Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, are building on their efforts to fight hunger in America. September is Hunger Action Month and the couple announced that they are donating 1 million meals to help families struggling with hunger and food insecurity. Dubbed the “Million Meal Donation Tour,” the initiative is a partnership between
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DALLAS, Texas — A class assignment at a Dallas high school asking students to potentially defend the suspected Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooter as a hero is drawing complaints from students and parents. The two-part assignment was given to seniors in an English class at W.T. White High School, the Dallas Independent School District (ISD) confirmed to
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UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — Travel restrictions on the United States’ shared borders with Mexico and Canada have been extended through Oct. 21 due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan announced on Twitter Friday morning. The announcement came one day after Mexico’s Foreign Ministry indicated it had requested
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President Donald Trump is treating social media as a rule-free zone where anything goes and companies like Twitter aren’t doing nearly enough to rein him in. The latest example: Early Wednesday, the President sent a quote tweet of transparently doctored video depicting his opponent, Joe Biden, supposedly playing, and dancing along to, the infamous N.W.A.
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During his campaign’s highest week of ad spending, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tweeted out an ad Tuesday attacking President Donald Trump for comments he has made over the pandemic. Specifically, the ad suggests that Trump has called the virus a hoax. The 25-second ad begins with a clip of Trump at a campaign rally
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George Ahearn, who grew up in the farming town of Othello, Washington, co-founded EastWest Food Rescue after learning that Covid-19 was costing local farmers so much business that they were willing to destroy their crops. His non-profit has since moved nearly eight million pounds of produce from farms in eastern Washington to the western part
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso is considering a bid on 330 acres of land in northwest El Paso that will bring new development to the area. The Hunt Community bid $11.5 million on the area and plans on developing a community like Cimarron. “It is a long term 8-10 year project
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UPDATE: Late Thursday afternoon police said they discovered an armed Las Cruces man thought to be holed up in a house throughout much of the day was no longer there. An LCPD spokesman said officers had been told by relatives that the man, who threatened a family member with a gun, was still in the
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Jaden Smith is following in the footsteps of his famous mother with his own social media show. Smith, the son of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, will host “The Solution Committee” on Snapchat. The Snap Original series is being billed as the 22-year-old seeking “out the help of young activists and celebrity friends to
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The coronavirus has reemerged as the topic people are hearing most about President Donald Trump after the release of tapes in which Trump admitted downplaying the threat of the virus. Coronavirus was the top word mentioned this week for Trump, up from the fifth spot last week and fourth the week before. More than one
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Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, Conn. (WFSB) — A state trooper rescued a young endangered hawk that had been struck by a vehicle. Trooper Erinne Litwinczyk stopped to assist the injured sharp-shinned hawk on Tuesday. According to state police, the hawk was hurt near Mount Tom State Park in the Town of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) — They were prepared to sleep in their van for as long as they needed. Lee Borgia and her husband, Chuck, their black lab Lola and their two birds were going to hunker down in their van after getting evacuated from their Gates home due
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Another 860,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. It was another week-on-week decline for jobless claims as the jobs recovery drags on, but the improvements have been slow and the jobs recovery is running out of steam. Weekly claims have improved since
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO) — Chris Taylor is a combat veteran who served 18 months in Afghanistan as a sergeant who specialized in psychological warfare. He returned home to prepare for a different battle: politics. Taylor, a Republican, was considered by many in the GOP to be a rising
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) — A furry face is bringing some joy to the incident command post for the Beachie Creek Fire, where fire response officials are working hard. Probie, a 13-month old Golden retriever, is a comfort dog who volunteers for Sublimity Fire. Amber Cross, who works for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Conn. (Hartford Business Journal) — Connecticut could collect nearly $1 billion in tax revenue within five years if the state legalizes recreational marijuana, a study by UConn’s Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis found. The study found aggregate new tax revenues from legalized recreational marijuana over five years
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Scranton-Wilkes Barre (WNEP) — The husband of a woman who was found dead in her Scranton home has been charged with attempted homicide but not in connection with that case. He allegedly tried to strangle his cellmate in prison. The home in the 800 block of North Sumner
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pa. (WNEP) — A doctor in Scranton has been charged with overprescribing opioids to his patients in return for kickback money from a drug company. According to court paperwork, two of his patients died from overdosing on the drugs he prescribed. 68-year-old Dr. Kurt Moran appeared in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO) — Though almost every industry has suffered losses during the pandemic, the surrogacy industry has been extremely hard for families to be united with their baby if they’re not from the United States. One Green Valley, Arizona woman found herself giving birth by herself in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Ariz (Hartford Business Journal) — Chris Taylor is a combat veteran who served 18 months in Afghanistan as a sergeant who specialized in psychological warfare. He returned home to prepare for a different battle: politics. Taylor, a Republican, was considered by many in the GOP to be
Continue Reading Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday morning, exactly 16 years to the day Hurricane Ivan made landfall in 2004, and on the same point on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. High winds and torrential rain poured on Alabama’s Gulf Coast and the Florida panhandle. Despite the category 2 hurricane having been downgraded to a tropical depression at landfall,
Continue Reading Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani had us all convinced that they were performing at the Bluebird Cafe during the ACM Awards on Wednesday night. But in fact, it was a green screen! The couple performed their duet “Happy Anywhere” and Shelton told fans that although they wished they could be in Nashville for the awards,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPMT) — If you refuse to wear a mask, you could soon pay the price. New legislation, Senate Bill 1287, has been introduced that would punish those who don’t wear a mask in public with a misdemeanor and other fines. Democratic State Senator Art Haywood introduced
Continue Reading Don’t worry. Those suckerfish are just hitching a ride in that whale shark’s mouth. This incredible image scooped the Grand Prize in Scuba Diving magazine’s 2020 Underwater Photo Contest, an annual competition celebrating the finest photography captured across the seven seas. The Through Your Lens competition, now in its 16th year, attracted 2,636 entries from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta Fire crews were able to rescue one person from under a fallen tree that landed on a home in the 1500 block of Linda Way. A second person managed to escape on their own. A third person was unaccounted for when crews arrived on
Continue Reading Sprawled on a smoky street, a crew of Oregon firefighters belted out a song after a long day fighting fires. Take me out to the fire. Take me out to the line. Bring me some sawyers and hazel hoes. I don’t care if I ever get home. The Grizzly Firefighters from The Dalles, Oregon, had
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Sprawled on a smoky street, a crew of Oregon firefighters belted out a song after a long day fighting fires. Take me out to the fire. Take me out to the line. Bring me some sawyers and hazel hoes. I don’t care if I ever get home. The Grizzly Firefighters from The Dalles, Oregon, had
Continue Reading There was a shocker of a win at Wednesday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, and it didn’t go over well with some viewers. Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett tied for one of the biggest awards of the night, Entertainer of the Year. It was Underwood’s third win, while it was Rhett’s first time. But
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Over the past six months, while Americans everywhere have stepped up and done their part to fight Covid-19, President Trump has been playing political games and downplaying the deadly nature of this virus. Time and again, he has lied to the American people about the severity of this crisis, and has failed to implement a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Conn. (Hartford Business Journal) — Raytheon Technologies Corp. will lay off 15,000 employees in its commercial aerospace and corporate divisions, as the multinational defense and commercial aerospace conglomerate seeks $2 billion in cost savings. The layoffs will mark a 20% reduction at East Hartford subsidiary Pratt &
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