Early-morning fire in Metolius destroys abandoned commercial building
A fire early Thursday morning destroyed an abandoned commercial building in Metolius, Jefferson County fire officials…
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Police ID couple arrested in missing baby hoax
Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO, KTVK) — Phoenix police now say there was never a baby girl in that…
Continue ReadingMan police say drilled holes in tank of U-Haul truck, stole gas arrested
Click here for updates on this story GRIFFIN, Georgia (WGCL) — A man police say drilled holes into the gas tank of a…
Continue ReadingAquarium seeks volunteer divers to swim with sharks
Click here for updates on this story NORWALK, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Connecticut aquarium is looking for volunteer…
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McDonald’s is hiking pay — but only for some workers
McDonald’s is the latest restaurant to say it’s raising wages in a bid to attract workers. The company is increasing hourly…
Continue ReadingWarm; soft snow
Clear skies and warm temperatures have made for beautiful conditions on the mountain. Even overnight lows have remained above freezing, so bases are…
Continue ReadingHead of second-largest teachers’ union to call for schools to reopen 5 days a week for in-person classes
The president of the second-largest teachers’ union in the US will call for schools to reopen for in-person instruction five days a week,…
Continue ReadingFormer boyfriend of mother remembers Amari Nicholson ‘like a son’ at community vigil
Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Those close to 2-year-old Amari Nicholson described him as a…
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House GOP rebuffs Cheney’s demands to call out Trump’s election lies
Rep. Liz Cheney told House Republicans in private on Wednesday that it’s time to reject former President Donald Trump’s big lie that he…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s raises wages at company-owned restaurants
McDonald’s is the latest restaurant to say it’s raising wages in a bid to attract workers. The company is increasing hourly…
Continue ReadingAdministration to invest $7.4 billion to hire and train public health workers to respond to pandemic
The Biden administration will invest $7.4 billion to recruit and hire public health workers to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare for…
Continue ReadingStudent says she was forced to cut her braids during softball game
Click here for updates on this story DURHAM, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Durham high school softball player is demanding…
Continue ReadingSen. Joe Manchin won’t support sweeping voting rights package, instead pushes for bill with narrower scope
Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to…
Continue ReadingCourtney Stodden accepts Chrissy Teigen’s apology for social media bullying her
Courtney Stodden says she has accepted Chrissy Teigen’s apology for bullying her on social media when Stodden was a teen, but is disputing that…
Continue ReadingHealth official says appointments at vaccine clinic ‘filling up more quickly’ as kids 12 and older allowed to receive shots
Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Regardless of the Center’s for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading‘Army of the Dead’ lets Zack Snyder cut loose on a too-long zombie-heist combo
“Army of the Dead” basically skips straight to “the Snyder cut” phase, since co-writer/director/cinematographer Zack Snyder…
Continue Reading‘The Underground Railroad’ conducts an unsettling ride through an alternate history
“The Underground Railroad” has an almost dreamlike quality, exploring an alternate history of the antebellum South that filters Colson…
Continue ReadingColonial Pipeline is restarting but the gas crisis isn’t over
The Colonial Pipeline is back in action after a six-day shutdown, but widespread gas station outages in the Southeast could linger for days. Industry…
Continue ReadingBitcoin plunges 12% after Elon Musk tweets that Tesla will not accept it as payment
The price of bitcoin has nosedived after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company was suspending plans to accept the cryptocurrency as payment for…
Continue ReadingBitcoin’s crash is very bad news for other cryptos
Elon Musk’s surprise reversal on accepting bitcoin payments for Tesla cars has triggered a sharp plunge in the cryptocurrency — spelling…
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