Mike Tyson, once considered “the baddest man on the planet,” is returning to the boxing ring Saturday for a highly anticipated bout. Fifteen years after retiring, the former heavyweight champion will square off against fellow boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. for an exhibition fight titled “Frontline Battle.” The World Boxing Council WBC will support, commemorate
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Click here for updates on this story Netarts, OR (KPTV) — Crews are searching for a missing man after an inflatable boat capsized in Netarts Bay. The Netarts Oceanside Fire District, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Coast Guard were all involved in the search operation that began around 2:30 p.m. Friday. Firefighters said the
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Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by Megan Fazio, a spokesperson for DTP Companies, a Las Vegas-based enterprise for which Hsieh served as the visionary. Hsieh, 46, died from injuries sustained in a house fire that occurred in Connecticut
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A second young man has died after a shooting in a Sacramento mall, police said Saturday. Officers responded to the Arden Fair Mall in California’s state capital following a report of shots fired a little after 6 p.m. Friday, according to Karl Chan, a spokesman for Sacramento Police. When officers arrived on scene, they found
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UPDATE: The game has now been called off after some UTEP players and/or coaches tested positive for the coronavirus. An updated statement issued by Rice athletic officials says: “Today’s game between Rice and UTEP has been canceled due to positive tests and contact tracing within the UTEP program.” No further details were provided. The next
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President Donald Trump said Thursday he will travel to Georgia to support the state’s Republican Senate candidates ahead of the January 5 runoff election. “Speaking of Georgia, I’ll be going there,” the President said after his Thanksgiving video teleconference call with US service members, as he baselessly railed against the integrity of the state’s election
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — One of the first whale sharks to grace the tanks at Georgia Aquarium died Friday. Trixie was the largest female whale shark at the facility. She was having difficulty navigating the habitat earlier in the day. Her health rapidly declined, according to the aquarium.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — On Thanksgiving Day, Thomas Young says he went to get a pack of cigarettes from Cascade Package Liquor store when things took a turn. “Upon going in the store the owner and his wife were being irate and very disrespectful,” Young sad. He added,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Bossier City, LA (KTBS) — Over the next couple of years you will be hearing a lot about the Weapons Generation Facility, also known as the WGF, at Barksdale Air Force Base. “It’s changed into a new type of project where we will actually assemble the weapons here.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Shreveport, LA (KTBS) — A family’s personal tragedy has inspired a young girl to take action. About a month ago, 10-year-old Peyton Hamilton was devastated to learn her Uncle Ricky had died of carbon monoxide poisoning. At the time, he was homeless in Colorado and was trying to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Asheville, NC (WLOS) — On Black Friday, while traditionally many people can be found lined up outside or packing the inside of stores with the biggest sales of the year, in a pandemic year, many families chose this Black Friday to flock to places like the WNC Farmers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Rutherfordton, NC (WLOS) — It’s a call no first responder wants to hear — a structure fire at their own address. “My body started to tremble.” Jonathan Cichy said. At the time the call came through, Monday night, Nov. 23, he was on the clock for Hickory Nut
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ROTAN, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert has been canceled for a 2-year-old girl north of Abilene, according to ABC affiliate KTRK. Deputies in Rotan were asking for the public to be on the lookout for Victoria Alerman, and issued the alert overnight. However, around 8:45 a.m. Saturday, the Fisher County Sheriff’s Office said she
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported 635 additional Covid-19 cases and four more deaths Saturday morning. The county’s latest deceased included a man in his 40s, a woman in her 60s and two men in their 70s, bringing the total number of pandemic deaths to 923. Officials said there were 590 new infections along
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El Paso, Texas– A quiet and cooler day is expected on Saturday behind the cold front that moved through the Borderland on Friday evening. Many areas waking up below freezing or just right above the freezing mark. As we approach winter, it is important to remember to check in on your elderly, make sure your
Continue Reading Child welfare organizations for months have felt the full weight of the coronavirus pandemic, navigating concerns about unreported abuse and ensuring their resources are available to at-risk children. But now, deeper into the outbreak, a new challenge is emerging that’s complicating their critical outreach efforts: the QAnon conspiracy theory. The most basic QAnon belief —
