A Hilton Garden Inn near Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas went up in flames Friday night. According to a tweet from the Killeen Police Department, crews were battling a large structure fire at the hotel and urged nearby residents to avoid the area. There was no information on whether the hotel was occupied and whether
Continue Reading A Chicago woman who lost her wedding band nearly 50 years ago was reunited with the ring just in time for Valentine’s Day. Karen Autenrieth and her husband Robert, surrounded by their children and grandchildren on Valentine’s Day, opened the package holding the long lost ring. In a video taken by their daughter Michele, Robert
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AMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Watersprings knocks off Grace Luthrean 48-13 Friday in the 1AD2 District 5/6 tournament. The Royals season come to a close. The Warriors will face Rockland on Wednesday in another elimination game. Tip off is at 6 pm at Hillcrest High School.
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SUGAR CITY, Idaho (KIFI) – Sugar-Salem beat rival South Fremont for a third straight time to end the Cougars season 61-40 Friday. The Diggers earn a trip to Driggs on Monday where they will play top seed Teton for the 3A District 6 championship.
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ASHTON, Idaho (KIFI) – North Fremont is back in the 2A District 6 title game with a 50-41 win over Firth. The Huskies have won 27 straight games. The two-time defending state 2A champs will host the district title game on Wednesday. The Huskies await the winner of Monday’s Salmon at Firth game.
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NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – For the first time in 35 years, the Grace Grizzlies are state champions. Maniah Clegg’s 16 points and 17 rebounds helped Grace beat Prairie 46-37. The Grizzlies held the Pirates to just four points in the fourth quarter. Melodie Straatman chipped in 11 points for the Grizzlies.
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NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – Blackfoot held off Burley in the 4A State semifinals to clinch a spot in the title game. Kianna Wright’s 13 points helped the Broncos beat the Bulldogs 47-30. Blackfoot will face Century in an all-East Idaho Championship Game. Tip-off at the Ford Idaho Center is set for 4:30 pm.
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NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – For the fourth year in a row, Century will compete in the 4A State Championship Game. The Diamondbacks bear Sandpoint 44-25 on Friday night. Ashton Adamson led Century with 14 points. Century will try and win their fourth state title in six years against Blackfoot on Saturday. Tip-off at the Ford
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NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – In their first ever appearance in the 5A State Tournament, Thunder Ridge will play for a state title after beating Coeur d’Alene 55-39. Sierra John led the Titans with 12 points. Lauren Davenport chipped in 11 points. Thunder Ridge plays Mountain View at 7pm inside the Ford Idaho Center.
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NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) – Rigby’s state title hopes ended in the semifinals with a 73-64 loss to Mountain View. Naya Ojukwu led the Mavs with 21 points. Tylie Jones scored a team-high 24 points for Rigby. The Trojans trailed by as much as 28 points in the first half. They also missed every three-point shot
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China has revealed that four of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers were killed during a bloody hand-to-hand battle with Indian troops on the two countries’ disputed border high in the Himalayas in June 2020. The two sides fought with fists, stones, and nailed-studded bamboo poles, in what was the deadliest border clash between the
Continue Reading Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” has found a home on many surfaces. The instantly recognizable work of art has been plastered on posters, coffee mugs and even a bike path. It seemed like the painting had made it everywhere. That is, until 600 drones mapped it onto the night sky in northern China’s Tianjin Municipality,
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President Joe Biden pronounced to world leaders Friday that “America is back,” promising that he would position the country to take a prominent role in the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, hours before touring a vaccine manufacturing plant in Michigan, where he told Americans, “We’re going to beat this.” Addressing back-to-back diplomatic meetings and
