This isn’t the first time leaders have struggled with deciding whether to keep schools open in a pandemic. During the influenza pandemic in 1918, even though the world was a very different place, the discussion was just as heated. That pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including 675,000 Americans, before it was all
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Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — A COVID-19 testing site in South Omaha is closing. The Douglas County Health Board met with Health Director Dr. Adi Pour to ask why. According to Dr. Pour, the site near 50th and G streets is closing this month due to staffing. The site
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, MA (WBZ) — The start of Nili Amir’s medical career is happening at the very same place she began her life: UMass Memorial in Worcester. It’s rewarding to work and learn in her own community hospital – but she had no idea the treat to come on
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There is no denying that vaping is popular among teens, with one-third of US high school students reporting they have vaped or used other electronic nicotine products recently, according to a 2019 study. It doesn’t stay cool for all of them, with almost half of surveyed teens reporting they seriously thought about quitting, according to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins has designed a new robotic system to help hospitals and protect frontline workers. The robot will give medical staff the ability to remotely operate ventilators and other bedside machines from outside intensive care rooms. The system is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, O’ahu (KITV) — Hawaiian Airlines says the latest delay of the pre-travel testing program means even less demand for travel. This week, this delay eliminated 185 management positions. Most through voluntary packages and doing away with vacant positions. The company says more than 2,000 of its union
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MI, USA (WNEM) — The Coast Guard Investigative Service and the Michigan State Police are asking the public for help finding the pilot of an airplane who flew under the Mackinac Bridge during a busy travel weekend. MSP and CGIS are looking for clear photos, video, or other
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — More than 2,000 school-aged children in Tennessee have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks since schools reopened. The figure makes up about 10 percent of the total cases across the state. It’s also important to note, these cases are not
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Lava tubes beneath the surface of Mars and the moon could be, respectively, 100 and 1,000 times wider than lava tubes on Earth, which could provide shelter and create exploration opportunities for astronauts in the future, according to a new study. Lava tubes are caves created by lava as it flows from a volcanic vent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Health Authority reported 11 additional COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, bringing the state’s death toll to 408. Health officials also reported 203 new confirmed and presumptive cases of the coronavirus statewide on Wednesday. There’s been 23,870 cases of COVID-19 in Oregon during the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — Now that OPS students are learning from home, some of their working parents are facing a dilemma; risk losing their job and stay home or pay for someone to watch their kids. For some parents, paying for childcare just isn’t an option. “It’s so
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — A letter sent to Douglas County voters is causing some confusion on how to request an early ballot for the upcoming November election. The letter is from The Center for Voter Information out of Missouri. The organization states they are a non-government nonprofit organization
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STORRS, CT (WFSB) — More students at the University of Connecticut have tested positive for coronavirus. On Wednesday, the university said there is now a total of eight students on campus who have tested positive for COVID-19. This is now out of 5,042 tests that have been performed,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARSHALL, TX (KTBS) — The Confederate monument in downtown Marshall will remain on the grounds of the historical Harrison County Courthouse, according to a report in the Marshall News Messenger. Harrison County commissioners Wednesday morning took no action on the possible relocation of the monument after Pct. 2
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — On Wednesday, New Mexico State University students entered their classrooms for the first time since March. “We’re really excited,” Chancellor Dan Arvizu told ABC-7 on Wednesday. “Top priority is making sure we maintain the health and safety of students, faculty and staff.” About ten percent of classes this semester will
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Oprah Winfrey wants the employees at her network to own the importance of Election Day, so she’s giving them the day off. By making November 3 a company holiday, Winfrey said she hopes to honor “those who fought and continue to fight for our rights.” “This will give my team the necessary time to put
Continue Reading Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine is putting up billboards around Louisville, Kentucky, calling for the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor to be arrested and charged. Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was shot multiple times in March by police forcing their way into her apartment while executing a no-knock warrant. O Magazine is putting up
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Ga. (WGCL) — Over a hundred residents at a Buckhead apartment complex were displaced after a massive multiple-alarm fire broke out early Wednesday afternoon and quickly engulfed the building. Crews were still on the scene hours later battling the blaze at the Avana on Main Apartments located
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HORIZON CITY, Texas — Ricardo Estrada Middle School in Horizon City was on lockdown for a couple of hours Wednesday. Horizon police asked that the school be placed on lockdown due to an off-campus incident that apparently involved a barricaded man. No further details were provided by either police or the El Paso County Sheriff’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, MO (KMOV) — Emergency crews rushed to St. Clair Square on Tuesday following a shooting outside the food court entrance. Police said they were dispatched to the mall at 3:10 p.m. for a “disturbance” between two men. Upon arrival, officers learned that one man fired a
Continue Reading A billboard calling for action in the killing of Breonna Taylor was vandalized with red paint on Tuesday in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine put up 26 billboards around the city earlier this month demanding that the Louisville police officers involved in her death be arrested and charged. Taylor, a 26-year-old
Continue Reading A person who spent hours at a bar during the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last week has tested positive for Covid-19, state health officials said Tuesday. The potential exposure came during the city’s 80th annual Sturgis motorcycle rally August 7-16. Health experts were concerned the mass gathering could be a “super-spreader” event, as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Many businesses are struggling to stay afloat as COVID-19 continues having a major impact on the economy. Brian Hall, chief marketing officer for Explore St. Louis, said the hospitality industry has by far been hit the hardest during the pandemic. “There has been
Continue Reading At 98, producer Norman Lear is the oldest person ever nominated for or to win an Emmy Award — milestones made sweeter by the fact that this year his wife, Lyn Davis Lear, is a fellow nominee. “We thought maybe we were a record as a couple,” Norman Lear said, which they technically are, edging
Continue Reading One of the National Rifle Association’s highest ranking executives — former chief of staff to CEO Wayne LaPierre — is poised to release a tell-all book that apparently will detail an organization “rife with fraud and corruption” and with finances in “shambles.” Josh Powell’s book to be published September 8, “Inside the NRA: A Tell-All
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JAMESPORT, MO (KCTV) — Emergency crews say no one was hurt Wednesday morning when the United States Post Office building in the small north-central Missouri town of Jamesport collapsed. Officials with the Daviess County Emergency Management Agency said that the building collapse happened around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MI, USA (WNEM) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined a coalition of governors who are pledging to uphold the integrity of the November general election and to ensure every voter can vote safely, whether its by mail or in person at the polls. Whitmer said her pledge is in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Bay County MI (WNEM) — A Wayne County man who turned himself into Bay County Deputies after being accused of shooting four people in southern Michigan has been arraigned. Raymond Lee Bailey, 37, of Kinross, was arraigned on August 19 on four counts of first-degree murder and four
Continue Reading The president of New York City’s teachers’ union said no adult or child should be allowed into a New York City school building without proof of either a negative Covid-19 diagnostic test or a positive antibody test. The request is part of the school safety reopening plan presented during a press conference Wednesday by Michael
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Loss of smell and taste is more severe in Covid-19 patients than in patients with common colds and that could be due to the effect the coronavirus has on the brain and nervous system, British researchers reported on Wednesday. Loss of smell and taste is a symptom of Covid-19, but patients infected with coronaviruses that
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