Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A Miami-Dade community activist is speaking out about the rise in gun violence, calling for more to be done as innocent children keep getting caught in the crossfire. Just this weekend, there was a shooting at a northwest Miami-Dade 7-Eleven that injured two men and
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The Oregon Health Authority has announced the appointment of 21 members to serve on a new Oversight and Accountability Council to oversee the implementation of Measure 110, the Drug Treatment and Recovery Act that went into effect Monday.
Continue ReadingThe son of two former slaves, Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) had little more than a grade-school education. But that didn’t stop the Ohio man from becoming an inventor with a rare gift for designing machines that saved people’s lives – including an early version of the traffic light. As a teenager Morgan got a job repairing
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Public works employees in Baltimore say they haven’t been paid a proper paycheck so far this year. “When I first looked at it, I thought they were playing a joke. I thought I was on TV, or let’s make a joke,” Trent Cunningham, a DPW
Continue ReadingUganda opposition leader Bobi Wine has filed a petition seeking to nullify the reelection of longtime President Yoweri Museveni. Wine told Journalists on Monday, as his National Unity Platform (NUP) party legal team filed the petition with the Supreme Court, that it can show fraud resulted in Museveni’s victory last month. WIne is supported by
Continue ReadingA panel of House representatives is launching an investigation into how major meat processors and OSHA handled coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking facilities. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Representative James Clyburn, said Monday that it has sent out letters to Tyson, Smithfield and JBS USA, along with the Occupational Safety and
Continue ReadingA few dozen protesters carrying anti-vaccination signs briefly shut down Los Angeles’ largest Covid-19 vaccination site over the weekend. The Los Angeles Fire Department temporarily closed the entrance to the Dodger Stadium vaccination site Saturday for 55 minutes, Andrea Garcia, a spokeswoman for Mayor Eric Garcetti, told CNN on Monday. Hundreds of cars were waiting
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story YOSEMITE VALLEY, California (KCRA) — Yosemite National Park will reopen its gates Monday after a series of winter storms caused damage and forced the closure of the park two weeks ago. For the first week of February, visitors can show up at the park without a reservation. Between
Continue ReadingOne person was dumped before finals week after a four-year relationship. Another broke off a relationship with their boyfriend because he had fallen in love with someone else. These two brutal breakups seem to have nothing in common, and yet both users’ Reddit posts hinted at a breakup months in advance. An analysis of over
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Hundreds — if not thousands — of people lined up in their cars outside Tumea & Sons Sunday afternoon for a pasta dinner and to support a Des Moines father of three in heart failure. Some said they waited an hour and a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KHBS/KHOG) — Dr. Josette Cline, the director of the Counseling and Psychological Services center at the University of Arkansas, said mental health is a top priority for the University, especially in a year plagued by the pandemic. “Whenever there are situations where people feel more isolated,
Continue ReadingIf she’d waited to get vaccinated until it was her “tier’s” turn, Isabela Medina wouldn’t have gotten the Covid-19 vaccine until late summer. She wasn’t willing to wait. Medina, a healthy 25-year-old, moved across the country to live with her parents on the East Coast after her work in the film industry dried up. Anxious
Continue ReadingChristine Chiu is fully aware of what some viewers of “Bling Empire” think about her. She is one of the stars of Netflix’s latest binge-worthy docuseries, which revolves around an insanely wealthy group of Asian friends in Los Angeles. Chiu is easily the one some fans have decided they love to hate thanks in part
Continue ReadingDustin Diamond, who played the role of Screech on the popular 1990s high school comedy “Saved by the Bell,” died Monday after a recent cancer diagnosis, according to Diamond’s manager, Roger Paul. He was 44. Diamond first shared news of his cancer diagnosis last month. At the time, his manager said his client’s health was
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If you thought the GameStop drama was over, think again. ICYMI: Last week, a tense showdown played out on Wall Street. It was a David vs. Goliath tale in which a band of amateur investors on Reddit took on Wall Street pros by inflating the share price of GameStop (and other securities). The mass buying
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Bend-La Pine Schools’ free meal services are expanding to all school sites as schools reopen for in-person learning, Nutrition Services Supervisor Garra Schluter announced Monday.
Continue ReadingSome of the sickest people in São Paulo, Brazil occupy the rooms inside the Covid-19 ward at the Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Disease. Machines beep and whir, nurses and doctors a blur as they rush into the room of an elderly man who is gasping for air that won’t come. The decision to intubate
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, GA (WGCL) — Cobb County police have arrested a man for fatally shooting his father. According to an arrest warrant, on January 29, officers arrived at a home on the 2700 block of Sherwood Road in Smyrna. The arrest warrant stated Cannon Davidson, 26, called 911
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The year 2021 started out as 2020 ended, in terms of Bend being warmer than normal — and despite nearly a half-foot of snow falling during January, precipitation also held below normal, the National Weather Service said Monday.
Continue ReadingFollowing a yearlong investigation, Georgia state officials have cleared nearly all of the Georgia state trooper cadets who were implicated in a cheating scandal and fired in January 2020, according to Mike Ayers, executive director of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST). The Georgia State Patrol cadet class of 2019 was dismissed
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