Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has selected an unlikely candidate to be his successor: Betty White. Trebek, 80, has not yet announced any plans to retire from hosting the longtime game show he has helmed since 1984. However, the “Jeopardy!” host was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer last year, and his future on the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was awaiting a response Wednesday from leaders of New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico following a request that both forgo playing college football games this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to university administrators, a copy of
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The proof is piling up: Many synthetic chemicals can harm your health and that of your children. Evidence has doubled in the last five years about the negative impact on our health of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastics, pesticides, flame retardants and other merchandise, according to a new review of recent literature. “It’s a global problem.
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A 16-page lawsuit filed in federal district court on Tuesday asks for an injunction barring federal officers from conducing law enforcement activities unless they are actively enforcing federal law. The Portland-based Western States Center, one of the three plaintiffs in the suit, claims federal
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The US Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense announced on Wednesday a $1.95 billion agreement with Pfizer to produce 100 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States. The deal also allows the US government to acquire an additional 500 million doses. The initial 100 million vaccines will belong
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The Satanic Temple wants to help high school graduates pursue higher education with its “Devil’s Advocate Scholarship.” The organization, which fights for a separation between religion and pubic affairs, will sift through submissions from 2020 graduates and award two winners $500 in scholarship money. Interested applicants are asked to submit a creative response in the
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President Donald Trump is set to take the briefing room podium for another press conference, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, his second in as many days. Trump resumed the coronavirus briefings Tuesday after discontinuing them in April, when he declared them a waste of time. Tuesday’s briefing, which came amid surging coronavirus cases and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — While the statewide face coverings mandate went into effect Monday (July 20), restaurants in Arkansas already required patrons to wear face masks for the past few months due to ADH guidelines. A Fort Smith waitress spoke about an encounter she had with a
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Before they went on to beat the Detroit Tigers 9-7, the players of the Cincinnati Reds lined up along the first-base line for the National Anthem. Most of the team remained standing, but four players, including star first baseman Joey Votto, knelt. Votto, Amir Garrett, Phillip Ervin and Alex Blandino dropped to one knee, adding
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One month into the summer, the Boys of Summer are back in an abbreviated season that is a testimony to the strange times we are living in. You want an example? There are already several players on the injured list. Not the 60-day injured list, the “Covid-19 Related Injured List.” Sure there will be the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — The Memphis City Council has already proclaimed Juneteenth as a holiday, but there are consequences of that decision that are still being sorted out. The city council passed an ordinance declaring June 19 a Memphis holiday, but due to a technical error involving the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COOKEVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Nearly 20 people involved in the Tennessee Tech football program have tested positive for COVID-19. As recommended by the NCAA, the university in Putnam County tested its football student-athletes and its ‘inner-bubble’ of the program when everyone returned to campus. A 14-day quarantine period
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EL PASO, Texas — Amazon officially announced its plans Wednesday to open its first distribution operation in El Paso, a facility that BorderPlex Alliance CEO Jon Barela described as “massive.” The new “fulfillment center,” as Amazon calls it, is expected to open sometime next year. “We’re excited to be growing our operations in West Texas
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUCHANAN, MI (WBND) — Two big-hearted 9-year-olds are doing all they can to help their local community by holding their 2nd annual donation drive thru. “They collect all sorts of donations like clothes, food, baby items, toiletries to give to people who can afford it,” said one of
Continue Reading A protest encampment outside New York City’s City Hall was dispersed early Wednesday morning by New York Police Department officers in riot gear, according to the NYPD. Several hundred officers dispersed the remaining protesters after a nearly month-long encampment that started with protesters demanding that the NYPD be defunded, NYPD Commissioner of Operations Ray Spinella
Continue Reading A teenage girl and her younger brother killed two Taliban militants who murdered their parents in Ghor province, Afghanistan. Qhamar Gul, 15, and brother Habibullah fought back with an AK-47 assault rifle when their home was attacked, Ghor province spokesman Arif Aber told CNN Wednesday. The children’s father, a tribal elder and government supporter, and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joris Ray got a strong show of support Tuesday after saying he’d consider keeping schools closed if coronavirus cases continue to rise. Dozens of teachers stood outside SCS offices Tuesday afternoon holding signs in support of Ray and virtual
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — Governor Roy Cooper passed the baton to school districts to decide whether K-12 public schools will go entirely digital or go with a combination of in-person and online teaching. Cooper said that schools that open for both in-person and remote learning will need to
Continue Reading Friends of California attorney Marc Angelucci, who was shot and killed on July 11, say they believe Roy Den Hollander, the primary suspect in the fatal shooting at a federal judge’s New Jersey home, harbored animosity toward the attorney. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Angelucci was killed at his home in Crestline, California,
Continue Reading The Rolling Stones have unveiled “Scarlet,” a previously unheard track featuring Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Blind Faith’s Rick Gerch. The unearthed song, recorded by the band in October 1974, is a blues-rock number with a head-bobbing groove. Mick Jagger sings the lines: “Scarlet, why you wearing my heart, on your sleeve/ Where it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR/KAUT) — An Oklahoma family has been devastated by COVID-19. Twenty-nine-year-old Lizzy Torres is the mother of two children and is fighting for her life at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center against COVID-19. “It’s so scary because we’re helpless. She’s in an induced coma with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, IN (WBND) — Independence Day celebrations may have directly affected an upward trend in coronavirus cases in St. Joseph County, health officials say. New data shows the number of new cases tripling since the holiday weekend. St. Joseph County Deputy Health Officer Dr. Mark Fox says
Continue Reading Scientists have discovered evidence that may push back the timeline for humans living in North America from 13,000 years ago to 30,000 years ago, according to two new studies. The studies about the evidence of human occupation and its timing and effect published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The traditional understanding among scientists about the
Continue Reading An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck off southern Alaska’s coast late Tuesday, shaking the Alaska Peninsula and briefly sparking tsunami concerns before officials said no destructive waves were coming. The earthquake was centered in the Pacific Ocean about 60 miles southeast of Perryville on the sparsely populated Alaska Peninsula, striking around 10:12 p.m.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Restaurants in Nashville serving alcohol will soon have to close earlier. A new public health order will require them to shut down at 10 p.m. It goes into effect on Friday. “Every day we get up wondering what they’ve done to us now,” Barrett
Continue Reading Authorities are investigating any possible connections between Roy Den Hollander, the men’s rights attorney suspected of shooting a federal judge’s family on Sunday, and the murder of another men’s rights activist in California last week, according to a law enforcement source. The suspect in the California shooting on July 11 was believed to be wearing
Continue Reading The UK’s Official Charts Company has announced the launch of Britain’s first-ever Afrobeats singles chart. The move recognizes the genre’s rising popularity in the UK and growing influence on popular culture across the globe. According to the announcement, the new Top 20 weekly rundown will spotlight artists including Burna Boy and Wizkid making strides in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, PA (WNEP) — For months the Wilkes-Barre Fire Department has been waiting to get their hands on the AeroClave Decontamination System. “It took all this time to get it because the pumps that are used to make these, are used on ventilators and FEMA took them to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DANVILLE, Pa. (WNEP) — There was a generous donation for hospital workers in central Pa. Service First Credit Union, in Cooper Township, donated 2,000 surgical PPE gowns to Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg and Geisinger Medical Center near Danville. Thomas Sokola, Geisinger Chief Administrative Officer, said the donation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — The final freedom ride of Rev. C.T. Vivian will begin Wednesday morning with a stop at the Georgia State Capitol where he will lie in state in the rotounda. The family of the late reverend will be greeted by Governor Brian Kemp before being
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