Pocatello City Council repeals mask ordinance
The Pocatello City Council is planning to readdress the City’s face covering ordinance on…
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Biden administration will deploy additional supplies and support to India as country faces Covid-19 outbreak
The Biden administration will deploy additional supplies and support to India as the country deals with a spike in coronavirus cases, the White House…
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NYPD investigates 6 attacks at 4 synagogues over a two-day span
Six attacks took place at four different Bronx synagogues between Friday and Sunday, and the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task…
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Thomas Vinterberg pays tribute to late daughter in Oscar speech
Thomas Vinterberg got emotional during his Oscar win on Sunday as he remembered his late daughter during his speech. Vinterberg daughter, Ida, died…
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Fredricka Whitfield: What keeps me up at night
I’ve tossed and turned more in the past year than ever before. I’ve cried more, too. On Friday morning, I woke up before my alarm, which…
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Here’s why Chloé Zhao’s win matters for Asian women in Hollywood
It took 93 years for the Academy to name an Asian woman as Best Director. And until this year, only five women, all White, had ever been nominated…
Continue Reading Oscars winners 2021: The complete list
The 93rd Academy Awards are being presented Sunday. Below is a complete list of nominees. Check back for updates on all the winners throughout the…
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Defense Department to provide support to India for Covid response
The Defense Department will provide support to India for its Covid response, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Sunday. “I have directed…
Continue Reading Academy Awards 2021: The Oscars kick off an in-person ceremony, making a pitch for the movies
The 93rd Academy Awards kicked off an in-person ceremony with a long tracking shot, serving notice that the Oscars — presented under Covid…
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CDC data shows more Americans are missing their second dose of COVID-19 vaccines
A growing number of Americans have missed their scheduled second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the US Centers for Disease…
Continue Reading How to watch the 2021 Oscars ceremony
Awards shows are still feeling the impact of the pandemic, and this year’s Academy Awards ceremony is no exception. After a two-month delay for…
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The 93rd Academy Awards are being presented Sunday. Below is a complete list of nominees. Check back for updates on all the winners throughout the…
Continue Reading North Carolina sheriff says he wants footage of Andrew Brown Jr. police shooting made public and may file motion Monday
A North Carolina sheriff says he wants body camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.‘s fatal shooting to be made public, but there will have to be a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court poised for another historic spring
The Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions…
Continue Reading Graham denies systemic racism exists in US and says ‘America’s not a racist country’
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham denied on Sunday that there is systemic racism in the US, claiming “America’s not a racist country”…
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Manchester City clinches fourth consecutive League Cup title as fans return to Wembley Stadium
Manchester City clinched a fourth consecutive League Cup title on Sunday after beating Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at Wembley. A late second-half header…
Continue Reading Some parts of the US are more vulnerable to another hit by coronavirus. Here’s why
After several weeks of reporting concerning Covid-19 case increases, the United States could be seeing the beginning of a hopeful trend, a leading…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Joshes battle it out with pool noodles to defend their name
Hundreds of people named Josh from around the United States have fought over their shared name with pool noodles in a Nebraska field. Sure, that…
Continue Reading Biden’s approval rating is historically consistent
President Joe Biden‘s first term passed the three-month point last week and will hit the 100th-day mark this week. We’re now at the point…
Continue Reading 6 people were killed and several injured in a crash northeast of Atlanta, police say
Six people are dead and several others are injured after a passenger van crashed on I-85 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Saturday night, police said.…
Continue Reading Evacuation orders lifted in New Mexico wildfire
Officials in Torrance County, New Mexico, lifted evacuation orders Sunday for residents near the Paradise Loop Fire. The wildfire was sparked…
Continue Reading Here’s a blood clot doctor’s advice for those hesitant about the AstraZeneca vaccine
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Continue Reading Canada on ‘solid footing’ in negotiations for more AstraZeneca vaccines from U.S.: Anand
Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ont. (CTV Network) — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says she is in…
