Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Congressman John Lewis, a lifelong powerhouse to the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday night. He was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis was widely known for his involvement in the 1965 Voting Rights Act which banned racial discrimination from the voting polls. He was
Continue ReadingProtests in Portland, Oregon have been a nightly occurrence for more than 50 days, but one man hadn’t attended any until Saturday night. Navy veteran Chris David, 53, told CNN over the phone Sunday that he had never been to a protest, but felt “enraged” when he saw federal officers on the scene and wanted
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop during the afternoon and nighttime hours this week. Rain some of the storms will be capable of producing periods of moderate to heavy rain. Temperatures will climb back to near normal throughout the week.
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Juice Wrold’s posthumous album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the biggest album so far this year. Billboard reported that “Legends Never Die” moved 497,000 equivalent album units in the US in the week ending July 16. The rapper died in December at the age of 21 following a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ELON, NC (WGHP) — Elon University students are worried about required COVID-19 testing heading into the fall semester. Price and only having one option of where to get tested are their biggest concerns. FOX8 reached out to some of those students and a university spokesperson about why the
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Click here for updates on this story New Orleans, LA (WGNO) — They’ve rescued people from floods in Texas and searched through tornado rubble in Alabama. Making their way through “every inch” of the collapsed Hard Rock Hotel on Canal Street has been their biggest job yet — and it isn’t over. Nine months after
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A rare LeBron James trading card sold for a record-breaking $1.845 million at auction over the weekend, the NBA said. The card features James, now at the Los Angeles Lakers, during his 2003-04 rookie season at hometown team the Cleveland Cavaliers and is now the most expensive basketball card ever purchased. According to the NBA,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story METAIRIE, LA (WGNO) — There’s a mysterious case of laundry and clothes going missing in Metairie on Oaklawn Drive. The culprit has four-legs and is known as the “Cat Burglar.” “My cat is a kleptomaniac and he keeps taking the neighbor’s stuff,” Heather Bardi, cat owner said. Heather
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, PA (WPMT) — Police say a man was struck on the back by a hatchet and another struck on the head with a bottle, during a dispute with a third man in Lebanon. On Saturday afternoon, police say they were dispatched to the hospital to investigate after
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Lewis Hamilton says Formula One must do more in the fight against racism as he criticized some of his rival drivers for not taking the issue seriously enough. The 35-year-old’s comments came after he won the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday where he was left frustrated by the lack of unity on display. Hamilton wore
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — Two teenagers allegedly caught fish and killed them on the rocks in Lancaster County on Friday, according to officials. Authorities were dispatched to a location on the 700 block of East Millport Road at Millport Conservancy. Police were requested to respond and investigate
Continue Reading From isolated English beaches to plunge pools in the Costa Rican cloud forest. Icy ponds at five-star hotels in the heart of Peru to quiet riverbanks in the Japanese Alps. These swimming spots are the ultimate escape for those looking for adventure once the months of being unable to hit the road finally come to
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It doesn’t end with a negative test. Covid-19 survivors are discovering scary long-term effects of the disease. Strolls that feel like climbing Mount Everest. Brain fog and problems with short-term memory make reading, writing and speaking harder. Chronic fatigue, breathlessness, and muscle pain turn simple everyday tasks into difficult chores. Returning to work is out
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More than 1,700 people have signed a petition urging Trader Joe’s to change the labeling of some of its international food products, calling the grocery chain’s branding “racist.” “The grocery chain labels some of its ethnic foods with modifications of “Joe” that belies a narrative of exoticism that perpetuates harmful stereotypes,” the petition, which a
Continue Reading As the US stock market has made a dramatic recovery from March lows, it has felt at times as if the market and the economy are no longer on speaking terms. While the stock market has been volatile in recent months, it has trended strongly upward and the Nasdaq has hit record highs. Meanwhile, the
Continue Reading A number of the NFL’s leading players have raised their concerns over the league’s Covid-19 safety protocols as teams prepare to start training camps ahead of the season. Super Bowl 2020 MVP Patrick Mahomes and fellow Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Drew Brees and Russell Wilson all called for the league to strengthen protocols to ensure players’
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Scientists in New Zealand have invented an alert system to provide warnings ahead of volcanic eruptions — a system which, they say, could have predicted 2019’s deadly White Island blast. 21 people were killed following an eruption on the volcanic island, also known as Whakaari, on December 9, 2019, while tourists were visiting the site.
