Portneuf Medical Center announces first baby of 2021
Portneuf Medical Center has welcomed its first baby of the new…
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83-year-old man in ICU after being bound, gagged, robbed in North Philadelphia home on New Year’s Eve
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An 83-year-old man is in the intensive care unit after he was…
Continue Reading ‘Nurses Anonymous’: Online support group helps nurses cope with emotional stress of pandemic
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As we begin a new year, it will still be the same stresses for…
Continue Reading Donors give nearly $30,000 to replace Queens community fridge that was vandalized, Sen. Jessica Ramos says
Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — Donors reportedly sent tens of thousands of dollars to replace a…
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Charging decision in Jacob Blake shooting expected in first two weeks of January
A decision on whether to charge the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake is expected to come in the next two weeks, and city…
Continue Reading New York’s governor wants to make it a crime to sell or administer Covid-19 vaccines to people trying to skip the line
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make it a crime to sell or administer the Covid-19 vaccine to anyone trying to skip ahead in the line. The…
Continue Reading Hollywood-style heist leaves business more than $35,000 light and in danger of closing
Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — It was a heist that could have been out of a movie. Cameras…
Continue Reading Covid pandemic has some families opting for ‘kindergarten gap year’
Click here for updates on this story Miami (WFOR) — As families struggle with remote and in-person learning, educators…
Continue Reading Family mourns dog after Pit Bull attack, as breed ban lifted
Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — In November 2020, Denver voters overwhelmingly chose to repeal the…
Continue Reading Source: Shooting at park appears to have been a “targeted” attack
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Eight people, including two juveniles, were shot at a basketball…
Continue Reading ‘We’ve lost control of this epidemic’: Doctor concerned about Covid increase across Massachusetts
Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Most cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts are…
Continue Reading Avalanche survivor shares story after being buried under snow
Click here for updates on this story STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado (KCNC) — A man who survived an avalanche is talking…
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St. John’s welcomes Jackson’s first 2021 baby
Kannika and Michael McKelvey welcomed baby Leo as St. John’s first 2021 baby Friday.…
Continue Reading 44 attendees of Christmas church services in Woburn test positive for Covid
Click here for updates on this story WOBURN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — At least 44 people have tested positive for…
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US issues new rules for Idaho potato field quarantines
U.S. officials have released a new plan involving methods to deal with a microscopic pest in southeastern Idaho that threatens the state’s…
Continue Reading Business moves from parade floats to tiny homes during pandemic
Click here for updates on this story AZUSA, California (KCAL KCBS ) — A number of businesses took a financial hit this…
Continue Reading UK Prime Minister imposes harsh lockdown as new Covid-19 variant spreads
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England on Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and…
Continue Reading Family gives foster kids their first taste of Christmas
Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Many rushed into the new year without looking…
Continue Reading With less people walking to work amid Covid-19 pandemic, local cobbler says business is hurting
Click here for updates on this story HANOVER, Maryland (WJZ) — The plight of small businesses like restaurants, stores…
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Vallow-Daybell to stand trial in Madison County
Lori Vallow Daybell will appear for trial on three Madison County misdemeanor charges beginning August 30. …
Continue Reading People dump unwanted holiday dogs at shelter
Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE, California (KOVR) — It’s a common story about how it was the cutest…
Continue Reading Bar owner leads rally to protest possible 5-year liquor license loss
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota bar owner facing a possible five-year suspension…
Continue Reading Bar is vandalized with graffiti after opening against order on New Year’s Eve
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Alibi Drinkery, the Lakeville bar that’s repeatedly defied…
Continue Reading Autism workshop helps deputies de-escalate crisis encounters
Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — In a case that has attracted national attention,…
Continue Reading Pastor offers help after woman is accused of leaving 7 children alone in apartment
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago pastor and victims’ advocate was offering help Sunday…
Continue Reading COVID-19 vaccination demand in North Texas outweighs supply
Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Across North Texas, demand for the COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Officials investigating video of officer punching k-9 partner
Click here for updates on this story VACAVILLE, California (KPIX) — Amid an avalanche of social media outrage,…
Continue Reading Officers rescue woman, 6-year-old daughter from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A video released by the Baltimore Police Department Friday shows…
Continue Reading 15 year old arrested for allegedly beating his mother to death
Click here for updates on this story MCKINNEY, Texas (KTVT) — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly…
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Statehouses could prove to be hothouses for virus infection
As lawmakers around the U.S. convene this winter to deal with the crisis created by the pandemic, statehouses themselves could prove to be hothouses…
Continue Reading Search for landslide survivors continues days later in Norway
Rescue teams in Norway are still hoping to find survivors more than five days after a deadly landslide hit the village of Ask, 30 kilometers (19…
Continue Reading From new IDs to automatic college savings accounts, these new laws take effect in 2021
As years change, so too do the rules we live by. 2020 saw massive protests over police brutality, economic insecurity brought on by the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Divers find two mammoth tusks off coast
