After seven years of searching, the remains of missing 17-year-old Virginia teen have been located and recovered, according to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. Alexis Tiara Murphy left her Shipman home on August 3, 2013, to visit Lynchburg. Surveillance video showed her at a Lovingston gas station — the last time she was seen alive.
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A Manatee County, Florida, commissioner broke protocol for equitable vaccine distribution, which she had previously voted in favor of, when planning a vaccine drive initiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Vanessa Baugh admitted on Thursday that she “wanted to make sure certain people were on the list” for vaccination after emails revealed that she directed county
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EL PASO, Texas – Due to changes in travel accommodations stemming from the winter storms in the state of Texas, the UTEP-Florida Atlantic series will be moved to Sunday, Feb. 21 and Monday, Feb. 22. The Miners and Owls will tipoff at 3 p.m. MT/5 ET on Sunday, and 4 p.m. MT/6 ET on Monday. Both contests will be
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Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Boston barber Steve Silva says he knows he’s a lucky man. “Half inch to the left lucky, maybe even less,” he said. That’s how close it came to a life-threatening injury as he said he suddenly tripped as he cut a client’s hair last Friday
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Power outages in Texas have forced many to seek warmth in unconventional ways. Some are burning the artwork in their homes, and some are burning baby blocks. But others are resorting to more dangerous measures. People are using their grills, cars and generators to heat their homes — and carbon monoxide
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DALLAS, Texas — As hundreds of thousands of Texans struggled for heat and water because of utility outages for a fifth consecutive day, more potentially deadly storms are hitting parts of the South, mid-Atlantic and Northeast with snow and ice. Winter weather alerts stretched Thursday from Texas, where snow and ice still was accumulating, to
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Many people in Chicago are working hard to unify America as communities come together to overcome differences. This includes one coach with a last name that may sound familiar to baseball fans. Batting practice reflects but one sliver of Ernest Radcliffe’s devotion to Chicago’s young
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — At a time when trust in law enforcement is at a low, Baltimore police officers are working to rebuild a relationship with the community. “We don’t just do enforcement. We provide services that are needed,” Baltimore Police Sergeant Robin Blackmon said. They’re a part of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — An anonymous police source told KPIX Wednesday that multiple Oakland police detectives and officers didn’t want to arrest the Chinatown store owner who used a handgun to stop a woman from being robbed earlier this week. The owner of a liquor store in Oakland’s
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — We continue to hear from people across Chicago dealing with missing and delayed mail. CBS 2’s Tara Molina started investigating the issues more than six months ago and the USPS has yet to address them fully. On Wednesday night, Molina dug into a month-long delay
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NEW YORK, NY — A gas explosion Thursday at an apartment in New York City has left nine people injured, including two children who are in critical condition, police and fire sources said. Six out of the nine injured are children, police told ABC News. The youngest is a 5-year-old with special needs. The blast occurred on
Continue Reading Sen. Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun, Mexico, he confirmed in a statement to CNN, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without power or water. Analysis: Cruz’s Cancun trip violates an unwritten rule of politics. Cruz, a Texas Republican, said in the statement he flew down for a night
Continue Reading As Tehran prepares to ban short notice inspections of its nuclear sites in what will be its most egregious violation of the Iran nuclear deal to date, behind the scenes Biden administration officials are making clear they are determined not to succumb to pressure to make imminent concessions or return too quickly to the agreement,
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(CNN Español) — La crisis sanitaria que la pandemia de covid-19 creó en Perú les ha costado el puesto a cinco ministros de Salud. La revelación del expresidente Martín Vizcarra de que en octubre fue voluntario en las pruebas clínicas de la vacuna del laboratorio chino Sinopharm, entonces en fase 3 de pruebas, puede haber
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Perú, Martín Vizcarra, ratificó este domingo haber participado como voluntario en las pruebas de la vacuna de Sinopharm contra el covid-19 y declaró «gran extrañeza» ante un comunicado de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) según el cual él no habría sido parte del grupo de 12.000 voluntarios peruanos
