Besides the green jacket, the adulation and the acclaim, one of the greatest honors for a Masters winner is putting on a spread for his fellow champions at the next year’s tournament. Although he’s had a shorter time to prepare than most — the 2020 Masters was held in November rather than its typical slot
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The governors of Connecticut and Massachusetts are aiming to lower the cost of prescription drugs in their states. Govs. Ned Lamont and Charlie Baker held a virtual news conference at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday. They said spoke about a joint effort to bring those
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin considers the presence of Russian troops in the Arctic an “absolutely necessary” part of military development, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Responding to CNN reporting about satellite images showing huge Russian military build-up in the Arctic, Peskov said “the Commander-in-Chief [Putin] really considers the Russian military presence in the
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Tuesday that fallen Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans, who was killed as the result of an attack on the Capitol last week, will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police, died while protecting the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Connecticut public health officials are urging private well owners to test their water quality. This comes after a new report put out by the U.S. Geological Survey showed high levels of naturally occurring arsenic and uranium in some wells. “The research, undertaken in cooperation
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Sewage from a privately-owned system overflowed into a tributary of Fanno Creek on Monday, according to the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. At about 4:30 p.m., city crews responded to a sewage release in the 7900 block of Southwest 40th Avenue. BES said the
Continue ReadingChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling for her city’s police department to put a new policy in place for foot pursuits after a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by police last week. “I refuse to treat this as just business as usual,” the mayor said during a news conference Monday. Lightfoot said that a
Continue ReadingNearly 2000 inmates broke free from a prison in southeast Nigeria Monday after armed men invaded the site and used explosives to blast parts of the prison, authorities said. Six of the 1,844 inmates who escaped from the Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, have voluntarily returned, according to a spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — One woman with a great idea is on a mission to help scared Asian Americans get around town safely. For Maddy Park, it all started on the train after she had seen the news reports of hate crimes against Asian New Yorkers. “Last week
Continue ReadingThe US State Department said Monday it was looking into reports of extrajudicial executions committed by the Ethiopian army following a CNN investigation. A CNN report published on Thursday found that Ethiopian soldiers had executed unarmed men in the country’s war-torn Tigray region. The investigation, carried out with Amnesty International, verified footage of soldiers killing
Continue ReadingSports trading cards are super popular thanks to the craze over non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. That’s one reason why Topps, the company synonymous with baseball cards and bubble gum, is looking to go public again. Topps announced Tuesday plans to merge with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in a deal that values Topps
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) — A 9-year-old called police after her mother and two sisters were fatally shot in what appeared to be a triple murder-suicide in Brooklyn late Monday. The alleged shooter was later found dead on the street, police said. The victims were shot inside a fourth
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PALMER, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM-LD) — A Palmer town employee claims he was wrongfully fired for raising concerns publicly about conditions at the municipal dog pound. John Rivers said it was this picture he took of a Great Dane named Bill that resulted in him losing his job with
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Tuesday got off to a rough start for many downtown Bend businesses.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden plans to announce Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks. With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having announced when they plan to do so, Biden will announce that every
Continue ReadingThe US Air Force’s new hypersonic missile program suffered a blow Monday after it failed to launch from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft flying from Edwards Air Force Base in California. “B-52H Stratofortress took off Monday over the Point Mugu Sea Range intending to fire the first booster test vehicle for the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid
Continue ReadingA Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained use-of-force tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting, they
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The Oregon Department of Transportation and U.S. Forest Service are inviting the public to provide feedback on plans for a paved multi-use trail from south of Bend to the Lava Lands Visitor Center.
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The highly contagious Covid-19 variant first identified in the UK has now been reported in every state in the US, and experts are concerned spreading variants could send cases surging. “America appears to be done with the pandemic,” Dr. Michael Osterholm, director for the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of
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A Redmond man was killed and two Pineville residents were injured Tuesday morning when their pickup trucks collided head-on on Northwest Sixth Street, closing the street for about six hours, police said.
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