Orlando Bloom’s “heart is already broken” over his missing dog. The actor is seeking assistance in locating Mighty. Bloom posted photos of his beloved pooch Wednesday on his verified Instagram account. “MIGHTY IS MISSING in Montecito California he is chipped and his collar has a number to call — if you take him to your
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Click here for updates on this story Lancaster County, PA (WPMT) — Officials from the agencies investigating the disappearance of Linda Stoltzfoos, an Amish woman who has been missing since Father’s Day, said the effort to find her is a “constant, ongoing, collaborative effort” at a press conference Thursday. The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — The family that plays together, wins together. At least that is the case for a Mid-Michigan man who won a $100,000 Fantasy 5 jackpot. Robert Owens, 50, from Fenton, matched the winning numbers drawn April 15 – 04-15-18-29-36 – to win the big prize. He
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The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine did not benefit non-hospitalized patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms who were treated early in their infection, according to a study published Thursday in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Scientists from University of Minnesota launched the trial March 22 to see if the drug could decrease the severity of symptoms
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Shreveport, LA (KTBS) — A former Shreveport veterinarian arrested in 2018 for improper record-keeping and misuse of controlled drugs pleaded guilty Monday in Caddo District Court to a misdemeanor offense and avoided a prison sentence. Additionally, her girlfriend, who was arrested during the same time in connection with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Tulsa, OK (WFOR) — An Oklahoma police officer shot during a traffic stop last month is being transferred to an out-of-state rehab facility after his release from the hospital. Around 3:30 a.m. on June 29, two officers with the Tulsa Police Department pulled over a vehicle in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Asheville, NC (WLOS) — Phase 2 of North Carolina’s reopening plans have been extended. Gov. Roy Cooper made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. The biggest impacts will be felt in Asheville’s bars, music venues and restaurants. Businesses classified as bars will remain closed, while restaurants will be allowed to
Continue Reading Get ready Directioners, the guys have something for you. It’s not an official reunion yet, but it was announced Thursday that One Direction is celebrating the group’s 10-year anniversary with new content. In honor of the special occasion, the boy band is launching a brand new anniversary website and will release a celebration video especially
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Forsyth County, NC (WGHP) — The Horse Education and Rescue Organization wants your help naming the newest member of the HERO family! On Thursday, the horse rescue shared the good news. For the second time in two months, one of HERO’s rescue horses gave birth. Speckles is the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Oklahoma City, OK (KFOR) — A sign outside a metro hair salon is offering more than just letters on a board, because behind it is a much deeper meaning. “That’s the problem with people who don’t take it seriously,” Jay Baker said. “It hasn’t affected their family members
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A week after New York City painted a “Black Lives Matter” mural on a Manhattan street, groups associated with the pro-police movement “Blue Lives Matter” say they want one of their own. Police advocacy groups Blue Lives Matter NYC and Standing Up for NYC have teamed up to call on NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio
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ONLINE AUCTION LINK: https://one.bidpal.net/utepathletics/welcome EL PASO, Texas – “Orange Fever Fiesta,” UTEP Athletics’ annual fundraising event to support student-athlete scholarships, will return on Saturday, Aug. 15. Thanks to a partnership with KVIA-TV, this year’s “Orange Fever Fiesta” will be broadcast live and streamed virtually. The 2020 edition will be bigger and better than ever before.
