Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Conn. (WFSB) — A high school student has died and a younger sibling was critically injured in a shooting that happened Friday night. The school district alerted parents to the shooting in a letter Saturday morning, offering counseling services to families and staff members. Police were called
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EL PASO, Texas — Local health officials reported 15 more confirmed coronavirus deaths and over 1,500 additional cases on Saturday morning as the pandemic infection and fatality toll continues to grow at heightened levels. The virus death tally in El Paso County grew to 756, with one of the latest casualties being among the younger
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It is an internet battle cry: Stop the Steal has swept across inboxes, Facebook pages and Twitter like an out-of-control virus, spreading misinformation and violent rhetoric — and spilling into real life, like the protest planned for DC this weekend. But while Stop the Steal may sound like a new 2020 political slogan to many,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A hospital executive has been sentenced for fraudulently using hospital money to buy 93 firearms. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Russell Richardson, former hospital security director at DeKalb Medical Center, was sentenced to one year, six months in prison. Russell pleaded guilty to the
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President Donald Trump has placed his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in charge of his campaign’s legal challenges contesting the outcome of the 2020 election, according to The New York Times. Citing four people familiar with the matter, the Times reported Friday that Giuliani is now overseeing the lawsuits to throw out ballots and turn around
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The US Army has identified five Americans killed in a helicopter crash Thursday while serving as part of a peacekeeping force in Egypt. The Americans, who were among seven members of the force killed in the southern Sinai Peninsula, were identified as: Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp, 31 of Katy, Texas; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas
Continue Reading Rebecca Spoor was too young to vote in the general election. The 17-year-old Georgian thought she would have to wait until the next election cycle to cast her first ballot. But now, with her state’s runoff elections on the horizon, Spoor, who turns 18 on January 3, is excited to become a first-time voter much
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ark. (KFSM) — A Fayetteville man has been arrested for Capital Murder after a man was stabbed in a home on Rocky Creek Road Thursday night by his daughter’s boyfriend, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reports. According to the sheriff’s department, Washington County deputies responded to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A longtime treatment for burn victims and survivors of traumatic brain injury may provide significant help for people trying to recover from some of the cognitive fallout caused by COVID-19. “Women could not figure out what was going on with them — anxiety, depression
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(CNN) — La tormenta tropical Iota podría convertirse en un gran huracán en el Caribe y golpear a Centroamérica a principios de la próxima semana, la misma región que ya fue devastada por el huracán Eta a principios de este mes, dicen los meteorólogos. Iota, que se formó el viernes en el mar, se ubicó
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A New Jersey restaurant was able to continue operating during the pandemic thanks to the generosity of a nearby barbershop. Following a positive coronavirus test among its staff, the Würstbar restaurant in Jersey City decided to temporarily close down to allow for quarantine and staff testing. “Würstbar is a small team run by an extremely
Continue Reading Former White House chief of staff John Kelly issued an on-the-record statement Friday night lambasting President Donald Trump for not helping with the transition to a Biden administration. “The delay in transitioning is an increasing national security and health crisis. It costs the current administration nothing to start to brief Mr. Biden, Ms. Harris, the
Continue Reading Bulky briefing books and budgets are unopened. Office spaces dedicated to the transition sit vacant. And planning conversations between incoming and outgoing administrations have been silenced for now. The federal agencies were required by law to prepare for a transition before the 2020 election, but the flurry of activity that would normally be taking place
Continue Reading President Donald Trump may be refusing to concede his defeat, but governments around the world are congratulating President-elect Joe Biden — and anticipating that he will adopt a more traditional foreign policy approach. Biden will face the usual menu of foreign policy challenges — from the near-peer competitor China to a nuclear-armed and unpredictable Kim
