Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Dr. Dillon Barron is a frontline emergency room doctor on the city’s North Side. He was also once a COVID-19 patient himself and has since recovered. But when he tried to donate his plasma to help save others, he was flat-out denied because he is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way women everywhere give birth, and for many of those women, birthing classes are a part of that. But now, instead of in-person classes, they’re virtual. The night of April 27 was one Marian Malinski will never forget
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Robert Klein has spent more than a decade building his dental practice. He has four offices stretching from Kearney to Kansas City. He’s never closed his doors until this past spring when non-essential businesses were asked to shut down because of COVID-19. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — It’s no secret people who work in the service industry have taken a big hit due to COVID-19. But recently, a local bar owner received something in the mail that brought her to tears — and it wasn’t another bill to pay. Twin
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The Zac Brown Band wants to get you dancing just in time to celebrate America’s birthday. The Grammy-winning group will be kicking off the weekend with a live stream performance, “4th With The Family,” on July 3. The proceeds will go to to his non-profit Camp Southern Ground, which supports veterans. “Not only do we
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One person has died and 86 have been put into the hospital in the latest outbreak of salmonella connected to pet poultry, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. The CDC says 368 people have reported getting sick since May 20, bringing this year’s total to 465 poultry-related salmonella cases reported in
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A mask mandate exemption for people of color meant to address racial profiling concerns has been removed after racist backlash, Oregon county officials said in a statement. “The expressions of racism regarding the exception has created a ripple of fear throughout our communities of color. The very policy meant to protect them, is now making
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When black holes collide, they typically create gravitational waves that can be detected on Earth, but not light. Now, for the first time, astronomers believe they have detected the first light from a black hole merger. Gravitational waves, or ripples in space and time, don’t produce light. However, when a black hole merger was observed
Continue Reading California, the most populous US state and the first to implement a statewide lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak, is setting daily records this week for new cases as officials urge caution and dangle enforcement threats to try to curb the spikes. The virus is spreading at private gatherings in homes, and more young people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisc. (Wisconsin State Journal) — Protesters tore down statues of Forward and a Union Civil War colonel, assaulted a state senator and set a small fire in a city building Downtown on Tuesday night after the arrest of a Black activist earlier in the day. In response,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (The North Platte Telegraph) — He’s the gift that keeps on giving and at 90 years of age, Sherman Hirsch has donated platelets 725 times and is still going. On Monday morning, Hirsch sat in a donor chair at the American Red Cross Blood Donation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health on Thursday morning announced three more people had died from Covid-19, bringing the county’s death toll to 125. Officials identified the victims as a man in his 50s, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 60s. All had underlying health
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (The Times) — Lake County police are pursuing criminal charges against a Lowell man accused of blocking in an Amazon truck driver to prevent her from leaving his driveway on June 12, the sheriff confirmed. The 49-year-old man — whose identity is being withheld pending
Continue Reading Jon Stewart resurfaces with a politically savvy directorial effort, “Irresistible,” that’s a bit too heavy-handed to live up to its title. Delving into the corrosive influence of money on politics, Stewart’s second film exhibits passion for its topic and cleverly registers an important point before it’s over, but labors too much getting there. Reunited with
Continue Reading Dennis Quaid is 66 and his new bride Laura Savoie is 27, but according to Quaid it’s no big deal. “It really just doesn’t come up,” Quaid told People magazine of the age difference. “There’s just something timeless about us. We’re partners in our relationship and in life.” Quaid and Savoie this week shared that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Out in the farm fields northwest of Davenport, retired educator Thom Gleich, 71, stands on scaffolding he built around what used to be the trunk of a huge white oak tree, carving tools in hand. With skill and artistic ability honed over more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEESBURG, Ga. (Albany Herald) — The spark for David Widner ignited when he was only 11 years old. Every family has a “history,” and Widner had been hearing about the legacy of his uncles — John and Clarence Anglin — since he was old enough to understand what
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Macy’s is cutting roughly 4,000 back-office and management jobs as Covid-19 continues to hurt its bottom line. The layoffs, which account for 3% of Macy’s workforce, will save the company around $630 million annually. Macy’s is reopening many of its stores across the United States, which the company previously said are performing better-than-expected. “Covid-19 has
Continue Reading Hip-hop star Eminem has publicly apologized to Diddy‘s Revolt after his scathing criticism of the media company was revealed in a recently leaked track. The 47-year-old rapper — real name Marshall Mathers — extended an olive branch after his verse on the unreleased version of the Conway the Machine track “Bang” provoked the wrath of
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Executives from the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners have all announced positive coronavirus test results within their respective Major League Baseball organizations. The news Wednesday came a day after the league announced the 2020 regular season will start in July, with the players’ association accepting health and safety protocols to guide the
Continue Reading First-time claims for unemployment benefits have fallen in every report for the past 12 weeks. Still, the American jobs crisis is far from over: Another 1.5 million Americans filed initial jobless claims last week. That’s emblematic of how contradictory the current pandemic recession is. Conditions in the US labor market are undoubtedly improving, but the
Continue Reading It’s an outcome no one wants, but could become a “harsh reality”: a second wave of shutdowns. Weeks after lifting stay-at-home orders, some states are seeing record numbers of hospitalizations from Covid-19 as thousands more Americans get infected every day. “We’re going to have to face the harsh reality in some states that we may
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Thunderstorms impacted portions of the borderland last night, producing gusty winds and dust. The potential is there for us to see another round tonight. The chance of thunderstorms will continue each day through the weekend. Drier air will start to return early next week limiting our storm chances. Expect breezy winds next week temperatures heating
Continue Reading The woman facing first-degree arson charges in the Wendy’s restaurant fire that broke out during protests over Rayshard Brooks’ death posted bail and was released from jail. Natalie White, 29, made her first appearance Wednesday in Fulton County, Georgia, Magistrate Court and did not make a plea. The judge set bond at $10,000 and ordered
Continue Reading As the helicopter swoops over the landing site, the clouds part to reveal a bluebird day. From the distance, it’s all jagged peaks, crackling ice and snow-covered glacial fields as far as the eye can see. But then after the 30-minute flight over dense forests and canyons draped with waterfalls, the showstopper appears: a brilliantly
Continue Reading States have responded to the threat of Covid-19 in jails and prisons with “gross negligence,” according to the ACLU and the Prison Policy Initiative. The organizations published a report Thursday on conditions for the incarcerated. As of June 22, more than 570 incarcerated people in the US and more than 50 corrections officers have died
Continue Reading Residents and businesses in a Seattle neighborhood filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the city for “extensive harm” suffered from the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP. The plaintiffs “support protesters’ right to bring issues such as systemic racism and police brutality,” but the occupation has caused financial hardship and disrupted daily life, said Calfo
Continue Reading The coronavirus tides have turned. Back in March, Florida ordered all travelers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to isolate for two weeks. Now, people coming from Florida and other high-risk states must quarantine when arriving in the tri-state area. “This is not a polite recommendation,” New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said. The travel
Continue Reading A garden pail filled with disposable hand wipes and huge bottles of hand sanitizer can be found atop every table at Paris bistro Chez L’Ami Jean. At the entrance of luxury department store Galeries Lafayette, security guards who double as hygiene inspectors pump generous dollops of sanitizer into the palms of shoppers’ outstretched hands. Along
Continue Reading Jenny Slate has announced she will no longer voice the character of Missy Foreman-Greenwald, a young mixed-race girl on the animated comedy “Big Mouth.” The actress, who has played the character since the Netflix show first aired in 2017, explained her departure in an Instagram post on Wednesday, saying: “Black characters on an animated show
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