Eli Lipman, 9, and his father have been battling the impact of Covid-19 since March, and he said life as a “long hauler” isn’t easy. “Kids, I’m sorry to say this, but it is a big deal. It will hurt,” Eli told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Monday. “You just got to face the truth: Sometimes
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Click here for updates on this story EAST STROUDSBURG, PA (WNEP) — As the coronavirus closed businesses, leaving many without jobs and looking for help, the Salvation Army has done what they can to step up. In Monroe County, the organization has served over 1.3 million meals and provided many people shelter. But the pandemic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WFSB) — During the COVID-19 pandemic, more families have been struggling to put food on the table. However, the South Windsor community is coming together to help ease some of that burden for those who may need a meal. “Take what you need and leave
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — “It was really, really hard and scary,” said James Stafford, a veteran. James Stafford spent about two years serving with the Army National Guard on the ground in Kosovo and Iraq. He did not know the internal battle he would face after he
Continue Reading Every 11 years, the sun completes a solar cycle of calm and stormy activity and begins a new one. It’s important to understand the solar cycle because space weather caused by the sun — eruptions like solar flares and coronal mass ejection events — can impact the power grid, satellites, GPS, airlines, rockets and astronauts
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Homicide detectives with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police have taken over the investigation of a reported deadly crash on I-15 southbound Wednesday morning. Nevada Highway Patrol was investigated the crash on I-15 southbound near Flamingo. The crash happened just after midnight. LVMPD homicide Lt. Ray
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — More than 17,000 rare Nevada wildflowers were destroyed after someone dug them up, officials from the Center for Biological Diversity said. According to a news release, conservationists discovered over the weekend that someone had dug up and destroyed more than 17,000 Tiehm’s buckwheat plants.
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No journalist this side of Sean Hannity has spent more time talking to President Donald Trump over the past year than Bob Woodard. Between early December 2019 and mid-August 2020, the legendary Washington Post reporter did 18 interviews with Trump for his book “Rage,” which came out earlier this week. All told, Woodward spent nearly
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA FE, NM (KOAT) — Santa Fe police arrested two parents, who are now facing child abuse charges. This is after authorities said they neglected to give their child the care he needed. Capt. Anthony Tapia with the Santa Fe Police Department said this was a case unlike
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One of the world’s most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons is up for sale. STAN the T. rex, named after the paleontologist who first discovered his bones, walked the Earth some 67 million years ago. Now his skeleton will be displayed at Christie’s in New York prior to auction on October 6, with an estimate of
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In June 2019, President Donald Trump promised that he was on the verge of unveiling a “phenomenal” health care bill. “Yeah, well, we’ll be announcing that in about two months. Maybe less,” Trump told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos at the time, adding: “You’re going have the greatest health care that anybody’s ever had.” Fast-forward 15 months
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, CA (KCRA) — California’s gym operators are exercising their legal rights and launched a lawsuit on Tuesday against Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials for restricting access to workout facilities. The fight over fitness is the latest battle over novel coronavirus public health restrictions in California,
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Twenty-two people were injured after two cranes collided in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday morning, according to Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services. Sixteen victims were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, ATCEMS spokesman Capt. Darren Noak told reporters. He described it as a “crane vs. crane incident that occurred at a construction site.” There was no
Continue Reading Natalia Molina was shocked when she heard a whistleblower’s allegations about hysterectomies in ICE custody. But also, she wasn’t. Molina has written about the history of forced sterilization. The professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California knows there’s a shameful legacy of US officials ordering operations on people without their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Frustration grows, as does the number of Hawaii’s unemployment claims. It has been a common complaint about Hawaii’s unemployment system since the start of the pandemic: After submitting claims, residents have been left waiting – sometimes for months. “All of the weeks say pending. I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KAUA’I COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV) — The idea of resort bubbles on the Garden Isle received a green light from Governor David Ige today. If it works, it allows visitors to quarantine on properties without having to stay in their rooms. Kaua’i County Mayor Derek Kawakami says the “Enhanced