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Facebook allegedly gave its advertisers “inflated and misleading” metrics on how many people their ads could reach for years, according to newly revealed court documents in a long-running lawsuit against the company. The documents, unsealed on Wednesday by the US District Court for the Northern District of California, cite emails from a Facebook employee saying
Continue Reading (CNN) — Más de 480 personas, incluidos varios ministros y un expresidente, fueron vacunadas en sigilo contra el covid-19 en Perú incluso antes de que comenzara la campaña oficial de vacunación del país, afirmó el presidente Francisco Sagasti. Durante un discurso televisado el lunes por la noche, Sagasti informó que 487 personas «aprovecharon su posición»
Continue Reading Bob Dole, the longtime US senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, announced Thursday that he has an advanced form of lung cancer and will undergo treatment. “Recently, I was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. My first treatment will begin Monday,” Dole, 97, wrote on Twitter. “While I certainly have some hurdles ahead,
Continue Reading (CNN Español)– El presidente de Perú, Francisco Sagasti, habló en entrevista en Conclusiones de CNN en Español sobre el reciente escándalo de vacunación en el país. MIRA LA ENTREVISTA COMPLETA AQUÍ ‘Desmiento y niego tajantemente’ Cuando Fernando del Rincón le preguntó al presidente si él había recibido una dosis de la vacuna experimental de Sinopharm
Continue Reading Google is making changes to the leadership of its responsible artificial intelligence efforts months after the contentious departure of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru rattled the company. The tech giant said in a blog post Thursday that Marian Croak, a Black woman who has been a vice president at the company for six
Continue Reading (CNN) — Han pasado solo tres meses desde que el expresidente de Perú, Martín Vizcarra, fue acusado por el Congreso de su país y destituido de su cargo por acusaciones de corrupción que él ha negado repetidamente. Sin embargo, apareció nuevamente este lunes, haciendo una declaración pública culpando a «una clase política que solo está
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El senador Ted Cruz y su familia viajaron a Cancún, México, según confirmó el propio legislador a CNN, en medio de un desastre invernal en Texas que ha dejado a millones de personas sin electricidad y sin agua. Cruz, senador republicano, dijo en el comunicado a CNN que viajó por una noche
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Charles Venable resigned Wednesday as head of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields after a racially insensitive job listing sought an art director who would maintain the museum’s “traditional, core, white art audience.” “We are ashamed of Newfields’ leadership and of ourselves. We have ignored, excluded, and disappointed members of our community and staff.
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President Joe Biden will unveil a $2 billion US contribution to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative when he speaks with the leaders of the world’s leading market economies on Friday, according to senior administration officials, boosting efforts to distribute shots to low- and middle-income countries as wealthier nations snap up the limited supply. The announcement,
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The extreme weather in parts of the country, including a hard-hit Texas, is causing delays in Covid-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday. The White House is working to move up scheduled deliveries, surge shipment operations and potentially extend hours at vaccination sites, she said. “The CDC and federal
Continue Reading South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed a bill prohibiting an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected during an ultrasound with very few exceptions, becoming the latest Republican to sign a so-called heartbeat bill. “This is a great day. It’s a happy day,” the Republican said during a packed event at the state
Continue Reading NASA’s Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth, the agency confirmed. The rover sent back its first images of the landing site immediately after landing. The rover has been on a nearly 300 million-mile journey since it left Earth more than 6 months ago. Humanity’s love affair with
Continue Reading Members of the Maine Republican Party state committee are condemning “in the strongest possible terms” Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial this month — another sign of the backlash against lawmakers who bucked Trump, but one that may not have immediate impact given that Collins just
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Albany, Georgia (Albany Herald) — A Dougherty County couple arrested this week in a child-abuse case are accused of holding a 12-year-old boy in what police described as “inhumane” conditions and could face additional charges. Gwendolyn Warren and Gary Thomas Warren were each charged Wednesday with one count
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (WQAD) — Davenport police arrested three teenagers early Thursday morning after they reportedly drove a stolen vehicle from Rock Island across Centennial Bridge, crashed into a squad car and ran from officers. Just before 3:20 a.m. Feb. 17, 2021, the Davenport Police Department was alerted of
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