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When Covid-19 cases began climbing in the fall within Norton County, Kansas, the administrator of a local nursing home used the facility’s Facebook page to send residents reminders. An early September post on the Andbe Home’s page urged visitors to “PLEASE PLEASE follow the guidelines,” including maintaining a distance of six feet and wearing a
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(CNN) — Cuando Mike Tyson estaba en su mejor momento, fue descrito como «el hombre más malo del planeta». Un campeón de boxeo de peso pesado que derrotó a sus oponentes hasta la sumisión tan rápido que muchos de ellos ni siquiera pudieron experimentar el asiento en el taburete de la esquina: entraron y salieron
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In the days since Oxford University and AstraZeneca unveiled the results of the partnership’s Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials, a growing number of questions have emerged. The stated 70% average efficacy was significantly lower than the 94.5% to 95% reported by the other two leading candidates, Moderna and Pfizer. Yet this vaccine could still prove
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As Gerard Pique broke away from the mass of Barcelona players and staff embracing each other and cheering, he looked up to the stands around him at Camp Nou. Grinning, the defender raised his right arm to the thousands of jubilant Catalans, his palm open and five fingers outstretched. The fans responded, raising their arms,
Continue Reading A Florida man who has spent 31 years in prison for a nonviolent marijuana crime could soon be a free man. Richard DeLisi has been incarcerated since 1989 when, at the age of 40, he was convicted on charges of racketeering, trafficking in cannabis and conspiracy after agreeing to help smuggle more than 100 pounds
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Lawmakers in Taiwan threw pig intestines and punches at each other as a brawl broke out in parliament over a proposal to ease restrictions on pork imports from the United States. The fight broke out Friday when opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party members threw pig skin and intestines at their fellow lawmakers to stop Premier Su
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EL PASO, Texas — Oscar Leeser was the 53rd mayor of El Paso from 2013 to 2017 and now he is running to try to get his job back. He was the top vote-getter on election day earlier this month but didn’t manage to break 50% in the six-person field, so he and current Mayor
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The view from space is just out of this world. NASA astronaut Victor Glover, one of the four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, posted a video on Twitter of the stunning view from Earth on his first-ever trip to space. “My first video from space! Looking at the Earth through the window of
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MESCALERO, New Mexico — Forecasters with the National Weather Service in New Mexico say a storm is expected to cross over the state on Saturday morning and officials at Ski Apache are hoping to get a little help from Mother Nature. The upper-level low pressure system will bring with it snow, which Ski Apache’s director
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s anti-monopoly commission said this week it has begun a formal investigation into possible monopolistic practices in wholesale and retail goods distribution and sales, a probe that appears to involve Wal-Mart’s Mexican subsidiary. While the Federal Economic Competition Commission did not identify its target, Wal-Mart de Mexico told investors earlier this
Continue Reading Statues of three United States Presidents, a “Pioneers Statue” and numerous store fronts were targeted by vandals on Thanksgiving, with “land back” graffitied on some of the property. Vandals damaged the Pioneers Statue in BF Nelson Park in Minneapolis, spray-painting the words “no thanks,” “no more genocide,” “decolonize” and “land back” on it, Dawn Sommers,
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico reported a record daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases Friday, with 12,081 more infections reported. Ciudad Juarez reported 167 of those new cases along with 65 additional deaths related to the virus, to take the city’s death toll over 2,000. The total number of cases reported to date
Continue Reading One of Hollywood’s most famous couples donated $500,000 to help young people struggling with homelessness in Canada. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively pledged $250,000 each to Covenant House Vancouver and Covenant House Toronto, according a press release. Covenant House International says it has served more than a million homeless youth in the United States, Canada
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America enters the somber holiday weekend following a Thanksgiving Day that saw more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases and 1,200 deaths — skyrocketing numbers given that 20 states did not report data. Traditionally the start of a time of shopping and giving, the final days of November have seen record highs in the worsening pandemic
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