Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Nebraska and Iowa are to see a cut of a nearly $600 million settlement involving one of the world’s largest consulting firms and their role in helping companies promote their drugs, prompting an opioid crisis. McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay a $573
Continue ReadingRihanna’s advocacy for farmers in India has caught the attention of many around the world, including the Indian government. On Tuesday, the Barbados-born superstar asked her 100 million followers, “Why aren’t we talking about this?!” and linked to a CNN story examining how India has cut off internet access around New Delhi after violent clashes
Continue ReadingA US Marshal was shot and seriously injured Thursday in Baltimore while trying to arrest a fugitive who shot at police last weekend, law enforcement officials in the city said. The marshal is recovering from surgery but is on life support in the intensive care unit at a local hospital. The shooting came as investigators
Continue ReadingIn January 2020, members of Congress held a hearing to discuss the importance of digital literacy and closing the digital divide, or who has access to broadband internet and who doesn’t. Just weeks later, the coronavirus began sweeping across the country and upending the lives of many Americans. In so doing, it shone an even
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — A mother and two girls are dead after a shooting in South City’s Dutchtown neighborhood. Officers were called to a home in the 4100 block of South Grand around 7 a.m. Thursday. Police later confirmed that a woman in her 30s and two girls,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Sacramento, California (KOVR) — He made it to his court date while he was getting his hair cut. A Sacramento County Superior Court defendant showed up to his Zoom court hearing while in his barber’s chair. Forget a barbershop quartet, this was barbershop court. A snapshot shows a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT BLISS, Texas (KTVT) — Laboratory results show the 11 soldiers injured after ingesting a then “unknown substance,” during a field training exercise at the Army base in Fort Bliss on Jan. 28, experienced ethylene glycol glycol (commonly known as antifreeze) poisoning. Even in small amounts, the chemical
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the life of talk-show host Larry King, who conducted more than 30,000 interviews, including with sitting presidents from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama. Personal Birth date: November 19, 1933 Death date: January 23, 2021 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Lawrence Harvey Zeiger Father: Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner Mother:
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Lafayette, Colorado (KCNC) — The 95-year-old man accused of shooting an employee at an assisted living center in Lafayette is identified as Okey Payne. Managers said they are “devastated.” Payne is a resident of Legacy Assisted Living. He was arrested after the shooting occurred in the lobby at
Continue ReadingIn his 2014 annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote that a “dreamy business offering” comprises at least four elements: “Customers love it, it can grow to very large size, it has strong returns on capital, and it’s durable in time — with the potential to endure for decades.” “When you find one
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Pasadena, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A maskless man walked into Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles in Pasadena Wednesday evening, and that’s when employees said the trouble began. The man, seen in security footage wearing a dark blue shirt, was first asked by the cashier to put on a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Miami (WFOR) — Even with tight COVID-19 restrictions and a scaled-down fan experience, football fans will be flocking to Tampa for a chance to be part of Super Bowl 55. But the city’s metro area, like almost everywhere else around the country, is home to a sagging economy
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Ron Browning has been volunteering with Meals on Wheels in Tarrant County for ten years. “If you don’t do something, you waste away,” Browning says. “So I would rather stay busy.” Staying busy is an understatement for Browning who started volunteering for Meals
Continue ReadingCitadel Securities is under the microscope over its relationship with Robinhood. But the high-frequency trading firm is not laying low. On the same day that Senator Elizabeth Warren demanded answers on Robinhood’s ties to Citadel Securities and its affiliated hedge fund, the Chicago-based firm officially launched a legal war Tuesday against the Securities and Exchange
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Minneapolis (WCCO) — JJ, 24, has Down syndrome. His family has taken every measure to protect him from COVID-19. “It’s been absolutely terrifying or our family,” Leslie Neugent, JJ’s mother said. Neugent, who also works as a minister with adults with Down syndrome, said they have been on
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM ) — Following an exhaustive four-year federal review process, construction of the the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park is expected to begin this year, with the first preliminary work starting as early as April, and actual construction coming as early as August. “Getting to this
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM ) — There was some good news Wednesday for the out-of-town musician who left his flute on a CTA Blue Line train – the instrument has been found. Flautist Donald Rabin was riding the Blue Line Friday night when he lost the flute. He was rushing
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There were nearly 22,000 fewer students enrolled in Oregon’s public schools last fall, another impact of COVID-19 restrictions and the move to distance learning, state officials said Thursday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WCBS) — Firefighters in Newark rescued a woman Thursday who had been trapped inside a van for five days. Janette Ward, who is homeless and had been living in the van, became trapped during this week’s snowstorm. Ward, a former teacher told police she had
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A Montgomery County mother is sharing how a police officer went above and beyond the call of duty during her child’s medical emergency. “We were having a normal day. We were playing dress-up, we were dancing. We were playing with Magna Tiles,”
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