Oregon counties face more restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Oregon, officials warned on Friday that one-third of the state’s counties are at risk of increased…
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Report: Washington wolf population continued to grow in 2020
A new report from state officials says the wolf population in Washington state increased by an estimated 33 animals in 2020.…
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Biden’s remarkable success on climate
By every standard, President Joe Biden’s climate change summit was a remarkable success. With great diplomatic dexterity, Biden and climate…
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Former mayor found not guilty of disorderly conduct
Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Former Racine mayor John Dickert was found not guilty…
Continue Reading California governor orders fracking to be phased out
California will stop issuing new hydraulic fracturing permits by January 2024 as part of a statewide effort to reach carbon-neutrality by 2045, Gov.…
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Newborn twins found dead, mother in custody
A mother was taken into police custody Thursday after infant twins were found dead in her Queens…
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 40 new COVID-19 cases in the area, 1 new death
Local health officials reported 40 new COVID-19 cases and one new death in the area…
Continue Reading UK PM’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings denies leaking PM’s text messages
The UK Prime Minister’s former chief advisor Dominic Cummings has denied leaking Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s text messages in a blog…
Continue Reading 1-year-old boy steals show after trying to eat Mickey Moniak’s 1st career home run ball
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A young fan stole the show at the Phillies’ game Wednesday…
Continue Reading University of Texas band members will be required to play ‘The Eyes of Texas’ or join a different band
The University of Texas at Austin says that its Longhorn Band will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” and that it will create a new…
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Madison looks inside for Assistant Superintendent, other administrators
Madison High School Boys Basketball Head Coach Travis Schwab will step down from the post this year to become Assistant Superintendent of Madison…
Continue Reading Residents fight to keep schools’ ‘Raider’ name while removing Native American imagery
Click here for updates on this story RADNOR, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A local middle and high school are without a mascot.…
Continue Reading How climate change could affect Lake Superior’s future
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Based on surface area, it’s the largest fresh water lake in…
Continue Reading US has more than 9 million Johnson & Johnson doses ready to go if pause lifts
The US has more than 9 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine ready to be administered if federal health officials lift…
Continue Reading Inside the factory making syringes for COVID-19 vaccines
Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ELM, Texas (KTVT) — Getting COVID-19 shots into Americans’ arms…
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Work search requirements take effect Sunday
The Idaho Department of Labor has announced that pre-pandemic work search requirements for unemployment insurance claimants will be reinstated…
Continue Reading On day of beloved father’s funeral, family says they learned someone else was buried in his plot
Click here for updates on this story WEST BABYLON, New York (WCBS) — The family of a decorated military man who died…
Continue Reading What six Asian Americans are doing to fight hate in their communities
Asian Americans have had enough. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, they’ve seen friends, relatives and community members be…
Continue Reading Neighbors say woman put poison-laced hot dogs on lawn for dogs to eat
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Dog owners in Morgan Park are on high alert – accusing a…
Continue Reading Anti-terrorism probe launched after French police officer killed in knife attack
An anti-terrorism investigation has been launched in France after a female police officer was killed in a knife attack at a police station in a Paris…
Continue Reading Arya Gray’s mother begging for justice nearly a year after daughter’s death
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Almost a year since the death of her daughter, one South Florida…
Continue Reading Woman shares her love of hula hooping
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore woman says hula hooping helped her get through the…
Continue Reading Black electrician finds nooses allegedly hung by white co-workers
Click here for updates on this story FARMINGDALE, Long Island (WABC) — A Black apprentice electrician is speaking out…
Continue Reading Man says he was kicked off Southwest Flight for not wearing mask while eating Twizzlers
