Click here for updates on this story GUILFORD, CT (WFSB) — It’s still weeks away, but many are thinking about Halloween and how it will look this year. At the same time, the Centers for Disease Control just released its guidelines when it comes to potential risks, along with their recommendations for keeping families safe.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ADAMS COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A volunteer firefighter is credited with saving a life after he drove past a burning home, grabbed a ladder, and rescued a child from the second floor. Elijah Hale is a member of the Irishtown Fire Company, Alpha Fire Company #1 of Littlestown,
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“Dancing With the Stars” sent its first celebrity home Tuesday night — while another was saved. “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin and her professional dance partner Pasha Pashkov joined former professional basketball player Charles Oakley and his partner Emma Slater in the bottom two. Both Baskin and Oakley had struggled with their moves so far
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DALLAS, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued early Wednesday morning in the search for Chasity Collins, a 3-year-old Dallas girl who was inside a car when it was stolen overnight. Police at the scene told ABC affiliate WFAA that the car was stolen with Chasity inside around 12:30 a.m. after her mother had
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The first full day of Fall looks to be warm with increased cloud coverage. There will be a slight chance for isolated showers this afternoon with temperatures reaching the 90s. High pressure moves in this week expect warmer temperatures through the weekend. A backdoor cold front moves in Tuesday dropping temperatures to the 80s.
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People who have had heart attacks can boost their chances of long-term survival by returning to normal levels of sexual activity, a new study shows. Many people stop having sex after a heart attack in the belief that it could trigger another episode, but research published Wednesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology says
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County surpassed an alarming pandemic milestone Wednesday morning, as the local health department announced six new coronavirus-related deaths. It brings the death toll to 500. Health officials identified the victims as: 2 women in their 80s2 men in their 80s1 woman in her 90s1 man in his 90s
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A mini-moon is on track to enter Earth’s orbit and come as close as 27,000 miles away. However, rather than some asteroid that will orbit around the Earth, it may actually just be some old space junk that made its way back to our planet. Dr. Paul Chodas, the director of NASA’s Center for Near
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have weighed in on the upcoming US presidential vote, urging people to reject online negativity and hate speech as what Meghan described as “the most important election of our lifetime” approaches. The couple, who now live in California, shared the remarks in a brief video message congratulating those who
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The apparent inevitable ascent to Congress of a Georgia Republican who has promoted the outlandish conspiracy theories of QAnon could be a bellwether for American politics, in which extreme views creep increasingly into the mainstream, experts on extremism told CNN. Marjorie Taylor Greene — who, in addition to promoting QAnon theories, has also suggested that
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In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the world to “join hands to uphold the values of peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom shared by all of us.” After hailing China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Xi said Beijing wants to “continue to work as
Continue Reading A 53-year-old Queens woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly throwing a glass bottle at a passing jogger and using a racial slur last month, the Queens County district attorney announced Tuesday. Lorena Delaguna appeared in court Tuesday on charges of attempted assault in the second degree as a hate crime and
Continue Reading In the current Covid-created travel maze, passengers face constantly shifting rules as airports, countries and even airlines impose their own restrictions on who can cross international borders. Testing has been adopted by various places as a key to allowing transit, leading to more widespread calls from the travel industry to use this to facilitate the
Continue Reading The University of California improperly admitted dozens of students based on their personal or family connections to donors and university staff, the state auditor announced Tuesday. The audit conducted on the University of California’s admissions process found UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara unfairly admitted a total of 64 applicants between
Continue Reading Seventeen years after first publishing “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” Rolling Stone magazine announced that it is giving the list a major update, making it “less rock-centric” in the process. “When we first published the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in December 2003, Amy Winehouse was still three years from releasing Back to
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Last week’s signing ceremony on the south lawn of the White House, as Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalized relations, was the celebration Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted — and the distraction he needed. “Let us pause for a moment to appreciate this remarkable day. Let us rise above any political divide. Let
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As the US passes a sobering milestone, Covid-19 survivors have a message for those who view the pandemic as politics: The virus is not a hoax. 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 to
Continue Reading As the US passes a sobering milestone, Covid-19 survivors have a message for those who view the pandemic as politics: The virus is not a hoax. 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 to
Continue Reading Actor and comedian Matt Lucas brought his famed mimicry skills to “The Great British Bake Off” on Tuesday, kicking off the show’s new season with a skit in which he impersonated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The 46-year-old star — best known for comedy sketch show “Little Britain” and the movie “Bridesmaids” — made his
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Oklahoma City Thunder star Chris Paul says NBA players are acutely aware of the current social justice movement and feel empowered to make a difference. Paul, the president of the National Basketball Players Association, has been one of many leading voices from the sport to speak out on a number of social issues. Stars from
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Authorities in Louisville, Kentucky, are restricting access to its downtown area and setting up vehicle barricades ahead of a grand jury’s coming decision in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. The restrictions are going in place “to ensure the area is as safe as possible for those coming downtown to express their First Amendment
Continue Reading Authorities in Louisville, Kentucky, are restricting access to its downtown area and setting up vehicle barricades ahead of a grand jury’s coming decision in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. The restrictions are going in place “to ensure the area is as safe as possible for those coming downtown to express their First Amendment
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A glass cabinet in the lobby of Moshe Hogeg’s office is filled with action hero figures. The high-tech executive explained to CNN’s Oren Liebermann why Batman was his favorite: “He doesn’t really have superpowers whatsoever but it makes you feel like maybe you can do big things also.” Liebermann reminded him that the Punisher was
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A glass cabinet in the lobby of Moshe Hogeg’s office is filled with action hero figures. The high-tech executive explained to CNN’s Oren Liebermann why Batman was his favorite: “He doesn’t really have superpowers whatsoever but it makes you feel like maybe you can do big things also.” Liebermann reminded him that the Punisher was
Continue Reading Officials from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are investigating after someone placed a black bear skin and a cardboard sign that read “from here to the lake black lives don’t matter,” at an entrance to the park. The park, divided between Tennessee and North Carolina, is America’s most visited national park, according to the
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in Wednesday to his sixth term in office at an inaugural ceremony that was not announced in advance amid weeks of huge protests of the authoritarian leader’s reelection, which the opposition says was rigged. One opposition leader called the secretive ceremony “a farce,” and
Continue Reading China and India on Monday agreed to stop sending more troops to their disputed border in the Himalayas, following an escalation in tensions between the two nuclear powers. Indian and Chinese senior military commanders met on Monday to discuss stabilizing tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the loosely defined demarcation line that separates
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for poisoning said Wednesday that his condition improved enough for him to be released, and suggested a “complete recovery” from the nerve agent was possible. Navalny, 44, spent 32 days in treatment in Berlin’s Charite hospital, 24 of which were in intensive care,
Continue Reading The times we live in are a lot. It can be all too easy to throw your hands up and just veg out on the couch — all the while knowing you’ll be sore afterward. You can turn that couch, however, into your secret weapon to feeling better and stronger. For this Pilates core and
Continue Reading World leaders gathered virtually Tuesday for this week’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with the UN’s historic 75th anniversary overshadowed by strongmen leaders, fraying relations and a sense of intensifying international crisis. The summit was forced online this year due to the pandemic and the 14-day quarantine regulations in New York City. Covid-19 loomed heavily
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