay their respects to George Floyd after his death in Minnesota, US, on Monday. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died unarmed after pleading for help as a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes while pinning him to the ground. Floyd was declared dead at
Continue Reading The English Premier League has agreed to a provisional return on June 17 without fans in attendance. It ends a three-month break to England’s top-flight football competition because of the coronavirus pandemic. Aston Villa vs. Sheffield United and Manchester City vs. Arsenal will be the first games to take place, featuring the four teams that
Continue Reading The deepest known sighting of an octopus has been captured on film, more than a mile deeper than the previous reliable sighting. The observations of the creature, captured at almost 4.3 miles down in the Indian Ocean using lander machines — autonomous camera systems that are released from a ship and sink to the bottom
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A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis — and then released about an hour later — as the crew covered ongoing protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd. State police detained CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez, his producer and his cameraman shortly after 5 a.m.
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