Coronavirus can invade cells in the mouth, scientists find
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found evidence that SARS-CoV-2,…
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Bystander subdues suspect who fatally stabbed woman, dog at park
Click here for updates on this story SAN DIMAS, California (KABC) — In an apparently random rampage, a woman and her…
Continue Reading County reduces marijuana fine to $1, but court costs still increase tickets
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — People caught on Milwaukee County property with a small amount…
Continue Reading State Police seek man accused of escaping two vehicle pursuits in 8-hour span
Click here for updates on this story WILLIAMSTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — State Police are searching for a Dauphin…
Continue Reading Survivors count blessings, mourn dead and begin cleanup after Alabama tornado outbreak
Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WALA) — Survivors of Thursday’s severe storms are…
Continue Reading Elementary school gifted with guitars for low-income students interested in music
Click here for updates on this story LOCUST GROVE, Georgia (WGCL) — A local elementary school got a very generous…
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Deadly rabbit virus found in Idaho
State officials have confirmed Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) has been found in two wild jackrabbits southwest of the Boise Airport in Ada County. …
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Man taken into custody after climbing 20 stories up construction crane
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — SWAT officials took a man into custody after climbing up a…
Continue Reading Boulder shooting suspect passed background check, reports say
The man charged with killing 10 people in a Boulder grocery store passed a background check and purchased the weapon used in the slaughter, a…
Continue Reading Hundreds of US families have been trying for a year to adopt children from China. They’re still waiting
On a gorgeous spring afternoon, Aimee and Stephen Welch are playing with their five kids in their sun-drenched New Jersey backyard, taking a break…
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HUD approves Shoshone Bannock housing grant
The Shoshone Bannock Tribes, Ft. Hall Reservation has been awarded a $938,798 grant through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.…
Continue Reading What happened to two small South Dakota towns after Biden revoked the Keystone XL Pipeline permit
Small town America had big dreams in the shape of the Keystone XL Pipeline. After a decade of stop-and-go progress, the project spearheaded by…
Continue Reading An Instacart shopper saw an AR-15 in an Atlanta supermarket bathroom. Police arrested a man with 6 guns
An Instacart shopper who entered an Atlanta supermarket bathroom this week told police he saw an AR-15 style rifle and heard what he believed was the…
Continue Reading Community reacts after man dies in shooting involving KCPD officer
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — One man is dead following a shooting…
Continue Reading Gun dealers concerned about proposed permitless carry
Click here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) — The Iowa House recently passed a permitless carry…
Continue Reading LAPD cracks down on Echo Park homeless encampment
Los Angeles officials moved ahead Thursday with the shut down of a homeless encampment in Echo Park following a night of confrontations between…
Continue Reading Alexey Navalny is suffering ‘torture by sleep deprivation’ and severe pain, lawyers say
Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is suffering acute back pain which has affected his ability to walk and his condition is being exacerbated…
Continue Reading Ethiopian Prime Minister says Eritrea will withdraw troops from Tigray
Eritrea will withdraw its troops from Ethiopia, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday, days after acknowledging for the first time that…
Continue Reading China sanctions UK lawmakers and entities in retaliation for Xinjiang measures
China has issued more retaliatory sanctions over Xinjiang, targeting individuals and entities in the United Kingdom it says “maliciously spread…
Continue Reading Dislodging the huge ship blocking the Suez Canal could take ‘days to weeks,’ as the traffic jam builds
Shipping experts believe it could take days or even weeks to free the 224,000-ton vessel that is wedged across the Suez Canal, blocking one of the…
Continue Reading First fuel ship this year docks in Hodeidah as Saudi-led coalition relaxes blockade
A tanker carrying oil docked at Hodeidah port in Yemen on Thursday — the first such ship to berth this year in the country’s…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 26: Voting law, Covid, White House, foreign policy, China
At least five people have died as a wave of tornadoes ripped through the southern US yesterday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed…
Continue Reading Miami Beach officials say they’re prepared for another weekend of large spring break crowds
An attempt to enforce an emergency curfew on spring breakers at Miami Beach last weekend devolved into chaos. But this weekend, city officials say…
Continue Reading Tornadoes roll across 5 southern states causing at least 5 deaths and heavy destruction
A wave of tornadoes rolled across five southern states on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and inflicting heavy damage in its wake,…
