Click here for updates on this story Bedford County, TN (WSMV) — A Bedford County Sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and indicted for allegedly raping a woman. TBI officials say an investigation into 31-year-old Joseph Guthrie, a deputy with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, began in February for allegations of him sexually assaulting a woman
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in New Mexico exceeded 12,000 on Tuesday as state health officials reported an additional 168 cases. The latest cases bring the statewide tally since the outbreak began to 12,147. Three New Mexico counties — Bernalillo (36), McKinley (28) and Doña Ana (21) — accounted for half
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JACKSON, Mississippi— Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a landmark bill that retires the last state flag bearing the Confederate battle emblem. The Republican governor signed the bill Tuesday afternoon, just two days after legislators passed it. Amid international protests over racial injustice, Mississippi was under increasing pressure to lose a symbol that many see
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Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protestor who was pushed by two Buffalo police officers in early June, has left the hospital, his lawyer Kelly Zarcone said in a statement on Tuesday. Gugino will continue his recovery at an undisclosed location to ensure privacy. Zarcone said that Gugino can “walk with a little help” and that his
Continue Reading While Major League Baseball will be playing ball this season, Minor League Baseball players will not be suiting up in 2020. MLB has informed Minor League Baseball that its affiliated Minor League teams will not be provided with players in 2020. It is unclear if Minor League Baseball will return in 2021. Minor League Baseball
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Pocola, OK (KFSM) — A lightning strike caused a fire at an apartment complex in Pocola, Okla. Monday (June 29) morning, forcing a mom and daughter out of their home. The fire broke out at the Garden Walk Apartments around 10 a.m. Monday. The damage caused by the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Fayetteville, AR (KFSM) — Dozens of University of Arkansas employees and others around the state and country are falling victim to an unemployment scam. Many only realized they were apart of the scam after receiving a denial letter from the state in the mail – not knowing someone
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EL PASO, Texas — Firework stands throughout El Paso County can still continue selling fireworks until Friday at noon, according to County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. Judge Samaniego on Monday evening issued a ban on fireworks this Fourth of July holiday due to the spike in coronavirus cases and the drought index. That ban goes into
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cookson, OK (Tulsa World) — The shotgun and rifles leaned up against the living room wall and the baseball bats leaning against the house outside the front door indicate Norman Barton Jr.’s feelings about black bears these days. “We’re fed up,” he said with three other nearby residents
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Edmond, OK (Tulsa World) — A couple from Edmond who hired a Keystone Lake guide Sunday thought they’d put some paddlefish on the dinner table. Instead, they were served up a new world-record 146 pound, 11-ounce paddlefish — and they let it go. “Everybody says they want to
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EL PASO, Texas – Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons on Tuesday after Major League Baseball decided not to provide any players to its affiliated teams amid the coronavirus pandemic. The El Paso Chihuahuas home opener was originally slated for Tuesday, April 14 and had been delayed ever since. “While the tradition of Chihuahuas baseball will
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Indianapolis, IN (The Times) — A state regulatory agency has denied the request of NIPSCO and other utilities to charge customers for electricity and natural gas they did not use during the coronavirus pandemic. NIPSCO, Duke Energy Indiana, Indiana Michigan Power Co., Indianapolis Power & Light, Vectren and
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Facebook on Tuesday banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages that it said were linked to the Boogaloo movement, a loosely organized extremist collective whose members have occasionally shown up armed to racial justice and anti-quarantine protests around the country. The banned content includes a core set of 220 Facebook accounts, 95 accounts on Facebook-owned
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CLICK HERE for UPDATES to this story KILLEEN, Texas — Human remains found Tuesday are believed to be those of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, ABC affiliate KTRK reported. While officials have not confirmed the remains are those of Guillen, Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller told KTRK, “The search for Vanessa is now over.”
