Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis, MN (WCCO) — With a battle over the Minneapolis police budget looming, top city leaders made their position clear Monday: Don’t take away our officers. Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo were responding to a city council proposal that calls for staffing and financial cuts
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Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 13-1 on Tuesday to recommend that both health care workers and residents of long term care facilities be first in line for any coronavirus vaccines that get emergency authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices voted
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The Justice Department hasn’t found evidence to support allegations of widespread fraud that could have changed the result of last month’s presidential election, Attorney General William Barr said in an interview with the Associated Press published Tuesday. The comments from Barr, who has been steadfast in his support of President Donald Trump during his tenure,
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EL PASO, Texas – Christmas movies are coming to the El Paso County Coliseum, pandemic style. The Mistletoe Movies series will be held as a drive-in event and all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and county health guidelines will be enforced. Starting Friday, Dec. 4, with “Polar Express,” movies will be shown at 5:50
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Though Molly Gibson is just over one month old, she could’ve been born at any point in the last 27 years. Her embryo was frozen in October 1992 and stayed frozen until earlier this year in February, when Tina and Ben Gibson of Tennessee adopted her embryo. Tina gave birth to Molly in late October
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The head of the World Health Organization said that “Mexico is in bad shape” with the pandemic and urged its leaders to be serious about the coronavirus and set examples for its citizens. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s comments came as Mexico’s death toll rose to 105,940 — the fourth highest in the world — with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, MO (KMOV) — Stacey Springstead should be getting treatment in St. Louis for complications to the place on her skull where doctors removed a brain tumor. Instead she’s lying in limbo in an emergency department exam room at Parkland Health Center in Farmington. “They’re saying here that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLAYTON, MO (KMOV) — Five St. Louis County restaurants are weighing their options: continue defying a ban on indoor dining or be forced to close their doors completely. St. Louis County health officials sent out sternly-worded letters threatening to revoke the restaurant’s permits and liquor licenses as a
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Sephora is set to open mini shops inside Kohl’s stores, with the first 200 locations debuting in fall of 2021. It’s part of an effort to reach more customers outside the mall. The partnership will replace an earlier one that Sephora struck with JCPenney that the cosmetics chain says is slated to end in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A Dauphin County deputy sheriff was charged Monday for selling narcotics after an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies, the Susquehanna Township Police Department announced Tuesday. Christopher Reid, 27, was arraigned Monday on charges of possession with intent to deliver a Schedule 1
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The show must go on. The new season of “Jeopardy!” — the first without the late Alex Trebek as host — will begin airing January 11, 2021. But instead of naming a new host right away, the show will instead have several guests fill in as host while it searches for a new long-term replacement.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A final tally of absentee ballots has confirmed that Republican Nicole Malliotakis has toppled first-term U.S. Rep. Max Rose in New York City. Rose conceded the race Nov. 12, but The Associated Press did not declare Malliotakis the winner until Tuesday because of a previous lack of information about a large
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Soccer and the women’s national team have settled the players’ legal claim over inequitable working conditions, putting to rest a part of the team’s gender discrimination lawsuit. The parties filed notice of the settlement in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The settlement allows the players to appeal
Continue Reading Attorney General William Barr appointed Connecticut US Attorney John Durham to act as special counsel investigating whether intelligence and law enforcement violated the law in investigating the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. The announcement on Tuesday doubles down on one of President Donald Trump’s longtime infatuations — that national security and criminal concerns about his campaign
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Attorney General William Barr appointed Connecticut US Attorney John Durham to act as special counsel investigating whether intelligence and law enforcement violated the law in investigating the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. The announcement on Tuesday doubles down on one of President Donald Trump’s longtime infatuations — that national security and criminal concerns about his campaign
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EL PASO, Texas – A memorial fund has been set up to honor the memory of El Paso entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist Yolanda Arriola. Arriola died last week from a heart attack. Arriola’s family announced the memorial fund Tuesday in partnership with the Paso del Norte Community Foundation. The fund will be used to
Continue Reading Shave the date: the McDonald’s McRib is back this week and you can get a free one — if you shave your face. The fast-food chain is partnering with No-Shave November to give out 10,000 McRib sandwiches to customers in an effort to bring awareness to the non-profit which raises money for cancer research. To
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(CNN Business) –– El bitcoin acaba de conquistar otro hito en su impresionante carrera en 2020. La criptomoneda aumentó un 9% a un nuevo máximo histórico de aproximadamente 19.860 dólares este lunes. Lo que superó el récord anterior de 19.783 dólares en diciembre de 2017. Este ha sido un año salvaje para el bitcoin, que se
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos cinco personas murieron, incluido un bebé de 9 meses, y varias otras resultaron heridas cuando un hombre estrelló su automóvil contra un grupo de personas en una zona peatonal en la ciudad de Trier, en el suroeste de Alemania, el martes, dijo la policía. Los agentes arrestaron al conductor del automóvil,
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden‘s transition team on Tuesday announced more senior positions on his inauguration committee. First shared with CNN, the new additions to the team — which will plan the celebration and activities surrounding the President-elect’s swearing-in on January 20 — comprise a diverse group of staff who worked on Biden’s campaign in various roles.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Georgia State University Police Chief Joe Spillane resigned last week after he was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. This incident marks Chief Spillane’s second arrest related to DUI charges, the first stemming from a 2017 incident. This is still an open case
Continue Reading The expanded unemployment benefits that were created by the CARES Act in the spring are slated to expire at the end of this month unless Congress acts. That means millions of Americans who lost their jobs because of the pandemic could struggle to make ends meet. This may include gig workers and the self-employed, who
Continue Reading Two of the top negotiators in Washington — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — spoke Tuesday afternoon about funding the government, weeks after talks broke down for a new stimulus package to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. “I will be speaking to the speaker this afternoon, we’re
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — Two snow leopards cubs have recovered from “swimmer’s syndrome” and will be the focus of a celebration Wednesday morning at the Henry Doorly Zoo. The two cubs, one male and one female, were born on Aug. 4 and sent to Omaha two months ago
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Under pressure to cancel Mardi Gras, Mayor Sandy Stimpson on Tuesday declined to address recommendations from a group of doctors who say it is not safe to hold parades next near. Citing rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, the Medical Society of Mobile County urged
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Oklahoma City ICU nurse Lizanne Jennings comforted her husband, Dennis, in the moments before he succumbed to Covid-19. “Are you ready to be at peace?” she recalled asking him on November 23. ‘He said, ‘Uh-huh.’ And I said, ‘OK. Mom’s fine. She’s back at the house. She’s going to stay with me.’ Because I knew
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse has announced that he will not be seeking re-election. In a statement released Tuesday, Morse explained that when he was first elected in 2012 at age 22, “I expressed the desire to serve for ten years at most – enough
Continue Reading For the second time this season, Spanish giant Real Madrid has been stunned by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. Having lost 3-2 in October in Madrid, the 13-time winner fell 2-0 in Kiev on Tuesday thanks to a second half goals from Dentinho and Manor Solomon. The Brazilian forward, who came on as a
Continue Reading As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to announce more key nominations and appointments to his administration, the door is closing on the prospect of tapping Democrats from one of his most cherished places in Washington: the halls of Congress. Inside his transition team, there is a real recognition of how difficult it would be to choose
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Portland State University athletic department has canceled the first four games of the women’s basketball season. PSU says the decision comes after a positive COVID-19 test result came back within the program. The canceled games include two games with Northwest University on Dec.
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