Click here for updates on this story VENICE, Florida (WBBH) — Divers found two Columbian Mammoth tusks in the Gulf of…
Continue Reading Fire claims the life of a woman, leaves 12 homeless
Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Investigators are trying to figure out what…
Continue Reading Pandemic takes mental health toll on new moms
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Health advocates in the St. Louis area are reaching out to new…
Continue Reading Connecticut hospital receives NIH award to research COVID-19 complications in children
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connectitcut (Hartford Business Journal) — The National Institutes of…
Continue Reading These stunning NASA satellite images capture 2020’s extreme climate events
As we move into the new year, it’s easy to see that things changed for a lot of people in 2020. Alongside a deadly pandemic, 2020 also…
Continue Reading ‘Pay it forward’ chain amazes employees at restaurant
Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — George’s Restaurant in Fort Smith posted to…
Continue Reading Business owner donates more than $17K to help pay utility bills
Click here for updates on this story GALLATIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Gallatin business owner who wishes to remain…
Continue Reading Winery to host ‘Burn Your 2020 Calendar’ party
Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Let’s face it: 2020 was a year most…
Continue Reading Woman hit by truck, ‘propelled’ over guardrail while helping 8 year old in deadly crash
Click here for updates on this story TOWNSHIP OF TAYLORSVILLE, North Carolina (WXII) — A Wilkes County woman who was…
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Jackson Stabbing suspect in custody
Jackson Police have cordoned off an area around the Town Creek apartment building at 335 Deloney Avenue, where the suspect in a stabbing incident is…
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SIPH launches email alert system to notify public of vaccine availability
Southeastern Idaho Public Health’s hotline has been receiving many questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, with the
number one question being,…
Some CPS teachers refused to return to classrooms Monday as part of reopening plan
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — Chicago Public School teachers bundled up from head to toe to…
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Avalanche danger on the rise in Idaho & Utah
Avalanche conditions are worsening in central and southeast Idaho today.…
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WWII veteran gets surprise parade for 93rd birthday
A U.S. veteran who served in three wars was in for quite the birthday surprise last…
Continue Reading New St. Louis City program to divert mental health calls away from 911
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Over the next month, St. Louis City will roll out a new and…
Continue Reading Thrift stores rely on donations, customers to make it in the pandemic
Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Vermont (WPTZ) — At the start of a new year, you may find yourself…
Continue Reading Albuquerque could be next city to pass laws against hair discrimination
Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque city council is preparing to look at…
Continue Reading We’re entering year two of the pandemic. Here’s what happens next
Our global coronavirus nightmare is entering its second year, and we’re hanging on the best we can. Our lives have been turned upside down, the…
Continue Reading 2020 was meant to be the year of climate action. Instead, it crowned a wasted decade
2020 was supposed to be the watershed moment for action on climate change, the year the world woke up to the challenge and started taking it…
Continue Reading The last call of 2020 for this Florida fire department was literally a dumpster fire
After an overall unfavorable year filled with uncertainty, one Florida fire department ended 2020 by responding to an ironic last call: a dumpster…
Continue Reading Wife turns Alex Smith’s leg brace into model of Super Bowl trophy
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — In a year filled with sadness, the comeback of…
Continue Reading Son remembers firefighter who died of COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Saturday was an emotional day for the Oklahoma City Fire…
Continue Reading Man rescues victim from burning home
Click here for updates on this story PEA RIDGE, AR (KFSM) — Police are calling one man a hero after he pulled a man…
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Wyoming lifts bar and restaurant restrictions
Wyoming bars and restaurants will be allowed to return to normal operating hours after a decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state.…
Continue Reading Nashville bomber mailed materials with his viewpoints to acquaintances, FBI says
The man who detonated a vehicle bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning sent “materials which espoused his viewpoints” to several…
Continue Reading Dog finds new family after 628 days in shelter
Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — What a way to start the new year! A dog who…
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Woman suffers head injury in snowmobile crash
Gallatin County, Montana Search and Rescue teams were called to a snowmobile crash about 6 miles south of West Yellowstone on the South Plateau Trail…
Continue Reading Julian Assange Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Personal Birth date: July 3, 1971 Birth place: Townsville, Queensland, Australia…
Continue Reading Woman saves neighbors from fire, rescue caught on doorbell cam
Click here for updates on this story AVONDALE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — An Avondale woman is being called a hero after…
Continue Reading Four deputies save victim with gunshot wound to chest
Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Four Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office…
Continue Reading Mother, nurse diagnosed with breast cancer overwhelmed by support days before first surgery
Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — In three days Melissa White will have her first…
Continue Reading 10,000 white flags honor the lives of Georgians lost to COVID-19
It’s an eye-opening view. A sea of white flags took over Piedmont Park – 10,000 to be exact – honoring the lives of each Georgian lost to…
Continue Reading Woman uses TikTok to build virtual community for beginner runners
Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a…
Continue Reading How one Wisconsin prison failed to contain a COVID-19 outbreak
Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — As COVID-19 cases slowly started to…
Continue Reading A Texas church shooting leaves a pastor dead and 2 others injured
A man charged with killing the pastor of a Texas church Sunday had been hiding from police in the church bathroom after a high-speed chase the night…