Continue Reading Weeks before the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, a burly and bearded neo-Nazi told a CNN reporter on camera that “Jews are terrorists.” At the rally — which turned deadly — he participated with gusto, carrying a banner that, according to court documents, said, “Gas the kikes, race war now!” during
Continue Reading Look, it’s bad enough to leave the country for a resort town when a) you’re a United States senator and b) your state is dealing with widespread power outages and frigid temperatures. It’s worse when you blame your kids for your decision to leave. Here’s Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) doing exactly that in trying
Continue Reading The Orange County Sheriff’s Department released new video Friday of a street stop for jaywalking that led to a shooting by its deputies assigned to a homeless outreach detail last fall. One of the two deputies involved in the street stop shot 42-year-old Kurt Reinhold after the other deputy shouted, “he’s got my gun.” The
Continue Reading The US will be taking a series of steps to respond to the devastating SolarWinds cyber hack and hold accountable those responsible in “short order,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Friday. “We are in the process now of working through, with the intelligence community and [President Joe Biden’s] national security
Continue Reading On a normal day, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gets 25-30 calls reporting animal cruelty. But since winter storms have pummeled Texas with power and water outages, that number has spiked to around 150 per day, the organization told CNN. “The neglect is already there,” Julie Kuenstle, Houston SPCA vice
Continue Reading A Pennsylvania police officer is facing criminal charges after posting a video of himself fighting with other officers during the US Capitol insurrection. Federal prosecutors said video footage shows Joseph Fischer, 55, running at a police line outside the Capitol and yelling, “Charge!” A patrolman with the North Cornwall Township Police Department, Fisher allegedly yelled
Continue Reading The Department of Defense Inspector General will investigate the decision to house US Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Hunstville, Alabama, announced Assistant Inspector General Randolph Stone Friday. The investigation will look at the extent to which the Air Force complied with Defense Department and Air Force policies in the selection process, used objective
Continue Reading Jenn Studebaker’s family in Austin, Texas, burned chairs and pieces of bookcase shelves to stay warm this week. They made it through several days without power, in part by moving their beds close to the fireplace. But now there is no water coming out their tap. “The water’s not even bubbling. Nothing,” Studebaker told CNN.
Continue Reading An Arkansas state lawmaker, who is the nephew of Gov. Asa Hutchinson and was expected to run for governor next year, said he is leaving the Republican Party. State Sen. Jim Hendren, in a nine-minute video, cited former President Donald Trump’s incitement of the riot at the Capitol on January 6 as the “last straw.”
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States will receive more doses of Covid-19 vaccines than they “have ever received before” in the coming days, Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the White House Covid-19 response team, said Friday. Slavitt told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that after severe winter weather delayed shipments of vaccines, “things are moving back to normal,” and that 1.85
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For nearly a year, newsrooms have mostly sat empty because of the pandemic. Staffers have been working from home and not seeing many of their coworkers in person. But over the past week in Texas, as millions lacked power and water, local journalists sought refuge in each others’ homes or even in their abandoned newsrooms.
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The Pocatello United Way is reaching out to help families especially hard hit by COVID-19.
Continue Reading Hours after Google tried to turn the page on a months-long controversy over the abrupt departure of one leader of its Ethical AI team, the other leader said she was fired. The announcement quickly sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence industry. In a tweet Friday afternoon, Margaret Mitchell wrote, “I’m fired.” Mitchell, a Google researcher
Continue Reading An elementary school teacher’s aide was waiting for a bus in Rosemead, California, when he was brutally attacked on Sunday, suffering a severed finger, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. A man on a bicycle approached Matthew Leung, who is Asian-American, at a bus stop in Rosemead, a suburb of Los Angeles, just
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From the start of the pandemic, there were predictions of a baby boom, with many couples stuck at home and little else to do.
