Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — An 18-year-old has been arrested for shooting an Uber driver in the head last month. On December 30th, Metro Police say Cornelus Kenner requested an Uber near Clifton Avenue and Lena Street around 7 p.m. when Josh Rowe picked up him. Rowe reportedly drove
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A common parasite people get from contaminated water and undercooked meat may be associated with rare brain cancers, researchers reported Monday. They found evidence that people infected with Toxoplasma gondii, or T. gondii, have a higher risk of developing rare but highly fatal gliomas. The parasite can sometimes form cysts in the brain and the
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has banned the open carry of guns in the state Capitol a week after an armed mob rioted in the U.S. Capitol and following a protest in the statehouse last year. Moves to ban weapons at the statehouse have been pushed since April, when protesters opposed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s
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AUSTIN, Texas — Presumptive Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Monday detailed what legislating during the coronavirus pandemic may look like this year and how lawmakers plan to balance their agendas with the ongoing public health crisis, saying “we’re gonna take it a day at a time, a week at a time, a month at
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Parks Service is shutting down public access to the Washington Monument until Jan. 24, citing threats surrounding Joe Biden’s inauguration. The agency said Monday that it was implementing the temporary closure “in response to credible threats to visitors and park resources.” Parks officials say that groups involved in last week’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — The pandemic has hit everyone hard especially local businesses, but one Shreveport family took a risk and did the unthinkable. They opened a Vietnamese banh mi restaurant, “World Sandwich.” “I was like why not a bahn mi shop,” said the son of the restaurants
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(CNN) — Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes presentaron formalmente su resolución para acusar al presidente Donald Trump el lunes, acusándolo de «incitación a la insurrección» por su papel en los disturbios de la semana pasada en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos. La resolución de juicio político que la Cámara está a punto de
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Calls for new protests in Washington, DC, and states across the country have law enforcement bracing for more possible violence in the coming days after rioters stormed the US Capitol last week leaving five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer. Authorities are preparing for additional personnel to help secure the nation’s capital in the
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Some of the most respected faces of CNN’s marathon election coverage are being promoted to more prominent roles, according to a series of announcements made by the network on Monday morning. Abby Phillip, Dana Bash, Pamela Brown and Jim Acosta are all being named to anchor positions. Kaitlan Collins is becoming the network’s chief White
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Donald Trump’s presidency is set to torment America up to and even beyond his final hours in power with Democrats moving inexorably towards making him the first President to be impeached twice after he incited a mob assault on Congress. The horror of last week’s attack on the citadel of US democracy is only growing
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ARLINGTON, Texas — After a rocky start, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday promised to ramp up Covid-19 vaccinations across Texas. Twenty-eight coronavirus vaccination hubs will receive most of the state’s next shipment of Covid-19 vaccines this week, with 158,825 doses shipping to providers able to manage large-scale efforts as more doses arrive in the state.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gonzaga and Baylor were the top two teams in The Associated Press preseason men’s college basketball poll. After eight weeks of twists and turns, that hasn’t changed. The Zags received 63 of 64 first-place votes from a national media panel in the poll released Monday and the Bears had the other one. Villanova,
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Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week and to participate virtually following last week’s deadly domestic terror attack on the US Capitol. Meanwhile, the National Guard has plans to have at least 10,000 troops in the city by the end of the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes presentaron formalmente su resolución para acusar al presidente Donald Trump el lunes, acusándolo de «incitación a la insurrección» por su papel en los disturbios de la semana pasada en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos. La resolución de juicio político que la Cámara está a punto de
Continue Reading Iconic footwear brand Dr. Martens is considering a listing on the London Stock Exchange amid a bullish outlook for the UK IPO market in 2021. The company, which sells 11 million pairs of shoes a year in more than 60 countries, said in a filing on Monday that an IPO would entail the sale of
Continue Reading Jennifer Davis lost her job as director of catering and special events at a small restaurant chain within 15 minutes of Maryland shuttering bars and eateries in mid-March. Nearly 10 months later, Davis is still looking for work. A 20-plus-year veteran of the restaurant industry, she’s applied “nonstop” to a wide range of positions, including
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RED LION, PA (WPMT) — A 24-year-old York County man is facing aggravated assault and additional charges after allegedly firing a gun at his brother during an argument Sunday morning. Nicalas Lee Samuel, of Red Lion, is also charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person,
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WASHINGTON, DC — Impeachment pressure mounting, the U.S. House worked swiftly Monday to try to oust President Donald Trump from office, pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act first in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency. Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” – in
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They say creativity takes courage. And sometimes courage means finding the self-discipline to sit down and handcraft hundreds of cards by yourself, even if you’re only 5 years old. That was the task burgeoning artist Aryana Chopra set herself. Her goal was to hand design New Year’s cards for residents of a nursing home in
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A House resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Donald Trump from office has been blocked by Republicans. As the House prepares for impeachment, President Donald Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” — over the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. That’s
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An act of kindness by an Arkansas doctor is helping his former patients face the new year with less debt. Dr. Omar T. Atiq voided more than $650,000 of unpaid medical bills for those once under his care. “If this gave them a little bit of assistance then I am grateful to have had the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has less than two weeks left in office, but after he fomented an assault by rioters on the US Capitol, House Democrats are planning to bring an impeachment resolution — unless Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump first. Impeaching Trump might be the appropriate
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, MO (KCTV) — The community is now in mourning after a famous Kansas City metro comic book artist passed away after battling COVID-19. “He was definitely hilarious, passionate but extremely kind,” says Virginia Bernstein. On Friday morning Bernstein’s uncle Steve Lightle, who was battling flu like
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Tiger Woods always wanted us to believe that he was just like the rest of us. “We’re all the same; we’re all human,” Woods told CNN Sport in 2006. And yet, in the same breath, he understood just how different he really was. Asked in the same interview where he could go in the world
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — As COVID-19 spreads at Arizona’s largest university, in-person professors there will be in the state’s next phase coronavirus vaccinations. Spring semester starts Monday at ASU, both in person and online. Right now, there are reportedly hundreds of COVID-19 active cases at the university for
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Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week and to participate virtually as the city braces for more possible violence following last week’s deadly domestic terror attack on the US Capitol. The request from Bowser, a Democrat, comes as the mayor has asked
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHANDLER, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — The traditional Chandler Ostrich Festival has been postponed a second time due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The Chandler Chamber of Commerce announced the decision on Friday, postponing the festival to sometime in the fall. Chamber officials had already rescheduled the festival
Continue Reading Galaxies die when the stars that live in them stop forming. Now, for the first time, astronomers have witnessed this phenomenon in a distant galaxy. Scientists were able to glimpse a galaxy as it ejected almost half of the gas it uses to form stars. They captured this rare observation using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter
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The 2022 PGA Championship will not be played at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, according to an announcement from PGA of America President Jim Richerson Sunday night. “The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump
Continue Reading Political leaders are promising that mass vaccination campaigns will see life return to normal, as a more contagious variant of the coronavirus spreads across dozens of countries, adding urgency to the race to end the pandemic. But vaccination efforts are rolling out slower than promised, raising doubts about an imminent way out of the crisis.
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