Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — A high school graduation party had to be postponed but not because of coronavirus. A contractor not only didn’t finish a patio project on time, but he left a big mess. When she has a graduation party Kenzie Spigner wants to feel on top
Continue Reading
“Big Brother” was back Wednesday with a live two-hour Season 22 premiere that revealed just who the new houseguests would be. The show, delayed more than a month due to the coronavirus pandemic and took precautions in order to film, like the cast members being quarantined for two weeks prior to move-in day. The show
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (St. Louis Post Dispatch) — Washington University scientists are developing a way to identify brain cancer without performing a risky surgery. The replacement: an ultrasound and tiny gas bubbles. Researchers at the college are using bubbles to briefly open the blood-brain barrier — a protective
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — According to Mobile Police, a Dodge Charger driven by an 18-year-old was clipped by a train Wednesday afternoon on Paper Mill Road. Spokesman Corporal Ryan Blakely said the teen was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He said the teen’s airbags deployed.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LUZERNE COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — Wilkes-Barre Township police are looking for the man they believe stole hundreds of dollars worth of scratch-off lottery tickets. Officials say the man went behind the counter at the CITGO gas station there and swiped $270.00 worth of tickets. It happened Tuesday evening.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, AR (KFSM) — Mary Lou Dunn was reunited with a box filled with her oldest brother’s military service items on Wednesday (Aug. 5) after they were donated to a Goodwill in Little Rock. “I don’t know how to express it, it’s like, it’s kind of like connecting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into a case involving a man who shot himself while being pursued by Atlanta Police. Wednesday at 10:55 a.m. APD officers responded to a 911 call about a man identified as Jonqurious Ty’Edward Kindel located at Hidden
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The repairs to her car have been made, but Zippy Lomax said healing from the emotional trauma after Portland Police targeted her at a protest will take some time. “I was terrified,” Lomax said. “There’s something every day that makes me cry; it’s right
Continue Reading Actress Zoe Saldana has apologized for playing Nina Simone in a 2016 biopic, four years after she was heavily criticized for darkening her skin and wearing a prosthetic nose for the role. Saldana had previously defended her portrayal of the legendary soul singer in the film “Nina,” which was not endorsed by Simone’s estate and
Continue Reading TV shows can get back up and running during the age of Covid-19. But as Hollywood seeks to adopt new health and safety protocols, production is going to take more time — and money. That was the main takeaway from a Hollywood Radio and Television Society panel Wednesday night, discussing the logistics of production during
Continue Reading
Oprah says her latest book club pick “might well save us.” So the media mogul is sending 500 copies to the nation’s governors, mayors, CEOs and college professors. The book is “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Isabel Wilkerson. Oprah announced on Tuesday that it was her latest
Continue Reading Seth Rogen plays a double role in “An American Pickle,” an HBO Max movie that’s a little sweet, a little sour and a whole lot silly. Built around the “Sleeper”-like premise of a man perfectly preserved for 100 years, this adaptation of Simon Rich’s novella has some fun contemplating how the modern world would like
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST DES MOINES, IA (WHO) — Covid-19 is causing an influx of athletes to see Iowa as an opportunity. “A lot of good opportunity here in Iowa. I think it will be great for my football game and academics and my family,” said Jake Rubley, considered by many
Continue Reading
Mississippi for weeks has been punching above its weight in the wrong coronavirus statistics. After a summer surge, the state with a relatively low population now has the country’s fifth-highest recorded case count per 100,000 people, behind only Louisiana, Arizona, Florida and New York. It also has the nation’s highest test positivity rate, at a
Continue Reading
A group of physicians in Canada issued new guidelines this week urging doctors in the country to to take a new approach in the way they treat patients with obesity. The physicians, who are part of the non-profit Obesity Canada and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons, believe doctors have not been treating
