President Joe Biden said he would “strongly support” moving this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game out of Georgia following the passage of a sweeping elections bill that brings a wave of new voting restrictions to the state. “I think today’s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. I would strongly support them doing that,” Biden
Continue ReadingA dog in Waco, Texas, has done a lot of living in his two short years on Earth. The latest twist? An adoption that lasted less than 24 hours. Rusty was surrendered as a puppy in February 2020 to the Humane Society of Central Texas, which has become the closest thing to a home for
Continue ReadingChrissy Teigen may be off Twitter, but she’s not out of the limelight. Teigen and her two children with singer/actor John Legend grace the new cover of People’s “Beautiful” issue. The famous mom told the publication “I’m an open, free spirit and I love kids to be kids” and discussed how she and Legend are
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the Jewish holiday of Passover. The holiday will be celebrated from sundown on March 27 through April 4, 2021. Facts Passover, also called Pesach, is the Jewish festival celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery in 1200s BC. The story is chronicled in the Old Testament book of Exodus.
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the life of environmental and human rights activist Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy. Personal Birth date: April 11, 1928 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Ethel Skakel Father: George Skakel, businessman Mother: Ann (Brannack) Skakel Marriage: Robert F. Kennedy (June 17, 1950-June 6, 1968, his death) Children: Rory,
Continue ReadingDetainees at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Arizona filed hundreds of grievances about mistreatment, including use-of-force incidents, according to a watchdog report released Thursday, which concluded that violations threatened the health, safety and rights of those at the facility. During its inspection last year, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general found
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Tori Dunlap joined TikTok in March 2020 for the same reason that most people do: To watch quick-fire videos of people dancing, lip-synching and telling jokes. It wasn’t until mid-July that Dunlap, the 26-year-old founder of Her First $100K, a money and career website, created her first personal finance TikTok video on why you should
Continue Reading President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he would be assigning five Cabinet secretaries to serve as his messengers in working with Congress and engaging with the public on the administration’s infrastructure proposal. “While most of the Cabinet will have a role in helping shape and press the jobs plan, today I’m announcing that I’m
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KGO) — Many people across the Bay Area are hoping this Easter holiday looks a lot brighter than last year when the pandemic was beginning to unfold. The North Bay is getting ready to celebrate with safety measures and a lot of hope. Easter came
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Alison Collins, the embattled vice president of the San Francisco School Board, has filed a lawsuit against the district and her colleagues, saying they violated her First Amendment rights with their response to her posts on Twitter. The lawsuit says the district and her
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TULSA COUNTY, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — The Supreme Court decision affirming tribal jurisdiction within the Muscogee (Creek) reservation is causing concern at the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office. District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler hosted a town hall on Wednesday night to speak out about the decision and what he
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Independent consultants say in a newly released report that a Springfield police sergeant’s 2019 fatal shooting of a woman with schizophrenia involved no efforts to de-escalate the situation and instead says officers immediately resorted to force.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — A new map released by Amtrak Wednesday shows the potential growth of rail service across the country over the next 15 years, including a hub in Madison. Amtrak’s 2035 vision includes plans for new routes with stops in Madison and fellow Wisconsin
Continue ReadingThe Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers have agreed to gradually increase their output over the next three months. The move follows a sharp increase in oil prices, and a call from the United States to keep energy affordable. The OPEC+ alliance of crude producers has been holding back roughly 8 million
Continue ReadingSee the “Worm” supermoon glow in the March sky this Sunday. The moon will be fullest at 2:48 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon, according to NASA. This will be the year’s first supermoon, meaning the moon is slightly closer to Earth and therefore appears bigger and brighter in the sky. The Worm supermoon is the
Continue ReadingTo play during the pandemic, Major League Baseball has stepped up to the plate. The league is using coronavirus tests in a new way that allows them to determine not only if a player has Covid-19 but also if a variant of the virus caused the player’s infection. The MLB is one of few professional
Continue ReadingTwo Confederate statues that sparked fiery protests and the fatal White nationalist rally in 2017 may soon come down in Charlottesville, Virginia. After years of thwarted attempts, Charlottesville can remove statues of Robert E. Lee and General “Stonewall” Jackson, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Efforts to remove both statues preceded the Unite the Right
Continue ReadingWhen astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly a year in space, his heart shrank despite the fact that he worked out six days a week over his 340-day stay, according to a new study. Surprisingly, researchers observed the same change in Benoît Lecomte after he completed his 159-day swim across the Pacific Ocean in 2018. The
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Doctors and law enforcement will provide details Thursday morning of their findings of the first fentanyl-laced ecstasy tablets in Houston. According to a news release, the Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC) recently found the first tainted ecstasy tablets, also known as XTC. A news conference
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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the Crook County Sheriff’s Office is joining law enforcement agencies across the nation to ramp up enforcement of distracted-driving laws, and to raise awareness about the dangers — and penalties — of distracted driving.
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