By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Marion woman says she regrets trying to extort a former judge for thousands of dollars. “This whole thing started over a $120 car insurance payment,” Jennifer Tierce told News 13 on Monday. Tierce had been engaged in an
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly. That’s according to Census Bureau reports released Tuesday. The official poverty measure showed an increase of 1 percentage point in
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly. That’s according to Census Bureau reports released Tuesday. The official poverty measure showed an increase of 1 percentage point in
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley and Anna Cooban, CNN Business The British government has once again delayed the introduction of checks on imports from the European Union as the food and drink industry warns that shortages caused by Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic could become permanent. Checks on food products from the European Union have been pushed
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In her last trip in the western Balkans as a German chancellor, Angela Merkel visited Albania to urge the leaders of six western Balkan nations gathered there to strengthen their regional cooperation in their strive for European Union membership. The western Balkan states are at different
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw’s Jewish community has buried an unidentified Holocaust victim whose remains were discovered in a building that was within the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Poland’s chief rabbi said “we are here as the family for a person we don’t know.” The bones were wrapped
Continue ReadingBy Caresse Jackman Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Issues with unemployment benefits have been an ongoing problem News 4 followed for months, but one couple truly has had difficulty trying to get answers. The last year has been like walking through a maze for Phil and Dawn Fenn, trying
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story COFFEE COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — Monday, a Coffee County family relives the worst day of their lives. One year ago, their son, Jordan Stevens, died after he was shot by a carjacker near Manchester. Stevens was shot three times, saving the lives of his wife
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Wenzel Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Police charged a 53-year-old woman with criminal homicide after a deadly stabbing in Springfield on Saturday night. Officers responded to the 1000 block of Brooklyn Drive around 11:15 p.m. for a reported stabbing. Upon arrival, they found 55-year-old Timothy Shannon of
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Britain’s strict Covid-19 testing requirements for overseas visitors and Brits wishing to holiday abroad had a “devastating impact” on the UK travel industry this summer, causing it to fall behind European rivals and putting thousands of jobs at risk. That’s according to Britain’s Travel Association, which said Tuesday that more
Continue ReadingCNN By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Britain’s strict Covid-19 testing requirements for overseas visitors and Brits wishing to holiday abroad had a “devastating impact” on the UK travel industry this summer, causing it to fall behind European rivals and putting thousands of jobs at risk. That’s according to Britain’s Travel Association, which said Tuesday that
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Intuit is buying email newsletter platform Mailchimp for about $12 billion in its biggest deal ever. The maker of tax return product TurboTax and other financial software announced the cash-and-stock deal Monday, saying that it hopes Mailchimp will help it “become the center of small business growth.” As part of
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — A woman says she’s traumatized after a man kicked her down an escalator at a Brooklyn subway station. Police are looking for the man behind the brutal attack and are hoping surveillance video of the horrific incident will lead to an
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — The highest grossing Broadway musical of all time returns to the stage tonight, along with other blockbuster hits as well. Broadway is back! “The Lion King,” “Hamilton,” “Wicked” and “Chicago” will once again raise the curtain, this time for crowds that
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has suspended Minnesota’s new stricter standards on when police can use deadly force, halting a change in state law that followed the death of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis police. The new standards, passed by the Legislature in 2020, raised the bar on officers to justify
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant have acknowledged they neglected to investigate the cause of faulty exhaust filters that are key to preventing radioactive pollution, after being forced to replace them twice. Representatives of the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, made the revelation during
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Despite efforts from President Joe Biden to turn the United States into a global climate leader, most people in the advanced world don’t think the US is doing a good job on the issue, and China is doing even worse, a new poll by the Pew Research Center published Tuesday shows.
Continue ReadingBy Crystal Bui Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The pandemic continues to impact lives in ways many have never imagined. As the Delta variant infects more and more children, parents are forced to make difficult decisions about their students’ education. Georgia is averaging 1,300 cases in children ages 17 and
Continue ReadingBy Hayley Mason Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Professors at University of Georgia walked out of classes Monday to protest for the right to mandate masks in their classrooms. The 20 colleges and universities under the University System of Georgia are prohibited from making students wear a face masks. Georgia
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement, a $100,000 honor handed out by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation. Previous winners include W.S. Merwin, Kay Ryan and the current poet laureate, Joy Harjo. Smith is known for such collections as “Blood Dazzler” and “Incendiary Art,”
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