Continue Reading “Star Trek” continues to be the big gun in CBS All Access’ streaming arsenal, which has been steady if not particularly inventive. “Star Trek: Lower Decks” somewhat rectifies the second part of that with an irreverent, Adult Swim-type animated series that likely won’t beam up many new subscribers but should mildly amuse a quadrant of
Continue Reading
There’s little doubt that former Vice President Joe Biden has the upperhand against President Donald Trump at this point. Biden has led in poll after poll nationally and in almost every poll in the core six battleground states (Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin). Yet, while Biden has maintained advantage, Trump has one
Continue Reading
The region remains under a blanket of clouds Thursday afternoon as increased moisture moves in. Despite the clouds, it will be another hot afternoon. Temperatures will run well above average. Just like yesterday, most lowland areas will see the upper 90s and triple-digit readings. Moisture will continue to move in from the south today and
Continue Reading “The Osbournes” made her siblings famous, but Aimée Osbourne now says she always knew she had no desire to appear on the hit MTV reality show. The now 36-year-old singer and actress talked about her decision to not appear on the show during a recent interview with radio station Q104.3 New York, where she was
Continue Reading In recent weeks the recovery from America’s jobs crisis seemed to have hit a roadblock, but last week’s claims for first-time unemployment benefits fell more than expected. That said, another 1.2 million Americans filed for initial jobless benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Department of Labor reported on Thursday. That was down
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas – Public health officials announced Thursday morning that Covid-19 has killed an additional five people in El Paso County. That brings the death toll during the pandemic to 285. The latest victims were three men in their 70’s, one man in his 80’s and a woman in her 80’s. All of them
Continue Reading
Sarah Backstrom knew this school year was going to be different, even without the Covid-19 pandemic. The veteran teacher moved to Des Moines, Iowa, with her young daughters to teach in a new school district — but this is the first time she’s been scared about returning to the classroom. So, in addition to all
Continue Reading “Fixer Upper” fans have something to look forward to next year. The hit HGTV series starring husband and wife duo Chip and Joanna Gaines is being revived on the couple’s new Magnolia Network. The pair posted a video on their official Instagram account to share the news. “What did you do, Chip?” Joanna Gaines asks
Continue Reading A man with Covid-19 went to church in mid-June, then 91 other people got sick, including 53 who were at the service, according to Ohio’s governor. “It spread like wildfire, wildfire. Very, very scary,” Gov. MIke De Wine said Tuesday. “We know that our faith-based leaders want nothing more than to protect those who come
Continue Reading Avgeek desktop gamers and wannabe airline captains can finally get the high-altitude fix they’ve been craving. Following a prolonged period of hibernation, the rebooted Microsoft Flight Simulator, officially available on August 18, could be the perfect antidote to pandemic-induced cabin fever — or to airplane cabin withdrawal symptoms, for those who’ve been bumped off their
Continue Reading
Cyclist Fabio Jakobsen is in a “comatose condition” following a horrific crash at the end of the first stage of the Tour of Poland, according to his team. Jakobsen collided with a barrier at the finish line of Wednesday’s race after Dylan Groenewegen had drifted into the path of the Dutch cyclist, causing a number
Continue Reading “As long as you have any member of society, any demographic group, who’s not seriously trying to get to the end game of suppressing this, it will continue to smolder and smolder and smolder, and that will be the reason why, in a non-unified way, we’ve plateaued at an unacceptable level.” Dr. Anthony Fauci did
Continue Reading Times Square is pretty deserted these days, with the tourists who usually throng the New York City landmark kept home by the coronavirus. But that hasn’t prevented a bitter battle among Indian-Americans, Hindus and Muslims. The dispute is over billboards to be erected in celebration of a controversial temple that lies some 8,000 miles from
Continue Reading When the coronavirus pandemic shut down his restaurants, Colton Weiss knew that to survive, he would need a creative (and safe) solution to keep serving his customers. So he started thinking like his grandfather. Weiss’ grandfather, Mel Weiss, was the first to bring carhop dining — in which waiters bring a restaurant order directly to
Continue Reading Four children are traumatized days after officers in Aurora, Colorado, drew guns on them in a mix-up over a stolen vehicle, the woman driving the vehicle said. “They’re barely eating. They’re barely sleeping,” Brittney Gilliam told CNN on Wednesday. “They’re not doing good at all … Who would? What kid would? What child would? What
Continue Reading