Click here for updates on this story PA (WPMT) — State Fire Commissioner Bruce Trego announced today that the Office of State Fire Commissioner (OSFC) opened registration on July 6 for state grants aimed at providing direct financial relief to fire, rescue, and emergency medical service (EMS) companies negatively impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
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Seattle authorities have identified the remains of two people who were discovered by teens shooting TikTok videos last month. The two victims, Jessica Lewis, 35, and Austin Wenner, 27, were shot days earlier, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. A family member said the two had dated for years. About a week later,
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Hollywood is hoping for the best as the search continues for missing “Glee” star Naya Rivera. Rivera, 33, vanished from Lake Piru in Ventura County in southern California on Wednesday evening after taking out a boat with a four-year-old. The youngster was found asleep in the boat wearing a life jacket by a passerby Wednesday,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALTOONA, IA (WHO) — A reward of $100,000 is being offered to help find whoever placed a noose at a work site on the Facebook Data Center campus in Altoona back in June. Thursday, North America’s Building Trades Unions and the Central Iowa Building Trades Council announced they
Continue Reading “The Crown” series creator Peter Morgan had announced season 5 would be its last. Turns out, he had a change of heart. Netflix revealed Thursday that its hit series, which focuses on the British royal family, has been renewed for a sixth and final season. “As we started to discuss the story lines for Series
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Federal prosecutors in New York City are asking that the jury in R. Kelly’s trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges be kept anonymous from the public, prosecutors and the defense team during proceedings. They also want jurors to be partially sequestered because of significant media coverage of the case — and the singer’s alleged
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KDVR) — All across the country, Christopher Columbus statues have been toppled to the ground. Denver was no exception. However, the city’s statue in Civic Center Park wasn’t the only reference to Columbus that is possibly being erased from our city’s landscape. Denver City Councilmember Amanda
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Deputies are searching for a suspect who is accused of assaulting a young girl after entering an apartment in Washington County on Wednesday. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said the incident occurred on Northwest Heritage Parkway in the area of Southwest 185th Avenue
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The Dow and the broader US stock market tumbled on Thursday after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Trump administration. The court ruled that the President has to hand over his financial documents and tax returns to the New York district attorney, though that’s unlikely to happen before the US election. The stock
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — The hotel industry took a hit when the COVID-19 virus slowed business across the country. Now the hotels are working hard to make customers feel more comfortable staying away from home. At the Omaha Hilton, a cell phone is now a valuable tool for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLAYTON COUNTY, GA (WGCL ) — A Clayton County mother is behind bars charged with murdering her daughter, officials said. According to the Clayton County Sheriff’s office, on January 6th, police officers responded to a call reporting a juvenile found unconscious at an apartment in Jonesboro. Officials wrote
Continue Reading A driver has been charged in the death of Summer Taylor, a 24-year-old protester killed during a demonstration on a closed highway on July Fourth in Seattle. Dawit Kelete, 27, has been charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving. Prosecutors requested $1.2 million bail, the criminal complaint filed in King County, Washington, Superior
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, AL (WALA) — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) investigated eight deaths during the Fourth of July holiday period, from 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 3, to midnight Sunday, July 5. ALEA troopers in the Marine Patrol Division investigated two non-boating fatalities (drownings), and troopers in the Highway
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It’s as if Fernando Alonso can’t quite imagine a life without a steering wheel in his hands. Which helps explain the two-time Formula One world champion’s decision to make a comeback with Renault next season less than two years after bidding farewell to the sport. “I think life is sort of taking the decisions that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEDERLAND, CO (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is urging caution after multiple reports of bears displaying aggressive or abnormal behavior in the Nederland area. On Monday morning, a man reported shooting a bear near Nederland while staying in a dispersed camping area. The man told investigators he
Continue Reading A statue of Melania Trump has been removed from near her hometown in Slovenia after being badly burned by vandals. The statue, near Sevnica, central Slovenia, was set alight on July 5, Slovenian Police confirmed to CNN Thursday. Brad Downey, the artist who commissioned the piece, told CNN Thursday that he received a call from
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City/County Health Authority of El Paso issued a new order Thursday that delays the start of in-person classes for all schools in the county until after Sept. 7. El Paso’s Health Authority, along with city and county leaders, met with school superintendents earlier this week to discuss the change.
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Just before the lockdown began, London-based writer Valentina Valentini made the choice of a lifetime: She agreed to marry her partner. She didn’t think twice about it. A few weeks later, Valentini was struggling with pandemic-related anxiety that made even the most basic decisions seem daunting. “It was just sort of this anxiety around everything,”
Continue Reading A study published Thursday found a significant increase in “broken heart syndrome” at two Ohio hospitals among some patients who don’t have coronavirus, suggesting that the physical, social and economic stressors from the pandemic are taking a physical toll. Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo syndrome — which is often called “broken heart syndrome” — occurs when
Continue Reading Dolphins may seem cute and friendly, but the largest member of the dolphin family is actually none other than the ultimate hunter of the sea — the killer whale, also known as an orca. Now researchers have confirmed that an ancient dolphin that lived during the Oligocene Epoch — 33.9 million to 23 million years
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MI (WNEM) — People are upset after a prom took place at a Mid-Michigan banquet center Tuesday night. “It’s not right,” said Steve Dobis, owner of Forest Edge and Hellenic Banquet Center. That’s how Dobis felt after witnessing the prom event on social media Tuesday night. He said
Continue Reading With its engine behind the driver instead of under the hood, General Motors’ new Chevrolet Corvette represents a huge change for one of America’s most famous cars. While the reason for the new design may not be immediately obvious, it will be later on when GM unveils more powerful versions of the company’s flagship sports
Continue Reading MaliVai Washington is a “little sad.” That’s because he holds a 24-year record that he never expected to possess for so long — he’s the last African-American man to reach a grand slam final. On July 7, 1996, Washington strode onto Centre Court beside Dutchman Richard Krajicek for the biggest match of his career: the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — A nationwide coalition of labor advocates has filed a civil rights complaint with the US Department of Agriculture. They allege that meat processors JBS and Tyson have engaged in racist practices when it comes to protecting workers from coronavirus. “It’s bad enough that yes,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, AK (KFSM) — According to the Lowell Police Department, a University of Arkansas janitor has been arrested on Kidnapping and Sexual Assault charges. The U of A police log states Jason Qualls was arrested in the Science Engineering Building on campus Tuesday (July 7). According to a
Continue Reading In a rare sighting, conservationists have captured new images of the world’s rarest gorillas with several babies in southern Nigeria. The Cross River gorillas were spotted in the dense Mbe Mountains in Cross River state on a camera set up by the Wildlife Conservation Society. The subspecies is critically endangered and at one point only
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Three people were shot outside of the City Garden in downtown St. Louis Wednesday night. The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. at 9th and Market. According to police, two women in their 30s and a 16-year-old girl were shot by two men
Continue Reading(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said President Donald Trump is not immune from New York’s subpoena for his financial records, but a prosecutor will not get the documents now.
Continue Reading(CNN) — House Subpoenas for President Donald Trump’s financial documents will remain blocked, the Supreme Court said, sending a controversial case back down to the lower court for further review. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 7-2 opinion. Justices Thomas and Alito filed dissenting opinions. The President’s two nominees voted in the majority.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Rejecting President Donald Trump’s complaints that he’s being harassed, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a New York prosecutor’s demands for the billionaire president’s tax records. But in good political news for Trump, his taxes and other financial records almost certainly will be kept out of the public eye
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