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– The clouds we have seen these past few days have officially moved out of the area. The winds will be on the low-end windy category for many Borderland locations. Ahead of a cold front, sustained winds will reach speeds of up to 10-20 MPH, wind gusts reaching the 30-35 MPH range. Wind
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Al hacer compras con la tarjeta de crédito, es fundamental que sepas cuál es el período de gracia en el que puedes pagar sin que te cobren intereses. ¿Qué es el período de gracia? ¿Cómo debes usarlo? Te lo explicamos a continuación: 4 términos clave Hay cuatro términos clave vinculados a la tarjeta
Continue ReadingAt least 24 veterans have died of Covid-19 and more than 80 have been infected since an outbreak last month at Kentucky’s Thomson-Hood Veterans Center, the state’s governor said Friday. Of the total 86 infections in the Wilmore facility, 48 veterans have now recovered, five are in the hospital and nine are being treated within
Continue Reading The morning routine has been obliterated because of coronavirus. That has dragged down breakfast sales at major fast food restaurants, which was a rare growth opportunity for the otherwise flat-lining industry. Because so many people have been staying home for their breakfast and morning coffee, Taco Bell, Starbucks and Tim Horton’s have suffered. Still, as
Continue Reading A “rolling gun battle” between people in two vehicles might have left a 5-year-old girl shot and in the hospital Friday night, Missouri police say. Officers investigated reports of shots fired about 7:50 p.m., the Independence Police Department said in a statement. Around the same time, the Kansas City Police Department said a child had
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A former manager for singer R. Kelly, who faces criminal charges of his own, is in the middle of plea negotiations, prosecutors revealed at a status conference Friday. Donnell Russell was indicted in October on one count of interstate stalking for allegedly contacting an anonymous “Jane Doe” victim in Kelly’s case “with the intent to
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Continue Reading Sixty years ago, Ruby Bridges walked to school escorted by four federal marshals as a White mob hurled insults at her. Bridges, just 6 years old on November 14, 1960, was set to begin first grade at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. As the first Black student to attend the school, Bridges carried
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest sports teams in the world, New Zealand’s rugby union team suffered a shock 25-15 loss on Saturday as Argentina beat the All Blacks for the first time in its history. New Zealand, a three-time world champion, has now suffered two successive defeats for the first time since August
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After weeks of appealing to residents for help in slowing the spread of Covid-19, several governors have now issued stringent new measures to get the virus under control ahead of what some experts predict could be a brutal winter season. Already, grim indicators offer a glimpse of what’s to come: A little more than a
Continue Reading When Jorge Castro saw that Marvel’s Miles Morales would be walking around New York’s Spanish Harlem on the new Spider-Man video game, he quickly choked up. “Representation matters… it matters,” the 27-year-old YouTube gamer said, drying tears as he watched a gameplay trailer of “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.” “It’s awesome to see my heritage, part
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Un suéter que la princesa Diana hizo famoso vuelve a la venta, tras ser reeditado por diseñadores. Justamente, llega cuatro décadas después de que Lady Di luciera la atrevida prenda roja, que muestra docenas de ovejas blancas y una negra en el frente. El suéter de lana con cuello redondo fue creado en
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Surviving Covid-19 is hard enough for those who get severely ill from the disease, but returning to normal is a struggle, too, according to new research that found survivors were likely to face health and financial hardships even months later. A team of scientists led by Dr. Vineet Chopra of the University of Michigan Health
Continue Reading Thomas Wall had a problem. It was the summer of 1913 and business was flagging at T. Wall & Sons, his family butcher shop in London. Overheated shoppers just weren’t buying the company’s specialty sausages. Then, Wall had an epiphany: Selling ice cream could help counteract the seasonal sales slump. The idea was set aside
Continue Reading In the not-so-distant past, there was a place where parents could drop off their kids for six-plus hours a day. Teachers and administration kept them safe, and taught them things. It was wonderful. Now, it’s all parents. Even with teachers working hard to reimagine school online, it’s up to parents and guardians — mostly moms
Continue Reading When Antionette Brown first saw Henry Bell at a nightclub 14 years ago, she knew he was the one. Although they never married, they commonly referred to each other as husband and wife during that span. Nothing tore them apart — not even when Bell nearly died after being hospitalized with Covid-19 for nearly two
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