Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA ) — The statue of Civil War Admiral Raphael Semmes has been removed from its longstanding place in downtown Mobile. The statue was removed overnight, and residents noticed it gone early Friday morning. The statue was vandalized earlier this week. Mitchell Bond, 20, of Mobile
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Citizenship ceremonies across the United States have become yet another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. The system for swearing in new Americans screeched to a virtual standstill for months. And it’s only just starting to get going again. What could that mean for the 2020 election? One company that helps immigrants apply for green cards
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, AR (KFSM ) — On Thursday (June 4) at approximately 8:19 pm, Springdale police responded to a single-vehicle accident. The caller said a vehicle had crashed through the fence and into the backyard. The vehicle stopped after crashing into the east side of a house. When officers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT ) — A Milwaukee protester says he received a curfew citation in the mail, but lawyers are questioning the legitimacy of the citation. Demetrius Griffin received a curfew citation in the mail Wednesday for $691. For the last five days Griffin has been out protesting
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The UK government has granted protected status to a wrecked German warship which sank off the British coast more than 140 years ago. The SMS Grosser Kurfürst sank in May 1878 while its crew prepared for summer training exercises in the English Channel. The ironclad warship was accidentally rammed during the exercises by another German
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, NC (WGHP) — A boy was taken to the hospital after a drive-by shooting in Winston-Salem, according to police. At about 11:19 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to a reported shooting on the 1400 block of Hope Lane. At the scene, police found a male juvenile suffering from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KENNER, LA (WGNO ) — Eastbank Little League held its opening day on Tuesday at Butch Duhe Sports Park in Kenner. Friends, family and loved ones packed the park to see their kids, ages 5-12, return to some sort of normalcy through the game of baseball. Eastbank Manager,
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Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm has apologized after images surfaced of him referring to “elite white people” in a text conversation from a year ago. The conversation was dated March 2019, when Fromm was the starting quarterback at the University of Georgia, and was posted to Twitter Thursday by a user with an unknown
Continue Reading As anger and heartbreak have swept across America over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police, CNN and “Sesame Street” are refocusing their second town hall to address racism. The 60-minute special “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families” will air on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, PA (WPMT ) — A group of about 30 businesses are banding together to reopen in York County, which is still in yellow phase. The group, called ReOpen York PA, is a grassroots network of businesses sharing information and resources for business owners who choose to
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Authorities in Alabama are investigating the deaths of seven adults found in a home near Huntsville on Thursday night, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department says. CNN affiliate WAAY is reporting that the home was partially burning when authorities responded to calls about a shooting around midnight. The victims were four men and three women, the
Continue Reading New cases of the novel coronavirus are rising faster than ever worldwide, at a rate of more than 100,000 a day over a seven-day average. In April, new cases never topped 100,000 in one day, but since May 21, there have only been less than 100,000 on five days, according to data from Johns Hopkins
Continue Reading Several NFL players have released a powerful video titled “Stronger Together” that calls on the league to condemn racism and support black players. Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was joined in the video, released Thursday night, by other football stars including Odell Beckham Jr., Patrick Mahomes, Michael Thomas, DeAndre Hopkins, Tyrann Mathieu, Ezekiel Elliott and
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is literally and figuratively fencing himself off from a moment of national reckoning. High barriers have sprung up around the White House complex and an adjacent park, formalizing a state of siege amid nationwide protests. Trump fancies himself a law and order enforcer but the imagery of a President hidden behind high
Continue Reading “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert is weighing in on the treatment of peaceful protestors at nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and systematic racism. Colbert commented on the use of rubber bullets by law enforcement at some of these events, calling them “more bullet than rubber,” adding that they “maim, blind and even kill.” “That’s why
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Businesses shut down across America during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to millions of layoffs and furloughs. The US job market is attempting to emerge from its worst downturn in modern memory. But it’s not all doom and gloom on the employment front. There are still companies hiring amid the economic calamity as changing consumer habits
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Practice social distancing, wear a mask, wash your hands (for at least 20 seconds) — the recommendations to prevent coronavirus are a familiar refrain to most Americans. There’s little guidance, though, when it comes to sex in the age of Covid-19. So three Harvard physicians examined the likelihood of coronavirus infection in a number of
Continue Reading The first Friday in June, June 5 this year, is National Donut Day. Started by the Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938, the day honors the group’s “donut lassies,” who served treats and provided assistance to soldiers on the front lines during World War I. (And this isn’t to be confused with National Doughnut Day,
Continue Reading If you’ve marched in any recent protests, you may want to consider getting tested for the coronavirus. That’s the recommendation of the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said during a House Appropriations hearing on Thursday that anyone who participated should “highly consider” getting tested. “I do think there is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso recorded its youngest fatality yet of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, with health leaders announcing the death of a woman in her 20s. That took the county’s death toll up to 90. “What might be concerning for some is the age of this patient. Up to now, the
Continue Reading The American economy just got a shocking piece of good news: The job market may be recovering well ahead of schedule. The US unemployment rate surprisingly fell to 13.3% in May, as the economy gained 2.5 million jobs. It was the largest monthly gain in new jobs since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking
Continue Reading Elisabeth Moss has a knack for being interesting even in so-so movies and continues to pick varied and challenging roles. Enter “Shirley,” a strange, gothic look at “The Haunting of Hill House” author Shirley Jackson, which owes an overt debt to the mismatched couples — young and wide eyed meets older and squabbling — in
Continue Reading Major companies have expressed solidarity with the collective plight of African Americans this week following the horrifying murder by police of George Floyd a week ago and the national chaos that has erupted in its wake. For many black Americans, however, the corporate tweets, executive memos and statements on combating racism ring hollow from companies
Continue Reading A group of health and medical colleagues has penned an open letter to express their concern that protests around the United States could be shut down under the guise of coronavirus health concerns. The letter — which went on to draw more than 1,200 signatures — focuses on techniques to reduce harm to people protesting
Continue Reading On June 5, Breonna Taylor would have been 27 years old. But she was killed two months ago when police broke down the door to her apartment in an attempted drug sting, and shot her eight times. A lot has happened since that day, and Taylor’s life and death have become folded into the larger
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The summer-like heat will continue Friday with temperatures ranging between 102 to 107 degrees. Yesterday temperatures climbed to 104 degrees at the El Paso Airport, even hotter temperatures are forecasted for today. Widespread showers and storms will move in tonight. The First Alert will remain in place for the heat. Keep in mind that prolonged
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WASHINGTON, DC — Stocks closed out the week with a bang after a closely watched report on the job market surprised investors by showing that employers added to their payrolls last month, defying predictions they would slash more jobs. The S&P 500 rose 2.6% Friday, its eighth gain in the last 10 trading days. The Dow
Continue Reading When news broke months ago about the country’s first coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home, Linda Mayberry immediately recognized the home’s corporate logo as it flashed across her television screen. It was the same one emblazoned throughout the long-term care facility where she lived. Her nursing home, she realized, was owned by the same company
Continue Reading The coronavirus pandemic isn’t making everyone poorer. A jobs report today is expected to show that US unemployment is now near 20% — the highest since 1948. But US billionaires have become $565 billion richer since mid-March, according to a study published yesterday. The two reports are just the latest signs that the virus is
Continue Reading In a little over a week, Americans have gone from taking their first hesitant steps outside again to marching in tightly packed crowds in cities all over the country. Any uncertainty about venturing out during the coronavirus pandemic has been seemingly put aside by many to protest police brutality after watching video of George Floyd
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