Click here for updates on this story GRETNA, NE (WOWT) — Crista Eggers is a fierce advocate for medical cannabis. This week she’s celebrating the measure making it onto the November ballot in Nebraska after enough signatures were validated in the state. She says it’s been a goal and a dream she and many others
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a wide range of emotions in many people. The Rev. Tim Jones, at Saint James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville, wanted to help people express those emotions through art. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a wide range
Continue Reading Authorities have found 39 missing children in Georgia during a two-week effort to rescue endangered minors. The US Marshals Service Missing Child Unit led the search, dubbed “Operation Not Forgotten.” It collaborated with the agency’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and state and local agencies. The operation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD ) — Iowa Legal Aid says Scott County is seeing a huge spike in evictions with 88 filings in one week alone. They say the number is usually around 40 each week. The QC Housing Cluster is working to combat those numbers with their Affordable
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Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday after a battle with colon cancer, was someone who on the big screen brought to life heroes like Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall and fictional ones, like the Black Panther. But upon news of his death, his colleagues and friends are paying tribute to someone they saw as a hero
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For the last three years, Serena Williams has been chasing the all-time grand slam singles record of 24 championships held by Margaret Court. But since clinching an Open era record 23rd major at the 2017 Australian Open — while pregnant with her daughter Olympia — the former top-ranked American has failed to clear the final
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported two more coronavirus deaths Saturday morning to take the county’s pandemic death toll to 417. The latest victims were both women, one in her 50s and the other in her 60s. El Paso has reported new Covid-19 deaths every day, with the exception of
Continue Reading When Wimbledon was canceled amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it became the first of tennis’ grand slams to be scrapped since World War II in 1945. There was uncertainty, too, surrounding the next major, the US Open, but the event is going ahead in New York with no fans, no mixed doubles and limited fields
Continue Reading Actor Chadwick Boseman, who brought the movie “Black Panther” to life with his charismatic intensity and regal performance, has died. Boseman has battled colon cancer since 2016 and died at home with his family and wife by his side, according to a statement posted on his Twitter account. He was 43. “A true fighter, Chadwick
Continue Reading Major League Soccer, as with a large number of other sports leagues in the United States and across the world, is back in full swing. And like other athletes, the Black Players for Change in MLS (BPC) are looking for a way that they can lend their support to the fight against systemic racism —
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas- Expect another scorcher this afternoon, as temps climb to the triple digits yet again. The forecast calls for us to hit another triple which means this will be the hottest August on record. 103 is the expected high, setting the stage for us to shatter the old record of 102 set in
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Police shot Jacob Blake in front of his children, family attorneys say, and the effects of witnessing such violence could be profound for years. What happens now also could be crucial to staving off serious health issues like cancer or heart disease later in their lives. The children will be “traumatized forever,” family attorney Ben
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Coronavirus outbreaks have been identified at four sororities at Kansas State University. Residents of those Greek houses have been told to quarantine for 14 days from the day the outbreak was declared. Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Xi Delta have six cases each, while Chi Omega and Kappa Delta have five cases apiece, the Riley
Continue Reading The vacation lights are going out all over Europe. Just weeks after many countries opened their borders to travelers within the continent, some have been closing again, often at such short notice that people are left scrambling to get home before quarantine orders are put in place. Such confusion, often coupled with acrimony and threats
Continue Reading People are going nuts for an Ohio woodworker’s latest creation: A bar that caters to neighborhood squirrels. Michael Dutko, a 35-year-old hobbyist, has been creating art and household items from wood for most of his life, and even chronicles it on his YouTube channel Duke Harmon Woodworking. But it’s his fun twist on a squirrel
Continue Reading Vibrant parades, feathered dancers, infectious live music, and the aroma of delectable Afro-Caribbean cuisine — these are the things many people look forward to when they descend on the streets of west London during the UK’s August holiday weekend. But, for the first time in its 54-year history, Notting Hill Carnival will be an entirely
Continue Reading What’s the perfect pandemic hobby? As people across the globe have adjusted their lives to Covid-19, activities as varied as bread baking and gaming have trended. But while carbs and screen time can bring a satisfying rush of endorphins, the ideal Covid pastime should offer more sustaining thrills. That means an activity that’s good for
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Longtime author, columnist and speaker Julia Reed has died after a battle with cancer. She was 59. Reed served as a contributing editor for “Garden & Gun” magazine for over a decade. In an announcement on her death, the publication described her as “a cornerstone” of the magazine. “Garden & Gun” focuses on Southern food,
Continue Reading The NBA and the players association say competition will resume Saturday, with no playoff games Friday. In a statement released Friday, the league and players union jointly announced a commitment to establish a social justice coalition and voting initiatives. That includes using arenas as polling places and sharing voting information in advertisements during the playoffs.
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China launched a series of ballistic missiles into the South China Sea this week, according to United States defense officials, part of a flurry of military exercises extending thousands of miles along the country’s coastline, as tensions with Washington over the disputed waterway continue to escalate. Beijing claims almost all of the vast South China
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EL PASO, Texas– More than 16,000 El Paso residents have now recovered after being infected with Covid-19. While that statistic bodes well for the city as a whole, it does not paint a clear picture of what happens once your body has been infected with the coronavirus. A recovered patient may no longer be contagious
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EL PASO, Texas — The latest shortage during the coronavirus pandemic is aluminum cans. Beer and soft drink companies say with so many people staying home and buying cases of beverages they’ve hit capacity on how many cans they can make. “There is an aluminum can shortage in America. There is an aluminum can shortage
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Jerry Duffey certainly loves his job because it involves the two things he loves to do, teach and fence. While most athletes learn a sport at an early age, Duffey didn’t learn how to fence until he entered college. Duffey was born and raised in Las Cruces and graduated from
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MESCALERO, New Mexico – The Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino is reopening at 8 a.m. on Monday, the Mescalero Apache Tribe announced on its web site. The casino floor will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 a.m. with nightly closures for deep cleaning. Starting Tuesday, table games, excluding poker, will
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NEWTON, Mississippi — A suspect in the March shooting deaths of three people, including a Fort Hood soldier, was arrested Friday in Mississippi, according to police in Texas. Officers with the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested the suspected man, identified as Barnard Lnell Morrow, in Newton, Killeen police said in a statement. Morrow,
Continue Reading An abandoned bulldog who captured the hearts of California firefighters has found a forever home with singer and actress Miley Cyrus. When Daisy the bulldog showed up at the doorsteps of a North Central Fire Protection District Station 58 in Fresno, California in late April, she was extremely dehydrated and skinny. “The crews said she
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LOS ANGELES, California — Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43. Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by
Continue Reading A 25-year-old Nevada man appears to be the first documented case of Covid-19 reinfection in the United States. Genetic tests indicate the patient was infected with two different varieties of the virus, a team at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory reported. The patient was first
Continue Reading Across the sports world, athletes took a stand for Black Lives Matter on Wednesday night by holding an unprecedented wildcat strike and refusing to play their regularly scheduled games. The decision started with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and stemmed from the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. The stand quickly spread
Continue Reading Just before midnight Tuesday, a young male clutching a long rifle wandered around the dark streets of Kenosha in a backward baseball cap and a green T-shirt. Protesters in the Wisconsin city were demanding justice after an officer shot local resident Jacob Blake seven times in the back while his children watched from his car.
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