Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Police have arrested a man they say hit a 11-year-old girl over the weekend. The incident happened in the 2500 block of Nebraska Avenue around 9:20 a.m. According to police, the girl and her mom were getting ready to take their puppy on
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the first time acknowledged Joe Biden’s victory and referred to him as President-elect, six weeks after Election Day and amid President Donald Trump’s continued refusal to accept defeat. “The electoral college has spoken,” McConnell said in remarks from the Senate floor in the US Capitol, adding, “Today I want
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(CNN) — La Administración de Medicinas y Alimentos de EE.UU. dice que ha otorgado autorización de emergencia para la primera prueba casera de coronavirus. Las personas pueden tomársela y obtener los resultados en casa, lo que significa que no tienen que ir a un laboratorio para tomar muestras y no tienen que enviar la prueba
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN, USA (WNEM) — Businesses across Michigan have been hurting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. But now many in the hospitality industry say they are in danger of foreclosure or they might not be in business in the following months after responding to a survey. The
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden’s victory on Tuesday in a floor speech, where he congratulated the President-elect but also praised Donald Trump’s presidency. Below is the text of the Kentucky Republican’s floor speech provided by McConnell’s office: “Over the last four years, our country has benefited from a presidential term filled with
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Officials with the New Mexico Department of Health held a briefing Tuesday to discuss the first coronavirus vaccines that have arrived in New Mexico as hospitals go about distributing doses to front-line health care workers. Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins explained that while receiving the vaccines is a significant milestone in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — A storm could bring more than a foot of snow to the state Wednesday night into Thursday. Channel 3’s meteorologists named it Winter Storm Bailey. As of Tuesday morning’s forecast, Winter Storm Bailey looked to deposit between 8 to 12 inches of snow in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALABAMA, USA (WALA) — Students at Fairhope High School are getting into the holiday spirit by choosing to help their very own classmates this Christmas. The school has been adopting families for years to make sure no Christmas tree is left without presents. This year, with more families
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HALES CORNERS, WI (WDJT) — Caesar Fuentes, a man accused of shooting and killing Andre Nicholson outside a Third Ward bar, has resigned from the Hales Corners Fire Department. Fuentes was an EMT-firefighter for the department. A news release from the Village of Hales Corners Tuesday, Dec. 15
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Starbucks is temporarily suspending its buy-one-get-one drink deals, better known as “Happy Hour,” in an effort to reduce the number of customers in its stores as US Covid-19 cases rise. In an announcement Tuesday the company scrapped the next planned Happy Hours, scheduled for December 17 and January 7. Starbucks cited the increasing infection rate
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUCKHEAD, GA (WGCL) — The homicide rate and aggravated assault rate is up citywide in Atlanta, and the Buckhead area is seeing a spike as well. Businesses in this area are tired of all the crime. Management for Lenox Mall, for example, says they’re now getting metal detectors
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Sorry Swifties, “Woodvale” doesn’t mean what you might think. Taylor Swift has already given us two surprise albums this year, “Folklore” and “Evermore,” and there were fan theories that a third, titled “Woodvale,” was coming. The superstar singer appeared Monday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and chatted a bit about turning 31 on December 13.
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A Major League Baseball team’s decision to remove “Indians” from its name is being hailed as historic, but Native American advocacy groups insist their fight to remove all racist sports mascots is far from over. Philip Yenyo, the executive director of the Cleveland-based American Indian Movement of Ohio, said he’s confident that other teams will
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Abby Mahler ended a childhood friendship in the comments of one of her Instagram posts. “You do not get to like this post with (the) amount of restaurants you eat at. [expletive] I mean it,” she wrote. Mahler, 27, has lupus and is immunocompromised. She has spent the past nine months using her social media
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — Daycare operators in southwest Omaha are angry about repeated thefts. Crooks are targeting the vans used to transport kids every day. While children wait for a ride, Ben Schoemacker wonders if the daycare van will sound off. Sure, enough the van’s catalytic converter cut
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un ejercicio militar ruso provocó el sábado una advertencia inusual en una importante base militar estadounidense en Alemania de que se habían lanzado misiles balísticos, según varios funcionarios de defensa estadounidenses. La advertencia en la Base Aérea de Ramstein resultó en varios minutos de incertidumbre y alarma hasta que se dio una señal
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden declared Monday, hours after the Electoral College made his victory over President Donald Trump official, that “the rule of law, our Constitution and the will of the people prevailed” over Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the election. “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago.
