Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — The future of golf got its chance to tee off Saturday morning. The Ludacris Foundation hosted an event at the College Park golf course on Fairway Drive. Children ages 9 to 15 were eligible to compete in driving, chipping, and putting events. “There are
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and proposed a meeting in a third country in the coming months as tensions between Russia and Ukraine rise in eastern Europe. According to a White House statement about the call, Biden and Putin discussed arms control and emerging security issues. Biden also called
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Under the current guidelines, tournaments are not allowed. Some swim coaches and athletes say that’s the only way they can compete. “No tournaments, regattas, or similar multi-team condensed time-frame competitions are allowed in Tier 3, except as otherwise allowed by the Order,” reads section
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The magnitude of the economic proposals that President Joe Biden may pass through Congress this year is drawing legitimate comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. But Biden simultaneously faces the prospect that almost all of his legislative initiatives revolving around social, cultural and racial equity issues, from immigration
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — It was a close call for two Shreveport residents Tuesday morning who found themselves in a burning mobile home. Firefighters were called to the 6200 block of Bert Kouns at 6:15 a.m. for a mobile home on fire in the Forest Mobile Home Estates.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A Nashville trainer is going viral, and getting national attention, for her strength. Dani Dyer, who many know as Dani D Fitness, downloaded TikTok, as many did during the pandemic to stay entertained. Recently, Dani D posted a throwback post on TikTok, showing when she
Continue ReadingSchool food is often given a bad rap, but a new study found it can be the healthiest meal children eat in a day. Researchers analyzed the diets of over 21,000 children and 40,000 adults between 2003 and 2018 and found that the percentage of “poor nutritional quality food consumed from schools” declined from 55%
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — Homeless and housing insecure individuals now have access to two public cellphone charging stations in Milwaukee. UnitedHealthcare announced Tuesday, April 13 that two workers came up with the idea after talking with some of the health plan’s homeless members who have struggled with keeping
Continue ReadingThe police officer who shot and killed a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop over the weekend — a shooting her chief says was accidental — should be fired, the suburb’s mayor told CBS on Tuesday. The comment came after a second night of protests roiled the city of Brooklyn Center,
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President Joe Biden, having concluded there is no military solution to the security and political problems plaguing Afghanistan and determined to focus on more pressing national security challenges, will formally announce Wednesday that US troops will withdraw from the country before the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, a senior administration official said.
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If you’ve been out driving on the eastern coast of Australia in the last few months, you might have seen Tom Drury. He would have been hard to miss, a 28-year-old with a droopy moustache and a backpack, cruising along by the side of the Bruce Highway. Cruising, on a skateboard. What you probably wouldn’t
Continue ReadingJapan will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean in two years, the government said Tuesday — a plan that faces opposition at home and has raised “grave concern” in neighboring countries. The decision to release the wastewater comes more than
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The officer involved in a shooting at a Knoxville high school on Monday has been identified, according to a tweet from the Knoxville Police Department Tuesday. KPD identified the responding officer as Adam Willson and said he is recovering from surgery. “Willson, a 20-year veteran of KPD, was currently serving as the School Resource Officer
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — A Michigan resident dies by suicide every six hours, according to a new report by the state health department. The report crafted by the Michigan Suicide Prevention Commission and makes recommendations on how to reduce the state’s suicide rate. “If I had to predict
Continue ReadingThe government of Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has started the process to open up a mass grave containing the remains of more than 33,000 victims of the country’s 1936-39 civil war. Officials have asked for a permit which will allow them to start exhuming the bodies from the Valley of the Fallen, a
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Limited reservable group camping and reservable group day-use areas in some state parks will open to reservations on Thursday, for stays beginning May 1 and beyond.
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The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is poised to fracture societies worldwide, increase instability across the globe and reshape political and economic realities for years to come, the US intelligence community warned in a stark report laying out the top security concerns facing the country. Read the report here: cnn.com/2021/04/13/politics/annual-threat-assessment-coronavirus/index.html
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CARROLLTON, Georgia (WGCL) — The wife of one of three officers shot on Monday publicly thanked everyone for their support as her husband recovers from the shooting. The Carrollton police department’s Facebook page posted a message from Sergeant Rob Holloway’s wife, Stephanie, thanking everyone “for outpouring of love
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Connecticut has administered more than 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. As the state’s vaccine rollout continues, more appointments are opening. As a result, the Community Health Center in New Britain expects to hit a big milestone on Tuesday. The CHC said it
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Animal rights activists are upset after a young bear was euthanized near Ashland and the good Samaritan who tried to help it was issued a citation. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife argues it was the right decision to kill the bear, but
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