Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday so that members of the public can pay their respects, the court announced on Monday. The casket will arrive in front of the Supreme Court just before 9:30 a.m. ET Wednesday and a private ceremony with family, close friends
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HOUSTON, Texas — Tropical Storm Beta stalled out Tuesday along the Texas coast, flooding streets in Houston and Galveston hours after making landfall amid an unusually busy hurricane season. The storm made landfall late Monday night just north of Port O’Connor, Texas, and has the distinction of being the first time a storm named for
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Click here for updates on this story LOWELL, AR (KFSM) — After halting volunteer operations earlier this year due to coronavirus, Lowell Animal Shelter (LAS) is happy to announce they are able to once again accept volunteers. LAS posted the announcement on Facebook and wrote, “I know this is what a lot of people have
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“Prime Time” is back. Deion Sanders, the NFL Hall of Fame defensive back, is returning to the sidelines, this time as the head coach of Jackson State University’s football program. Sanders, 53, made the announcement on his podcast, “21st & Prime.” “A lot of people are going to say, ‘Why?’” Sanders said. “But honestly, man,
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President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday said the withdrawal of US troops from places like Afghanistan and Germany are “mistakes” from a long-term national security perspective and called for a sustained commitment to assisting the Afghan government and its security forces. In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’ “60
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“Filthy Rich” is a bit of a Franken-soap, seemingly stitched together from pieces of other series. Yet it works, at least kind of, as a guilty pleasure, unabashedly embracing its trashiness with sly wit and reasonably clever twists. As kickoffs to the broadcast TV season go, Fox could have, and indeed has, done worse. First,
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s chief medical officers have raised the nation’s official COVID-19 alert level, meaning the virus is in general circulation and the transmission is high. The chief medical officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland say cases are rising “rapidly and probably exponentially.” They say they acted on the advice of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday he would not be providing additional COVID-19 relief funds to Nashville that was requested last week by Mayor John Cooper. In a letter to the governor last week, Cooper requested $82.6 million in additional funds to help Davidson
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Krenice Roseman went birthday shopping for her niece in a Chicago-area bookstore two years ago. She was in a hurry, scanning book covers, but couldn’t find any that reflected who her niece, an African American girl, is. The attorney, who’s an avid reader, went online instead and found a couple of books with Black characters.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPMT) — Members of the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology’s esports team are the subject of a 30-minute documentary that is now streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Google Play, the university said Monday. “A Rising Storm: The Burgeoning World of College Esports” goes
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP defeated Abilene Christian University 17-13 on Saturday at the Sun Bowl. Above is a slideshow looking back on the action courtesy of sideline photographer Ruben Ramirez.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW BRITAIN, CT (WFSB) — Central Connecticut State University said spring break has been eliminated as part of the state colleges and universities COVID-19 plans for the spring semester. CCSU also said that the spring semester would start a week later than originally scheduled, on Jan. 26, 2021.
Continue Reading It’s been almost seven months since Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down while jogging in a residential community on the outskirts of Brunswick, Georgia. The criminal investigation into his death stalled for nearly 10 weeks, but in June a Glynn County grand jury indicted three white men on malice and felony murder charges. They have pleaded
Continue Reading A man who lost his surfboard in huge swells off Hawaii was amazed to discover it had been found in the Philippines — 5,200 miles away. Doug Falter, a photographer and surfer who lives in Hawaii, lost his board in Waimea Bay, Oahu, in February 2018, according to an account posted on his Facebook page.
Continue Reading A couple married for 48 years, and together for over 50, died of coronavirus only minutes apart holding hands. Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and his wife Cathy “Darlene” Peoples, 65 started feeling symptoms at the beginning of August, but would not make it to see more than two days of September. “Mom and Dad lived
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Nikola founder Trevor Milton has stepped down as executive chairman after a short seller accused the hydrogen and electric truck startup of misleading investors and overstating the value of a business deal. Milton has also resigned from the company’s board, Nikola said in a statement on Sunday. The company has previously denied the allegations and
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of Mali’s military junta said Monday he will serve as the vice president in a transitional government that is supposed to bring about a return to democracy more than a month after a coup. The move is likely to be immediately rejected by the international community, which has called
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — Connecticut scientists announced that an invasive bug has been found in the state for the third year in a row. The spotted lanternfly was reported in West Haven and Greenwich, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. The CAES said a single adult
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and just days before the first presidential election debate. Ginsburg’s casket will be on public view Wednesday and Thursday at the iconic steps outside the court building to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RACINE, WI (WDJT) — The Racine Zoo is making adjustments to its annual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From September 25-26, the zoo is holding its ‘Zoo Brew to Go’ event which is a biergarten in a box. The zoo is also hosting a drive-thru Halloween light
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Alabama Power said it has restored service to 99% of customers who lost power during Hurricane Sally. After the storm, the company said it 680,000 reported outages. About 4,000 workers from 14 states joined Alabama Power crews to get the lights back on. Before
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — Firefighters were called to an early morning structure fire at a golf course in Flint. Crews were sent to the Pierce Park Golf Course, located at 2303 Brookside Drive, early Monday morning, Sept. 21. Firefighters on the scene say the structure was abandoned. Crews
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, MO (KCTV) — Family and friends of another homicide victim fear their loved one may have been killed due to a hate crime. Aerrion Burnett, 37, was shot and killed early Saturday morning in Independence. She was a black trans woman and, as KCTV5’s Leslie Aguilar reports,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OZARK, AR (KFSM) — Since the coronavirus pandemic began, many rural school districts in our area have been worried about the lack of high-speed internet access. It’s a tool teachers need to keep kids on track in a virtual learning environment. Senator John Boozman and Congressman Bruce Westerman
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PA (WNEP) — Homemade potato pancakes brought people from as far as two hours away to a church in Luzerne County. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church held the event in the church parking lot. The church had to cancel its annual bazaar, which is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AMERICUS, GA (Albany Herald) — Americus police arrested a suspect and charged him with trafficking in cocaine and possession of drug-related items after getting a tip that someone was selling drugs in the area of Crawley and Phillips streets in the city, a news release from the Americus
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — There have been 144 homicides in Kansas City so far in 2020, putting this year on pace to potentially break the record for the city’s deadliest year. Kansas City’s police department has been inundated with questions of what they are doing about it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hawai‘i, USA (KITV) — A new program is aiming to get high school girls interested in jobs in the fields of science and technology. CyberHawaii has partnered with the University of Hawai‘i, Arizona State University Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology and the Defense STEM Education
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANTIOCH, TN (WSMV) — A teenager is in critical condition after being shot in her car at an Antioch ATM late Sunday night. Metro Police told News4 the 16-year-old girl was in her car at a Bank of America ATM in the 5400 block of Bell Forge Lane
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, PA (WPMT) — The Pennsylvania Lottery is warning Pennsylvania residents about a lottery-related scam involving phone calls from Jamaica. The Lottery said Monday it has received numerous reports about suspicious phone calls in recent weeks. Callers report being contacted from someone with a Caribbean accent, who tells
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