Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The St. Louis County Municipal Court system is working through a backlog of nearly 100,000 cases, dating back to the early 2000’s, according to the court director. Courtney Whiteside spoke before a County Council Committee Wednesday, indicating they were dealing with a technological problem
Continue ReadingDr. Anthony Fauci was a regular on American televisions as the pandemic unfolded across the country and millions looked to the leading expert for insight and guidance on how to defeat the virus. He was fielding dozens of questions every day off screen too, answering emails from team members, former colleagues, old friends, reporters, producers,
Continue ReadingMassive turnover rates. Dissatisfaction with pay. Demanding bosses. Some workers who helped Amazon take advantage of the business opportunity the pandemic brought say they aren’t pleased. The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying lockdowns left many Americans fearful or unable to shop at physical stores. So they turned to online shopping. Amazon purchases ballooned in 2020
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV) — River Storm stood along Massachusetts Street on Wednesday afternoon with an unusual request for passersby. “Hi,” Storm said. “Would you sign my car to stand against hate?” Most people thought they’d misheard at first. “A card?” Storm would point at a nearby Chevrolet Equinox,
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What’s your favorite thing about puppies? Is it their cute yawns, wiggly bottoms or the sweet way they lick your nose? Or maybe it’s those doleful eyes that stare into yours as if they know what you are thinking. Whatever it is, rest assured that puppies are primed to communicate with you soon after their
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Two Senate committees plan to release a flurry of recommendations in a thorough 100-page-plus report about what went wrong on January 6, but they will stop short of examining former President Donald Trump’s role in the run-up to the attack on the US Capitol, which is likely to fuel the partisan debate about whether further
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WOOD RIVER, Illinois (KMOV) — A shelter in place order has been activated for some residents in Wood River due to a chemical leak. Wednesday afternoon Norfolk Southern Railroad was notified that a stationary rail car containing spent sulfuric acid was over pressurized and venting. The rail car
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW HARTFORD, New York (WKTV) — A macaw on its way to get its wings clipped flew into a tree outside of New Hartford Animal Hospital Wednesday morning. The owner, Amanda Bonanza, was taking the macaw, Charlie, out of her car in his cage when she says he
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A Saginaw man is looking forward to providing a financial cushion for his family after winning $1 million playing the lottery. The lucky player, who has chosen to remain anonymous, bought his winning ticket at the Kroger located on 4672 State St. “I play
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Since February, a growing list of local police departments are warning their communities about an increase in overdoses and overdose deaths caused by drugs laced with fentanyl in Kansas and Missouri. Police say they are seeing an increase in overdoses among teens and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SOMERS, Westchester County, NY (WABC) — Man’s best friend is being hailed as a church’s guardian angel in Westchester County. Bear, a 4-year-old German Shepard, woke its owner early Sunday morning. “It was a very alarming bark, it almost sounded like a siren,” Kim Lewis said. “And I
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Are you paying attention? Maybe not. We spend nearly half our waking lives with wandering minds, Harvard University scientists found over a decade ago. When you’re trying to get something done — such as reading an article about mindfulness, for example — that wandering mind can derail your goals. “If we’re not paying attention to
Continue ReadingTwitter is not caving — yet — to users’ demands for an “edit” button, but it is offering something close: an “undo tweet” option as part of its new subscription service, Twitter Blue, which debuts in Canada and Australia Thursday. The basic service will continue to be free, but for a monthly fee, users can
Continue ReadingVince Neil gave one of his first post-pandemic performances this weekend and it didn’t appear to go as well as he had hoped. The Mötley Crüe singer and his solo band headlined the Boone River Valley Festival in Iowa where Neil performed a bunch of Mötley Crüe classics. But “Dr. Feelgood” didn’t sound as good
Continue ReadingJudy Sheindlin has reportedly been the most popular and best compensated, television judges for decades with her “Judge Judy” syndicated show. Now that it’s ending, she’s got a few things to say about her relationship with CBS, which distributed the program. “We had a nice marriage,” Sheindlin recently told the Wall Street Journal. “It’s going
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The Justice Department is investigating potential obstruction of justice connected to the ongoing probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz and his alleged sexual relationship with a minor. According to two people familiar with the matter, federal investigators’ concerns over efforts to obstruct the probe date back to at least last fall, when the examination of the
Continue ReadingClimate change poses serious risks to the stability of the financial system, a senior International Monetary Fund official told CNN Business. Tobias Adrian, director of the IMF’s monetary and capital markets department, said the climate crisis could “absolutely” ignite a financial crisis. “The climate crisis is slow in the making, but it’s potentially disastrous,” Adrian
Continue ReadingStephen King’s usual policy of selling the rights to his books and washing his hands of the results goes out the window in “Lisey’s Story,” which the prolific author adapted himself. But the Apple TV+ limited series lands in the shallow end of the King cinematic pool, with a convoluted story that mostly squanders its
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Early Tuesday morning, a man was caught on camera breaking into Gilgamesh Brewing. “It’s pretty disappointing you know?” Owner Micheal Radeke, said. The surveillance video shows the suspect, using his plaid flannel to cover his face, use a chair from outside to smash his
Continue ReadingYou are forgiven if you missed a particularly touching moment on the “Friends” reunion — Lisa Kudrow says she almost did, too. In an interview with “E! News” the actress who played Phoebe Buffay in the beloved series said costar David Schwimmer had to point the moment out to her when they watched the HBO
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