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore County man said he was kicked off a Southwest…
Continue Reading Mayor promises change after scandal over retired police officer
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey is responding to criticism after she…
Continue Reading Family hires treasure hunter to help find $46,000 hidden in their house
Click here for updates on this story Massachusetts (WBZ) — A decades-old rumor leads to a nice payday for one family in…
Continue Reading Chicago police shot a suspect wanted in the deadly shooting of a 7-year-old girl in a McDonald’s drive thru
Chicago police on Thursday shot a suspect who was wanted in connection to last week’s shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams in a…
Continue Reading Man wins $2M on scratch-off after losing everything in flood
Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A Midland County man won $2 million on a…
Continue Reading Man accused of crashing into deputy car, other vehicles leads officers on chase
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has…
Continue Reading Group of Texas students disciplined after they pretended to auction Black classmates in social media group chat
Multiple high school students in Texas are facing disciplinary action after they created a social media group pretending to auction off their Black…
Continue Reading Yale New Haven Health impacted by data breach
Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A data breach has impacted Yale New Haven Health.…
Continue Reading A Nevada man sentenced to death tells court he’d rather die by firing squad than lethal injection
A Nevada death row inmate is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the beginning of June, but he’s fighting his sentence, and in a recent…
Continue Reading Demonstrations continue as community awaits bodycam footage from Andrew Brown Jr. shooting
Protests over deputies’ fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. kicked off for a third straight day Friday in North Carolina’s Elizabeth City,…
Continue Reading Plea deal reached for former HS student who brought pellet guns to school
Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A former Waukesha South High School student who…
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Pocatello to hold special meeting to consider face covering ordinance repeal
The Pocatello City Council will be holding a special meeting Monday at 1 p.m. to consider rescinding the City’s face covering…
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Lawmakers seek to skirt governor to go back into session
Lawmakers on a House panel introduced legislation Friday to allow the Idaho Legislature to go into recess without fully shutting down so that it can…
Continue Reading This teenager’s painted nails got him suspended. Now his Texas school district has created a more gender-neutral dress code policy
A fresh manicure makes Trevor Wilkinson feel a little more like his true self. And now, after a fight that lasted most of his senior year, the…
Continue Reading A New Hampshire explosion was triggered by a gender reveal party, police say
Another gender reveal party turned dangerous, this time in New Hampshire, with an explosion that shook nearby homes. The partygoers detonated around…
Continue Reading Local fisherman spears 117-pound ulua off of Kaua’i
Click here for updates on this story KAUAI, Hawaii (KITV) — A spearfisherman went diving off the east coast of…
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Wyoming bill changing health order process to become law
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has allowed a bill that slightly changes the state’s public health order process to become law without his signature.…
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Red Cross sees increase in Idaho home fires
The American Red Cross is responding to significantly more home fires in Idaho this year than…
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Jackson budget goes to the public Monday
Jackson Town Manager Larry Pardee is recommending a Fiscal Year 22 budget that includes $33 million in program expenditures.…
Continue Reading POLICE: Man shoots gas station customer, fires randomly at vehicles
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A man is in custody after he allegedly shot a customer at a gas…
Continue Reading Police: Local businesses caught selling alcohol to minors
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile Police Department on Thursday conducted…
Continue Reading Dozens of Palestinians injured in police clashes as Jewish extremists chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ march in Jerusalem
Clashes between Palestinians from east Jerusalem and Israeli police around the Damascus gate entrance to the Old City erupted in a night of unrest…
Continue Reading French police official killed in knife attack at station near Paris
A female police official has been killed in a knife attack at a police station in a suburb of Paris, French officials said Friday. The attack took…
Continue Reading Witnesses describe chaotic scene as deputies shot at Andrew Brown Jr.
