For 112 years, a 30-foot obelisk stood outside the courthouse grounds in the suburban Atlanta city of Decatur. Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, it suggested the Civil War was about state’s rights and “Southern honor” instead of the real root cause: slavery. That structure was finally taken down last year. And in
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Click here for updates on this story SIMI VALLEY, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — Two Simi Valley teens will be part of the first class of female Eagle Scouts this year. Dana Miller, 19, and Laura Allen, 18, are set to be among the nation’s first female Eagle Scouts, the highest rank in the Scouts, on Feb.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAYWARD, CA (KPIX) — Police will no longer walk the halls of Hayward schools following a unanimous decision Wednesday by the school board, a school district spokeswoman said Thursday. Oakland has also recently ended its partnership with Oakland police. The Hayward Unified School District school board will have
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(CNN) — Piensa en las mascarillas como el más nuevo accesorio de moda que puede salvar tu vida y la vida de tus seres queridos. Pero en lugar del patrón, logotipo o eslogan que muestre, elige tu tapabocas según su efectividad contra el coronavirus mortal en el entorno en el que te encuentras. FOTOS |
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It has been a turbulent week on Wall Street. GameStop has been at the center of it, again soaring on Friday and ending the day up nearly 68%, after trading platforms including Robinhood lifted restrictions on trading the stock. The stock ended the week up 400%. But elsewhere on Wall Street, the picture was bleak.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — The Salvation Army operates in 131 countries, running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless and providing humanitarian aid to developing countries. One of it’s most successful initiatives is aimed at helping children through it’s afterschool program. Years ago, FOX43 had the pleasure of
Continue Reading The Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus vaccine completed an arduous journey through development and approval — but still is left with hundreds of miles to go to reach waiting arms once it arrives in rural America. “Our couriers travel many, many miles. Our physicians, our staff travel miles,” said Susan Jarvis, president and CEO of Sanford Health of
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An 8-year-old student was kicked out of a Christian elementary school, after she told another female student she had a crush on her, the mother says. The incident occurred last week, when Chloe Shelton, a second grader at Rejoice Christian School in Owasso, Oklahoma, told another female student she had a crush on her, mother
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Two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters discovered on January 6 were planted the night before the insurrection at the Capitol, the FBI said Friday. Federal authorities again increased the reward for information about the pipe bomber and released new details and photos of a suspect on Friday, underscoring the urgency the
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The “Trump defense” is taking shape among some alleged Capitol rioters. One by one, die-hard supporters of former President Donald Trump are now blaming him for their actions that day, after being charged by federal prosecutors and facing possible jail time. A lawyer for one rioter who allegedly attacked police officers with a baseball bat
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To curb coronavirus transmission, Canada announced rules Friday to further discourage international travel, especially during spring break. Most incoming travelers will be required to quarantine in government-approved hotels at their own expense, and flights to the sun-soaked Caribbean and Mexico will be suspended through April. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement as his government
Continue Reading The cops on the Wall Street beat weren’t prepared for an army of day traders coordinating on social media to run up the price of stocks like GameStop, BlackBerry and American Airlines. Now, brokers are imposing restrictions on the fly, drawing huge backlash from traders who are crying foul and spreading unsubstantiated theories about nefarious
Continue Reading The longest-serving executive in the history of cable news is retiring, and CNN will never be the same. Around the network he is known simply as Rick. “Ask Rick.” “See what Rick thinks.” Sometimes more ominously, “Rick wants to talk.” Or, with a sigh of relief, “Rick OKed this.” “Rick” is Rick Davis, the executive
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Eleven soldiers at Fort Bliss “fell ill after consuming a substance acquired outside of authorized food supply distribution channels,” a statement from the Army base said Friday. In an email to CNN, the public affairs office for the base said the “substance ingested has not been revealed to us, as the investigation is ongoing.” Located
Continue Reading Spanning 1,400 acres and eight venues, Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Southern California is the biggest cemetery in North America. But the number of Covid-19-related deaths since the holidays have so challenged its capacity that grieving families are having to wait a month for funeral services and the cemetery has had to order