Continue Reading More than 500 vehicles burst into flames at the Afghanistan-Iranian border Saturday afternoon after a fuel truck there exploded, provincial officials told Afghanistan’s TOLO News. The blaze took place at the customs office in Islam Qala, in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. Photos from the scene show tall flames and plumes of thick black smoke,
Continue Reading Hospitals in Texas are grappling with a series of issues, from burst water pipes to supply chain disruptions, due to severe winter weather across the state, the Texas Hospital Association said Friday. Many hospitals don’t have running water or have burst pipes, low pressure and boil water notices, according to a statement from Carrie Williams,
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The Idaho COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee (CVAC) will send recommendations for several additional clarifications to Group 2 and the results of a preliminary vote on the approach the committee would use to prioritize Group 3 to Gov. Brad Little after its regular meeting Friday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDENVILLE, Michigan (WNEM) — The public is being asked to stay off the ice as crews start to lower the Edenville Dam Tobacco River spillway to bring down water levels behind the dam. “We want to make sure that in the spring when the snow melts and
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A cold front is pushing through for Saturday, with gusty winds and scattered snow showers. Highs into the lower 30’s for Saturday with gusty winds around 10-15 MPH, Gusts around 25 MPH. 1-3″ of snow possible. Highs into the upper 20’s for Sunday with more wind, a slight chance of snow with mostly cloudy skies.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — African Americans choose to wear protective styles, like wigs, extensions, and braids for a variety of reasons. One of the many reasons is to let their natural hair grow out and be healthy. It’s why Angelica Williams says she chose to wear Black and Blonde
Continue Reading Body camera video of a violent arrest in Chicago is now key evidence in a new federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the man police are seen slamming to the ground. Leroy Kennedy, a Black man, says in his lawsuit that he was walking on a sidewalk “minding his own business” on August 23, 2020.
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Idaho officials reported 314 new COVID-19 cases on Friday.
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A bill to make illegal demonstrating at a person’s residence headed to the full House on Friday, after a series of demonstrations at the homes of officials and police officers spurred by frustration with restrictions on gatherings or mask-wearing mandates to slow infections and deaths because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Continue Reading Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday he will vote against Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the director of the Office of Management and Budget, making her confirmation unlikely given Republican resistance to her nomination. Biden said, “No,” when asked if he planned to pull Tanden’s nomination because of Manchin’s announcement, adding, “I think
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Coronavirus cases on the Idaho State University campus in Pocatello took a pretty big jump this past week.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — Speaking Thursday from the Missouri State Capitol, top health official Dr. Randall Williams said the government is not considering moving teachers up in the priority for vaccine rollout, given how many elderly and vulnerable residents remain un-vaccinated. “Our North Star is our most
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS ) — Henderson County renamed its Health and Human Services Building in honor of a late commissioner. Charles “Charlie” Messer died in July. He was 66. Messer served five terms and was known for his commitment to education, land planning and recreation. The
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The remaining leader of Google’s Ethical AI team said she was fired on Friday, hours after the company’s top AI executive apologized for its handling of the abrupt departure of Timnit Gebru, her former fellow team leader. In a tweet Friday afternoon, Margaret Mitchell wrote, “I’m fired.” Mitchell, a Google researcher who founded the Ethical
Continue Reading Remember the good old days when your phone was running out of juice and you could easily snap off the back cover, pull out the battery and swap in a new one? Those days are long gone. But Apple is rumored to be developing the next best thing: a battery-boosting accessory that attaches magnetically and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILAN, Illinois (WQAD) — What could be considered a convenience for some in the Quad Cities turned into a headache for some local restaurant owners. The Staff at Bowlyou’s Ice Cream and Grill in Milan has been feeling the cold. “It impacts more than, you know, the reviews,
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Local health officials reported 115 new COVID-19 cases in the area Friday.
