The American Ornithological Society is the latest organization to shed a problematic name from the past. The organization has announced it is renaming the McCown’s longspur, a little prairie bird native to the Southwest and northern Plains that originally was named after Confederate Gen. John Porter McCown. The bird will now be known as the
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Click here for updates on this story Ankeny, IA (WHO) — The Iowa DNR says 800 gallons of milk that spoiled during the Derecho power outage was dumped into a storm drain outside an Ankeny Hy-Vee and is now flowing towards Fourmile Creek. According to a news release from the DNR, officers responded to a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AVON, IA (WHO) — Roughly 150 residents in the unincorporated town of Avon Lake are without power, water or sewage, and they are not sure when they will get it back. Charlie Freeman, a resident in Avon, said because the town does not belong to a particular municipality,
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Firefighters across three Western states are battling wildfires that have destroyed more than 73,000 acres. Evacuations orders have been issued in areas threatened by the Lake Fire in California’s Los Angeles County, the Mosier Creek Fire in central Oregon, and the Pine Gulch and Grizzly Creek fires in Colorado. More than 100 homes have been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AMES, IA (WHO) — Internet connection has been one of the main topics of discussion among school districts. For some Iowa families, the issue with internet access has less to do with the price tag and more so the area code. Greg Artz lives no more than a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Like many young adults in the early 1950’s, Helen Kevrick had a family member who had served in World War II. Helen’s Uncle Buddy was a Coast Guard veteran wounded in action and he was her hero. She wanted to be like Buddy
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One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you burst into flames like the Human Torch in “Project Power,” one of those Netflix action movies that probably would make some money if released into theaters. The undercooked plot works just well enough to fuel this vehicle for Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, mashing up
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US international Reggie Cannon has described the booing of players who took a knee during the national anthem before a Major League Soccer match as “absolutely disgusting.” At least one fan could be heard voicing displeasure in Sky Sports’ coverage as players from FC Dallas and Nashville knelt in protest against racial injustice. Speaking to
Continue Reading One of the year’s best documentaries, “Boys State” presents a fascinating look at teenagers brought together for an exercise in government, which somehow manages to unerringly encapsulate partisan divisions in the US right now. An opening medley of past participants — including Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Cory Booker, Rush Limbaugh and Supreme Court Justice Sam
Continue Reading Can we please go back in time before 2020? Like, seriously, pick just about any other year from the past 40 or so. The year 2020 has been a constant barrage of “a lotness.” With a cultural reckoning with racism and a pandemic, “murder hornets” and even a coin shortage (seriously, how do we have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A Nashville massage therapist facing an ongoing criminal investigation for complaints of inappropriate sexual behavior towards his clients had his license revoked on Wednesday. The State Board of Massage licensure voted unanimously to revoke the license for Tarek Mentouri, who has been the focus
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, could also be the first of its kind to be scrapped by someone other than the military and the Navy has its eyes on the Mobile River. Since it was decommissioned in 2012, it’s been sitting
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MIDLAND, Texas — Southwest Airlines removed a passenger and her 3-year-old son from a Monday flight after the boy, who has autism, refused to wear a face mask and became upset. Passenger Alyssa Sadler, who was also traveling with her 1-year-old daughter, told CNN affiliate KPRC that the family was deplaned from the Southwest flight
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The ABC-7 First Alert continues for dangerous heat. We shattered the previous of 102 set in 2016 yesterday hitting 107. This is the second warmest high on record for the month.We typically see the triple-digits end on August 2nd but this week will be filled with record temperatures.The heatwave persists through the weekend although the
Continue Reading It’s the kind of thing you see in the movies. For one California police officer, it was just a day on the job. Officer Erica Urrea spotted a man in a wheelchair who appeared to be stuck on train tracks, according to a news release from her department in Lodi, near Sacramento. As the railroad
Continue Reading Another 963,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Department of Labor said Thursday. This was the lowest number of weekly initial claims since the pandemic shut down the US economy. It is the first time in five months that fewer than 1 million have filed for first-time
Continue Reading The sister of slain technology entrepreneur Fahim Saleh has recounted her reaction to hearing the horrifying news that her brother had been found dismembered in a New York City apartment. “I dropped the phone and crawled onto the wooden floor, touching its cold, hard surface with the palms of my hands. I shook my head.’No,
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EL PASO, Texas – Public health officials reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths in El Paso Thursday morning. They announced the virus had killed another 20 people, the highest single-day increase reported in El Paso County. The previous record was 15 new deaths reported on July 23. A total of 330 people have now
Continue Reading In a powerful and emotional Medium post, the sister of murdered technology entrepreneur Fahim Saleh recounts receiving the news that her brother was found dismembered in a New York City apartment last month. “I dropped the phone and crawled onto the wooden floor, touching its cold, hard surface with the palms of my hands. I
Continue Reading Let’s say you’re ready to ditch your ho-hum job and swap it out for a not-so-typical, always dangerous, adrenaline-pumping kind of career. If that’s the case, shark cinematography might be a good fit for you. That is, if you are OK with the possibility of an 1,400-pound tiger shark occasionally stealing your camera gear. Or
Continue Reading Scores of people in an Oregon city blocked the path of buses carrying ICE detainees for hours Wednesday, until federal agents arrived and removed the detainees and some officers from the vehicles overnight, CNN affiliate KTVZ reported. The intervening federal agents appeared to use a spray to compel protesters to move from the unmarked buses
Continue Reading Actor Eugene Levy won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival this year, and the organizers sent him a special video to celebrate. Levy was so touched by the montage — which featured Steve Martin, Martin Short and Andrea Martin as well as the cast of comedy show “Schitt’s Creek” — that
Continue Reading A small town in Georgia has voted to move a former slave market out of the center of town. Louisville, located about 45 miles southwest of Augusta, was the first capital of the state and has been home of the Old Market House since 1795. The structure was a former slave market and sits in
Continue Reading With Broadway shut down because of the pandemic, shows have had to pivot. The producers of “Diana: A New Musical” about the late Diana, Princess of Wales, have announced it will premiere on Netflix next year ahead of the planned Broadway opening. The show had begun previews on March 2 and was scheduled to open
Continue Reading Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have set down roots in Santa Barbara, California. A representative for the couple told CNN that they moved into the home last month. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into their family home in July of this year,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “They have settled into the
Continue Reading It took a whirlwind 149 seconds for Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League fortunes to take a dramatic turn on Wednesday, a last-gasp victory over Atalanta ensuring the club could yet shed its status as the competition’s most high-profile underachiever. After years of falling short in Europe, PSG’s superstar squad assembled on a big budget simply couldn’t
Continue Reading Stephanie Scherrer was settling in for her two-hour Southwest Airlines flight from Denver, Colorado to her home in Los Angeles, California. Her face covering was on, her hand sanitizer was ready, she’d wiped down the seats and her two kids were also masked up. It was July 15. Scherrer, a high school counselor, had thought
Continue Reading Famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has volunteered for a coronavirus vaccine trial and claimed he will “do anything” to prove that theaters can reopen safely. Lloyd Webber announced the move on Twitter on Wednesday and received high praise from those in the theater and acting industries. “I am excited that tomorrow I am going to
Continue Reading It’s still peak wildfire season in the West, and in California, Oregon and Colorado, firefighters are battling destructive blazes that have already burned more than 60,000 acres. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered
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For NBA players, life in the “bubble” in Orlando, Florida, isn’t easy. You’re away from your family and stuck in a hotel room with limited interaction outside of your team. For Glenn Robinson III of the Philadelphia 76ers, what makes it harder is living without his two-year-old daughter, Ariana, who is at home and thinks
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