Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Downtown Atlanta is missing its usual buzz of people this Labor Day weekend. Last year, a record 85,000 people attended Atlanta’s Dragon Con. This year, with coronavirus cases still surging in the United States, organizers opted to hold the conference virtually. “To bring that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — the Georgia community is overwhelmed after hearing the plight that 39 rescued children find themselves in. Last week the U.S. Marshals announced 26 children had been rescued in Georgia and 13 located to make sure they were safe. Nine arrests have been made. “We
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After wearing masks with the names of Breonna Taylor and Elijah McClain in rounds at the US Open, Naomi Osaka bore the name of Ahmaud Arbery on her mask Friday, downing Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 in the third round in New York. The mask was back on during her post-match interview at Arthur
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTONVILLE, AK (KFSM) — The Museum of Native American History (MONAH) in Bentonville will host Creative Spirit with Eldrena Douma, a live virtual storytelling event via Zoom on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 11:00 a.m. Storytime at the Museum has been one of the longest programs hosted at MONAH,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RUDY, AK (KFSM) — In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, live music events have been scarce. To keep these types of events going, coordinators came up with a 2-day drive-in music festival. Hundreds of people will come out tonight to hear live music at the Lazy Acres
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — Many restaurants in our area have been working around the 25% indoor capacity with the addition of outdoor seating, including Smiler’s Grill & Bar in Dickson City. They were given the tables and chairs from a business that closed and it’s helped them
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDWARDSVILLE, PA (WNEP) — On the corner of Main Street and Zerby Avenue in Edwardsville, sits Little ‘Big’ Thinkers Learning Center. Around the building you may see something new: a mural of creatures you may find in your backyard thanks to the Street Art Society of NEPA. “The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BATON ROUGE, LA (WGNO) — The death toll from Hurricane Laura continues to climb. Two more people died today from heat-related illnesses while they were cleaning up after the storm, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. A 41-year-old man and a 47-year-old man, both residents of Vernon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, PA (WPMT) — Labor Day weekend will look a bit different this weekend compared to other years. “Without a doubt at the turnpike we are expecting significantly less traffic than we did last year,” said Carl Defebo with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Defebo says, 2.9 million drivers
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Coliseum and the El Paso Sports Commission announced Friday that a new arena football team is coming to the Borderland. The team will be known as the West Texas Buccaneers. The Buccaneers will be in the American Arena League and play their home games at the Coliseum.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Dona Ana County treasurer is warning residents about fake notices claiming people owe back property taxes to either the county or the federal government. The notices appear official and claim to originate with local, state or federal government agencies. People have also been getting fake calls, letters or emails
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EL PASO, Texas — With Covid-19 restrictions and quarantines in place prohibiting mass gatherings and trips to New Mexico, El Paso tourism leaders say Labor Day weekend offers an opportunity to rediscover the city. Since many out-of-town guests cancelled reservations for Borderland activities, here’s your chance to stay safe and have fun by getting out
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Anna Faris, one of the stars of CBS sitcom ‘Mom,’ is leaving the show ahead of its eighth season. Faris and Warner Bros. Television, which produces the series, released statements Friday confirming the news. “The past seven years on ‘Mom’ have been some of the most fulfilling and rewarding of my career,” Faris said in
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The number of American young adults living with their parents is at or near an all-time high, and the coronavirus pandemic is likely the reason, according to a new analysis. A new report by the Pew Research Center found that a majority of young adults — 52% — lived with one or both of their
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As a first-generation college student, Jennifer Monje worked hard not only to get into school, but she’s working hard to stay and be a role model for her younger sister. So, when her college called for an immediate all-student quarantine this week, she said was disappointed and hurt — not by the school’s actions, but
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Memorial Day came. We celebrated. We burst out of our suffocating homes with a damn-the-torpedoes surge, eager to see the places, family and friends we’d been yearning for during those smothering weeks of isolation. Then we paid the price. Two or so weeks later, after the virus had incubated, cases of Covid-19 spiked, with 4
Continue Reading The New York Police Department is investigating an incident in which a car plowed into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters blocking the street in Times Square Thursday evening. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said on “Good Day New York” Friday morning that video of the incident shows a black car driving into a crowd
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The sudden return of turbulence on Wall Street is a rude awakening for newbie investors who grew accustomed to a stock market that went almost exclusively in one direction: straight up. The monster rally since late March was driven in part by an influx of money from retail investors, many of them first-time investors on
Continue Reading Jacob Blake’s sister told reporters that even as he fights for his life with seven gunshot wounds from police officers, she isn’t sorry or sad. She is angry and tired. “So many people have reached out to me saying they’re sorry that this has been happening to my family. Well don’t be sorry because this
Continue Reading As Jacob Blake was freed from handcuffs in the hospital, the Kenosha police union said Friday that Blake put an officer in a headlock moments before being shot in the back. Since Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times in the back by a White officer, local officials have not discussed many details
Continue Reading Three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police spurred national unrest and widespread reforms, America’s racial reckoning exploded when Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a White officer. Floyd was handcuffed and unarmed in late May when he died, after a police officer knelt on his
Continue Reading Lionel Messi says he will “continue” at Barcelona, despite wanting to go “all year,” the six-time Ballon d’Or winner announced in an exclusive interview with Goal.com on Friday. The 33-year-old’s decision comes just over a week after he sent a letter to the club informing it that he wanted to leave. “I’ll continue at Barcelona
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Two people were arrested after a large crowd gathered outside the Penumbra Kelly Building Thursday night for several hours. A group first came together at Laurelhurst Park located at Southeast Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard and Southeast Stark Street, police said, then marched to the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump “unfit” for the presidency on Friday, delivering an impassioned reaction to a report that Trump — who never served in uniform — allegedly mocked American war dead. The president and his allies have dismissed the report in The Atlantic as false. The allegations,
Continue Reading A Russian TV crew flying over the Siberian tundra this summer spotted a massive crater 30 meters (100 feet) deep and 20 meters wide — striking in its size, symmetry and the explosive force of nature that it must have taken to have created it. Scientists are not sure exactly how the huge hole, which
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LA JOLLA, CA (KSWB) — Environmentalists are warning beachgoers escaping the lockdown to be sensitive to the tide pools after an uptick in coastal activity has damaged sensitive marine habitats. In the protected area at Scripps Coastal Reserve in La Jolla, people turned out Thursday to enjoy the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LA JOLLA, CA (KVVU) — Environmentalists are warning beachgoers escaping the lockdown to be sensitive to the tide pools after an uptick in coastal activity has damaged sensitive marine habitats. In the protected area at Scripps Coastal Reserve in La Jolla, people turned out Thursday to enjoy the
Continue Reading For nearly 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II has reigned as the head of the world’s most famous royal family. Over those decades, the members of the Windsor dynasty have celebrated weddings and births as they navigated scandals, family rifts and heartbreaking tragedy — all in full view of a watchful public. Now, with rare archival
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking states to get ready to distribute a coronavirus vaccine by as early as next month. The CEO of Pfizer says he thinks it’s possible his company will have enough data to ask the US Food and Drug Administration for authorization by October. And officials inside
Continue Reading A professor of African and Latin American studies who portrayed herself as Black has now revealed she has been lying. Jessica A. Krug, an associate professor at George Washington University, has written extensively about Africa, Latin America, the diaspora and identity, all while claiming her own Black and Latina heritage. But in an article published
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