Before the 1950s and the invention of a creature called the teenager, being a kid could be a drag. Rules were strict, dress codes severe, parents loving but still bound to the convention that children should be seen and not heard. That began to change when Benjamin Spock’s book “Baby and Child Care” came along.
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The US may finally be getting a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, but for so many Americans, it’s too late, and that disconnect is raising fresh questions about why the US couldn’t have done more earlier. Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as the White House coronavirus response coordinator under the Trump administration, reveals her chilling
Continue ReadingHoward Schnellenberger, the legendary football coach who led the University of Miami Hurricanes to national prominence after winning the school’s first national title, has died. Schnellenberger passed away on Saturday at age 87, his family announced through Florida Atlantic University. “Howard always allowed me to be a part of his football life,” Beverlee Schnellenberger, who
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEWNAN, Georgia (WGCL) — The Newnan community is in recovery mode after a violent, EF-4 tornado ripped apart homes, tossed trees, smashed cars, and claimed the life of at least one person. John McGee knows he and his wife, Lalla, are lucky to be alive after the tornado
Continue ReadingTwo teenage girls have been charged in the carjacking death of an Uber Eats driver this week in Washington, DC, police say. Mohammad Anwar, 66, of Springfield, Virginia, was killed Tuesday afternoon near Nationals Park, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement. Anwar was working as an Uber Eats driver, says a GoFundMe page
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — An 11-year-old boy died on Thursday night due to an accidental drowning near a low-head dam in Codorus Creek in York County. Low-head dams can be very dangerous and Rep. Keith Gillespie says the effects of the water can be crucial. “What happens after
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The Biden administration could need at least 34,100 additional beds to keep up with the projected number of unaccompanied kids arriving at the US-Mexico border through September, according to internal government estimates obtained by CNN. The uptick in minors crossing the US southern border alone has posed a steep challenge for the administration, as officials
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — March’s Worm Moon will form on Sunday afternoon when the moon appears opposite from the sun at 2:48 p.m. ET, and depending on your definition, it could even be considered a supermoon. Because the peak of the full moon will be mid-afternoon for
Continue ReadingThose afraid of heights have a new excuse to steer clear of amusement park rides. This week, two Florida teens were suspended for a few hours on a slingshot ride around three stories high after a cable snapped, rescue officials told CNN affiliate WKMG-TV. The passengers were rescued without injuries from the ride at Old
Continue ReadingThe Colorado police officer slain in Monday’s massacre at a Boulder grocery was the final person shot in the rampage that left 10 people dead, police said Friday. And no one — other than that officer, Eric Talley — was shot after he and other officers started engaging the gunman at the King Soopers store
Continue ReadingEfforts to dislodge the huge container ship stuck in the Suez Canal intensified Saturday as the backlog of ships at either end of the crucial waterway grew, heightening concerns over the impact of the blockage on global supply chains. The Ever Given, a container ship almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEWBERG, Oregon (KPTV) — It’s been a little over a year since wineries in the Willamette Valley were forced to close down. “Everyone I think was really shocked at the extent of, you know, the closures and the spread of the virus and just all the things that
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There are a whole lot of hole-in-ones going on at the WGC Matchplay. Sergio Garcia hit a hole-in-one to win a sudden death playoff against Lee Westwood on Friday to reach the tournament’s knockout rounds and now Tommy Fleetwood has repeated the feat. Like Garcia, Fleetwood’s hole-in-one on Saturday came at the Austin Country Club’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — One person was shot and suffered life-threating injuries Friday afternoon. Police were called about 1:30 p.m. to a hair salon business in the 4300 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard. A witness at the salon told KCTV5 that it started as a fight between
Continue ReadingDena Cook lost her roof when a tornado ripped through her Birmingham, Alabama, neighborhood on Thursday, but her faith is stronger than ever after seeing that the scarf-draped cross in her backyard was spared by the storm. “It’s just God,” Cook told CNN on Friday. Cook and her husband rode out the tornado in a
Continue ReadingAt least 91 civilians were killed across Myanmar on Saturday, according to a tally by the independent Myanmar Now news outlet, as the military junta continued to crack down on peaceful protests. The killings in 40 towns and cities across the country would represent the bloodiest day of protests since a military coup last month.
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You can hear the frustration in the nurse’s voice as he narrates the video, walking closer to an open window. “You have to be an engineer to make this work,” he says. “You have to be like MacGyver.” The video moves past a woman on oxygen, the tube running down from her nose to the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Just like influenza vaccines, which are adjusted each year to combat viruses as they change and mutate, COVID-19 vaccines may need similar alterations until infection rates decrease, a recent study suggests. Influenza viruses are fast-changing, making it difficult for the human body to
Continue ReadingA tree frog from Florida named Betty has been named Cadbury’s 2021 Easter Bunny. The White’s tree frog, native to Australia, beat over 12,000 contenders for the coveted title, the Hershey Company announced in a news release this week. Betty will be Cadbury’s mascot in a national commercial this spring. Kaitlyn Vidal — a college
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — South St. Louis City resident Gary Chaffin says he was shocked this week when officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) showed up to his home to evict him. “I didn’t think the police evicted people,” Chaffin said. He said on Wednesday,
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