Click here for updates on this story Midland, MI (WNEM) — The Kiwassee Lake in Midland’s Stratford Woods Park is closed until further notice due to high levels of bacteria in the water. The bacteria is from storm water runoff, the city said in a press release on Thursday, July 30. The Midland County Department
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Google’s parent company Alphabet posted the first revenue decline in its history during the three months ended in June, a sign of just how much the global pandemic and economic downturn is straining its core advertising business. The internet giant on Thursday reported nearly $38.3 billion in revenue for the second quarter, down 2% from
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico has extended its stay-at-home health order with minor revisions through the end of August in response to a surge in coronavirus cases, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday afternoon. Face masks will also remain required in all public places, she said, and law enforcement may issue citations to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINDSOR LOCKS, CT (WFSB) — Travelers may feel a little more comfortable flying out of Bradley International Airport when it comes to using their bathrooms. Within the next month or so, all of the restrooms at the airport will be new and improved. “The approach that we took
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A “Black Lives Matter” mural that was recently painted on a street surface in Tulsa’s Greenwood District must be removed because it did not receive approval from the city, officials said this week. Artists and volunteers, who are not officially affiliated with the Black Lives Matter organization, painted the large lettering on June 18, one
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It took a powerful singer to usher in the spirit to bid a powerful man farewell. Singer Jennifer Holliday sang Thursday at the funeral service for Congressman John Lewis, which was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. The event capped a six-day memorial for Lewis, a beloved civil rights icon. Holliday first came to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LYCOMING COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — The PIAA has put out new guidelines for high school sports for the upcoming fall sports season. The guidelines include start dates for sports, health and safety rules, and a few orders from Gov. Wolf on spectators. Ron Insinger is the athletic director
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EL PASO, Texas — While the Texas Attorney General has stated statistics about the deadly Covid-19 pandemic in taxpayer facilities are public records, the City of El Paso is still holding out for more guidance. The Office of Attorney General Ken Paxton ruled July 6 that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, or
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EL PASO, Texas — A semi-truck flipped onto its side Thursday afternoon along the on-ramp to Interstate 10 eastbound from Redd Road in west El Paso. Fire dispatchers indicated there were no injuries reported in the crash, which occurred a bit before noon. Transportation officials were working to set the truck back upright. The on-ramp to
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Two staff members of the Philadelphia Phillies staff tested positive for coronavirus days after the team played the Miami Marlins, whose season is on hold due to a Covid-19 outbreak within the Florida club. The Phillies said no players tested positive for the virus, but one member of the coaching staff and a clubhouse staff
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JENNINGS, MO (KCTV) — Yolonda Fountain-Henderson said she understands the anxiety parents are feeling about sending their kids back to school in the fall. “It’s hard, it’s really hard, because I’ve heard student’s who’ve gotten the virus,” she said. Fountain-Henderson is a parent to a 13-year-old and she’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WALTON COUNTY, FL (WALA) — A Wewahithcka man walked into a car dealership in Okaloosa County and left in a Porsche after paying with a check printed from his home computer, officials reported Thursday. Officials say 42-year-old Casey William Kelley was arrested for grand theft of a motor
Continue Reading The entire Rutgers University football program is under quarantine and has temporarily halted all in-person activities, all the result of individuals attending a gathering. At least 15 players have tested positive for Covid-19 so far, according to New Jersey State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli. “We have had several circumstances where indoor and outdoor gatherings in
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The immune systems of some people who have not been exposed to the novel coronavirus could have some familiarity with the pathogen — possibly helping to reduce the severity of illness if that person does get Covid-19, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, found that among a sample
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Three Chicago police officers were shot outside a station house Thursday while trying to take a suspected carjacker into custody, Police Superintendent David Brown said. One officer was shot in the chin and protective vest, another was hit in the hip and a bullet struck a third officer’s protective vest, according to Brown. The three
Continue Reading The NFL’s chief medical officer says it’s not surprising there have been positive tests for COVID-19 among players reporting to training camp. Dr. Allen Sills notes that the disease is cutting across football just as it has through societies around the world. Speaking on a conference call on Thursday, Sills said the league wanted to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CARBON COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — The Carbon County Courthouse is ready to welcome jurors back into the courtroom next week. To make those reporting feel comfortable, several safety and social distancing measures have been put into place. Plexiglass barriers have been installed at the witness stand and in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — Massachusetts residents have reported receiving about 400 packages of unsolicited seeds as part of unsolicited deliveries reported nationwide from China. The USDA said Tuesday that it “is aware that people across the country have received suspicious, unsolicited packages of seed that appear to be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SILVER SPRING, MD (WJZ) — Police have arrested the man they said fired a shot at another vehicle on the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County earlier this week. Maryland State Police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Michael Andre Holmes of Annapolis. Police arrested Holmes at his home
Continue Reading If Drew Barrymore’s first promo for her upcoming syndicated daytime talk show is any indication, we’re in for some fun. In it, a now 45-year-old Barrymore interviews her 7-year-old self, using actual footage of herself as a young kid from a classic appearance she did on “The Tonight Show,” when it was hosted by Johnny
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — Michelle Lujan Grisham has not received the attention of many higher-profile candidates under consideration to be Joe Biden’s running mate. But she has a resume that few of them can match. The New Mexico governor has executive experience and served in the U.S. House and as her state’s health secretary. Tested by the coronavirus
Continue Reading Individuals with a cervix are now recommended to start cervical cancers screening at 25 and continue through age 65, with the primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing every five years as the preferred method of testing, according to a new guideline released Thursday by the American Cancer Society. The cervical cancer screening recommendations say that HPV
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SURRY COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A truck loaded with chickens ran off the road in Surry County, according to Surry County EMS. The incident began at about 6:55 a.m. Thursday, according to N.C. Department of Transportation. The truck reportedly ran off of N.C. 268 near Copeland School Road.
Continue Reading Children younger than 5 have between 10 and 100 times more genetic material from the novel coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and to adults, according to a small study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. While the study didn’t measure transmissibility, it raises questions — just as schools start to reopen
Continue Reading British wheelchair basketball athlete George Bates has said he is considering having his leg amputated after a rule change left him ineligible to play for Great Britain. The 26-year-old Bates, who is from Leicester, England, would have been likely to represent GB at the Paralympics in Japan in 2021, but the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Army on Thursday named the five members of the independent panel that will soon review the command climate and culture at Fort Hood, Texas, in the wake of Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s murder and her family’s claims that she was too intimidated to report allegations of sexual harassment by a fellow
Continue Reading A federal judge delayed the unsealing of a deposition of Jeffery Epstein’s former girlfriend and alleged accomplice to allow her time to appeal its release. US District Judge Loretta Preska denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to block the release of depositions from a 2016 civil lawsuit Wednesday but delayed the unsealing until Monday so Maxwell could
Continue Reading Tina Carroll says she fights back tears at night trying to figure out how to juggle being a single mom and an employee who needs be at work during a pandemic. “I really don’t know what my son is going to do. It really puts me in between a rock and a hard place,” the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 at Noon sat down with United Way to discuss memorial events ahead of the anniversary of the Walmart mass shooting. Events include a luminaria drive-thru at Ascarate Park and a virtual trauma-informed yoga hour. For a complete listing of events, visit elpasounited.org/loveforelpaso
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WASHINGTON, DC — In yet another sign that the economic recovery is teetering in a resurgence of coronavirus cases, the number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims rose for the second week in a row. Some 1.4 million people filed for initial jobless claims last week, up 12,000 from the prior week’s revised level, which
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