Continue Reading Troy Carter wins Louisiana special election runoff, CNN projects
Democratic state Sen. Troy Carter will win the special election runoff for Louisiana’s vacant US House seat, CNN projects, capturing the…
Continue Reading Now Providence Park allows fans, local bars excited for foot traffic
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Timbers had their first Major League Soccer Match…
Continue Reading Restaurant braces for return to extreme risk category
Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Twelve counties in Oregon are on the brink of moving…
Continue Reading Biden vowed to end the death penalty. Activists are demanding action as he nears the 100-day mark
As President Joe Biden nears the milestone of his first 100 days in office, anti-death penalty advocates are growing frustrated with his silence and…
Continue Reading Ashley Cain’s baby daughter Azaylia dies after leukemia battle
Former UK soccer player turned reality TV star, Ashley Cain, has announced on social media that his baby daughter, Azaylia, died on Saturday after…
Continue Reading Crenshaw ‘hopeful and confident’ in recovery after emergency eye surgery
Rep. Dan Crenshaw says he is “hopeful and confident” in his recovery after undergoing emergency eye surgery earlier this month, but…
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Why China isn’t airing this year’s Oscars
One of this year’s Oscar nominees, “Do Not Split,” is a documentary about the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. But residents of Hong…
Continue Reading Manchin says he’s ‘not a roadblock’ for Biden’s priorities as he pushes for slimmed-down infrastructure bill
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that he’s not a “roadblock” for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, even as he…
Continue Reading India sets Covid-19 infection record for fourth straight day with hospitals desperate for oxygen
India reported 349,691 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, the fourth day in a row the country has set a world record for daily infections during the…
Continue Reading ‘We compromise, we die’: Rep. Cori Bush says she won’t support qualified immunity compromise in policing bill talks
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said she would refuse to vote for new policing reform legislation that compromises on civil lawsuit protections…
Continue Reading ‘Funky pickles’ seized by Border Protection turn out to be $4 million worth of meth
Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the Pharr-Reynosa International…
Continue Reading Enron Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Enron, an energy trading company that collapsed after a massive accounting fraud scheme was revealed. Its 2001 bankruptcy…
Continue Reading Daytime Emmys Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize television programming from the hours of 2 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 25, 2021 – The…
Continue Reading US begins local withdrawal from Afghanistan
Gen. Austin Scott Miller, commander of US Forces Afghanistan and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, confirmed Sunday that the US has begun to…
Continue Reading Aung San Suu Kyi Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place:…
Continue Reading ‘Funky pickles’ seized by Border Patrol turn out to be $4 million worth of meth
Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the Pharr-Reynosa International…
Continue Reading Prescribed brittle fire burns over 6K acres
Click here for updates on this story Iosco County, MI (WNEM) — A prescribed brittle fire yesterday afternoon quickly…
Continue Reading Two college students chatting on a bus discovered they lived in same Chinese orphanage 15 years ago
When Ally Cole, a sophomore at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, sat next to freshman Ruby Wierzbicki on a bus on April 14, she struck up a…
Continue Reading Biden administration working to deploy additional supplies and support to India
The Biden administration is working to deploy additional supplies and support to India as the country faces a worsening Covid-19 outbreak, White…
Continue Reading Gov. Lamont plans to extend state’s eviction moratorium
Click here for updates on this story Connecticut, USA (WFSB) — Good news for Connecticut renters. Gov. Ned Lamont…
Continue Reading Mars helicopter achieves fastest, furthest flight yet
The Ingenuity helicopter has successfully flown for the third time on Mars in a week. This time, the helicopter logged a flight that was faster,…
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Companies that thrived during Covid hope customers stick around post-pandemic
Although 2020 was rough for most companies — to say the least — some bucked the trend. The pandemic forced consumers to learn, workout, socialize…
Continue Reading Homeless relief is on the way, but the crisis could get worse as evictions loom
States and cities are racing to use the billions in federal relief aid approved by Congress to fight the growing crisis of homelessness — but…
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Egin Lakes Campground opens April 28
The Egin Lakes Campground will open for the 2021 season at 8 a.m. on April…
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Are we numb? Handling the collective trauma of police violence, mass shootings and a pandemic
