Country music scribe Charlie Daniels, best known for the hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died. He was 83. The multi-instrumentalist had a hemorrhagic stroke in Hermitage, Tennessee, and was pronounced dead Monday, his publicists said in a statement. Daniels, a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and Grand Ole Opry alumnus, was
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As America confronts racism more directly, sports teams with Native American names, mascots or logos are facing pressure to change away from ethnic stereotypes and caricatures. Native American leaders have long criticized sports teams for relying on racist caricatures, stereotypes or, in the case of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, an ethnic slur. “If the leagues
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A tell-all book by President Trump’s niece Mary, a licensed clinical psychologist, will now be published next week, two weeks earlier than expected, the publisher Simon & Schuster said Monday. The book portrays the president as a “damaged man” with “lethal flaws” who “threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric,” the publisher described
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man has been arrested after a fire broke out at New Mexico State University’s O’Donnell Hall early Monday morning. NMSU police arrested Andrew Caldera, who had come in contact with campus police earlier on Sunday night, and charged him with arson with more than $20,000 of damage and possession
Continue Reading A “tiny bug slayer” that only reached 4 inches in height was the ancestor of much larger dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs 237 million years ago, according to a new study. The diminutive fossil was found in Madagascar, where other intriguing fossils have helped researchers paint a picture of unique animals that lived millions of years
Continue Reading As Florida sets the most dubious of records amid the coronavirus pandemic, Miami-Dade County has decided it’s done playing by the state’s rules. As of Wednesday, restaurants in the county, the state’s most populous, will be shut down — again — except for takeout and delivery, county Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced in a news release.
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Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis, MN (WCCO) — A pregnant woman was fatally shot Sunday night in south Minneapolis. But before she died, doctors were successfully able to deliver her child. The Minneapolis Police Department says the shooting happened around 9:15 p.m. at the intersection of 37th Street and Elliot Avenue —
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Franklin, TN (WSMV) — Consumer fireworks caused a house fire in the Twin Oaks neighborhood on Saturday night, according to Franklin Fire Marshal Andy King. King said video showed the fire started on the exterior of the White Court home at 10:20 p.m., around one hour after the
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EL PASO, Texas — Mass testing at El Paso County jails has revealed 174 Covid-19 cases among inmates, Sheriff Richard Wiles said Monday. The sheriff said 155 inmates at the downtown jail have tested positive, along with 19 at the east side jail annex. Fourteen staff members at the downtown jail also have tested positive.
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Rescue workers in Japan are beginning a desperate search for survivors after dozens were left dead or missing following widespread flash flooding triggered by record rainfall on the southern island of Kyushu. Local authorities confirmed at least 18 people had died and 14 were missing in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima, with images from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Edwardsville, IL (KTVI) — Stefina Rugal has seen a lot of the past century. She has lived through two world wars, the Spanish Flu, and now COVID-19, and she says 2020 has been the craziest year she has experienced yet. “I think there were easier times then than
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council by unanimous vote on Monday extended the city’s emergency coronavirus declaration for another month. The virus emergency will now be in effect until at least Aug. 5. Among the most notable provisions of the emergency declaration is one that prohibits utilities from disconnecting service to customers while
Continue Reading Artists and volunteers descended on a basketball court in a historically Black neighborhood of Annapolis, Maryland, to paint a 7,000-square-foot mural of Breonna Taylor over the Fourth of July weekend. The project was led by Annapolis-based Future History Now, a non-profit art collective that creates murals with youth facing adversity in underserved communities, according to
Continue Reading As cities across the US remove statues and memorials dedicated to figures in American history that some view as divisive, one Ohio city has offered to house eight of them. In a declaration of independence of sorts, Newton Falls City Manager David Lynch on July 4th proclaimed the city a “Statuary Sanctuary City,” giving amnesty
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It’s easy to fall into a false sense of security now that states have reopened. And many are already paying the price. States are shutting down businesses again. Popular beaches have closed. And the rate of new Covid-19 infections keeps growing in most states, threatening to reverse the progress made during stay-at-home orders. So what
Continue Reading The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a fleeing galaxy 60 million light-years away. The image was shared on Hubble’s site Monday. The galaxy is known as NGC 7513 and it can be found in the Sculptor constellation in the skies over the Southern Hemisphere. Similar to our Milky Way galaxy, it’s a
Continue Reading Pharrell Williams has a lot to be happy about these days The singer has teamed up with Netflix for an upcoming docuseries, “Voices of Fire,” about finding talent in the gospel choirs of his hometown of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The show will follow Pharrell’s uncle, Bishop Ezekiel Williams, on their quest. The singer announced the
Continue Reading A glacier in Italy is turning pink because of algae — a development that will make the ice melt faster, a scientist studying the phenomenon says. Pink snow has appeared at the Presena glacier in northern Italy, researcher Biagio Di Mauro, of the Institute of Polar Sciences at Italy’s National Research Council, told CNN Monday.