Continue Reading Golf legend Jack Nicklaus announced Sunday he and his wife, Barbara, both tested positive for the Covid-19 virus in March. The 80-year-old, who is hosting this week’s Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, told CBS’ Jim Nantz on Sunday that he dealt with a sore throat and cough and that his wife was asymptomatic. “It didn’t
Continue Reading Actor, musician, film producer and, now, comic-book writer. Is there anything Keanu Reeves can’t do? The Hollywood action man has teamed up with New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Matt Kindt to produce a 12-issue comic-book series, “BRZRKR.” Illustrated by Alessandro Vitti and distributed through Boom! Studios, which also publishes “Power Rangers” and “Bill and
Continue Reading Lionel Messi continues to ruthlessly tear through the record books. The Argentine maestro’s two goals against Alaves on the final day of the La Liga season cemented his seventh La Liga golden boot, eclipsing a record he previously jointly held with Telmo Zarra. It also marks the fourth season in a row the Barcelona captain
Continue Reading Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere will be able to see the comet NEOWISE in the sky this month. Take advantage now, because once it disappears from view it won’t be visible here for another 6,800 years. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On With Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading For more than fifty days, protests in Portland have carried on. While many have been peaceful, those demonstrations have also been marked by violence, vandalism, arson, arrests and allegations of police brutality. Last week, the state’s US Attorney called for an investigation into why some protesters were being taken by federal agents without badges and
Continue Reading A “wartime” state has been declared in the capital of Xinjiang, home to China’s persecuted Muslim-majority Uyghur ethnic group, as authorities implement strict and sweeping measures to stem a spike in coronavirus cases. The city of Urumqi reported 17 local infections Sunday, meaning that 47 cases have been identified since last Wednesday. Before that, it
Continue Reading When the Netherlands introduced lockdown measures in mid-March, Amsterdam’s Red Light District transformed into a ghost town overnight. Coronavirus dealt a devastating blow to the Dutch capital’s notorious window brothels and left over 300 legally operating sex workers without an income for almost four months. The district in Amsterdam’s historic center, known locally as De
Continue Reading Malaysia has discovered 110 containers of illegally dumped toxic waste in what authorities are calling “the biggest finding of its kind” in the country’s history, according to state media Bernama. The containers were dumped last month at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, in Johor state, Bernama reported on Sunday. Inside was 1,864 tonnes of electric
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First, health officials said we shouldn’t wear face masks. Then, they said we should. Now, many are saying we must wear masks if we want to protect the economy, reopen more schools and save tens of thousands of lives. “If we all wore face coverings for the next four, six, eight, 12 weeks across the
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WASHINGTON, DC — The new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the latest to show former Vice President Joe Biden on a roll. He leads President Donald Trump 55% to 40% among registered voters. It’s a slightly tighter 54% to 44% among likely voters. Public preference for Biden over Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March, boosting Biden – along with
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EL PASO, Texas — Joe Biden’s campaign debuted its first general election television ad in El Paso on ABC-7 over the weekend, dipping its toes in a state long considered a Republican stronghold and one that’s seen an uptick in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks. The minute-long coronavirus-focused spot, titled “Tough,” is part of a new mid-six figure broadcast and digital
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to be living in an alternate reality when it comes to the COVID-19 threat. Over the weekend, he clung to the misguided notion that the virus will just “disappear” even as his top science experts and GOP allies bluntly say otherwise. Trump also continued to wrongly insist that
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