A reckoning with the deaths resulting from institutionalized racism, a resurgence of almost-daily gun violence and 3.1 million pandemic deaths…
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Yellowstone park hazes wolves that get used to people
Park workers were instructed to fire on the wolves only during “teachable moments,” when they’d associate the pain with their nearness to…
Continue Reading Woman sentenced to 28 years for role in 2019 fatal shooting outside Central High School
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — A woman has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for…
Continue Reading Armenian American family reflects on Biden’s recognition of genocide
Click here for updates on this story BLUE SPRINGS, MO. (KCTV) — Saturday was a proud but emotional day for Armenian…
Continue Reading Sen. Jeff Jackson stops in Asheville on 100-county campaign trail for U.S. Senator
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A politician from the Queen City made a stop in the…
Continue Reading Police looking for man who allegedly stole city of Atlanta work truck
Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — Atlanta police are searching for a man who they said jumped…
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Idaho Gives campaign begins April 29
Idaho Gives, the state’s largest campaign of online giving, will kick off its 2021 campaign on April 29.…
Continue Reading Walking tour shares Mobile’s rich Mardi Gras history
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Craig Roberts has stories — lots of them. You could call…
Continue Reading 53 crew of lost naval submarine declared dead as Indonesia finds wreckage
The wreckage of an Indonesian Navy submarine missing since Wednesday has been found on the sea floor and all its 53 crew are confirmed dead,…
Continue Reading Elon Musk will host SNL in May. Yes, THAT Elon Musk
Live from New York, it’s … Elon Musk? In one of the more surprising announcements in the recent history of “Saturday Night…
Continue Reading US School Violence Fast Facts
Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides,…
Continue Reading Police officer thanked for kind gesture toward man with special needs
Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV) — You’re running to the store when that addictive…
Continue Reading At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire, ministry says
At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday.…
Continue Reading 10-year-old boy dies in house fire
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — A 10-year-old male died in a house fire that happened near…
Continue Reading CIA Leak Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the 2003 CIA leak involving then-operative Valerie Plame and senior members of the George W. Bush administration. After a…
Continue Reading Why the future of the Oscars — like movie-going itself — remains uncertain
The Oscars have always been an ad for going to the movies, but as we head into this year’s ceremony on Sunday, the future of movie-going and…
Continue Reading Elected leaders tour St. Louis jails, Mayor Jones reaffirms plan to close the Workhouse
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Newly elected St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones led a group of…
Continue Reading Bold colors and ruffles: People are buying dresses again
Dresses — the pretty ones worn to work, cocktail hour or anytime a pick-me-up was needed in the “before times” — have been in…
Continue Reading Local seniors prepare for makeshift proms a year after COVID-19 cancelations
Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, MO (KMOV) — Proms across the country were canceled last year because of…
Continue Reading Loved ones hold vigil for Roy Thomas Jr, local community activists pleading for peace
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — A vigil took place Saturday, April 24, for the 17-year-old…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris cements her place in Biden’s inner circle during a consequential week
Vice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden’s private dining room last week when the room…
Continue Reading Late rapper DMX honored in memorial attended by family and friends in Brooklyn
The late rapper DMX was honored at a “Celebration of Life Memorial” in Brooklyn on Saturday in a tribute attended by his fiancée,…
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English football is set to boycott social media over sustained racist abuse online
The world of English football is set to unite behind a social media boycott in a bid to combat the sustained racist abuse received by players online.…
Continue Reading The last Roaring Twenties ended in disaster. Should investors be worried?
If this is a new Roaring Twenties for stocks and the economy, do we need to worry about how the 1920s ended? There has been a lot of talk about how…
Continue Reading The truth behind the famous meeting of four Black heroes in ‘One Night in Miami’
On February 25, 1964, four African American icons met in a Miami hotel room for a night of revelry, bonding, arguments and ice cream. One of them,…
Continue Reading Democratic senators push Biden to include health care in American Family Plan
President Joe Biden is set to unveil the next phase of his massive plan to rebuild the American economy this week, and a collection of Democratic…
Continue Reading Officials say the US is getting closer to the ‘finish line’ for coronavirus. What does that mean?