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With El Paso County announcing that the sale and use of fireworks has been banned this July Fourth and Covid-19 cases on the rise, there are still a few places where you can catch a glimpse of fireworks. Several Borderland entities are planning to have fireworks displays but with a unique 2020 twist — no
Continue Reading A family of four sustained several injuries after they collided with a humpback whale off the coast of Juneau, Alaska. The family was in a 22-foot aluminum skiff just off the shore going 20 to 25 miles per hour when a humpback whale surfaced in front of the moving boat on Saturday, Assistant Chief Travis
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When Ahmad Ayyad woke up, he was delirious. He didn’t realize where he was, why there was a tube down his throat, or how long it had been since he last fed his dog. And when he looked down, he couldn’t recognize himself. Once a 215-pound athlete with chiseled muscles and astounding strength, the 40-year-old
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Paul Walker and Vin Diesel were BFFs and it looks like their children are continuing that tradition. Meadow Walker, 21, recently posted a selfie with Diesel’s three kids Hania, 12, Vincent, 10, and Pauline, 5. The three youngsters are seen smiling behind Walker, who appears to have taken the photo — which she shared on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WETHERSFIELD, CT (WFSB) — A New Britain man is facing charges following a series of domestic and disorderly events that happened on Sunday in Wethersfield. Police were called to a Dunkin Donuts on the Silas Deane Highway around 5:30 p.m. on a report that a man entered the
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LOS ANGELES, California — The family of Andres Guardado, the teenager who was shot dead by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy earlier this month, will be seeking an independent autopsy, attorneys for the family said. The family has complained about a lack of transparency and information from the sheriff’s department, which put a “security
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UPDATE – July 3: EPCC trustee Bonnie Soria Najera is now hospitalized due to Covid-19, she confirmed to ABC-7 on Friday night. She was admitted earlier in the day. Her daughters said she had been trying to recover at home after recently being diagnosed with the virus that claimed the lives of both her parents.
Continue Reading Beijing imposed a wide-reaching national security law on Hong Kong on Tuesday, which many fear could be used to override existing legal processes and erode the city’s civil and political freedoms. The stringent national security law and its 66 articles were kept secret from the public until 11pm local time, when the law officially went
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — The Kansas City Museum is searching for protest memorabilia to add to their archive. So far, the collection has only received a few items, but they’re hoping others can help spread the word about the project to preserve what they say is a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Forsyth County sheriff says the viral video of a deputy using force on a man who was not wearing a face mask does not show the full picture of what happened. Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough spoke during a Monday news conference and said he
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County is closing Ascarate Park on Independence Day holiday in an effort to reduce coronavirus spread, officials announced Tuesday. The golf course would remain open for the fourth, officials said, but only for golfers who already have a reserved tee time. Ascarate Park had re-opened in May with walking/biking trails, fishing, kayaking and handball
Continue Reading Jessica and Richard Fierro are among more than 4.5 million small business owners who tapped into the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program — the massive federal effort to keep the backbone of the US economy afloat amid the coronavirus-driven recession. But like so many others, the owners of Atrevida Beer Co. in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Workforce Commission decided Tuesday to postpone reinstating a work-search requirement for out-of-work Texans receiving unemployment benefits. The requirement that Texans be actively searching for a job in order to receive benefits was initially slated to go into effect Monday. But the TWC’s executive director cited rising numbers of coronavirus cases and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — The governor has extended the State of Emergency for Tennessee in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Bill Lee signed Executive Order #50, which means that order will extend until at least Aug. 29. Lee’s office said the order allows the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — A bond hearing for fired Atlanta Police officer Garrett Rolfe is ongoing in an Atlanta courtroom. A hearing for Rolfe, who is currently housed in a Gwinnett County detention center, it was originally scheduled to take place last week; the same day Rayshard Brooks
Continue Reading Airbus will cut about 15,000 jobs, or more than 10% of its workforce, over the next 12 months as it comes to terms with a plunge in demand for new aircraft due to the travel crisis caused by the pandemic. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that it was responding to a 40%
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