President Joe Biden is visiting former Sen. Bob Dole Saturday afternoon after Dole announced earlier this week that he has been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, according to the White House. The two served in the Senate together and Dole is a “close friend” of the President, the White House said. The visit with
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As a teenage runaway in the foster care system and forced into homelessness, Vanessa Warri’s childhood was marked by trauma — but she’s overcoming her early circumstances despite the odds. “Black transgender women rarely make it past 35,” she said. “Elders in my community fought and marched and sacrificed and advocated in the hopes that
Continue Reading A United Airlines flight bound for Honolulu was forced to return to Denver International Airport Saturday after suffering an engine issue, a spokesperson for the airport told CNN. The flight returned safely to the airport around 1:30 p.m. local time, the spokesperson said. That was about 20 minutes after police in Broomfield, Colorado, said via
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Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — A 29-year-old was released from the hospital after months of medical care for COVID-19 complications. Joshua Miller has been near death and hooked up to a machine for weeks. He finally said goodbye to St. Luke’s Hospital staff in west St. Louis County on
Continue Reading A man snowmobiling in the Sawtooth National Forest in central Idaho died Friday after triggering a large avalanche. The snowmobiler was riding up a steep slope in the Smoky Mountains, roughly 8 miles from Galena Summit, when he triggered the avalanche, according to the Sawtooth Avalanche Center. “We are saddened to report that a snowmobiler
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Texans weathering harsh winter conditions will get some relief from the cold on Saturday, although many in the state are still without basic utilities. Saturday morning temperatures may be as low as 20 degrees for many inland locations, including Dallas and College Station, but the welcome return of onshore winds and full sunshine will warm
Continue Reading More than 100 people, mostly not wearing face masks, attended an indoor event held by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday — and the hotel where it took place is now under investigation by Palm Beach County officials. About 15 minutes before the event was scheduled to begin, the county was notified that many in
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(CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,0 sacudió el centro de Perú en la tarde de este sábado, de acuerdo con un reporte del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El epicentro del sismo se ubicó a 30,6 kilómetros noreste de Tournavista, departamento de Huánuco, y a 91,2 kilómetros
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AUSTIN, Texas — Warmer temperatures spread across the southern United States on Saturday, bringing some relief to a winter weary region that faces a challenging clean-up and expensive repairs from days of extreme cold and widespread power outages. In hard-hit Texas, where millions were warned to boil tap water before drinking it, the warm-up was
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To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump was analogous to only one other disloyalty: Suiting up for Michigan. “This is like him playing for the Buckeyes again, getting down to the two-minute warning, running into the locker room, getting a
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EL PASO, Texas – A man was transported to a hospital with serious injuries Saturday following what fire dispatchers described as a medical incident in the Lower Valley. Police were at the scene investigating the situation that unfolded just before 11 a.m. at a business in the 1000 block of Humble Place and Industrial Avenue.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study suggests that dogs, like humans, are self-aware and likely understand the consequences of their actions. The findings, published in the Scientific Reports journal Thursday, say that dogs are able to display “body awareness,” a manifestation of self-representation. Self-representation is a
Continue Reading A Tennessee resident who was a guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has been deported to Germany, the US Justice Department said in a statement Friday. Friedrich Karl Berger, a 95-year-old German citizen, was ordered removed from the US in February 2020, when a US immigration judge determined his “willing service”
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour isn’t “incidental” to the federal budget, despite skepticism from Capitol Hill and the White House of its future in President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief package. “I’m very proud of the strong arguments our legal team is making to the parliamentarian that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nasvhille (WSMV) — A lot of us grew up with a little pet who just loved playing in that light, fluffy snow. In a very snowy Dixon Springs, 5-year-old Blair and 11-year-old Owen have exactly that kind of pet now at the Evitts family farm. That pet may
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Klingerstown, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — “This building is normally locked. There was a lock on this building. Whoever came in had a bolt cutter or some way of getting rid of the lock,” Klingerstown Fire Chief Brett Kahler said. He showed Newswatch 16 where the volunteer fire company was
Continue Reading (CNN) — Dos mujeres fueron atrapadas tratando de obtener una segunda dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 disfrazándose de «abuelas», dijo el jueves el director del Departamento de Salud de Florida en el condado de Orange. Las mujeres llegaron al sitio de vacunación con gorros, guantes y anteojos en un intento por recibir sus
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta (WGCL) — The Kroger Co. issued a notice advising of a data breach to its pharmacy customers. According to a statement from Kroger, officials within the company were told about a data breach on January 23, 2021. Kroger announced the incident was isolated to Accellion’s service, a
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The Ingenuity helicopter, sidekick and traveling companion of NASA’s Perseverance rover, has checked in with a good report and is “operating as expected,” according to the agency. If successful, Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to fly on another planet, leading to an “extraterrestrial Wright Brothers moment,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science
Continue Reading Many people in the US are determined to get their Covid-19 vaccine, but a 90-year-old Seattle resident showed just how motivated she was by walking six miles in snow to make her appointment. Fran Goldman told CNN that she had been trying to get an appointment since they became available in Washington. She said she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — A robust vaccination program and strict physical distancing rules could be enough to prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks without the need for stay-at-home restrictions, according to a new U.K. study. This was the case in most cities, according to epidemiologists and demographers at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Caro, Michigan (WNEM) — A reunion years in the making involving a man whose family thought he was dead. They had lost touch because he was homeless and his search for relatives took him across the country before he thumbed his way back to his hometown of Caro.
Continue Reading As far as Jill Biden is concerned, there isn’t necessarily going to be one “first lady platform,” or even two or three. A month into the job, and Biden has heaped a lot on her agenda, unsure at the moment exactly how it will unfold, only that it will “naturally evolve,” she has told her
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Stark County, Iowa (WQAD) — Stark County health officials took to the internet to highlight a worrying trend they have experienced after the onslaught of severe winter weather. In a Facebook post from Stark County Ambulance, officials tell the story of their experience with several patients suffering heart
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cheyenne, Wyoming (Cheyenne Post) — The body of a 2-year old boy was found in a dumpster on Desmet Drive in Cheyenne Friday night. Athian Rivera was reported missing around noon. Cheyenne Police, assisted by the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Cheyenne Fire
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal-Star) — The military scattered the friends after they graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For a time, one of them was stationed on the West Coast, another on the East Coast, the third on the Gulf Coast. When they would talk about home, Nebraska
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center on Saturday moved to allow limited visitations by relatives and friends for those hospitalized for medical conditions other than Covid-19. The new visitation policy, which takes effect immediately, lets patients have one visitor each day between 4 and 6 p.m. Those visitors are required to be screened for
Continue Reading President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas, unlocking more federal resources to assist the state struggling to recover from deadly winter storms. “Yesterday, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Texas and ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Matherville, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Evelyn Weakley remembers going with her family to deliver cards to senior living homes when she was little. “They were really happy when they saw the cards, that made me happy,” the sixth grade student said. “I wanted to do this because I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Missoula, Montana (Missoulian) — The implications of Montana’s new constitutional-carry gun law will take some time to settle out on the state’s college campuses. “There are two things we know,” Montana University System Deputy Commissioner Kevin McRae said on Friday. “First, the Board of Regents’ May meeting will
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