Continue Reading Kahele becomes second Native Hawaiian sworn into U.S. congress
Click here for updates on this story Hawaii (KITV ) — U.S. Congressman Kaiali?i Kahele (HI-02) was sworn in Sunday as a…
Continue Reading Girl Scouts’ visit with wildlife artist prompts mission to save American red wolf
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS ) — A group of middle school Girl Scouts’…
Continue Reading Alcohol to go? Nebraskans serve differing post-pandemic views
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT ) — The pandemic has been do or die for bars and…
Continue Reading Iran has restarted uranium enrichment toward 20% target, government spokesman says
Iran has restarted uranium enrichment toward a 20% target at its Fordow nuclear facility, a government spokesman said on Monday, according to the…
Continue Reading She lost her dad and uncle to coronavirus. Trump’s claim that the virus is exaggerated is an insult, she says
Most New Year’s Days, Rosa Cerna would be celebrating the birthdays of her dad and uncle — brothers born exactly one year apart. This…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 4: Transition, coronavirus, Congress, Iran, China
A university that published its annual list of “banished” words and phrases has named the ones it’d like to see less of in 2021.…
Continue Reading South Korea reports population drop, with more deaths than births for first time
South Korea recorded more deaths than births in 2020 for the first time ever, prompting calls for action to revive the country’s falling…
Continue Reading Japan poised for state of emergency as Covid-19 cases soar
Japan may enter a state of emergency this week as the country grapples with soaring coronavirus cases, a number of which have been linked to a new,…
Continue Reading A ring with 12,638 diamonds sets a Guinness World Record
How many diamonds can fit in a single ring? The answer, according to the new Guinness World Records book, is 12,638. Harshit Bansal, founder of…
Continue Reading A pro surfer rescues a woman struggling in rough water on Hawaii’s North Shore
A professional surfer is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a woman swept into the powerful waves of the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii. Mikey Wright was…
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308 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 308 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading Surveillance video shows 15-year-old beating mother to death in Texas, police say
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after surveillance video captured him beating his mother to death in McKinney, Texas, police said in a…
Continue Reading NC church continues tradition to combat boredom brought on by winter, quarantine
Click here for updates on this story MILLS RIVER, North Carolina (WLOS ) — It’s been a long-standing tradition in…
Continue Reading Community rallies behind family who lost home to fire
Click here for updates on this story MAUI, Hawaii (KITV ) — The Maui community is rallying behind the Shoma family from…
Continue Reading Israeli soldier shoots and paralyzes Palestinian man in dispute over power generator
An Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, after an altercation over a portable electric generator,…
Continue Reading Barstool Fund surprises another CT business with financial relief
Click here for updates on this story WALLINGFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — So many businesses have been hit hard by the…
Continue Reading Business helps kick-start “Cops for Kids” 2021
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — It may be a Sunday, but the work never stops at DeltaBay…
Continue Reading Kenosha, WI, braces for potential unrest as DA considers charges in Jacob Blake shooting
Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT ) — Kenosha activists and the family of Jacob Blake are…
Continue Reading Hikers take in frozen sights in Luzerne County, PA
Click here for updates on this story LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP ) — A group of hikers took to the trails of…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg celebrates her 18th birthday with a snarky tweet
Greta Thunberg turned 18 on Sunday, and she thanked her fans with a snarky Twitter message about how she was celebrating. The Swedish activist has…
Continue Reading A Texas church shooting leaves 1 dead and others injured, governor says
One person is dead and multiple people were injured in a Sunday morning shooting at Starrville Methodist Church in Winona, Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott…
Continue Reading Cell phone repair business burglarized, safe and other items taken
Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL ) — Gwinnett County police are asking for the…
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Late-night earthquake hits southeast Idaho
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in southeast…
Continue Reading Stranger delivers Christmas presents after devastating Bay City house fire
Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM ) — It’s been one week since the Wenzel’s beloved…
Continue Reading Residents worried about gunshots on New Year’s Eve night
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM ) — After a violent weekend ending in four homicides, an…
Continue Reading Missouri pastor recovering after 86 days on a ventilator due to COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Missouri (KMOV ) — Belgrade United Methodist Church pastor David…
Continue Reading Shark bites woman off Anaeho’omalu Bay
Click here for updates on this story Hawaii (KITV ) — A 68-year-old woman is recovering from a shark attack Saturday…
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Powerball and Mega Millions reward totals increase to over $400 million in Idaho
Here in Idaho, the lottery not only provides the thought of endless opportunity, but also gives people the chance to bid on that elusive jackpot.…
Continue Reading Baylor Bramble, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during high school football game, dies
Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV ) — A man, who suffered a traumatic brain injury…
Continue Reading Three sheriff”s deputies shot and 1 woman killed outside Houston-area nightclub
Three Harris County sheriff’s deputies were shot and one woman was killed early Sunday outside a Houston nightclub. The deputies were in full…
Continue Reading Golf is booming because of the pandemic
The pandemic has popularized a lot of unexpected activities. Remember when everyone was doing puzzles and baking bread? Thanks to social distancing,…
Continue Reading A Wendy’s manager is trying to change the world one ‘I love you’ at a time
In a year of despair and a world full of hate, one fast food manager is doing what she can to spread a message of love. April DiDonna told a customer…
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