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Month: March 2021

‘Invincible’ takes yet another leap into the dark side of superheroes

Amazon already has a searing satire about out-of-control superheroes, “The Boys,” which has quickly become its signature series. “Invincible,” an animated show with basically the same broad outline, thus feels a tad redundant, though the opening episodes, produced very much for adults, yield some of the same visceral thrills. The series comes from “The Walking

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A body is found after a firefighter goes missing in a fire that killed a resident at an assisted-living center in New York

A residential assisted living center in a suburb of New York City caught fire and partially collapsed early Tuesday, leaving one resident dead and a firefighter missing, officials said. Teams digging through the rubble of Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Spring Valley to find the firefighter recovered a body, officials said Wednesday. Rockland County

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Blinken’s show of unity with NATO and Europe shadowed by disagreement over gas pipeline between Russia and Germany

Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated his warning Wednesday that the US will consider sanctions if work on a gas pipeline between Russian and Germany is completed and certified — a sole note of discord in an extended display of unity with European allies and NATO states. “The pipeline divides Europe, it exposes Ukraine and

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Woman dragged by car during robbery

Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — An Asian woman was injured after being briefly dragged by a moving car during a robbery that was caught on video in San Francisco’s Polk Gulch neighborhood over the weekend. The strong-arm robbery happened Sunday afternoon at around 3:45 p.m. near the intersection of

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Pharmacy receives ‘no explanation why’ it stopped receiving COVID-19 vaccine after administering 1st shots

Click here for updates on this story     UPPER DARBY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A small drug store in Delaware County says it’s the perfect community partner to administer COVID-19 vaccines but says it feels cut out of the process. Like many independent pharmacies, one in Upper Darby is now feeling helpless to aid its community. Diane

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‘We are trying to live.’ Vaccine hesitancy is decreasing as call for equitable access intensifies

Getting a Covid-19 vaccine appointment was frustrating for Brenda Hong. The 75-year-old said the online registration system was tough to navigate and she waited weeks for an appointment confirmation that never came. Ultimately, Hong’s niece had to schedule her for the shot earlier this month at a community vaccine site. Hong fears the difficult sign-up

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Former Border Patrol chiefs to congressional leaders: ‘The patchwork system in place continues to fail us all’

Nearly a dozen retired Border Patrol chiefs implored congressional leadership Wednesday to provide additional resources and take steps to reform the US immigration system, calling the number of minors arriving at the US-Mexico border “unprecedented,” according to a letter shared with CNN. “The patchwork system in place continues to fail us all,” the chiefs, who

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Bernie Sanders doesn’t ‘feel comfortable’ about Twitter’s permanent ban against Trump despite him being a ‘pathological liar’

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders denounced former President Donald Trump in strong terms in an interview released Tuesday but said Twitter’s permanent suspension of the former Republican president doesn’t sit right with him. “Look, you have a former president in Trump, who is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, a pathological liar, an authoritarian,

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Sidney Powell’s defense in defamation suit could put her in legal jeopardy

Sidney Powell, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, filed an eye-popping brief this week that could potentially doom her chances of dismissing a $1.3 billion defamation suit and provide ammunition in a separate lawsuit seeking her disbarment. Powell, who repeatedly pressed unfounded claims of voter fraud on the airwaves and in court, now says that “reasonable”

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A man drove through a crosswalk during a ‘Stop Asian Hate’ rally and authorities say they’re investigating the incident as a hate crime

Authorities in Los Angeles County say they are investigating an incident at a “Stop Asian Hate” rally over the weekend as a potential hate crime. As demonstrators marched through a crosswalk in the city of Diamond Bar on Sunday to protest racism and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a male suspect drove through a red light at

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Animal abuse suspect caught on camera

Click here for updates on this story     PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — Plano police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who was caught on-camera abusing a horse. The incident happened February 28, at 12:28am. The barn manager confronted the suspect, who said he was “just petting the horses” and fled the location on

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Patriots release controversial kicker Justin Rohrwasser, who was drafted by team with a ‘Three Percenters’ tattoo

Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WBZ) — It appears as though Justin Rohrwasser’s Patriots career is over without the kicker ever playing in a game for New England. The team waived Rohrwasser on Tuesday. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Mike Reiss. The Patriots went off the board by drafting Rohrwasser

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How Prince Harry got his new job

Prince Harry has found a new gig: The Duke of Sussex joined a startup called BetterUp as chief impact officer, which provides mental health services and coaching to clients online. The job announcement came weeks after he and wife Meghan Markle’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which they spoke on the mental health struggles

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Nicolas Sarkozy Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France. Personal Birth date: January 28, 1955 Birth place: Paris, France Birth name: Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa Father: Pal Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa Mother: Andrée (Mallah) Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa Marriages: Carla Bruni (2008-present); Cécilia Ciganer-Albeniz (1996-2007, divorced); Marie-Dominique Culioli (1982-1996,

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White headmaster at New York Catholic school resigns after telling a Black student to kneel and apologize ‘the African way’

The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has resigned following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last month, calling it “the African way” to apologize. The headmaster was temporarily removed from his job at St. Martin de Porres School in Hempstead, New York, over the weekend, after parent

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Luxury travel agency drops Trump Hotels

Virtuoso, a global travel agency consortium, has dropped all Trump Hotels from its exclusive listings. “Trump Hotels are no longer part of the Virtuoso network,” the company said. The luxury travel agency declined to elaborate on why it made the decision, saying they “consider many variables when reviewing both existing and new network participation. Out

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A top health official warned relaxing Covid-19 measures threatens progress. A day later, more states said they were easing restrictions

A top health official warned the US could see an “avoidable” Covid-19 surge if Americans let up on mitigation measures now. A day later, two more states unveiled plans to loosen restrictions. “The continued relaxation of prevention measures while cases are still high and while concerning variants are spreading rapidly throughout the United States is

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German Catholic clergy rebel against Vatican over same-sex unions

German Catholic theologians and clergy have mobilized against a recent ruling from the Vatican that said the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions. The ruling “is characterized by a paternalistic gesture of superiority and discriminates against homosexual people and their lifestyles,” according to a statement put together by the Catholic Theological faculty at Munster

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Sidney Powell’s ridiculous defense in big lie case

Sidney Powell, the former Trump lawyer who famously threatened to “release the Kraken” in her quest to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has now formally responded to Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against her in a way that may surprise some who have followed Powell and her longstanding and vehement commitment

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Bright before Snow tomorrow

High pressure has made for a cold and bright start, then clouds increase with highs in the low to mid 40’s, 35 in Jackson. Snow develops for central mountains, early afternoon, then pushes in the eastern highlands and Jackson. Snow covers most of us starting 2am Thursday morning with accumulations of an inch or 2,

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