Neighbors on Thursday described a chaotic scene of North Carolina deputies trying to serve a warrant, a car pulling away and shots fired —…
Continue Reading Lamb born with deformed legs is saved, learns to walk thanks to Metro East animal rescue
Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Illinois (KMOV) — A one-month-old lamb is learning to walk after a…
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Teton County, Wyo. moves to Low Risk Level
The Teton County Health Department announced Friday Teton County, Wyo. has moved down into the Yellow (Low) Risk Level for COVID-19.…
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Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
A longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide has been nominated by President Joe Biden to oversee roughly a quarter-billion acres of…
Continue Reading Nest camera captures shootout in neighborhood
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Some East Nashville residents woke up to the sound…
Continue Reading Teen charged with attempted criminal homicide after stabbing at high school
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 15-year-old Overton High School freshman is being…
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Firth evacuations ordered as Lavaside Fire grows to nearly 1,200 acres
UPDATE 4/23/2021 8:30 a.m. The Bureau of Land Management reports approximately 100 firefighters from across southeast Idaho will be staffing the fire…
Continue Reading Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny ends hunger strike
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said Friday that he is ending his weekslong hunger strike, following a warning from doctors close to him that he…
Continue Reading Father of girl whose hair was cut at school speaks out
Click here for updates on this story MT. PLEASANT, Michigan (WNEM) — The family of the little girl whose hair was cut…
Continue Reading Health officer: Some vaccines will be wasted
More walk-in vaccine clinics are popping up across mid-Michigan with hopes to get as many people as possible vaccinated against the coronavirus as…
Continue Reading Man in North Carolina fatally shot while deputies served warrant, authorities say
A man was killed in a deputy-involved shooting while sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant Wednesday morning in the North Carolina city of…
Continue Reading Police: Fear of retaliation makes criminal investigations even harder
Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A 26-year-old father is in critical condition after an…
Continue Reading Police save person driving on tracks heading toward train
Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — Police were able to stop and save a person who was driving…
Continue Reading Investigation reveals county auditor tasked to find wasteful spending is himself a questionable – and expensive – hire
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — There’s a new job opening in town, paid for with your tax…
Continue Reading The royal rebrand is already underway
A version of this story appeared in the April 23 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal…
Continue Reading Residents upset over smell of fertilizer made with human waste
Click here for updates on this story EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — Scott and Debbie Grigaitis say living by a crop…
Continue Reading Blanchet House gives back while cutting down on food waste
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Blanchet House feeds thousands, while keeping their…
Continue Reading ‘White Privilege’ official ousted after refusing to use Black doctor’s title
Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, North Carolina (WLOS) — Greensboro City Council has ousted a white…
Continue Reading Artificial intelligence discovers two scribes behind 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls
Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — The authors behind the Dead Sea Scrolls, famous…
Continue Reading Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to receive AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife,…
Continue Reading California police officer involved in fatal March shooting faces charges for a 2018 shooting death
A California police officer is facing multiple felony charges for the 2018 shooting death of a man during a slow-speed pursuit, the Contra Costa…
Continue Reading Indonesian navy detects object during search for missing submarine
An unidentified object has been spotted at the site of the ongoing search for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew members on board, as…
Continue Reading Russia pulls back troops after massive buildup near Ukraine border
Russia appeared to be pulling back from a confrontation with the West on Friday as state media reported that troops were returning to their bases…
Continue Reading Germany to impose ’emergency brake’ law across almost entire country to curb Covid infections
Germany’s new “emergency brake” rules for areas with high Covid-19 infection rates, intended to curb the spread of the virus, will…
Continue Reading These monkeys formed an unlikely friendship after Hurricane Maria wrecked their home
In the face of a natural disaster, one group of furry creatures used the opportunity to form new friendships. After Hurricane Maria swept through…
Continue Reading 1 person is dead and multiple people shot in downtown San Diego with suspect in custody, police say
A suspect is in custody after a fatal shooting Thursday night in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter left one person dead and others injured, according…
Continue Reading UN breaks silence on Ethiopia crisis, urges investigation into reported Tigray atrocities
The United Nations Security Council has voiced “deep concern” over a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for…
Continue Reading Sixth body recovered after ship with 19 on board capsized last week off the Louisiana coast
A sixth body has been recovered several miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, where a commercial vessel capsized on April 13, according to the…
