Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Fisk President Dr. Kevin Rome Sr. has been placed on leave after allegations from a local man who said he was drugged and threatened by the university official. Fisk University said in a statement that it learned of the allegations unrelated to the school on
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We can’t quite say sharks can be friends, but new evidence is showing us that sharks form social bonds with others and can work together — to a degree. Gray reef sharks regularly meet up together in the same groups, according to a new study published on Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.
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As US leaders work to control the spread of coronavirus, researchers across the globe are working to answer the mysteries that remain around infections. One of those mysteries: why the experience can be so different from person to person. One expert says the answer may involve looking at previous vaccines individuals have had. “When we
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EL PASO, Texas — After being shuttered by the City of El Paso due to financial woes, the defunct Butterfield Trail Golf Club will now reopen as early as this fall under a new operator. El Paso City Council decided Tuesday to lease management of the city-owned golf course and concessions to New Mexico-based Spirit
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials on Tuesday reported another 202 Covid-19 cases, with Doña Ana County accounting for a quarter of all those infections, bringing the state’s total to more than 22,640 since the pandemic began. In Doña Ana County, there were 50 new cases on Tuesday, which led the state,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, PA (WLOS) — The Medical Marijuana Advisory Board met virtaully Tuesday to discuss a number of changes to its program. COVID-19 may have had a negative impact on many businesses, but the medical marijuana industry in PA is booming. “Since the last time we met, on February
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MAGNOLIA, Ark. (KTBS) — Southern Arkansas University students returning to class Tuesday are mourning the loss of one of their classmates. A tragic shooting on campus overnight, left one student dead and another injured. No motive has been released, but administrators say the shooting was not random and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man suffered a “medical episode or incident” inside a Las Cruces Walmart store on Tuesday and died, police said. The incident happened at the Walmart at 3331 Rinconada Blvd., said police spokesman Dan Trujillo. The deceased was identified only as a man who was a customer shopping at the
Continue Reading The family of Elijah McClain filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Aurora, Colorado, in federal court. “Aurora’s unconstitutional conduct on the night of August 24, 2019, is part of a larger custom, policy, and practice of racism and brutality, as reflected by its conduct both before and after its murder of
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Police Chief Carmen Best announced her retirement Monday night, shortly after Seattle’s City Council voted to cut nearly $4 million from the police department’s budget. Best’s announcement came on the same day the council approved the mid-year budget cut from the police department’s 2019-2020 budget of $400 million. The reduction to the police department budget
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NATOMAS, CA (KOVR) — Fenmore Way is a quiet street in the Natomas area of north Sacramento, but Kelley Bosch says it has been getting new visitors over the last few days. “A young man came up to me, was non-threatening, and he asked me if I knew
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KCNC) — Coronavirus has changed life for everyone, including those waiting to become U.S. citizens. Normally those people would complete their journey towards becoming Americans by taking the citizenship oath in a courtroom. But naturalization ceremonies are having to adapt like never before. “This is unprecidented
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FALMOUTH, MA (WBZ) — Firefighters are warning people to be careful where they leave their laptops after a computer caught fire on a mattress in Falmouth last week. Firefighters were called to the house for a smoking laptop. The resident had brought the computer out of the house,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FALMOUTH, MA (KABC) — Firefighters are warning people to be careful where they leave their laptops after a computer caught fire on a mattress in Falmouth last week. Firefighters were called to the house for a smoking laptop. The resident had brought the computer out of the house,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLARITA, CA (KABC) — Concerns are being raised about the handling of an incident in which sheriff’s deputies detained at gunpoint two Black teens in Santa Clarita who were actually the victims of an assault by a homeless man. From video and social media posts about the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPLE CITY, CA (KABC) — School districts across Southern California are set to begin the school year with distance learning, and some private schools are requiring students to wear their uniforms even during virtual classes. “I’m kind of excited because I feel like if you wear a uniform,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLARITA, CA (KABC) — Concerns are being raised about the handling of an incident in which sheriff’s deputies detained at gunpoint two Black teens in Santa Clarita who were actually the victims of an assault by a homeless man. From video and social media posts about the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NATOMAS, CA (KOVR) — Fenmore Way is a quiet street in the Natomas area of north Sacramento, but Kelley Bosch says it has been getting new visitors over the last few days. “A young man came up to me, was non-threatening, and he asked me if I knew
Continue Reading(CNN) — Joe Biden has named Kamala Harris as his running mate, making the California senator the first Black and South Asian American woman to run on a major political party’s presidential ticket. “I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and
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OAKLAND, California — Houston Astros hitting coach Álex Cintrón received a 20-game suspension and a fine Tuesday for his role in a benches-clearing brawl at Oakland, while Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano was given a six-game suspension and a fine. Cintrón’s suspension is the longest for an on-field transgression in 15 years, since Texas pitcher Kenny
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CHICAGO, Illinois — The Big Ten and Pac-12 won’t play football this fall because of concerns about Covid-19, taking two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. About an hour after the Big Ten’s announcement on Tuesday, the Pac-12 called a news conference to say its season would
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American food insecurity is an under-told story amid the coronavirus pandemic, but as more people find themselves unemployed or underemployed, it’s a reality with which too many are grappling. At the North Texas Food Bank in Plano, government relations director Valerie Hawthorne sees up close the toll Covid-19 has taken on the 13 counties it
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WASHINGTON, DC — Former Vice President Joe Biden named his former campaign trail rival, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his running mate on Tuesday. She will appear with Biden for the first time as his running mate at an event Wednesday near his home in Wilmington, Delaware. In announcing the pick, Biden called Harris a “fearless fighter for the
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EL PASO, Texas — While El Paso Mayor Dee Margo recently gave evaluations to the city’s two highest paid administrators that qualify them for more than $20,000 in combined raises, he said Tuesday that he’s urged the pair not to accept those payments come September. “Upon completion of evaluations for the City Manager and City
Continue Reading Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Monday to direct the Bureau of Prisons to release her into the general population of the federal facility where she’s incarcerated, saying she has been “held under uniquely onerous conditions” in the wake of last year’s jailhouse death of her former boyfriend and alleged accomplice, Jeffrey
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS) — Four baby ducks have been reunited with their mother after falling down a storm drain on Monday. On Aug. 10, the Asheville Police Department (APD) posted on Facebook that the department’s Animal Services Unit and Asheville City Government Stormwater Division were responding to reports
Continue Reading Ceres is a dwarf planet and the largest known object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. And now we know it may be an ocean world with intriguing geologic activity taking place on and just below its surface, according to new research. While this global ocean beneath the planet’s surface likely froze over
Continue Reading The director of the National Institutes of Health is putting his foot down. Doctors have worried that just before Election Day, President Trump might pressure the US Food and Drug Administration to approve a coronavirus vaccine before it’s ready as an “October surprise” to gain votes. “This just cannot be allowed to happen,” Dr. Francis
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story URBANDALE, IA (KCCI) — The roof of the Buccaneer Arena in Urbandale sits in the building’s parking log Monday following a destructive storm. Nate Toyt, president of the Des Moines Buccaneers hockey club, said he was on the phone with his wife talking about the storm when the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CERES, CA (kcra) — For Pamela Davis, it all started with a piece of exercise equipment: a Bowflex Home Gym. “Our gym was closed, so we went on Amazon,” says Davis. “We had gone to a couple retailers. We couldn’t find a Bowflex, so we went on Amazon.”
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