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREDERICKTOWN, Missouri (Daily Journal) — A Fredericktown woman is facing felony charges after allegedly transferring tens of thousands of dollars from a man’s retirement account into her own personal business account over the course of more than a year. Tammi Whitener, 44, has been charged in Madison County
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERS, MO (KMOV) — Sadie Bell says her husband David died in the parking lot of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Peters during his third time at the hospital seeking medical treatment. “I felt like what he was going through was urgent and I thought that’s what
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Nearly a quarter million Nebraskans have student loan debt, owing $7.7 billion to the federal government as of September 2020, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education. Mike Baumgartner, executive director of the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HELENA, Montana ( Independent Record) — Helena native Jesse Jerome Smith won big on a Wheel of Fortune episode that aired Thursday. The 2003 Capital High School graduate walked away with approximately $20,000 in cash and prizes, which included an all-expenses-paid vacation to Antigua, an island in the
Continue Reading When Pamela Addison’s husband died from Covid-19 last April at age 44, she felt completely alone. She didn’t know anyone her age who’d lost someone to Covid, and she hadn’t seen stories about people as young as her husband, Martin, dying from the virus. That was, at least, until she opened a sympathy card from
Continue Reading GameStop mania didn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s just the most glaring example of the bubble-like behavior running rampant in the financial markets. Long before an army of Reddit traders sent GameStop, AMC and other stocks “to the moon,” evidence of extreme market speculation had been mounting. Shares of Airbnb, DoorDash and other unprofitable start
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente del Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico de Paraguay (PLRA), Efraín Alegre, amaneció este viernes privado de su libertad tras entregarse a la Justicia el jueves, cumpliendo así con una orden de prisión preventiva ordenada por una jueza por supuestas falsificaciones de gastos en las elecciones de 2018, donde Alegre fue candidato
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“Stop the steal!” Trumpist insurgents shouted as they rampaged through the US Capitol on Jan. 6, referring to what they falsely claimed was a rigged election. Three weeks later, a different and non-violent crowd went on a different rampage, this one tearing through Wall Street, borrowing the slogan to defend their right to flex their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — Two men from Hillsboro who have been friends for more than 40 years will split $7.4 million after winning the Oregon’s Game Megabucks jackpot. The Oregon Lottery says Erik Maki and Brian Krahmer, who have been friends since middle school and have worked together
Continue Reading The Biden administration has tapped Robert Malley, a progressive foreign policy expert who served on the Obama administration’s negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal, as its new top envoy for Iran. In a harbinger of the fight the administration is likely to face over Iran, Malley’s appointment was preceded by attacks from conservative lawmakers
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas said Friday that he’ll likely extend his hold on the Biden administration’s deportation moratorium until February 23. Earlier this week, Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, blocked the administration’s 100-day pause on deportations, delivering a blow to one of President Joe
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile County Health Department took part in the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign whose mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November, and December, and to distribute the toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Coweta County, GA (WGCL) — A Coweta County elementary school is the latest school to suspend face-to-face instruction due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. According to a notice sent to parents, Elm Elementary School will end in-person instructions starting today. Classes will be conducted virtually, and in-person
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — It has been a turbulent week on Wall Street. GameStop has been at the center of it, again soaring on Friday and ending the day up nearly 68%, after trading platforms including Robinhood lifted restrictions on trading the stock. The stock ended the week up 400%. But elsewhere on Wall Street, the
Continue Reading The 2021 March for Life unfolded Friday mostly virtually under the cloud of a pandemic, encouraging participants to remain committed to the anti-abortion cause despite a Biden administration already drawing a sharp contrast from a Trump White House that partnered with the movement. The rally maintained much of its usual ethos despite shifting online, with
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