Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Dean Katica woke up early last Thursday during the snowstorm so he’d have enough time to make it to work at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “I couldn’t get my car out,” said Katica. The COVID unit nurse was shocked to find a huge snow pile
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Robert Harrington and Dan Brett have known the headaches that come along with picking out and setting up a Christmas tree. “We’ve lugged Christmas trees to our house and thought there must be a better way,” Harrington said. So, the former Boston College roommates decided
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As winter settles into communities throughout Central Oregon, ending a year that has brought challenges like no other, it’s the arts and humanities programs that continue to provide needed connection and healing.
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration will purchase an additional 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. Pfizer will deliver at least 70 million doses by June 30, and the rest will be delivered no later than July 31, according to a news release. With this agreement,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s 8 o’clock on a Tuesday night and a beat can be heard coming from inside the green recording studio at the Maryland Art Place. Baltimore teenagers are learning how rap can teach life skills and lessons in a relatively new program teaching “rap education.”
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President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced Miguel Cardona as his nominee for education secretary, calling the Connecticut education commissioner “brilliant” and saying he will play a key role in his administration’s efforts to reopen schools forced online amid the coronavirus pandemic Cardona, whose parents moved from Puerto Rico to Connecticut, would be another high-profile Latino
Continue ReadingA Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot and killed a Black man on Tuesday didn’t have his body camera turned on at the time, Mayor Andrew Ginther said. The officer has been suspended pending an investigation, Ginther said at a news conference. The mayor said he was “greatly” disturbed that the officer did not turn
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, Connecticut (WTIC/WCCT) — State and local police are searching for 19-year-old Elijah David Bertrand as part of a homicide investigation this morning. State police said around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, they were called to the area of Route 8 northbound in Watertown by exit 37 on the report
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MONROE, Connecticut (WTIC/WCCT) — There’s little doubt people love to see holiday decorations, especially this year, with so much negativity surrounding COVID-19. But there’s a Monroe neighborhood where a certain decoration is making the waters a bit choppy. Chances are no matter what time of year you drive
Continue ReadingThe National Weather Service in Miami is calling for “falling iguanas” in its holiday forecast. Temperatures in South Florida are expected to drop into the 30- to 40-degree range on Christmas Day and into the weekend, creating conditions that may cause iguanas to suddenly drop out of trees, the NWS said on Twitter. Iguanas can’t
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Federal authorities say a man supported the Islamic State group for years from a Portland suburb by helping the extremists maintain an online presence that encouraged attacks and sought recruits.
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Zach Reichle and Jarod Lucas each scored a season-high 15 points and Oregon State held off Portland State for a 67-62 victory on Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GREENVILLE COUNTY, South Carolina (WLOS) — Authorities in South Carolina have issued an Amber Alert for two children who were taken by their father Wednesday morning after he allegedly assaulted their mother. Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office initially received the call at 8:19 am regarding 26-year-old,
Continue ReadingOne of Oregon’s largest prisons experiencing another COVID-19 outbreak has been grappling with a major power outage for the last week.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The families of Cedric Gibson, 28, and Alando Harris, 47, say so many questions remain regarding the circumstances of their deaths. Illinois State Police say the men were shot while traveling westbound on I-64 near mile marker 3 in East St. Louis in
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The holidays are hard for many folks this year because of the pandemic, especially for people in long-term care facilities. AARP Oregon has suggestions for how families can make the season special for relatives who are residents of these homes.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MARYVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — If Santa should find himself in need of a backup reindeer on Christmas, Reindeer Retreat in Maryville has him covered. Mr. and Mrs. Claus were in the Volunteer State Tuesday checking in on some of the animals before Santa’s big night. The two went
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A fire at an extended-stay hotel on Antioch Pike late Tuesday night has displaced 115 people. Nashville Fire crews battled the fire that started on the bottom floor of the Stay Lodge hotel on Antioch Pike and spread into rooms on the second floor.
Continue ReadingActor Kirk Cameron is facing criticism for organizing at least two events in Southern California in recent weeks, where dozens of mask-less people stood shoulder-to-shoulder to sing Christmas carols in protest of state and local stay-at-home mandates. “I’m getting ready to go out in 38 minutes, it’s T-38 minutes for our Christmas caroling peaceful protest,”
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Three landlords are suing Gov. Kate Brown, the state, Multnomah County and Portland for the newly extended eviction bans as they see non-payment from tenants.
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