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President Donald Trump got a rare grilling at an ABC News town hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday. He responded to a series of tough questions from Pennsylvania voters, and some more from moderator George Stephanopoulos, much like he responds to easy questions from his favorite conservative television hosts — with a barrage of dishonesty. Trump
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — It’s been a tough situation for many out of a job since March. Many people doing any and everything they can to keep up financially. One local woman, from inside of her own kitchen, has found a new way to make a living. “It’s definitely
Continue Reading The asteroid strike that doomed the dinosaurs is an event that many people are aware of. It wiped out more than three-quarters of all life on Earth 66 million years ago. But it was only one of the Big Five mass extinctions the planet has experienced since living organisms evolved 3.5 billion years ago, and
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Flames from a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest outside of Los Angeles came within 500 feet of the Mount Wilson Observatory, the historic astronomic viewpoint where Edwin Hubble explored the universe. Firefighters were in place to defend the structure from the flames, the U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday. “The Bobcat Fire is within 500
Continue Reading Transportation officials in the UK have warned commuters not to use live snakes as face coverings, after a bus passenger was spotted with a large reptile wrapped around his head. The man raised eyebrows during his bus journey to Manchester, England on Monday when he was seen with the animal draped around his neck and
Continue Reading A section of the newly built Pensacola Bay Bridge, known to locals as the Three Mile Bridge, is missing as Hurricane Sally pummeled the Florida Panhandle, authorities said. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said at a news conference on Wednesday that an assessment had been done earlier that morning, though he didn’t indicate the extent
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AUSTIN, Texas — At least 22 people were injured after two cranes collided in Austin on Wednesday morning, according to Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services. The cranes collided and got tangled several stories above a building under construction. The cause of the accident was still under investigation. The EMS agency said 22 workers were hurt,
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President Donald Trump is used to taking questions from celebrity anchors at Fox News, who lob softballs greased with praise. His appearance in a town hall Tuesday night, held by ABC News, featuring questions from undecided voters in Pennsylvania, was an altogether different experience. Faced with demands for answers, Trump resorted to his standard lies
Continue Reading Social media posts from far-left extremist groups conveying hateful, and at times violent, sentiments against police surged during the recent period of protests and civil unrest, according to a new report. The findings were published Monday by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a non-partisan organization that tracks hate and misinformation on social media. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KMBC) — A bright message that Black Lives Matter is tarnished in Kansas City, Missouri. Someone dropped white paint, and somebody else burned rubber over the entire mural in the Northland. The painting at Northwest Briarcliff Parkway and North Mulberry is one of six unique
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WASHINGTON, DC — Lawmakers met on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning to present the “I Am Vanessa Guillen” bill, hoping it could be the start of change in the U.S. military five months after the Texas soldier was murdered at Fort Hood, reports ABC affiliate KTRK. Congresswoman Jackie Speier announced that Speaker of the House Nancy
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America’s booming stock market is a flawed yardstick for measuring Main Street’s recovery from the pandemic. But that doesn’t stop President Donald Trump from repeatedly pointing to the V-shaped rebound on Wall Street as proof that most Americans are doing well again. “Stocks are owned by everybody,” Trump said during Tuesday’s town hall on ABC.
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America’s booming stock market is a flawed yardstick for measuring Main Street’s recovery from the pandemic. But that doesn’t stop President Donald Trump from repeatedly pointing to the V-shaped rebound on Wall Street as proof that most Americans are doing well again. “Stocks are owned by everybody,” Trump said during Tuesday’s town hall on ABC.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PIKE COUNTY, MS (WAPT) — Four people behind bars after a viral video of a child smoking marijuana. Pike County Sheriff’s Office and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics began an investigation after receiving the social media post. The investigation revealed that Anna Waldron, William Albright, and Kalie Green
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