Continue Reading Londres (CNN) — Londres volverá a un estricto confinamiento esta semana, después de que los casos de coronavirus se dispararan en la capital británica, anunció el lunes el secretario de Salud del Reino Unido, Matt Hancock. Hancock dijo que Londres pasará del nivel 2 de restricciones locales de «alerta alta» al nivel 3 «muy alta»
Continue Reading (CNN) — En un día de esperanza, tragedia y afirmación constitucional, Estados Unidos pudo sentir por fin una posible liberación de las amenazas gemelas de 2020: un virus asesino y el intento de un presidente vencido por extinguir la democracia. En un giro de la historia el lunes, las primeras inyecciones que pondrán fin a
Continue Reading Anthony Delgado got dropped off at a train station in Doraville, Georgia, after an argument with his cousin. That’s when he began his journey as a drug-addicted homeless person. “I did a lot of bad things,” Delgado said. Crack was his drug of choice and he panhandled on the streets of Atlanta to feed the
Continue Reading Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are podcasters now. Spotify announced on Tuesday an exclusive partnership with Archewell Audio, a new, audio-first production company founded by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The deal allows the couple to grow their streaming and media footprint. It’s their latest investment since they announced in January that they were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) — Members of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Community Policing Unit are wrapping over 500 gifts for children in the area. The gifts for over 172 children representing 53 families from the Kansas City community who need a little extra help this year.
Continue Reading In an exclusive interview, Rep. Paul Mitchell, Republican of Michigan, told CNN that his disgust and disappointment with President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the election have led him to request that the Clerk of the House change his party affiliation to “independent,” and to notify GOP leaders in a letter that
Continue Reading (CNN) — Más de 45 millones de estadounidenses están bajo alerta de tormenta invernal mientras una poderosa supernevada apunta a la costa este. Se pronostica que la tormenta golpeará la mayor parte de la costa este de miércoles a jueves, y traerá nieve y hielo pesado que podría causar cortes de energía en toda la
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ILLINOIS, USA (KMOV) — The first vaccines will be shipped out to counties in Illinois Tuesday and Wednesday. Governor JB Pritzker was in Peoria as the first shipment arrived at the Illinois Strategic National Stockpile. Pritzker says the state will receive about 109,000 doses this week and a
Continue Reading Adidas has confirmed that it might sell US fitness brand Reebok as part of a strategy overhaul to be unveiled in 2021. The German sportswear company said in a statement on Monday that it is assessing “strategic alternatives” for Reebok as it develops a new five-year strategy. These include “both a potential sale of Reebok
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRISTOL, CT (WFSB) — Bristol police are investigating the death of a woman on Monday. Police said on Sunday around 9:25 p.m., officers responded to a home on Vance Drive to check the wellbeing of a female resident. The caller told police that he received a phone call
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — The Flint Classroom Support Fund is giving 200 teachers in the Flint Community Schools a $100 COVID-19 rescue grant to use towards the needs of their classroom. The Flint Institute of Arts donated a family membership to each teacher in the Flint Community Schools
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cobb County, GA (WGCL) — Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark held a motion hearing via Zoom Monday. The legal team for Justin Ross Harris is asking for a new trial and called neurological expert Dr. David Diamond to testify that Harris experienced a memory failure
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Amid an unprecedented demand for furry friends during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people falling victim to online pet scams is also soaring. Scammers are taking advantage of people stuck at home feeling lonely and isolated. According to the Better Business Bureau the
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