Since its origin three years ago, QAnon has festered in the darker corners of the internet. Now the group’s followers, who call themselves “believers,” have found a niche on social media and within the Republican Party. QAnon began as a single conspiracy theory. But its followers now act more like a virtual cult, largely adoring
Continue Reading Prominent pro-democracy activist Nathan Law pledged Friday to continue to fight for Hong Kong’s democratic future, despite fleeing the city for what he said was his own safety. Law, a former lawmaker and leader of the 2014 Umbrella Movement, left Hong Kong after China’s central government imposed a controversial national security law in the territory.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health on Friday reported three additional coronavirus deaths and 276 new cases, the second largest single-day spike. There were 13 more hospitalizations Friday morning, with the total number of those in hospitals with the virus more than doubling in just 10 days. The latest
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Click here for updates on this story WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS ) — Haywood County authorities are looking for a suspect in a pepper spraying incident that happened Monday in the parking lot of the Dollar General store on Dellwood Road. Investigators said it started as a disagreement over masks. They said a man pepper sprayed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV ) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced a partnership with various law enforcement agencies to enhance policies, improve information sharing and increase officer training. The partnership includes the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Department of Safety and
Continue Reading Nathan Law, a former lawmaker and prominent pro-democracy activist, has fled Hong Kong, he announced Thursday on Facebook. The news comes days after China’s central government imposed a controversial national security law in the territory. Law said he left the city because he wanted to continue the protest movement’s advocacy work on the international stage.
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Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible each afternoonand evening through next week. The best rain chances will be over the Sacramento Mountains and areas east. Strong outflow winds will be possible near and around thunderstorms. High temperatures will run well above average through the July fourth holiday weekend.
Continue Reading Californians living in several key Golden State cities could incur hundreds of dollars in fines if they venture out in public without masks. Authorities in Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Monterey announced they’ll enforce California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mask mandate by citing people who don’t cover their face in public. “Our last option
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Patience in lifting coronavirus restrictions is paying off all over the world, but lifting lockdowns too early can have deadly consequences. A CNN analysis of policies across 18 nations has shown that most of the countries that have now been designated by the European Union as having the epidemic under control only started easing their
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The NFL plans to have the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — known as the Black national anthem — performed live or played before every game in Week 1 of the NFL season, a source familiar with the league’s discussions told CNN on Thursday. The news was first reported by The Undefeated, which is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) — An unexpected showdown in Waterbury tonight after Black lives matter demonstration visited by a group defending a statue of Christopher Columbus. It was dicey for a bit, police even had to get between the people supporting the black lives matter movement and the people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The iconic elk statue in downtown Portland was removed Thursday after it was damaged by fires lit during a demonstration, according to police. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday evening once again near the Justice Center. Police said the crowd blocked the streets surrounding the Justice Center.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, CT (WFSB ) — An unexpected showdown in Waterbury tonight after Black lives matter demonstration visited by a group defending a statue of Christopher Columbus. It was dicey for a bit, police even had to get between the people supporting the black lives matter movement and the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV ) — The iconic elk statue in downtown Portland was removed Thursday after it was damaged by fires lit during a demonstration, according to police. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday evening once again near the Justice Center. Police said the crowd blocked the streets surrounding the Justice
Continue Reading Fireworks explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of many of our pets. Measuring between 150 and 175 decibels, fireworks are louder than gunfire (140 decibels) and even many planes at takeoff (120 decibels). Decibels measures the loudness of a sound while hertz measures the frequency of a sound. Human ears are damaged
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As America prepares to celebrate a Fourth of July unlike any other, another Covid-19 record has been set: 52,291 new cases were confirmed yesterday. But warnings by medical experts that this weekend’s gatherings could produce a disastrous spike in infections continue to be ignored by some of the country’s top officials. President Donald Trump will
Continue Reading When Valeri Hedges was delivering her daughter, Adrienne, she didn’t really notice the face mask she had to wear to protect herself and the medical staff from coronavirus. She gave birth to the healthy, 6.5-pound, little girl on April 5 — a month earlier than expected. Hedges drove herself to Northern Westchester Hospital in New
Continue Reading Adam Perry is still waiting for the day he can tap dance for eight minutes straight again. The Broadway actor and dancer tested positive for coronavirus about three months ago, but says he’s still dealing with the after effects. “It’s quite terrifying to be honest. There is nothing like the feeling of not being able
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Saroj Khan, a celebrated Indian choreographer behind some of Bollywood’s biggest productions, has died aged 71, her doctor has told CNN. Khan choreographed hundreds of musical numbers during a career that spanned four decades, with some of India’s biggest stars dancing to her direction. She died from a cardiac arrest at Guru Nanak Hospital in
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Sorry Venus, Serena has found a new doubles partner. The 23-time grand slam champion took to the court with daughter Olympia, who turns three in September, as the pair sported matching purple outfits. In photos posted on Williams’ Instagram, the pair are seen celebrating, sharing a high five and walking off court — where Olympia
Continue Reading WNBA star Maya Moore has spoken of her “relief” after successfully helping a man overturn his conviction when he he served 22 years in prison. Jonathan Irons had been handed a 50-year sentence for burglary and assaulting a homeowner with a gun but the decision was overturned in March and he walked free Wednesday. Moore,
Continue Reading Global protests sparked by George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis are likely never to be forgotten, but less well known are the race riots that flared across the US 110 years ago. Those riots weren’t sparked by police brutality, but by a boxing match. In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first
Continue Reading On a karting track in southeast England, an eight-year-old Lewis Hamilton has the measure of his rivals. He is flying around the course. He is quicker than the other boys and, though these are supposed to be carefree years, is racing with the intensity of someone who is eager to make an impression. “There’s a
Continue Reading This October, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov will launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. Although NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken successfully launched to the station in May from the United States aboard the SpaceX Endeavour, launches to the space
Continue Reading A Catholic priest in Indiana has been suspended from public ministry following an incendiary church bulletin that likened protesters to “maggots and parasites.” The suspension of Father Theodore Rothrock was announced Wednesday by the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, which represents 24 Indiana counties. Rothrock was the pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Carmel. In a
Continue Reading North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised what he described as his country’s “shining success” in curbing the novel coronavirus pandemic, but warned his subordinates that lifting precautionary measures too early could be devastating. Kim told a meeting of top politicians that they had stopped the novel coronavirus from making inroads into the largely
Continue Reading Fairbanks Bus 142. Probably you’ve read about it, seen its replica on a movie screen, or recognize one of its headier nicknames. The Magic Bus. The “Into the Wild” Bus. Or just The Bus. Until recently, the iconic green and white-roofed 1940s-era International Harvester sat parked in a woodsy clearing beside a riverbank, moldering in
Continue Reading Sixty eager “travelers” showed up to Taipei Songshan Airport on Thursday, boarding passes in hand, to take a rather unusual trip. Their destination? Nowhere. While most flights in Taiwan are still grounded because of the Covid-19 outbreak, Taipei Songshan Airport (also called Taipei International Airport) is offering locals a tiny taste of travel, dubbed “pretend
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UPDATE, July 6: El Paso police on Monday identified the victim of last week’s deadly car crash into an 18-wheeler along the Border Highway as 54-year-old Elisa Triste of Clint. A police incident report quoted witnesses as saying “Triste was traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic when
Continue Reading The United States saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day Thursday, with 51,504 reported, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases. There are at least 2,739,092 cases of coronavirus nationwide. The previous record set on Wednesday was 51,174. As the numbers skyrocket, some states are having a change of
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