Teachers want “baseline of safety” before going back to schoo
Click here for updates on this story Nashville, TN (WSMV ) — The union representing teachers in Metro Nashville Public…
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs serving in Iraq, hits back after Tucker Carlson suggests she hates America
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a US Army veteran who lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq, rebuked Tucker Carlson after the conservative Fox…
Continue Reading Woman says 10-month-old bulldog stolen from NE Portland home by two unknown suspects
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A woman says her 10-month-old bulldog was stolen on Monday…
Continue Reading Rally for more black subcontractors held in New Haven
Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — A community center in a predominantly black neighborhood in…
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Warrant in fatal encounter between Breonna Taylor and police was linked to gentrification plan, family’s lawyers claim
The police raid of Breonna Taylor’s home that ended with police killing her was connected to a political plan to clear a Louisville, Kentucky,…
Continue Reading Triple-digit homicide rate top of mind as Kansas City police board meets in public session
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Leaders in charge of the Kansas City Police Department…
Continue Reading St. Louis Sheriff’s office set to resume evictions put on hold due to COVID-19 pandemic
Click here for updates on this story ST.LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Now that courts are back in session, deputies in the St.…
Continue Reading Prodisee Pantry begins ‘new normal’ operations
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WGHP) — Prodisee Pantry in Spanish Fort is settling into a new normal…
Continue Reading Florida jogger finds decomposing human head on side of the road
A woman out for a run in St. Petersburg, Florida, came across a decomposing human head on the side of the road on Tuesday, according to police.…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Sweltering heatwave hits the Borderland this week
The ABC-7 First Alert continues as extreme heat poses a threat to the borderland. Strong high pressure will bring hot dry weather with…
Continue Reading Atlanta mayor says increase in shootings stems from ‘perfect storm of distress’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Tuesday the increase in shootings and murders in the city and across the country is the result of a…
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Attorney for White woman who called police on Black birdwatcher decries ‘cancel culture’
The attorney for the White woman facing charges for calling police on a Black man birdwatching in Central Park said she would be acquitted and…
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US prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine skyrocketed from February to March, study finds
Prescriptions for the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine skyrocketed in the US from February to March, a time when the drugs,…
Continue Reading ‘Silent spreaders’ may be responsible for half of Covid-19 cases, study finds
Remember “Typhoid Mary” Mallon? She was an Irish immigrant who worked as a cook for New York families and contaminated at least 122…
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Opening night Major League Soccer match is postponed due to positive Covid-19 tests
MLS is not quite back. Major League Soccer’s MLS is Back Tournament match between Nashville SC and Chicago Fire FC has been postponed, the…
Continue Reading Operation Warp Speed commits $1.6 billion to Covid-19 vaccine maker Novavax
“Operation Warp Speed,” the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine program, on Tuesday announced the largest government Covid-19…
Continue Reading TSA agent at Nashville International Airport tests positive for COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV ) — A tenth TSA agent at the Nashville International Airport…
Continue Reading The Hartford extends auto insurance rebates as traffic slows
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (Hartford Business Journal ) — Property-casualty insurer The Hartford…
Continue Reading Portland Police Association blasts city, state response to downtown violence
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The president of the Portland Police Association blasted…
Continue Reading EPA approves two Lysol products as the first to effectively kill novel coronavirus on surfaces
The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved two Lysol products as effective against the novel coronavirus when used on hard, non-porous…
Continue Reading FDA warns against using 5 more hand sanitizers found to contain methanol
The US Food and Drug Administration has added five hand sanitizers to its list of products that have tested positive for a toxic chemical. These…
Continue Reading Dillard University COVID-19 testing site runs out of tests in minutes
Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — An increase in coronavirus testing nationwide has created…
Continue Reading Restaurant shares patio seating to help neighboring business stay open
Click here for updates on this story San Diego, CA (KSWB) — After San Diego County officials ordered restaurants to…
Continue Reading Courts find new ways to swear in citizens despite coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis has made naturalization ceremonies look a little different, but they are no less meaningful for new US citizens. At the…
Continue Reading KC Chamber hosts virtual event on structural racism
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — As equity and inclusion are in the spotlight, the…
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Contact tracing no longer possible across South & Southwest U.S. due to rapid virus surges, Texas health expert says
WACO, Texas — Despite hopes for relief this summer, the US still is battling the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, so much so that across…
Continue Reading Loan program to be available for woman and minority-owned businesses
Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — A loan program will soon be available for woman- and…
Continue Reading Katie Dorsett, the first African American woman elected to the Greensboro City Council, has died
Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, N.C (WGHP) — Katie Dorsett, the first African American woman elected…
Continue Reading Remains pulled from Susquehanna River in Clinton County
Click here for updates on this story CLINTON COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — A skeleton was pulled from the Susquehanna River in…
Continue Reading I got Covid-19 two months ago. I’m still discovering new areas of damage — Richard Quest
The cough has come back, without warning and seemingly for no reason; so has the fatigue. True, neither are as debilitating as when I had the actual…
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