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Month: May 2021

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Beautiful Memorial Day

OVERNIGHT: We should have mostly clear to partly cloudy skies throughout the region tonight with no rain chances at all expected. Temperatures should get down to the 40’s for eastern Idaho, while low temperatures for western Wyoming could reach below 40 into the 30’s. Wind will be 5-10 mph coming from the north. MEMORIAL DAY:

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Feds lower flags to honour 215 children after discovery of remains at former B.C. residential school

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The federal government is flying flags at half-mast to commemorate the deaths of 215 First Nations children whose remains were found buried near a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Twitter on Sunday. “To honour

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Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-running Israeli prime minister, could be ousted in days after rivals agree to work on unity government

Benjamin Netanyahu’s run as the longest-serving Israeli prime minister may be coming to an end. Naftali Bennett, leader of the small right-wing party Yamina, announced Sunday evening he is working toward a coalition agreement with Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist party Yesh Atid, to join a new government. It’s a seismic event in Israeli

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Helio Castroneves wins the Indy 500

Helio Castroneves finished first in the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. The event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was billed as the most-attended sporting event since the pandemic’s start, with the 135,000 tickets available — approximately 40% of the Indiana racetrack’s capacity — quickly selling out. This is a developing story and will

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Hartford Athletic postpones game after COVID case among opposing team reported

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Saturday’s Hartford Athletic game has been postponed. Team officials made the announcement Saturday afternoon. The decision was made after a positive COVID case within the Real Monarchs organization was reported. There haven’t been any positive COVID cases reported among the Hartford Athletic players and

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1 shot at hookah lounge

Click here for updates on this story     GROTON, CT (WFSB) — One person was shot early Sunday at a hookah lounge in Groton. According to Groton Police, officers responded to a large disturbance at the Midnight Hookah Lounge. At about 2:48 AM, a Groton Police Sergeant patrolling the area of the Midnight Hookah Lounge, 403

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America’s Amtrak moment could finally be here

Created in 1971 from the creaking remains of the classic US railroads that helped build modern America, Amtrak has often lived a precarious existence. Subject to the whims of politicians in Washington D.C. and constantly under pressure from the well-funded and hugely influential oil, automotive and airline industry lobbies, the national passenger rail operator has

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Democratic lawmaker calls Texas voting bill ‘shameful’ and says GOP wants to make it ‘easier to steal an election’

New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday criticized the restrictive voting bill moving through the Texas Legislature as “shameful,” saying the legislation and efforts from Republicans in other states to impose strict election measures amount to a “voter suppression epidemic.” “Well the Texas law is shameful and Republicans clearly in Texas and throughout the country

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Search continues for remains of plane crash

Click here for updates on this story     SMYRNA, TN (WSMV) — Multiple agencies continued to search through the night for a small jet that crashed into Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna on Saturday morning. Emergency officials said there were major developments or discoveries as of Sunday morning. The lead investigator from the National Transportation Safety

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Buttigieg: There needs to be ‘a clear direction’ on infrastructure talks by June 7

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that there needs to be “a clear direction” on infrastructure talks by the time Congress returns from its recess next week, calling ongoing negotiations over the administration’s sweeping proposal “encouraging” while stressing that the public expects action on the issue soon. “This week Congress is out of Washington, but

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An Indianapolis police officer and a suspect are wounded in a shootout following a vehicle chase, officials say

An Indianapolis police officer and a suspect in a separate shooting were wounded in an exchange of gunfire following a vehicle chase Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The female officer, who was shot several times, was released from a hospital after treatment, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said. The suspect was in critical condition at a

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Simone Biles is schooling us on how to excel despite setbacks (like the pandemic). The new tricks she’s unleashed since her Olympic golds help prove it

By now, Simone Biles was supposed to be enjoying retirement at the ripe old age of 24. The 25-time world medalist previously said she would retire after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — capping an illustrious career in a sport in which many gymnasts struggle or retire by the time they turn 20. But the pandemic

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Mad Cow Disease Fast Facts

Here’s a look at Mad Cow Disease, a fatal brain disease found in cattle. Facts It has been linked to a fatal brain disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The official name of mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). BSE lesions are characterized by sponge-like changes seen under an ordinary microscope.

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Manatees are dying in droves this year. The die-offs could spell trouble for Florida

Despite their portly frame and inherent meekness, Florida’s manatees are survivors. When power plants began popping up along Florida’s East and West coasts, manatees learned to follow the flow of the unseasonably warm water. When boats with sharp motors increasingly flooded their habitats, they learned how to live with debilitating injuries, or tried to. And

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One dead and six wounded in Miami shooting

One person has died and six others wounded after a shooting late Friday in Miami, police said. Officers responding to gunshot detection system alerts in Wynwood shortly before midnight found several people with what appeared to be gunshot wounds, Miami Police Department spokeswoman Kiara Delva said. Some shooting victims arrived at the hospital on their

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The incredible rise of Samoa’s first female Prime Minister-elect, and the man still standing in her way

Samoa’s first female Prime Minister-elect has had a strange inaugural week in office. When Fiame Naomi Mata’afa turned up to the Pacific island nation’s Parliament on Monday to be sworn in, she found the building locked. The 64-year-old went ahead with the oath-taking ceremony anyway — inside a tent on Parliament grounds. “(Though) it was

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Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds are married

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds in what PA Media described as a “secret wedding” at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday. The wedding was reportedly held in front of close friends and family, according to several British newspaper accounts. “Congratulations @BorisJohnson and @carriesymonds on your marriage today,” the UK Work and Pensions Secretary Therese

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Calm Memorial Weekend

OVERNIGHT: We should expect to see fairly calm conditions with being mostly clear toward the north and mostly cloudy toward the south of the region. Temperatures should get down to around 40 degrees in the Snake River Valley and central Idaho while western Wyoming could get down below freezing again tonight. Winds stay calm and

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American Airlines extends suspension of alcohol services following Southwest flight attendant assault

American Airlines has joined Southwest Airlines in suspending alcohol services on flights, the airline said Saturday. The decision follows a recent assault of a Southwest flight attendant that resulted in a serious injury. “Flight attendants are on the front lines every day not only ensuring our customers’ safety, but are also calming fears, answering questions,

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Headstones damaged at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery immortalized by Washington Irving’s literary classic

Click here for updates on this story     SLEEPY HOLLOW, New York (WCBS) — There is worry at a church cemetery made famous by “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The pastor says someone has done subtle-but-significant damage to historic headstones, CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported Thursday. In Sleepy Hollow, there’s no escaping the legend of the Headless

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