Continue Reading Boulder shooting suspect was moved from county jail after receiving threats
The man charged with killing 10 people in a Boulder grocery store has been moved out of county jail after officers became aware of “threats…
Continue Reading Suspect in Boulder massacre will stay in jail as his attorney gets time to assess what she says is his mental illness
A defense attorney for the man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado grocery store asked a judge Thursday to delay the case’s next…
Continue Reading Chinese Ambassador to the US: China’s goal is not to replace United States
China’s goal is not to replace the United States as the world’s leading country, the Chinese Ambassador to the US said Thursday.…
Continue Reading Tornadoes roll across 5 southern states causing at least 5 deaths and lots of destruction in their wake
A wave of tornadoes rolled across five southern states on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and inflicting heavy damage in its wake,…
Continue Reading Farmers across India have been protesting for months. Here’s why
Angry Indian farmers have abandoned their fields to stage one of the country’s biggest ever protests. Since November, tens of thousands of…
Continue Reading Grieving family of young girl shot dead by Myanmar’s military forced into hiding
The family of a young girl killed in her home by Myanmar’s security forces say they have gone into hiding and dare not return for fear of being…
Continue Reading Suez Canal authorities need to remove 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever Given
Up to 20,000 cubic meters (706,000 cubic feet) of sand in the Suez Canal need to be removed to free the gigantic container ship that has been stuck…
Continue Reading Suez Canal authorities need to remove 20,000 cubic meters of sand to free the Ever Given
Up to 20,000 cubic meters of sand in the Suez Canal need to be removed to free the gigantic container ship that has been stuck there since Tuesday,…
Continue Reading A college player dies in a car crash, three days after playing in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament
Just days after playing in the NCAA tournament, Oscar Frayer, a forward on the men’s basketball team at Grand Canyon University, died Tuesday…
Continue Reading The Colorado suspect allegedly used an AR-15-style pistol. Here’s how it differs from an AR-15-style rifle
The 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket allegedly used a Ruger AR-556 pistol — what one expert…
Continue Reading What happened to two small South Dakota towns after Biden revoked the Keystone pipeline permit
Small town America had big dreams in the shape of the Keystone XL Pipeline. After a decade of stop-and-go progress, the project spearheaded by…
Continue Reading One man thought he was going to die and the owner of a gym saw the roof lifted off by an Alabama tornado
As Alabama residents continue sheltering in place from disastrous storms, residents who spoke to CNN described scenes of terror, devastation and…
Continue Reading USC will pay $1.1 billion to settle scores of sexual abuse cases involving former campus gynecologist
The University of Southern California will pay a record-setting $1.1 billion to settle scores of lawsuits over the sexual abuse allegations against…
Continue Reading A young grocery store manager killed in Boulder massacre ‘lived life on her own terms.’ Mass shooting victims, including heroic officer, are remembered
They are 10 people who went to the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday and never returned. Now they are victims of yet another…
Continue Reading A printout of George Floyd’s toxicology report was found on a Black History display at Duke University, insinuating that he deserved to die
A flier insinuating that George Floyd’s death was because of drugs appeared on a Black History Month display at Duke University, causing a…
Continue Reading At least 111 people died from the winter storm that hit Texas in February
The number of people reported dead in the aftermath of winter storms that pummeled Texas in February now stands at 111, according to the Texas…
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343 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 343 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
Continue Reading Rutgers to require COVID-19 vaccine for students this fall
Rutgers University is requiring students attending classes in person this fall to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It is among the first US…
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US 20 reopens after semi-truck overturns
US 20 was blocked for about 5 hours Thursday after a semi-trailer truck overturned north of…
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Idaho Tax Commission extends tax filing deadline to May 17
The Idaho Tax Commission voted Thursday to delay Idaho’s tax deadline a month to match the new later federal tax…
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Idaho Falls airport director talks 2020 numbers
Cloutier says during the first couple months of the pandemic, the airport was virtually a ghost town, but traffic picked up during the…
Continue Reading NCAA hires law firm to evaluate gender equity issues within all championships
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Mark Emmert announced Thursday that the organization has retained a law firm to help…
Continue Reading Bitten by shark, boy, 9, enjoys positive sea life experience at aquarium
