Click here for updates on this story ROSWELL, Ga. (WGCL) — Grey Eaton teaches shop and handyman classes at Eaton Academy, a private school in Roswell. His classes are small, but so is his classroom space. When the pandemic hit, he started thinking. “The wheels started to turn,” Eaton said. “How could we get more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Close to 900 crossing guards that serve Clark County schools are furloughed during the fall semester of distance learning, and many are eager to eventually get back to work. According to All City Management Services, which contracts with Clark County School District and local
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Some Nevada families will receive a one-time payment after potentially missed school lunches due to COVID-19-related closures. The Nevada Department of Welfare and Supported Services announced that the families of children who would have received free or reduced lunch if school were in session
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story REXBURG, Idaho (East Idaho News) — A local woman who spent time with Lori Vallow Daybell in the Madison County Jail is sharing details about the experience for the first time. The woman has asked EastIdahoNews.com not to use her real name for safety reasons. In this story,
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A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured after being shot by a police officer in Salt Lake City on Friday night, according to his mother. Golda Barton said that her son Linden Cameron, who has Asperger syndrome, experienced a “mental breakdown” earlier in the day. It had been her first day back at work in nearly
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ark. (KFSM) — A Mulberry woman was arrested for the alleged murder of her infant. According to Crawford County Jail records, Nancy Williams was arrested on Friday (Sept. 4) on a First Degree Murder charge. Court records state on Thursday (Sept. 3), first responders and Mulberry
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An 80-year-old man who went missing while hiking during a hailstorm was reunited with his family at a press conference staged to try and find him. Harry Harvey was reported missing at 1.30 pm on Sunday after he became separated from his walking partner while out hiking in the Yorkshire Dales, in the northeast of
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Coronavirus misinformation is infecting the unlikeliest of places: Wall Street research that investors rely on to trade in the financial markets. In an early August note to clients, an analyst at a research firm called Fundstrat Global Advisors, which distributes widely-read reports and analysis to investors, cited a series of tweets by an ophthalmologist named
Continue Reading Packing her bags to go home for the first time in over four months, Maasai ranger Purity Lakara — who patrols lands in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, known for its free-roaming elephants and views of Mount Kilimanjaro — is overjoyed to be seeing her family for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic was declared.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RAYTOWN, Mo. (KCTV/KSMO) — At Kwik Auto Finance off Blue Ridge Boulevard, crews are repairing damage from the first fire that prosecutors say was intentionally set on July 4. Police believe the same man came back to start another fire on September 4. “We’ve been here for 30
Continue Reading “Thank you for being a friend.” The “Zoom Where It Happens” live table read of an episode of “The Golden Girls” with an all Black cast kicked off Tuesday night with viral star Aaron Scott singing his gospel remix of the theme song. Scott went viral with his performance of the song in 2016 and
Continue Reading A Black cartoonist experiences an awakening about racism even in liberal San Francisco in “Woke,” a Hulu series that pairs eccentric humor and characters with its timely real-world echoes. Based on the work of cartoonist Keith Knight, the show develops a bit slowly but deftly straddles the line between weightier matters and mining its sillier
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LACASSINE, La. (WGNO) — Saint Tammany fire fighters from Slidell are among the department’s emergency response team helping victims of Hurricane Laura. For some, it’s familiar work because they endured the same recoveries in their own neighborhoods after Hurricane Katrina. “They got Katrina minus the water,” Captain Chris
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPMT) — The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is distributing $31.5 million in CARES Act funding to direct care workers. Some at-home caregivers earn less than $12 an hour. Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, they are finally getting some financial help. “We take on so much
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Conn. (Hartford Business Journal) — Connecticut brewery advocates are urging Congress to pass a bill that would continue reducing the tax rate for craft beer brewed by independent breweries. On Dec. 31, the Federal Excise Tax (FET) rates, authorized under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of
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In 1903, the agency that would later become part of the US Food and Drug Administration approved its first vaccine. Now the FDA has more than 80 licensed vaccines, and for each there has been an established scientific protocol to make sure it’s safe and effective. But this is 2020, the year when nothing is
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A strong cold front moved into the region overnight bringing much cooler air, showers, thunderstorms and gusty winds. The winds will remain in the forecast this afternoon along with below normal temperatures. Temperatures will remain in the 70s Thursday afternoon. Temperatures will climb to the mid-80s Saturday and Sunday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A sign of the times — Honolulu resident Vee Hoffman said no one standing in line behind her at the grocery store could help pay the remainder of her grocery bill, which was only a penny. “We’re in a time where a penny goes a
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During the coronavirus surge in Texas this summer, Dr. Thomas Patterson said he only had enough of the anti-viral drug remdesivir for about a third of his patients, and was forced to pick and choose who would get the only drug authorized in the United States to treat Covid-19. Meanwhile, Dr. Ahmedul Kabir in Bangladesh
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) — Thousands of people have been forced from their homes because of multiple wildfires burning near Salem, Oregon. The Kent family had to get out at a moment’s notice when fire began to spread near their home. “We drove under a tree that had fallen
Continue Reading Charlamagne Tha God has been doing his own podcast for a few years now and awhile ago he wondered why there were no podcast networks. When that started happening, he had another question. “I thought ‘Why can’t we do that with a Black podcast network,’” the popular radio host recalled to CNN in a recent
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso health officials reported one new coronavirus-related death Wednesday morning. The death toll now stands at 449 in El Paso County. The health department said the victim was a woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions. Health officials also announced 45 new cases and 27 “delayed” positive results.
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After her win Tuesday night in the quarterfinal match of the US Open, tennis star Naomi Osaka was nearly brought to tears by video messages from the parents of Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery thanking her for honoring them during the tournament. Before each match, Osaka has donned a face mask with the name of
Continue Reading About 40 large fires are ravaging the three contiguous West Coast states, and Oregon’s governor says some situations have been dire enough to make even firefighters retreat. Hundreds of thousands of acres are burning and thousands of people have been evacuated in parts of California, Oregon and Washington after extreme heat and high winds combined
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As more and more students in the Borderland return to their classrooms, they’re confronted with a new normal: face mask requirements, social distancing and frequent sanitizing stations. Now, those changes are hitting one of the most social times of the day: lunchtime. “We’re human and we all like that human
Continue Reading The reboot of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” has come home. Will Smith announced Tuesday on his YouTube Channel that the new series has been signed by Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service. “We have just officially closed the deal with Peacock with an unprecedented two-season order from a pitch,” Smith said in the video, which shows
Continue Reading British drugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday it has started Phase 3 trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, becoming the third company to start late-stage trials of a vaccine to prevent Covid-19. The vaccine, developed in partnership with Oxford University, has the backing of the US federal government. Rivals Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTec already
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A family camping trip was cut short as bright orange flames and thick smoke surrounded campgrounds in Oregon early Tuesday morning. Allison Hargett, her husband Tyler, and their 6-year-old daughter Lilly were camping at Detroit Lake State Park with their friends, Tim and Adamma Dye. The lake is southeast of Salem and is a popular
Continue Reading Two years into travel nursing, Sierra Levin had no plans to settle down. Working around three months at a time at hospitals in California, Massachusetts and Texas — and taking time off in between to explore France, Australia and New Zealand — the 26-year-old was enjoying the adventure too much to stop. Ryan Cogdill knows
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“The Damned Utd” was the title of author David Peace’s novel about Leeds United and Brian Clough, who managed the club for just 44 days in 1974. Leeds is a club with a proud tradition, not least in having appointed two of English football’s clubs most influential managers. Clough, who went on to win two
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