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At funeral of Georgia spa shooting victim, ex-husband says her relatives think US isn’t safe. ‘And who could blame them?’
Xiaojie Tan, one of eight people killed in last week’s Atlanta-area spa shootings, was remembered at her funeral Friday for forging her own way in business, raising her daughter well and treating her customers as friends. And if Americans could learn from her example, “the violence and bloodshed might stop,” her ex-husband said at the
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Biden looking at imported weapons and those made with ‘3D equipment’ for potential executive actions
President Joe Biden is “looking” at what executive actions he can take on guns, particularly when it comes to regulating imported weapons and those made with “3D equipment,” he told reporters on the tarmac in Delaware on Friday. “We’re looking at that right now,” Biden said. “We’re looking at what kind of authority I have
Continue ReadingInvestigation reveals harrowing details of corrections officer Joseph Gomm’s murder
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We are getting a first look inside the investigation of a deadly attack on a corrections officer. An inmate murdered 45-year-old Joseph Gomm at the Stillwater prison in 2018. WCCO investigates what the never-before-seen evidence reveals and the warning the killer had sent in the
Continue Reading Biden says he wants Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at virtual climate change summit next month
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin “know they’re invited” to join a US-hosted virtual summit on climate, President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday. “I haven’t yet, but they know they’re invited,” Biden said, when asked on the White House’s South Lawn if he’d invited the two leaders to join the event.
Continue ReadingGym offering free membership to customers who refuse Covid vaccine, despite guidance from state officials
Click here for updates on this story BELMAWR, New Jersey (WCBS, KYW) — A New Jersey gym at the center of controversy throughout the coronavirus pandemic is now offering a freebie to anyone who does not receive the COVID vaccine. Atilis Gym, in Bellmawr, initially made headlines last year when it repeatedly defied Gov. Phil
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‘Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington’ turns 70 with new edition
“Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington,” the most popular publication in the Oregon State University Extension Service catalog, celebrates 70 years with a new edition.
Continue ReadingResidents concerned over chaos on South Beach
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WFOR) — On Sunday March 21, when police closed popular Ocean Drive at 8 p.m., not everyone went home. Some people continued the party on the streets of residential Meridian Avenue, just a few blocks over. “Over 1,000 people easily,” said John Walter, who lives
Continue ReadingBizarre 5-hour slow-speed pursuit of stolen U-Haul
Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — The driver of a stolen U-Haul truck led police on a slow-speed pursuit through the streets of Los Angeles early Friday morning that lasted more than five hours. The chase started at around 1 a.m. in Burbank when officers spotted the truck, ran
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Oregon Historic Cemeteries Commission seeks new members
The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries is seeking one new member each for positions in coastal and Central Oregon.
Continue Reading18-year-old going 148 MPH racks up 43 tickets, felony charges after state police pursuit, authorities say
Click here for updates on this story GOSHEN, New York (WCBS) — That’s one driver on a fast track for trouble. According to State Police, a trooper patrolling on State Route 17 in Goshen Sunday just after 10 a.m. spotted an Infiniti G35 going 117 mph on the 65 mph road. The trooper pursued the
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57-year-old woman gives birth to baby boy
Click here for updates on this story CONCORD, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Barbara Higgins is over the moon in love. The Concord, New Hampshire woman welcomed her baby boy on Saturday. He is five days old; she is 57 years. Jack is their joy, but this family has suffered too. Daughter Molly died from a
Continue Reading‘Covid Teeth:’ Dental association seeing impact of pandemic on people’s oral health
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Teeth! Who would have thought they could be so impacted by the pandemic, but the Pennsylvania Dental Association says they absolutely are. Dr. John Pawlowicz who’s dad and brothers are all dentists says the pandemic impact has come in an interesting way. “So many people
Continue ReadingWoman films sharks swimming in container on highway
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s not something you see every day: sharks swimming in a container on the back of a truck on a Maryland highway! A woman filmed a video when she was on I-895 in Baltimore. In the video, you can see the sharks swimming in a
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Biden calls new Georgia voting law ‘Jim Crow in the 21st Century’
President Joe Biden on Friday called a sweeping elections bill signed into law in Georgia “Jim Crow in the 21st Century” and “an atrocity” and called on Congress to pass voting rights legislation that would counter restrictions Republicans are trying to push through at the state level across the country. “Recount after recount and court
Continue Reading‘Not normal behavior’: Bears behaving oddly raising red flags about mystery disease
Click here for updates on this story RANCHO CORDOVA, California (KOVR) — If you come across a bear, that bear’s first instinct should be to run away, but researchers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have come across some bears with very odd behavior. “Someone opened the trunk and it climbed in the
Continue ReadingIt’s now illegal in Georgia to give food and water to voters in line
Georgia’s new sweeping elections law has a number of controversial provisions that will restrict access to voting. But one in particular has some people shaking their heads. Under the bill, signed into law Thursday night by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, it’s now illegal to hand out food or water to people standing in line to
Continue ReadingLawmaker seeks to decriminalize jaywalking, says citations disproportionately issued to people of color
Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A Bay Area lawmaker is seeking to decriminalize jaywalking in California, saying such citations are disproportionately issued to people of color and have led to life-threatening encounters with law enforcement. “In California, jaywalking citations are enforced entirely arbitrarily,” said Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco).
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Women rule March Madness and these men know it
Metaphors are seldom as convenient as they were last week, when University of Oregon basketball player Sedona Prince posted a Tik Tok video of the fully appointed weight room in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bubble and what the women were given in theirs: a single rack of hand weights. The NCAA executives responsible for
Continue ReadingOregon Dept. of Revenue outlines unemployment benefit tax relief steps
The Oregon Department of Revenue announced Friday it will adjust the tax returns for taxpayers who have already filed their 2020 returns and are due relief from income taxes paid on recently exempted unemployment benefits earned in 2020.
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