Continue Reading Speaking on television last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted April would be “open season” for receiving the coronavirus vaccine, welcome news for a nation entering its second year under pandemic-forced lockdowns and ever-lingering fear of disease. “Virtually everybody and anybody in any category could start to get vaccinated,” Fauci said optimistically. A week later, the
Continue Reading The Justice Department unsealed an indictment Friday tying together nine alleged associates of the right-wing Oath Keepers in the largest insurrection conspiracy charged to date related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Prosecutors say the nine defendants from four states allegedly coordinated plans to travel to Washington to breach the Capitol and
Continue Reading Barring any surprises at his Senate confirmation hearing next week, Judge Merrick Garland appears poised to become President Joe Biden’s first attorney general, bringing a longtime jurist with a steadying hand to a department that’s teetering between crises. From the sprawling investigation into the January insurrection to sensitive probes of presidential allies, the caseload at
Continue Reading Twenty-five migrants who had been forced to stay in Mexico crossed the US border in San Diego on Friday, the first group to arrive in the country as part of the Biden administration’s rollback of a controversial Trump-era policy, according to a source with knowledge of the process. Under former President Donald Trump, the US
Continue Reading At least one person died Friday when a small plane crashed into a semi tractor trailer near the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, officials said. A 30-year-old man in the tractor trailer was transported to a Southern California hospital in serious condition, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The single-engine plane’s
Continue Reading Google plans to change its approach for handling how certain employees leave the company after finishing a months-long review of the abrupt and controversial departure of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru. Jeff Dean, Google’s head of AI, announced several policy changes in an internal memo Friday, a copy of which was obtained by
Continue Reading As Texas restores power after a devastating week of freezing temperatures and winter storms, the state is confronting a new crisis: overwhelmed water systems that could extend misery for much of the population. Leaks caused by frozen pipes have pushed the state’s water supplies to the brink. More than 14.6 million Texans, nearly half the
Continue Reading Two Dallas police officers were shot and wounded this week responding to a domestic violence call, Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Friday. The man who shot the officers Thursday morning — identified as 57-year-old Sergio Sanchez — fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself in what Garcia called a “domestic violence-related murder
Continue Reading A federal judge blocked South Carolina’s so-called “heartbeat” abortion ban on Friday, a day after it was signed into law. The South Carolina law — the first such restriction passed in 2021 as anti-abortion advocates seek to limit access to the procedure — would block the procedure at the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The most famous cougar in Hollywood is still on the prowl in the hills of Griffith Park. P-22, now more than 11 years old, was captured on Feb. 12 so his GPS radio collar’s battery could be replaced before it failed, according to National
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — The value of art is a subjective thing, but numbers — so they say — do not lie. And the numbers that an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting realism in the arts and has spent the past decade or so crunching, point
Continue Reading While Sen. Ted Cruz was dealing with the fallout from his trip to Cancun, two of his Democratic political nemeses — Beto O’Rourke and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — raised money and offered resources to Texans hit hard by this week’s winter storm. Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congresswoman from New York who has frequently sparred with Cruz,
Continue Reading Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing widespread criticism and mockery for taking a trip to Cancun, Mexico, as his constituents suffered through a winter storm disaster. But Cruz is also being criticized and mocked over two things he did not actually say. A fake tweet A screenshot that is being shared on social media purports
Continue Reading “Icy Park” is finally here. Beyoncé’s sports apparel brand Ivy Park x Adidas released its third collection of merchandise online Friday after nearly a month of teasing it on social media. The collection is full of “icy” colors including white, light blue, pink and multi-color ski tag prints, with items like a knit catsuit, latex
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Wyoming’s youngest county required a special act by the Wyoming Legislature to split from Lincoln County to become an official governing organization…Teton County…on February 18, 1921.
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a slate of voting proposals Friday that he wants lawmakers to pass in their upcoming legislative session, including restricting the mass mailing of mail-in ballots and access to ballot drop boxes. At a news conference Friday in West Palm Beach, DeSantis, a Republican, argued that the legislation proposals will increase
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SONORA, California (KOVR) — The pandemic has separated millions of families for months. Now, one Sonora woman is going to extreme lengths to see her husband in a nursing facility. At 73 years old, Linda Bland did not expect to be going back to school. “It’s a lot
Continue Reading US District Court Judge Esther Salas said that a gunman who killed her son and wounded her husband in 2020 had also set his sights on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a CBS News “60 Minutes” report airing Sunday. Salas said that authorities found a dossier on Sotomayor in a locker used by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGEVALE, California (KOVR) — There’s a tight-knit community in Orangevale. Everyone keeps a close eye on who joins their community and some aren’t welcome. CBS13 discovered three sex offenders living at the same house on Drywood Way. Not everyone knew about their neighbors and finding the information wasn’t
Continue Reading This week, all eyes have been on Texas. An unprecedented winter storm left 4 million people without power across the state, and put nearly half of all Texans under a boil-water advisory. Initial reports from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the state’s power grid, suggested frozen wind turbines were partially to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Some stores in Oakland are paying upwards of $100 per hour for off-duty police officers to provide security after crime rates spiked in the past few months. The East Bay Times reported Thursday that Walgreens and Target are the latest stores in Oakland to
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With declining demand, Portneuf Medical Center has announced it will move all COVID-19 testing from the current location at Idaho Central Credit Union, back to the medical center.
