The University of Alabama reports over 500 Covid-19 cases less than a week after classes started
Six days after classes began, the University of Alabama has experienced an “unacceptable rise” in coronavirus cases, the…
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Coalition of unions asking school districts to comply with principles for a safe reopening
Click here for updates on this story Connecticut, USA (WFSB) — Unions from across the state are banding together to…
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‘It’s a really complicated issue’: Texas Tech psychiatrist offers advice for addressing mental health needs of kids
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been months since things have felt normal for young students in the Borderland. The pandemic has left many children…
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More countries welcoming U.S. tourists
Once one of the world’s most powerful travel documents, the might of the US passport has shriveled under the cloud of coronavirus, with doors…
Continue Reading Primetime Emmys producers are working hard to make sure the live show isn’t the ‘Zoomies’
The Primetime Emmys are still being planned as a live show, and producers have less than a month to figure out exactly how to safely pull it off amid…
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Tennis players face death threats and online abuse as soon as they step off the court. Tech companies are trying to stop it
He would dread checking his phone — and no wonder. “They’re calling me a f**king Muslim terrorist,” tennis player Benjamin…
Continue Reading Man found dead inside vehicle parked in middle of street
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Police are trying to figure out what happened after a man was…
Continue Reading Man sentenced for Covid-era house party has record expunged
Editor’s Note: This story has been modified to reflect the expungement of the suspect’s criminal record. The suspect’s name has also been removed…
Continue Reading Longtime friend and photographer remembers singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — With the death of singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle,…
Continue Reading Dog thrown from overpass in Portland recovering at forever home, family says
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A special dog is getting a new home after the family who…
Continue Reading Oklahoma receives $2 million to fight HIV epidemic in state
Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR/KAUT) — As health officials continue to fight the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Family helps abandoned dog with terminal cancer complete his ‘bucket list’
Click here for updates on this story CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (WGN) — Not many people would foster a cancer-ridden dog with…
Continue Reading Pilot dies in helicopter crash while fighting White River Fire in Mt. Hood National Forest
Click here for updates on this story MT. HOOD, OR (KPTV) — A pilot died in a helicopter crash while fighting the White…
Continue Reading Mother charged with involuntary manslaughter of son
Click here for updates on this story TURBOTVILLE, PA (WNEP) — The mother of a toddler who drowned earlier this month…
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El Paso reports 3 new virus deaths; recoveries surpass 16,000
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three new coronavirus-related deaths were announced Tuesday morning by the Department of Public Health. The death toll has…
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StormTRACK Weather: Drier air moves in, triples digits return
Drier air has worked its way into the region dropping rain chances Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures will be a few degrees cooler today but we will see…
Continue Reading Neighbors frustrated with bar after constant violence in area
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) — An impromptu party and the fatal shooting that followed has…
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Mountaineer Viridiana Álvarez Chávez of Mexico snags Guinness World Records title
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico — Viridiana Álvarez Chávez was 28 when she first started exercising. She was 36 when she broke the Guinness World…
Continue Reading Parents and teachers worried pandemic pods will widen education gap
For hundreds of thousands of students in the US, the first day of school means more hours in front of a device, but for some, it means meeting…
Continue Reading Newly released videos show Fotis Dulos disposing of evidence the day his estranged wife disappeared, attorney says
Videos released Monday show Fotis Dulos disposing of evidence the day his estranged wife disappeared, an attorney for Dulos’ ex-girlfriend…
Continue Reading Police department is still without body cameras after multi-million-dollar donation
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/KSMO) — In 2013, Ryan Stokes was shot and killed in the…
Continue Reading St. Louis County’s $2 million temporary morgue for COVID-19 victims is closing
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV) — St. Louis County opened a temporary morgue in Earth…
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El Paso emergency room physician warns public about self-medicating to treat Covid-19
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As more reports emerge about possible treatments for Covid-19, a local emergency medicine physician is urging the public to…
Continue Reading Cruise trips are back. This is what they look like now
Boarding in the Italian port of Genoa for a seven-day Mediterranean cruise on August 16, travel agent Valeria Belardi prepared herself for a voyage…
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Jacob Blake’s family hopes he can recover and have a ‘great quality of life,’ his uncle says
Justin Blake says watching the video of his nephew getting shot several times in the back by Wisconsin police “literally took my breath…
Continue Reading Bar-B-Que restaurant rebuilds after car smashes into storefront
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — In a year that’s been tough on restaurants, a Benson…
Continue Reading She’s a nurse on the front lines. She has Lupus. She also has COVID-19. She has no regrets.
Click here for updates on this story MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Martinsville Bulletin ) — Nurse Tova Yellock says that even…
Continue Reading There’s a movement to get more schools to teach Black history and it’s being led by teens
Before a fateful trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Alana Mitchell said she didn’t feel like…
Continue Reading Nebraska inmates ‘walk away’ at high rate in Lincoln and Omaha
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Neb. (Lincoln Journal Star) — On July 16, an inmate serving four years on…
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‘Rolling hotspots’ are the new normal: Sun Belt states see progress on coronavirus as rates drift up in the Midwest
It seems that just as states start getting coronavirus cases under control in one geographic area, they start rising in another. Sun Belt states hit…
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