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Early Thursday, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken conducted a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station to replace nickel hydrogen batteries with lithium ion batteries for one of the station’s power channels. This is the culmination of the power system upgrades to the space station that have occurred over the last three and
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EL PASO, Texas — The Canutillo Independent School District announced Thursday that it will delay the planned start of the new school year by two weeks until Aug. 17. The first three weeks of classes will be online only. Then come Sept. 8, officials said parents may choose between students returning on-campus or continuing with
Continue Reading The man who made N95 masks so effective had been retired for over two years when the pandemic struck. But the inventor didn’t think twice about returning to work when healthcare workers needed him most. Peter Tsai, a Taiwanese American scientist who invented the synthetic fabric used to make N95 respirators, which is considered the
Continue Reading Three northern California churches have gone to federal court to challenge the state’s ban on singing and chanting in houses of worship, arguing that it unfairly singles out religious services while ignoring protests against police brutality. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the ban earlier this month in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus,
Continue Reading With skyrocketing coronavirus hospitalizations in several states, hard-hit counties in Arizona and Texas are preparing for the worst by bringing in refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up. The U.S. coronavirus outbreak hit nearly 3.5 million total infections Thursday morning and more than 137,000 reported deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Thirty-nine states
Continue Reading The grim milestones come quickly in the Sunshine State. The Florida Department of Health reported 156 new coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, the most yet in a 24-hour period. The previous high for daily deaths was 132, set on Tuesday. A total of 4,677 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the state. As of Thursday, Florida
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Simone Biles should have been competing at the Tokyo Olympics later this month. The coronavirus might have forced the Olympics’ postponement, but Biles is still showcasing her remarkable repertoire of gymnastic routines. The winner of four Olympic gold medals in Rio 2016, Biles posted a video on Twitter of herself performing a string of skills
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Muskogee, OK (KFOR) — The Muskogee Police Department and community is honoring a K-9 who passed away earlier this month. On July 1, K-9 officers were training at the department’s range, including K-9 Oli. After completing a short track, Office Hignite put Oli in an air conditioned car,
Continue Reading A South Florida police chase ended with a kangaroo in the back of a patrol car. Of course, it was the kangaroo they were chasing in the first place. Fort Lauderdale police found a lone kangaroo jumping around the city’s downtown area on Thursday morning. Officers fit a leash over its head and lifted the
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The United Kingdom this week dealt a major blow to Huawei by banning equipment made by the Chinese tech giant from its telecom networks, shutting Huawei out of a role in building the country’s superfast 5G wireless infrastructure. But Huawei Chief Security Officer Andy Purdy said he believes the United Kingdom’s decision was not related
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, IA (WQAD) — With an end to the pandemic nowhere in sight some students are choosing to stay closer to home this fall instead of going away to a four-year college. EICC is expecting to see students stay close for comfort amid the pandemic. Classrooms that have
Continue Reading A statue of a Black Lives Matter protester in Bristol, England, secretly installed overnight on the plinth where a monument to a slave trader had previously stood, has been removed by the local authority. British artist Marc Quinn erected a sculpture of activist Jen Reid in the early hours of Wednesday morning, weeks after protesters
Continue Reading You may be right, Billy Joel, it may be crazy to have tossed out that piano. Video of the superstar musician playing a discarded piano on a sidewalk on Long Island, New York, has been making the rounds. A rep for Joel confirmed to CNN it indeed is the Piano Man in the video, but
Continue Reading The moon is a constant in our lives. It causes Earth’s ocean tides to ebb and flow, it stabilizes the planet’s axial tilt and, until recently, it was assumed to have accompanied the Earth for over 4.5 billion years. A new study has posited that previous estimates of the moon’s age were millions of years
Continue Reading Award-winning US author Joanna Cole, who wrote “The Magic School Bus” series and other children’s books, has died at the age of 75. Cole lived in Sioux City, Iowa, and died on July 12, according to a statement from her publisher, Scholastic, sent to CNN Thursday. She was best known for “The Magic School Bus,”
Continue Reading The Invisible Man isn’t the only expert in making himself imperceptible with optics science. Species of ultra-black fish also have that tactic down pat, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology. To fend off predators, fish wield common camouflage strategies such as transparency and mirrored surfaces. These methods are successful in
Continue Reading There’s a new motto for parents when it comes to feeding babies from birth until 2 years of age: “Every bite counts.” That’s the takeaway from the first plan ever proposed for infants and toddlers by the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a group of experts charged with providing science-based recommendations twice each decade on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Granbury, TX (KTVT) — To protect the elderly from COVID-19, nursing homes have had restricted visitations for months. Nurse Peggy Needler uses paint to try to make residents’ time in isolation a little brighter and said it makes a difference. “Everybody needs to know that they are supported,
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