Bill Gates offered a sweet and funny video tribute to his billionaire pal Warren Buffett Sunday in honor of his 90th birthday. Doing his best Martha Stewart impression, and with Randy Newman’s “You Got a Friend” playing in the background, Gates made a delicious-looking Oreo cake, complete with Buffett’s face on the top, drawn in
Continue Reading Ian Group loves New York City. He was born and raised there. So he was as surprised as anyone when he and his wife bought a home in Boca Raton, Florida, and decided not to go back to the city. It was not a decision they took lightly. “I love going downstairs to my favorite
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Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP) — Two people are facing charges after stealing seven puppies from a pet store in Scranton. The suspects were captured a little after 3 a.m. Sunday morning. The duo allegedly broke a window and stole the dogs from a business called Puppies on Oak Street.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WCVB) — Hundreds rallied outside the Massachusetts State House on Sunday to protest the state’s mandate for all of the Commonwealth’s students to receive a flu shot by the end of the year. A sizable crowd had gathered on Beacon Street by 10 a.m. People who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WBAL) — An uproar over social media posts led to the firing of a member of Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration. Arthur Love IV was fired Saturday from his job as deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives. Posting as Mac Love on social media,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KOAT) — The devastation from Hurricane Laura has volunteers around the country flying in to help, including from in New Mexico. Friday two New Mexicans who are volunteers with the Red Cross left the Sunport to go to Louisiana to help those impacted by the hurricane.
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Citing criticism of government agencies and increasing public distrust of vaccines, several prominent physicians and experts are calling for the creation of an independent commission to review data from coronavirus vaccine trials before a vaccine is allowed on the market. The US Food and Drug Administration regulates vaccines, and its OK is all that’s needed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WBND) — Police were called to the 800 block of East Donald Street in South Bend Saturday night for shots fired in the neighborhood, which has left 7-year old Chrisyah Stephens dead. The tragedy left community members outraged. “I’m angry. We are always in this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HIGH POINT, NC (WGHP) — One hundred people gathered this afternoon to celebrate a milestone birthday of a High Point veteran. High Point resident Richard Hauser turns 100 years old Tuesday, but Sunday was the community celebration. FOX8 got the chance to catch up with him as he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (KETV) — A family wakes up to a barrage of bullets hitting a father in his sleep Sunday. This comes as Omaha deals with it’s highest number of shots fired calls in a decade. “It sounded like thunder. Like, boom, boom, boom,” Cristian Roman, the victim’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WALTON COUNTY, GA (WGCL) — A homeowner found quite the surprise Friday after finding a python in their backyard. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said the homeowner killed the large snake and turned it over to local authorities. The Georgia DNR’s Urban Wildlife Program said the python
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We’ll start the week under partly cloudy skies, windy with isolated showers developing this afternoon. We will finally get a break from the triple digits with temperatures climbing to the low 90s today. Tuesday, rain chances will be scattered we will see drier conditions by the end of the week.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s coronavirus death toll now stands at 419 after the Department of Public Health announced one new death. The victim was identified as a man in his 90s with underlying health conditions. The health department also announced 108 new cases and two “delayed” positive results. These are results that
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Gaze out to the English Channel from the southwest coast of the UK right now and you might see something unexpected — a series of gigantic cruise ships haunting the horizon. Their passengers have vanished and they’re going nowhere. While these ships, taken out of the service because of the coronavirus pandemic, are no longer
Continue Reading A kite-flying festival turned terrifying in Taiwan on Sunday when a 3-year-old girl became entangled in tail of giant kite and sent flying high into the air. The international kite festival was being held in the city of Hsinchu, south of the capital Taipei. Video of the accident, which circulated widely on social media, show
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Ind. (WXIN) — Some parents in northern Indiana are scared to send their children to school after one of the teens accused of planning a pair of schools shootings was released from jail. The other teen is set to be released this week. Investigators said 18-year-old John
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Tennis has been left divided following the launch of a breakaway players’ association, with Roger Fereder and Rafael Nadal among those to criticize its formation. The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) was unveiled on Sunday as a body separate to the ATP Tour and tennis’ first player-only council since 1972. It is being spearheaded by
Continue Reading South Africa is slowly emerging from one of the world’s strictest Covid-19 lockdowns. As the threat of the pandemic loomed in March its government sealed national borders, restricted public transport use and — in a particularly controversial move — banned the sale of alcohol for several weeks Government officials believe the drinking restrictions significantly reduced
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) — Greg Buzzard is a restaurant owner who often says the words “Without you, there is no us.” It’s a phrase he lives by while delivering food to those in the Bay City area through his businesses called The Guy’s BBQ and Grill. Time
Continue Reading Up until this point in our series, we’ve focused on creating and maintaining an effective exercise program. In Part I, we covered how to get into the right mindset and establish a habitual pattern of working out. In Part II, we focused on how to move your body effectively to prevent injury. Then, in Part
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Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A South City couple is thankful to be alive after a suspected gunman made his way into their Tower Grove Heights home early Saturday evening. Steve and Mimi Haag were at home, expecting a friend over for dinner when they heard a bang in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — There’s a naughty kitty in Louisiana that became an internet sensation all over the world, for stealing his neighbor’s laundry. Well now, it seems like he may be turning from his life of crime to charity work. The famous “Klepto Kitty” named “Admiral Galacticat
Continue Reading Ten years ago, Easton LaChappelle was a teen watching YouTube videos in his Colorado bedroom on how to build robot arms from LEGOs. Today, he’s the founder of Unlimited Tomorrow, a company that designs low-cost, 3D printed prosthetic limbs that can be operated with the mind. It was a chance encounter in the eighth grade
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLATTEVILLE, Wisc. (Quad-City Times) — ‘That Tree’ is no more. ‘That Tree’ — a majestic bur oak growing on a farm near Platteville, Wisconsin, made famous in a book by photographer Mark Hirsch — was toppled in the Aug. 10 derecho. Hirsch’s son drove the few miles from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Okla. (Tulsa World) — A Tulsa man was arrested late Friday after reportedly stealing and crashing a vehicle towing the “Trump Unity Bridge.” The traveling political attraction, decorated with American flags, a mini Lady Liberty and signs proclaiming “All lives matter” and “Build the wall,” hails from
Continue Reading Like other fairs around the country, the Minnesota State Fair looks a little different this year. For starters, no one can get out of their car. Over three weekends this summer, those lucky enough to snag a ticket to the Great Minnesota Get Together drive a one-way 1.5 mile route through the fair grounds, a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Okla. (Tulsa World) — Joe Thomas’ work as a battlefield medic had prompted a change of heart. And in the last letter the 20-year-old Tulsan wrote to his sister, he told her about it. “Before he left for Vietnam he was majoring in math,” Annette Thompson said.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wis. (Wisconsin State Journal) — Women line a hallway at the Salvation Army as a computer tablet rests on a stand atop a pole near the check-in desk. The equipment resembles a skeletal robot, but the human face of nurse Bre Loughlin appears on the screen. It’s
Continue Reading It was a case of “anything he can do, I can do better” for Jon Rahm at the BMW Championship on Sunday. After Dustin Johnson sunk a weaving, 43-foot birdie putt on the 18th green to force a playoff with Rahm, the world No. 2 went one better on the first hole of the pair’s
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