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The NCAA announced Friday it will allow a limited number of fans to attend all rounds of the 2021 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship — up to 25% of an arena’s capacity. Each game’s capacity limit will be based on all players, essential staff and players’ and coaches’ family members, as well as fans. “After
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The House on Friday approved $175 million in emergency rental assistance as people struggle to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic.
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After safely landing on the surface of Mars Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back a never-before-seen view: what it looks like to land on Mars.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KPIX) — A man forcibly moving a visibly upset woman along a Fairfield street prompted a passerby to stop her vehicle and confront the man, while getting the woman into her vehicle for safety. The incident Wednesday morning was captured on a home’s security camera and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ross Township, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman claims she was kicked out of Fitness 19 in Ross Township for asking people to simply follow the rules. The gym has signs saying people must wear masks while working out, but when the policy wasn’t enforced, Katie Komara decided she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Philadelphia (KYW) — The Eagles reportedly finally traded Carson Wentz Thursday, but not everyone was thrilled to see the former franchise quarterback headed to Indianapolis. Eagles superfan 13-year-old Giovanni Hamilton offered a tearful goodbye to Wentz. “You’re still my hero, you always will be,” Giovanni said in a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York City (WCBS) — Video shows a violent arrest at a Manhattan subway station. The NYPD says officers were escorting a man out of the South Ferry station Tuesday afternoon after seeing him smoking on the platform. As they went up the stairs, police say 50-year-old Alex
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis (WCCO) — A piece of metal underneath your car is becoming more valuable to thieves. Police say catalytic converter thefts are spiking, and the crime could end up costing drivers thousands. More than 300 have been stolen this year in St. Paul from Jan. 1 to Feb
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Gainesville, Florida (WFOR) — In what looked like a scene from a primetime TV medical drama, a team at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine has successfully removed a shoe from the stomach of a giant crocodile. Yes, veterinarians at the University of Florida, home of
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House Democrats took another step Friday in their effort to advance a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, releasing the full bill text, which includes an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, $1,400 direct checks for Americans making $75,000 or less a year, an extension of $400 federal unemployment benefits and more money
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Plano, Texas (KTVT) — A North Texas child battling cancer seeing snow for the first time, got to do something that at first seemed out of the question: build a snowman. The patient was not able to go outside due to chemotherapy treatment. When team members at Children’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — Police and child protective services are scrambling to explain why multiple men who sexually abused a 10-year-old girl remain free, even though the suspects are known. CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini revealed Thursday night how the system failed to protect the little girl, despite years
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Boston (WBZ) — Martin Thornton has owned Thornton’s Fenway Grille for 29 years. He was worried this year might be the last. “Business just evaporated and it’s been the hardest year of my life,” Thornton said. “Every week I said ‘should I try and make it, or should
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Woody Allen didn’t cooperate with “Allen v. Farrow,” a four-part HBO docuseries that goes beyond tabloid headlines in examining the director’s relationship with Mia Farrow and sexual-assault allegations by their daughter Dylan. Extensive access to the Farrows makes this an intimate look at that history, while renewing questions about separating art from the artist and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Washington, DC (WJZ) — A new motion filed Thursday outlines conditions prosecutors want US Capitol riot suspect Matthew Miller to follow if he is released from jail to await trial. Some of those conditions are that Miller cannot apply for a passport, and must stay away from Washington,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANAHEIM, California (KABC) — Disneyland’s mass vaccination site closed Thursday and will stay shut down through at least Monday due to severe winter storms across the U.S. disrupting vaccine delivery, Orange County officials announced Thursday. Officials say Orange County is short on the Moderna vaccine, which is the