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AUSTIN, Texas — As parents nationwide wonder if it’s safe to send kids back to day care, Texas is grappling with a surge of Covid-19 cases from child care centers. At least 1,335 people have tested positive from child care facilities in Texas, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services reported Monday, citing figures
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Daphne, AL (WALA) — A 15-year-old chihuahua mix is back with her owner, only one day after being stolen overnight from a Daphne pet store and then found wandering a street 250 miles away in Columbus, Ga. ‘Tiki,’ short for Tequila, was stolen along with three puppies from
Continue Reading Amanda Kloots loves Nick Cordero so much that it was hard for others not to love him as well. Throughout the three months he was hospitalized with Covid-19 complications, thousands who had never even met the Broadway actor or saw him on stage posted encouraging messages and videos on social media, singing songs he performed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story South Windsor, CT (WFSB) — A 2 month long investigation into a man in South Windsor led to his arrest on drug charges. Police said 60-year-old Gentleman Bozeman sold cocaine to an undercover officer on three separate occasions. The sales happened in May and June. On July 2,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CORVALLIS (KPAX TV) — Three people died in an early Monday morning fire at a Corvallis apartment complex. The identities of the victims are not being released at this time. Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton says that the fire is being investigated as “suspicious.” The fire hit an
Continue Reading Austria’s flagship airline is replacing one of its flights with a more frequent train service, in order to meet the environmental criteria of its recent government bailout. The company will no longer fly between capital city Vienna and Salzburg, operating a rail service instead. As part of its recent €600 million ($680m) government aid package,
Continue Reading Spain’s large-scale study on the coronavirus indicates just 5% of its population has developed antibodies, strengthening evidence that a so-called herd immunity to Covid-19 is “unachievable,” the medical journal the Lancet reported on Monday. The findings show that 95% of Spain’s population remains susceptible to the virus. Herd immunity is achieved when enough of a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville, TN (WSMV) — This summer the coronavirus has parents across the country concerned for their children’s education, many worrying their child will lose some of what they learned the previous year. Sometimes called the “summer slide,” this year experts say the slide could be even more troublesome
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway finally put some cash to work with its purchase of natural gas assets from Dominion Energy. The deal could spark a broader turnaround for the Oracle of Omaha. Berkshire Hathaway announced Sunday that it was spending nearly $10 billion on the Dominion acquisition. Although that may sound massive, it’s just a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Waymart, PA (WNEP) — A car show was organized to help out a four-legged crime fighter in Wayne County. The show benefited K9 officer Sgt. Dallas of the Waymart Police Department. More than 50 classic and antique cars lined up at the town’s Wayside Park. Some food trucks
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Winston-Salem, NC (WGHP) — A man is dead after he was knocked off his moped and hit by two more vehicles, according to Winston-Salem police. At about 9:56 p.m. Sunday, police responded to a crash on the 4300 block of Old Belews Creek Road. Officers say a 2018
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lancaster, PA (WPMT) — Officials say five properties have exterior damage as a result of a late-night fire, caused by July 4 fireworks in Lancaster Southwest Community. The fireworks were discharged within 50 feet of the building, according to the Lancaster City Bureau of Fire. Officials say fire
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