A pastor in Idaho who called himself a “no-masker” during a service and repeatedly questioned the veracity of coronavirus case reporting is in the ICU after contracting Covid-19. Paul Van Noy, senior pastor at Candlelight Church in Coeur d’Alene, has spent two weeks in the hospital with a Covid-19 diagnosis, ministry coordinator Eric Reade confirmed
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BEAUMONT, Texas – A 23-year-old east Texas man dubbed the ’dark web cannibal’ by federal authorities has been sentenced to to 40 years in prison for child exploitation, ABC affiliate KLTV reports. Alexander Nathan Barter pleaded guilty back on Dec. 20, 2019, to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and distribution of child pornography.
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Click here for updates on this story Ann Arbor, MI (WNEM) — The University of Michigan is reporting 57 student athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 since returning to campus. That number includes all student athletes who are on campus for optional workouts and includes testing through Sept. 18, the university said. More than 4,800
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagashima is proposing a drop in the tipped minimum wage that the city requires restaurants to pay servers. This is an effort the mayor has suggested in order to help the restaurateurs recover from the financial losses they have been forced to absorb during the pandemic.
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EL PASO, Texas — College basketball teams and fans are ecstatic to hear they will have a season. But with the NCAA pushing back the start of the season by two weeks, they also now may have to re-piece together their schedules. As part of the NCAA’s decision to tip the college basketball season on
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Pandemics don’t care about partisan politics. So when Robert Redfield — President Donald Trump’s director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a lifelong conservative — testified to Congress Wednesday that a Covid-19 vaccine wouldn’t be ready before the election and probably would not be available to the general public until next
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CNN hosted a drive-in town hall with 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Pennsylvania on Thursday night. It was Biden’s first prime time town hall since accepting the nomination. Over the course of the night, Biden took questions ranging from farming regulations, the military presence in Afghanistan, to how he would approach the coronavirus pandemic. Biden made
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The US stock market is on track for another day of sharp losses at the end of a turbulent week. The Dow is down 1.1%, or 310 points, in the early afternoon, headed for its second straight day of losses. The S&P 500 fell 1.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 1.7%. It would be the
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Everyone wants life to return to normal — and Hollywood is no different. As the months of the coronavirus pandemic drag on and uncertainty in our lives abounds, we all need something to look forward to. And much like how movies and television have helped us pass the time, thinking about fresh content to consume
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A disturbingly large number of young Americans don’t know the basic, yet horrific, details of the Holocaust. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany conducted the study. It’s the first-ever 50-state survey on Holocaust knowledge of Millennials and Generation z. Here are some of the results, which were released on
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website has updated, yet again, guidelines for testing people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus. The new language rolls back controversial changes made to the site last month. It once again stresses that anyone who has been in contact with an infected person
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGHILL, LA (KTBS) — The oldest continuously-running rodeo is back for another year and it all takes place right here in northwest Louisiana. The Springhill Rodeo is marking year 68 this weekend and will continue with action Friday and Saturday. Active Military members, Law Enforcement & First Responders
Continue Reading A controversial update to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus testing guidance last month was not written by CDC scientists and was posted online before it had undergone the normal scientific review process, two sources confirm to CNN. The guidance was updated again on Friday, and now stresses that anyone who has been
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A University of Cincinnati dean is investigating an email in which an instructor told a quarantined student who had to miss class that those “testing positive for the chinese virus” would not receive a grade. Evan Sotzing, a 20-year-old engineering student, said on Twitter that his girlfriend had tested positive for Covid-19. The university’s health
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No longer confined to territories here on Earth, Russia has now staked its claim on Venus, saying it is a “Russian planet.” This week, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, revealed that the country plans to send its own mission to Venus in addition to “Venera-D,” the planned joint mission with the
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The Commerce Department plans to restrict access to TikTok and WeChat on Sunday as the Trump administration’s executive orders against the two apps are set to take effect. The Department said Friday that as of Sunday, any moves to distribute or maintain WeChat or TikTok on an app store will be prohibited. Apple and Google
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, KY (WLKY) — A baby is safe after the car he was in was stolen and crashed. Police said the situation unfolded on Greenwood Road in Pleasure Ridge Park around 6 a.m. Friday. A mother was at the Circle K gas station there when she went inside
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAKE WORTH, FL (WPBF) — If you are a beer lover and looking to purchase a condo you may want to check out a recent listing in Lake Worth. It’s not your usual condo, the walls inside the two bedroom, two bathroom unit are covered with Budweiser beer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORT CANAVERAL, FL (WESH ) — Florida’s U.S. senators are hoping to reawaken the cruise industry with a bill that would make a plan to safely set sail again. The shutdown has far-reaching economic impacts and there’s no sign cruising will start soon. Cruise ships have sat idle since
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUTTE VALLEY, CA (KCRA) — Nearly 730 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning in Butte County, officials said Thursday. About 1,129 structures — including 727 homes — have been destroyed. Cal Fire said 72 structures were also damaged in the North Complex West Zone fire. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KETV) — An Omaha man said he has to repay $6-worth of unemployment benefits, but that’s hardly the cause of his concern. Nebraska’s Labor Department listed a reason so serious he thought the letter was bogus. Ben Rothe said the pandemic put him out of a
Continue Reading Researchers believe they have found evidence that the novel coronavirus may have been circulating in the US as early as late December, about a month before the current timeline from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. This study, published last Thursday in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, found a statistically significant
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VIENNA (AP) — Europe’s largest security organization said Friday that it has drastically scaled back plans to send as many as 500 observers to the U.S. to monitor the Nov. 3 presidential election and now will deploy just 30 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe — which has
Continue Reading Each time the Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter looks a little different. This time, Hubble’s weather report has shown new storms and updates on the Great Red Spot and its cousin. The gas giant has an atmosphere that’s constantly in motion. Its signature bands of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, KS (KCTV) — Overland Park police are looking for a man who asked to see some diamond rings at a jeweler, then pocketed the rings and took off. Police said the man walked into the Karats Jewelers around 12:20 p.m. on Sept. 7. While an employee
Continue Reading Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper have released a new track, “Holy,” with a five-minute video starring Ryan Destiny from Fox series “Star” and Wilmer Valderrama from “NCIS.” The track, which Bieber shared on Instagram, Twitter and YouTube late Thursday US time, is about love, hope and faith. The video was directed by Colin Tilley,
Continue Reading The Emmys will be handed out this weekend, but 70 categories have already been presented during the lead-up to the main event in what is perhaps the strangest week in the award’s 72-year history, while highlighting the unwieldy nature of the TV industry. Seventy-five awards (some juried categories have multiple winners) have been awarded so
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Small businesses are disappearing. Unemployment claims remain unbelievably high. And state and local budgets are imploding. Yet Congress is likely to skip town this month without providing additional emergency aid to the economy, according to Goldman Sachs. “At this point, a major stimulus package before the election looks like a long shot,” Goldman Sachs economists
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, AR (KFSM) — The shift to online learning brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has parents everywhere realizing how much they need help and how much their kids could use a tutor. An Arkansas non-profit, with help from the Walton Family Foundation, is set to offer
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As former Vice President Joe Biden was participating in a CNN town hall in Moosic, Pennsylvania, on Thursday night, and making a handful of false or misleading claims, President Donald Trump was speaking at a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin. And repeating at least 25 of his usual false claims. We’ll address them in brief
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