Continue Reading George Floyd mural in Houston defaced with a racial epithet
A mural of George Floyd in Houston was vandalized, Police Chief Troy Finner said Thursday. The vandalism was carried out overnight by “some…
Continue Reading In a fabled desert city, a decisive battle could determine Yemen’s fate
Marib has the forlorn feel of a place awaiting its destiny, while embracing stoic and stubborn optimism. The fabled desert oasis, and reputed home to…
Continue Reading A fugitive who escaped from a Nevada jail 27 years ago and fled to Mexico is back in US custody
A prisoner who escaped from a Nevada jail 27 years ago is back in US custody after being captured in Mexico, according to the Nevada Department of…
Continue Reading As COVID-19 surges globally, Israel is emerging into post-pandemic life
Shuki Weiss is starting to see the post-COVID light. The music promoter, who has helped bring the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Rolling Stones to…
Continue Reading China calls these Uyghur parents ‘terrorists’ without evidence. But they say they just want to be with their children again
Three Uyghur parents who publicly appealed to Beijing to let their children leave China have been accused, without evidence, of child abandonment and…
Continue Reading The latest area of competition between the US and China: Saving the world
With Washington rejoining international efforts against climate change under President Joe Biden, the United States and China now have a new area of…
Continue Reading Ma’Khia Bryant should be remembered as a loving teenager, not for what happened to her, her mother says
Ma’Khia Bryant’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to be remembered by the incident that ended her life. “I want the world to…
Continue Reading Woman pleads guilty to hate crime charges after police say she ran over a girl because she ‘was a Mexican’
An Iowa woman who told police in 2019 that she ran over a girl because she “was a Mexican” pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime…
Continue Reading Emergency crews recover hiker’s body
Click here for updates on this story TALLULAH FALLS, Georgia (WGCL) — Emergency responders worked to recover the body…
Continue Reading Woman describes moments after bear rips open garage door
Click here for updates on this story AVON, Connecticutt (WFSB) — It’s that time of the year where more and more…
Continue Reading 11-yo girl delivers baby after mom goes into labor at home
Click here for updates on this story MOLALLA, Oregon (KPTV) — An 11-year old Molalla girl has quite the story to tell.…
Continue Reading Ma’Khia Bryant argued about housekeeping before fatal police shooting, foster parent says
Ma’Khia Bryant and two other young women argued over a messy house and unmade bed before a fight that ended with the fatal police shooting…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe to sell hunting rights for endangered elephants
Zimbabwe will “soon” start selling rights to shoot as many as 500 elephants this year, the country announced this week. Tinashe Farawo, a…
Continue Reading Ma’Khia Bryant may have argued about housekeeping before fatal police shooting, foster parent says
Ma’Khia Bryant and two other young women may have argued over a messy house and unmade bed before a fight that ended with the fatal police…
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Bill to increase killing of Idaho wolves clears House panel
Legislation that could lead to killing up to 90% of the wolves in Idaho continued its speedy trip through the Statehouse on…
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Idaho Falls Power conducts microgrid test
A special experiment Thursday tested our readiness in case of a regional power…
Continue Reading Russia orders troops back to base after massive buildup near Ukraine border
Russia ordered its top military brass to return troops to their permanent bases starting Friday, saying it had concluded a “snap…
Continue Reading Daunte Wright’s mother says she ‘never imagined’ she’d be standing there at his funeral
The families of George Floyd and Philando Castile joined mourners in Minneapolis on Thursday to bid farewell to Daunte Wright, a Black man whose…
Continue Reading Texas town to become home to largest urban solar farm in US
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — For 50 years, the landfill in the middle of Houston’s…
Continue Reading LeBron James deleted a tweet about Ma’Khia Bryant’s killing but repeats call for accountability
LeBron James tweeted, then deleted, a post about the killing of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant at the hands of Columbus police. The Ohio teen was…
Continue Reading Jail employees fired after being arrested in inmate contraband case
Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Two Dougherty County Jail employees have been…
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Idaho House passes ‘nondiscrimination’ education bill
The Idaho House on Thursday approved proposed legislation preventing schools and universities from compelling students to adopt belief systems…
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Bill to prevent and fight wildfires approved by Wash. Legislature
A bill that sets aside $125 million to prevent and fight wildfires in Washington sailed through the state House and now goes to Gov. Jay Inslee for…
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7 Utah County cities plan to use ranked-choice voting
Seven cities in Utah County have so far said they plan on using ranked-choice voting for this year’s municipal elections.…
Continue Reading Long Island authorities are looking for a man who threw acid in a college student’s face
A New York woman who was attacked in her driveway is hoping for answers, as police try to hunt down the man who threw a cup of acid in her face.…
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234 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 234 new COVID-19 cases…
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