By Kara Peters Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A woman and her two grown children died from COVID-19 weeks apart. “I want y’all to look into my eyes; that stuff is real. People are dying,” J.C. Johnson said. Johnson is preparing for the unimaginable: burying his sister, niece and
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the U.S. Soccer Federation asked the unions of the women’s and men’s national teams to agree to equalize FIFA’s World Cup prize money on their own. USSF President Cindy Parlow Cone sent an open letter making the request. She called for the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DEBARY, Florida (WESH) — A Volusia County man is accused of shooting the family dog while he was intoxicated during a domestic dispute, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, Steven Parsons, 34, is in custody, officials said Friday. According to the report,
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Workers have returned to the Richmond site where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stood for more than a century. But they do not plan to resume their search for a 134-year-old time capsule state officials believe is buried in the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — CBS Sports will once again team up with Nickelodeon to do a kids-focused broadcast during the first weekend of the NFL playoffs. The game will air Jan. 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Last season’s broadcast of the New Orleans Saints’ 21-9 victory over the Chicago Bears was the most-watched game of
Continue ReadingBy Alani Letang Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — In Salinas, a loaded gun found in a student’s backpack at Washington Middle School has parents, the Salinas Union High School district, and police talking. Salinas police say when it comes to situations like this, the conversation starts at home getting
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN In its lawsuit challenging Texas six-week abortion ban, the Justice Department is throwing a Hail Mary pass to get over the procedural stumbling blocks that have thwarted other attempts to block the ban in court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in Austin, relies on a novel strategy
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN In its lawsuit challenging Texas six-week abortion ban, the Justice Department is throwing a Hail Mary pass to get over the procedural stumbling blocks that have thwarted other attempts to block the ban in court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in Austin, relies on a novel strategy in
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La variante mu de coronavirus actualmente no muestra ningún signo de ser más resistente a las vacunas covid-19 que las variantes beta o delta, y sigue siendo una proporción increíblemente baja de variantes secuenciadas, dijo este viernes el director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas, el Dr. Anthony
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — It’s been almost 20 years since the 9/11 attacks in New York City. In New Mexico, there are two beams that once held up the World Trade Center before that tragic day. The Deacon at Sacred Heart Church, Robert Vigil
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Derrick Henry now has an extra game to help him surpass Eric Dickerson’s 37-year-old rushing record. The quest for the first 2,000-yard receiving season just got a little bit easier for big-play threats like Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins. And who knows what Patrick Mahomes can do to
Continue ReadingBy Walter Makaula Click here for updates on this story WALNUT GROVE, California (KCRA) — A fire in Walnut Grove on Thursday caused devastating damage to the landmark Giusti’s Place restaurant. The kitchen fire erupted around 3 p.m. and flames soon engulfed the building. “It’s taken a little over a hundred years to create a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An offshoot of the Republican Attorneys General Association held a special meeting weeks before the election to discuss its strategies if then-President Donald Trump lost. The Rule of Law Defense Fund later gained notoriety for sending a robocall urging people to support Trump at the
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Friday is the statistical peak of hurricane season, yet a monster named Larry is forecast to transform into a winter storm that will deliver feet of snow in Greenland. Yes, you read that correctly. A hurricane producing feet of snow. It’s been a crazy year for tropical systems already, so
Continue ReadingBy Luna Stephens Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — On a recent afternoon in early September, sitting in the very same classroom at Central High School, Scott Wilson walks through his day on Sept. 11, 2001, like it was yesterday. Wilson, like other teachers who were in classrooms on
Continue ReadingBy Lori Pilger Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — A former Lincoln man was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison Thursday for randomly stabbing a Black man in the neck at a restaurant in Oregon in 2019 in a manic episode. Nolan Levi Strauss, 27, of Colorado
Continue ReadingASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Coach Ron Rivera says Washington is putting wide receiver Curtis Samuel on short-term injured reserve. That means Samuel will miss at least the first three games of the season. He has been dealing with a lingering groin injury for months and missed all of training camp. Rivera insists surgery is not
Continue ReadingDANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts tourist farm called police on a Black couple it accused of stealing apples and is now apologizing after the family went public in a blog post. Manikka Bowman and Jeff Myers said in their post that they visited Connors Farm in Danvers on Labor Day and spent more than
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNNMoney) — La experta mundial de moda, Nina García, está orgullosa de ser colombiana. Pero admite que tuvo que dejar su país natal para llegar a tener la vida que tiene hoy. “Si me hubiera quedado en Suramérica, creo que habría encontrado muchos problemas”, dice la editora en jefe de la revista
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Officials say a recent power outage that disrupted half of New York City’s subway system for several hours and stranded hundreds of passengers was likely caused by someone accidentally pressing an “Emergency Power Off” button. A pair of reports on the Aug. 29 disruption were released by New York Gov. Kathy
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