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A Minnesota boy who was bitten by a shark in Miami Beach was…
Continue Reading Police help reunite stolen elderly dog with her owner
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man has his dog back after she was missing for…
Continue Reading Deputies become trapped in snow during rescue operation
Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A rescue operation in Madera County turned dangerous…
Continue Reading Surfer hailed as hero after saving man, dog in Lake Superior
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A surfer in Minnesota is being called a hero after rescuing…
Continue Reading Victim of anti-Asian assault turns pain into art with proceeds benefitting local nonprofit
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Amid the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans in New…
Continue Reading Man returns home from hospital after battling Covid-pneumonia for over 70 days
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A Long Island man is back home with his family after spending…
Continue Reading Body of firefighter is found in rubble of 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 a resident and a…
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Salmon Region trout stocking schedule for April
Idaho Fish and Game will stock approximately 1,950 catchable-sized rainbow at the following locations in…
Continue Reading School’s headmaster resigns after mother alleges he made Black son kneel during apology
Click here for updates on this story UNIONDALE, New York (WCBS) — The headmaster of a Long Island school has resigned…
Continue Reading 100-year-old Texan, World War II pilot celebrates lifetimes of breaking gender barriers
A World War II pilot, a ship builder and now Martha Cowan is a…
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Utah governor signs law to lift mask mandate April 10
Utah’s mask mandate will end April 10 after the Republican governor signed a bill that lays out a new timeline for lifting some of the state’s…
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Snowboarders escaped monster avalanche, but not the law
Two Colorado snowboarders who triggered a slide that destroyed an expensive avalanche mitigation system have been charged with reckless endangerment,…
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Governor hopeful Utah may lift virus restrictions by July
Gov. Spencer Cox says he’s hopeful Utah will be able to eliminate pandemic restrictions by July if transmission rates keep falling but acknowledged…
Continue Reading South Jersey Woman recounts dog being attacked by police K9: ‘Shaking him around like a chew toy’
Click here for updates on this story FRANKLINVILLE, New Jersey (KYW) — A South Jersey mother is opening up about a…
Continue Reading Pandemic Pettiness: Neighbor receives ‘shock collar’ in anonymous Amazon delivery
Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A Sacramento woman called out an anonymous…
Continue Reading 13-year-old poet Melody Ilesanmi to become a published author
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — March is Women’s History Month and this morning we’re…
Continue Reading Rideshare driver shot dead by his own passenger during carjacking
Click here for updates on this story CIHCAGO (WBBM) — The city’s carjacking crisis took a chilling turn this week,…
Continue Reading ‘Had to make sure he was OK’: Good Samaritan hailed a hero after saving officer
Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, California (KOVR) — An Auburn police officer is recovering at home after a…
Continue Reading High school students accused of posting ‘pro-rape’ speech online
Click here for updates on this story QUINCY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Authorities are looking into a disturbing incident…
Continue Reading Woman’s dream vacation canceled due to COVID, so she explored Baltimore businesses
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — So many of us have had to cancel trips due to the COVID-19…
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 152 new COVID-19 cases in the area, 1 new death
Local health officials reported 152 new COVID-19 cases and another COVID-19 related death Thursday.…
Continue Reading Children displaced in the Boko Haram conflict are on a path to success thanks to a school prioritizing peace
For more than a decade, Zannah Mustapha has devoted his life to providing hope and peace for children caught in the epicenter of the Boko Haram…
Continue Reading Hugh Hefner Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of the Hugh Hefner, the founder and longtime editor-in-chief of Playboy Magazine. Personal Birth date: April 9, 1926…
Continue Reading Russia says Alexey Navalny is in ‘generally good health’ after he describes ‘severe pain’ and ‘difficulty walking’
Russia’s prison service has said Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny is in “generally good health” after the activist’s team…
Continue Reading Numerous black bears losing limbs; how groups are working to prevent illegal trappings
Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — There is a growing concern in the…
Continue Reading Cats found unconscious in a sealed Tupperware container
Click here for updates on this story BRANFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Cats left sealed in a Tupperware container are…
Continue Reading Boulder Police used slain officer’s handcuffs to formally place shooting suspect into custody
