A Covid-19 vaccine developed and tested in Russia generated neutralizing antibodies in dozens of study subjects, and while the vaccine often caused side effects such as fever, those side effects were mostly mild, according to data published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet. Russia drew criticism when it announced the world’s first approved coronavirus
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“The Boys” quickly became Amazon’s signature series, and the second season of this beyond-dark show outdoes the first — offering a searing take on modern-day America that might be TV’s most subversive program, camouflaged in superhero garb. What could be more terrifying than a psychopathic Superman? That’s a central facet of “The Boys,” which hits
Continue Reading Eventually somebody’s going to make a really good TV series about a manned space mission, but “Away” isn’t it. Like Hulu’s “The First” and National Geographic’s “Mars,” this handsome Netflix drama about a crew traveling to Mars — and those left behind — wants to be stirring and mostly settles for dull, mostly proving that
Continue Reading There comes a moment, every time you visit a fire lookout tower, when you become certain that you have gotten hopelessly, irretrievably lost. The dirt road is buckled and overgrown; your tires skirt a crumbling cliff. Against your better judgment, you switchback up the mountainside through thinning pine forest, the road at last leveling at
Continue Reading Usher is headed to Sin City. The eight-time Grammy Award-winner will headline a Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, opening Friday, July 16, 2021. Usher is a triple threat — singer, dancer and actor, and the promoters promise he “will give his fans an extraordinary immersive experience that only Usher can deliver.”
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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV KSMO) — An 11-year-old girl who was attacked and knocked unconscious by a 12-year-old boy is speaking out. The boy has now been charged with felony battery. The incident happened last Friday at the Park 67 Apartments in Shawnee, Kansas. The family of 11-year-old
Continue Reading Mick Jagger gets that not everyone loves the Rolling Stones’ “Goats Head Soup” album. “It’s not an album that’s revered as much as ‘Exile on Main Street’ in people’s minds,” the singer told Rolling Stone magazine. “I suppose including me.” A deluxe edition of the 1973 album has now been released. While the album wasn’t
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EL PASO, Texas — Since the pandemic, many families have been enjoying the return of drive-in movies. Suncity Carpool Cinema is going a step further and is bringing live DJ concerts to their drive-in in hopes of giving music fans a chance to enjoy concerts again in a safe environment. “We wanted a different element.
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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EL PASO — A person was taken to the hospital after a fight in south-central El Paso early Friday morning. The fire department described the injuries as serious. The fight happened near Paisano Drive and Val Verde Street, not far from Jefferson High School. ABC-7 began to get reports about an assault investigation in that
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Firefighting crews from Sri Lanka and India are working to put out a large blaze aboard an oil tanker that has been burning since Thursday, off the coast of the south Asian island nation. One Filipino crew member died after a boiler in the main engine room exploded, causing the fire, the Sri Lankan Navy
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Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is trying to prove that the box office still has some life left in the age of coronavirus. The time-travel spy thriller’s debut this weekend in US movie theaters will be closely watched as a barometer of the industry’s health. But it may have a better chance of drawing a crowd in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SEASIDE, OR (KPTV) — A brewery in Seaside says it is receiving national attention after a Facebook post in response to an open carry rally went viral. The post was directed at organizers of the rally, which listed the brewery as the destination for a rally this weekend.
Continue Reading They are among the greatest victims of coronavirus, yet elderly people continue to be dismissed, despite growing evidence of the devastating effects the pandemic has had on them. Earlier this week, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he had heard people describing high Covid-19 death rates among older people as “fine.” “No,
Continue Reading Production on “The Batman” has been temporarily paused after the film’s star, Robert Pattinson, tested positive for Covid-19, a source close to the actor told CNN. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed to CNN in a statement on Thursday that a member of the film’s production had tested positive for coronavirus but did not
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, KS (KCTV/KSMO) — The past few months have been difficult for artists, especially those who depend on classes and gallery shows for extra income. On Thursday, KCTV5’s Nathan Vickers talked to one local man who is trying to keeping an art form alive in a one-of-a-kind studio.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — A 4-year-old girl was shot in the leg after getting caught in crossfire while going to play at a KC park on Wednesday evening. Officers were nearby when they heard gunshots about 6:05 p.m. coming from Oak Park at E. 43rd Street and
Continue Reading The pandemic has shaken up the US workforce. Between February and April, more than 22 million jobs were lost. Including the 1,371,000 gain in August reported this morning, only 48% of those were recovered since April. And unfortunately, the pace of the rapid jobs recovery will not be sustained. The jobs reports later in 2020
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — In the Poconos, Great Wolf Lodge near Tannersville is known mainly as being one of the indoor water parks in Monroe County but in just a few weeks it can also be known for a place where children can go to school. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GUILFORD COUNTY, NC (WGHP) — Three people were arrested after a chase involving six different law enforcement agencies, according to the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. At about 8:25 p.m. Thursday, Lexington police were investigating an armed robbery at the Verizon store at 260 Lowes Boulevard when Thomasville police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baton Rouge, LA (WGNO) — The Baton Rouge and statewide branches of the NAACP are calling for the immediate termination of a Louisiana State Police Trooper accused of using a racial slur in reference to a fellow Trooper. In a news release, the NAACP accuses Trooper August McKay
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The temperature hit 101 Thursday, tying a record that was also reached in 2011. Yesterday was the 55th day of triples so far this year and our 12th record high temperature since May. It has been a hot summer and the heat lingers into Friday with most locations reaching the upper 90s. This weekend will
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — Cumberland County’s Vector Control Office was notified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Thursday that one positive mosquito sample for West Nile Virus was collected in Shippensburg Township recently. This is the first positive WNV sample in the county for the year
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — Many groups are speaking out after Congressman Scott Perry questioned systemic racism at Wednesday’s Rotary Club of York meeting. Rep. Perry asked, “What is systemic? That means there’s a ‘system of.’ Well, if there’s a system, somebody had to create that system. I
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A fire broke out an abandoned home early Friday morning in Central El Paso. The El Paso Fire Department said there are no initial reports of injuries. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. It happened just after 6:30 a.m. Smoke and flames could be seen from miles
Continue Reading Drake got one of the biggest pop stars in the world to sub for him in the video for his single with DJ Khaled. The new video for the single “Popstar” features Justin Bieber rapping Drake’s lyrics. Here’s the set up: DJ Khaled is hounding Drake to shoot a music video for their song, despite
Continue Reading Jack Delaney, an aspiring writer living in Brooklyn, New York, had his world turned upside down on Tuesday, when the 26-year-old found himself at the center of an apparent Russian plot to covertly insert itself into the American national conversation. It all began in July when Delaney received a private message on Twitter from “Alex
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced four new coronavirus-related deaths Friday morning. The death toll now stands at 433 in El Paso County. Health officials said all victims has underlying health conditions. They’ve been identified as: 2 men in their 40s1 woman in her 70s1 man in his
Continue Reading Daniel Prude was treated like an animal and murdered by officers who should have protected him, said four relatives of the Black man who died after he was pinned to the ground by police in Rochester, New York. Prude was “not the animal that they’ve treated him like,” his daughter, Tashyra Prude, told CNN on
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Defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors delivered the most exciting finish of this year’s Playoffs thus far in the team’s second-round game against the Boston Celtics on Thursday. A sublime piece of individual skill from Boston’s Kemba Walker — which included a blind bounce-pass assist to Daniel Theis — put the Celtics ahead 103-101 with 0.5
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