Continue Reading A married couple from Ohio with ties to the right-wing Oath Keepers are facing conspiracy charges in connection with the Capitol insurrection, according to court documents unsealed Friday. Federal prosecutors said Bennie Parker, 70, and Sandra Parker, 60, “planned their attack in advance and communicated with one another before, during, and after their attack on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Roseville, California (KCRA) — The Levin family is happy to be back together. Dave Levin was discharged from the hospital this week after spending 64 days there due to COVID-19 related illnesses. In December, Levin thought he was having another asthma attack. “I just took my regular medication.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Orlando (WESH) — Orange County health officials say two women dressed up as elderly women and went to a vaccine distribution site in an effort to get vaccinated. You can see body camera footage from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in the video player above. Dr. Raul Pino,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kansas City, Missouri (KMBC) — Engineering school has always been a dream for Jaacob Pledger. He’s now a junior at Embry-Riddle’s aerospace engineering program in Arizona. He said that dream was born in Kansas City. “All my life, all I saw was myself being as an engineer, designing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The driver of a stolen cargo van led multiple law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase through the Los Angeles area before getting into a car driven by another person and continuing to flee. The pursuit had initially made its way from the San
Continue Reading The trillion-dollar market value club has a new member: bitcoin. The total number of bitcoins trading are now collectively worth more than $1 trillion. That’s because the price of a bitcoin hit a number of new all-time highs Friday. One bitcoin currently costs around $55,000 — and there are about 18.6 million bitcoins in circulation
Continue Reading When Kaytlin Snider, a recent college graduate, told her friends and family members she was moving to South Korea, she was met with confusion — and some judgment. After all, health officials still warn against travel during the pandemic. But Snider had been planning her big move since last summer. For her, the teaching job
Continue Reading Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory dissected the state of the GOP on his radio show Thursday for over an hour without mentioning the name of its standard-bearer, former President Donald Trump. Ever since the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, Republicans have struggled with whether to embrace or denounce the former President. Perhaps
Continue Reading House Democrats on Friday released the full text of their $1.9 Covid-19 relief bill, which includes an increase in the federal minimum wage, direct checks for Americans making $75,000 or less a year, an extension of $400 federal unemployment benefits and more money for small businesses struggling amid the pandemic. Read the bill:
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People of color have been vastly underrepresented in US-based vaccine trials for the last decade, according to a new study released Friday by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Harvard, Emory and other institutions. The study, which examined data from 230 vaccine trials with nearly 220,00 participants, found that White people made up the
Continue Reading We needed this moment. It’s a sentiment that’s continued to echo since the world watched NASA land the Perseverance rover on Mars Thursday. Tense anticipation gave way to immense relief at the words of Swati Mohan, Guidance, Navigation and Controls Operations Lead for the Perseverance mission. “Touchdown confirmed. Perseverance is safely on the surface of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV ) — A 30-year-old driver accused of crashing into several vehicles Thursday in southeast Portland now faces a variety of charges. The Portland Police Bureau said officers responded just before noon Thursday to a reported disturbance in the 6200 block of Southeast 97th Avenue. While
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A court has ordered a shorter sentence for an Idaho woman who admitted to helping a Colorado rancher cover up the killing of his fiancee.
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Idaho House Democrats say a Republican tax proposal introduced Friday could put additional tax burden on Idaho homeowners.
Continue Reading As Texas restores power after a devastating week of freezing temperatures and winter storms, the state is confronting a new crisis: overwhelmed water systems that could extend misery for much of the population. Leaks caused by frozen pipes have pushed the water supply to the brink. More than 14.6 million Texans, nearly half the state’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV ) — The deadly shooting of 30-year-old man that occurred nine years ago outside a bowling alley in southeast Portland remains unsolved. On Feb. 19, 2012, at 1:28 a.m., officers responded to a shooting outside the Grand Central Restaurant & Bowling Lounge, located at 808
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