Boulder Police used the handcuffs belonging to the officer killed in Monday’s mass shooting to formally place the shooting suspect into…
Continue Reading A Massachusetts high school removed its football coach after the team used anti-Semitic language to call plays
A school district in Duxbury, Massachusetts, announced that they have “severed ties” with their high school’s head football coach…
Continue Reading Here’s how eating apricot kernels can lead to acute cyanide poisoning
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — An expanding recall on apricot kernels is…
Continue Reading Samuel Alito Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Personal Birth date: April 1, 1950 Birth place: Trenton, New Jersey Birth…
Continue Reading Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts
Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history.…
Continue Reading Phil Spector Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of former songwriter and convicted murderer Phil Spector. Personal Birth date: December 26, 1939 (some sources say…
Continue Reading April Fools’ Day Fast Facts
Here is a look at April Fools’ Day, also known as All Fools’ Day, celebrated on April 1 every year. History Some historians believe the…
Continue Reading Man wins $1M St. Patrick’s Day Raffle three months after winning $150K from scratch-it ticket
Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — A man from Vancouver is the big winner in this…
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Rabbits in need to get a new home in Shelley
Some rabbits rescued by volunteers are getting a new home. …
Continue Reading Lawmakers advance bill requiring sexual abuse prevention training in schools
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — Public schools would have to teach all…
Continue Reading Biden’s first presidential news conference
President Joe Biden participated in his first presidential news conference on Thursday, facing the most intense questioning on the crisis at the…
Continue Reading Part of road to be renamed honoring late township supervisor, volunteer firefighter
Click here for updates on this story EXETER, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Part of Rt. 92 in Exeter Township will soon be…
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North Idaho expands vaccine access because of lack of demand
A decline in demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in far North Idaho prompted officials to open access to all people 16 and older, meanwhile demand…
Continue Reading 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Exhumation of mass grave expected to begin in June
Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Researchers expect to begin exhumation of remains…
Continue Reading Friends defend woman charged with murder of 15-year-old son
Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — The mother of a 15-year-old boy who died in…
Continue Reading Atlanta police detain man with six guns, body armor in grocery store
A man armed with a rifle entered an Atlanta Publix Supermarket Wednesday in Midtown at Atlantic Station, a commercial and residential area in the…
Continue Reading Scammers target tribal communities, refugees, those seeking affordable housing
Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Montana (Missoulian) — In February in Billings, an elderly woman was…
Continue Reading EU proposes vaccine controls as ‘raid’ in Italy uncovers millions of AstraZeneca doses
The European Union proposed tighter controls on the export of Covid-19 vaccine doses on Wednesday, marking the latest spat between the bloc and the…
Continue Reading Police: Home video showed babysitter beating 5-year-old child before his death
Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A babysitter is accused of beating a 5-year-old to death after…
Continue Reading Prosecutor in Boulder massacre says he’s preparing more charges as the suspect is ordered to stay in jail
The suspect accused of murdering 10 people at a Colorado grocery this week will remain in jail without bond as investigators and his legal defense…
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Wyoming election changes pushed by Donald Trump Jr. fail
Wyoming lawmakers rejected a measure that would have required candidates to win a majority of votes in primary elections to avoid runoffs – a change…
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Pocatello Sanitation Department begins using Routeware
Trash and tech are coming together in the City of Pocatello.…
Continue Reading Blues legend Bobby Plager dead in car accident
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Legendary member of the St. Louis Blues Bobby Plager died…
Continue Reading Woman dies from reaction to coronavirus vaccine, obituary claims
Click here for updates on this story EFFINGHAM, Kansas (KCTV, KSMO) — A Kansas woman died after a reaction to the…
Continue Reading Woman catches man secretly recording her at tanning salon
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A woman hopes her story inspires courage in others…
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Senior center providing meals for 60+
A key resource for our senior community may be operating under their…
Continue Reading Woman charged with homicide after selling car to teen involved in deadly crash
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A woman was arrested on Wednesday night after she was charged…
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