Everybody is talking about the “finish line.” After more than a year of trauma and heartbreak, state and local officials are pointing to…
Continue Reading Trial for former officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting pushed to 2022
The trial for a former Louisville police officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting has been pushed back to February 1, 2022,…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin’s conviction is progress but not ‘true justice’ for people of color facing police violence, activists say
While the family of George Floyd, supporters and civil rights activists celebrated a Minneapolis jury’s decision to convict Derek Chauvin of…
Continue Reading Travon Free works to make ‘Two Distant Strangers’ more thought-provoking than triggering
Travon Free cut his teeth as a Hollywood comedy writer drafting jokes for some of late night’s biggest names. His latest project, though, a…
Continue Reading At least 24 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire
At least 24 people died in a hospital fire in Baghdad Saturday night after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at the hospital told CNN. At…
Continue Reading New Milky Way map reveals a wave of stars in our galaxy’s outer reaches
A new map reveals the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, including a wave of stars disturbed by a small galaxy on a collision course with our own.…
Continue Reading The US may have more vaccines than people who want them by mid-May. Here’s why that’s a big problem.
The US will likely soon come up against a significant obstacle in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic — more doses of the vaccines than…
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A man lost 150 pounds in lockdown. Now he’s chasing a number not measured in pounds
When Kyle White of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and his wife began working from home last year, they, like many Canadians, turned to Netflix and takeout…
Continue Reading At least 19 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire
At least 19 people died in a hospital fire in Baghdad Saturday night after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at the hospital told CNN.…
Continue Reading Missing Indonesian submarine believed sunk as debris is found, Navy says
Indonesia’s Navy changed the status of its missing submarine from “sub miss” to “sub sank” on Saturday, as a naval…
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ISU holds in-person ceremony for spring 2021 commencement
On Saturday, a total of 2,111 spring and summer 2021 graduates received 2,250 degrees and certificates during Idaho State University spring…
Continue Reading Biden officially recognizes the massacre of Armenians in World War I as a genocide
President Joe Biden on Saturday became the first US president to officially recognize the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a…
Continue Reading ‘Jersey Shore’ star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro arrested on domestic violence allegation
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, a cast member of MTV’s reality television show “Jersey Shore,” has been arrested on a domestic violence…
Continue Reading Khloé Kardashian thanks Biden for officially recognizing Armenian genocide
Khloé Kardashian on Saturday thanked President Joe Biden on social media for being the first US president to officially recognize the massacre of…
Continue Reading Looking for a job? Make sure it’s real first
Looking for a job during the coronavirus pandemic has proven to be much harder than in normal times. Last April, 20.5 million jobs were wiped from…
Continue Reading Andrew Brown Jr.’s family met with the sheriff, but were not shown bodycam footage of his death
The family of Andrew Brown Jr. said they met with the Pasquotank County sheriff on Friday but were not shown the body camera footage of his death…
Continue Reading 18-year-old faces murder charge in connection with shooting death of 7-year-old Chicago girl
Chicago police on Saturday announced the filing of than a dozen criminal charges, including first-degree murder, against an 18-year-old in connection…
Continue Reading Capitol rioter arrested after being turned in by match on online dating app Bumble
The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who was turned in by someone he matched with on the dating app Bumble, after he bragged about his…
Continue Reading Fulton County DA has grown frustrated with Georgia Secretary of State’s office cooperation in Trump probe, source says
Investigators in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office have grown frustrated with the level of cooperation they are receiving…
Continue Reading Waters says judge in Chauvin trial who criticized her protest remarks was ‘angry’ and ‘frustrated’
Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday called the judge overseeing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd…
Continue Reading Brothers rescue 8-year-old’s cat from tree
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A family cat in north St. Louis nearly burned one of her nine…
Continue Reading The Los Angeles Dodgers, other California teams debut fully vaccinated seating section for home games
Fully vaccinated baseball fans won’t have to maintain social distancing this weekend at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers, reigning World…
Continue Reading An unarmed man was shot by a Virginia deputy while on the phone with 911
An unarmed man was shot by a Virginia sheriff’s deputy while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, according to authorities and 911 audio…
Continue Reading Tanker leaked hazardous materials
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Multiple agencies responded this morning after a…
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani and the MyPillow Guy among ‘winners’ in 41st Annual Razzie Awards for worst in cinema
After a year that didn’t go as planned for anyone, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell, aka the “MyPillow Guy,” are among the winners…
Continue Reading Blood banks phase out collecting convalescent plasma, but fear a US blood shortage
In the early months of the pandemic, blood donation centers around the country rushed to collect convalescent plasma as it was seen as a potential…
Continue Reading What to know about the mass killings of Armenians a century ago
The massacre of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War I — and the question of whether it should be called a…
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